Imported stayer Harlem has been given a half-kilogram penalty for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups after his decisive win in the Naturalism Stakes. Harlem earned a ballot exemption into next month’s $3 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) with his 3-1/4 length win in Saturday’s 2000m-race at Caulfield. His penalty takes him… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher faces a penalty hearing after admitting he should have known more about the ownership bona fides of five horses in his stable including Group One winner Azkadellia. Azkadellia, Little Bubulu, Loveable Rogue, Hart and Mr Simples were raced in the name of Maher’s former racing manager Ben… Read More »
Cracksman will not run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with his John Gosden-trained stablemate Enable now odds-on to win the European showpiece at Chantilly. Cracksman dominated his rivals in last month’s Great Voltigeur at York and was just as impressive in the Prix Niel over the Arc course… Read More »
Gingernuts will have one more Group One start at home in New Zealand before being sent to Australia for a Cups campaign. The winner of the Rosehill Guineas in Sydney in the autumn, Gingernuts won Saturday’s Group One Windsor Park Horlicks Plate (1600m) at Hastings. Te Akau Racing principal David… Read More »
A tentative plan to run Golden Rose winner Trapeze Artist in the Epsom Handicap has been shelved but trainer Gerald Ryan still has Washington Heights and Red Excitement in the mix. Trapeze Artist was an upset winner of Saturday’s Group One Golden Rose (1400m) in which stablemate and favourite Menari… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will ride last year’s Australian Derby winner Tavago in the JRA Cup at Moonee Valley as the stayer continues his path to the Caulfield Cup. Tavago pleased his co-trainer Trent Busuttin with his seventh in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in his first start… Read More »
Trainer Mick Kent is expecting a better performance from sprinter Supido in the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Kent admitted he was disappointed with Supido’s last-start fifth in the McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 9. It was the horse’s first run since his win in the Monash Stakes… Read More »
Promising colt Rancho Montoya is on course to have his first interstate trip to the Melbourne spring carnival by racing well at the Sunshine Coast. Rancho Montoya will be having his first start on his home track in a Three-Year-Old Handicap (1600m) at the metropolitan meeting on Saturday. Trainer Stuart… Read More »
Russian Revolution will be one of the headline horses at a trackwork session at Moonee Valley in preparation for the Group One Moir Stakes. Friday’s Moonee Valley meeting, featuring the 2017 Moir Stakes, is the first night program of the season in Melbourne and a host of horses set to… Read More »
An appeal to help trainer Darren Bell who has been forced to quit after racking up heavy debts when his stable was closed because of a case of strangles has reached $38,000. Trainers expect a submission to help Bell and others in a similar situation to go the Racing Queensland… Read More »
Adelaide Jockey Matthew Neilson has been diagnosed with four fractured vertebrae after falling in a race at Morphettville but has escaped damage to his spinal cord. Neilson suffered the fractures to his C1, C2, C4 and T5 vertebrae in the fall in the first race on Saturday but he is… Read More »
The finalists for the annual Wayne Wilson Memorial Medal for outstanding training performance sin Queensland racing have been decided. The award is in its eighth year and is designed to recognise the best performances by trainers which are judged on a monthly basis. “It is a big night run along… Read More »
Adelaide jockey Matthew Neilson remains in hospital after suffering neck and back injuries in a fall at Morphettville. Neilson came down in an incident near the 300m-mark of a race on Saturday. He was treated on the scene before being taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with a suspected neck… Read More »
Blake Shinn will miss the ride on English in the $10 million Everest unless he can successfully appeal a 10-meeting ban for careless riding in the Group One Golden Rose. Shinn was outed for shifting in aboard Pariah at the 1000m-mark of Saturday’s 1400m-race, causing interference to Chauffeur ridden by… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will miss a big weekend of racing after being suspended for 14 meetings at Caulfield. He was one of three jockeys suspended for careless riding at Saturday’s meeting. Oliver was issued the ban after pleading guilty to a careless riding charge from the Lojac Civil Handicap… Read More »
Ron Quinton couldn’t separate his two mares in the Golden Pendant before Daysee Doom scored a narrow win over Dixie Blossoms. The result ensured Quinton dominated the Group Two feature for fillies and mares at Rosehill and only one outcome could have been more satisfying. “It would have been better… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has trained his first Golden Rose winner, but not with the colt everyone expected. Trapeze Artist was specked from $91 to $41 with his stablemate Menari the $2.40 favourite to win Saturday’s $1 million Golden Rose Group One race at Rosehill. But it was Trapeze Artist who proved the… Read More »
Chris Meagher has enjoyed a long and fruitful career in racing happily nestled in the background behind his father John, a Melbourne Cup-winning trainer. On Saturday he stepped out from his father’s shadow when Savanna Amour won the Group Three Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes at Caulfield. Savanna Amour was just… Read More »
Imported stayer Harlem has stormed into Caulfield Cup calculations, booking a spot in the rich handicap with victory in the MRC Foundation Cup. Harlem was one of a host of horses vying for the Caulfield Cup ballot exemption which was on offer to the winner of Saturday’s Group Three 2000m… Read More »
David Payne thought Ace High had Group One potential when he picked him out at the Magic Millions yearling sales. And after a patient development, the talented High Chapparal colt is on the verge of fulfilling the Rosehill trainer’s prediction. Ace High’s bold win in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes… Read More »
