As names are being bandied about for spots in the $10 million Everest, it seems Terravista has been forgotten. But Joe Pride is training him as if he is already in the race and hopes someone who holds a slot can see the wisdom in including the gelding in the… Read More »
Menari is the first of trainer Gerald Ryan’s newly turned three-year-olds to step out this season with the colt one of 11 entries for the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill. And for the first time since he ran second to Pariah in the Canonbury Stakes in January, Menari is likely to… Read More »
Armed with a handy fresh record and a liking for the Flemington straight course, the Greg Eurell-trained We’ve Got This will be out to make an immediate impression in his season return in the Aurie’s Star Handicap. Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star (1200m) has been the first-up target for some… Read More »
An integrity commissioner has acted as prosecutor, judge and jury in going after the devastated former chairman of Racing Victoria over a cobalt investigation leak, a court has heard. David Moodie admits telling his racehorse trainer Peter Moody about a rumour two other trainers also had positive cobalt results but… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Marcus Wilson has had his penalty on cobalt charges increased after an internal review. Wilson pleaded guilty to two charges of bringing a horse to a racecourse with a prohibited substance and was last month disqualified for a period of 12 months on each charge to be… Read More »
Caravaggio is in doubt for The Everest in Sydney after suffering his second defeat in his past two starts in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt, who started odds-on, could only manage sixth after a poor start in the race won by the Kevin Ryan-trained… Read More »
A fit and emerging top-liner has upstaged the world’s former highest rated sprinter in his return run at Sandown. Ability charged home to overhaul multiple Group One winner Lankan Rupee in the rescheduled weight-for-age Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Sunday. The Bletchingly was to be run at Caulfield on… Read More »
Jim Byrne is closing in on a Brisbane record with four winners at Doomben taking him to 1276 in the Queensland capital. He copped a suspension on Saturday but some time early this season he will become the first jockey to ride 1300 winners in Brisbane. Byrne has ridden four… Read More »
Devil Hawk is no Winx but his victory in Brisbane holds special significance for Chris Waller. The trainer has just collected his seventh Sydney premiership and is preparing the country’s best horse for an attempt at a third Cox Plate. As the winner of a benchmark race at Doomben on… Read More »
A day after riding his first flat winner at Flemington, Irishman John Allen has added another feature jumps race to his record. Allen partnered with the Darren Weir-trained Ancient King to win the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown on Sunday. It was another Weir-trained horse, Yogi, who gave Allen his… Read More »
Trainer Kathryn Durden admits she took Wells to Sandown with some apprehension but she has left with the Crisp Steeplechase trophy. A year ago Wells was ready to get on the float for the trip to contest the Crisp at the track when he suffered a colic attack and then… Read More »
Sanadaat has thrown her hat into the ring for richer spring races with an impressive first-up win at Sandown. The Lindsay Park-trained filly sat outside the leader in the Jim Conway Handicap (1200m) on Sunday before drawing away to a 2-3/4 length victory. Senior trainer David Hayes said the three-year-old… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida is growing in confidence Shogun Sun can win a Group One race in the spring but he believes Sydney won’t see the best of the gelding until the autumn. Shogun Sun showed he could be up to the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill on September… Read More »
The victory of Red Alto at Flemington has been just the start trainer Brent Stanley was looking for ahead of the Melbourne spring. Stanley missed last year’s carnival after being disqualified over the sale of a horse to Hong Kong for more than the owners were told, but is gathering… Read More »
Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose is the favourite to win the Queensland Horse of the Year award. This year will be a changing of the guard with the now-retired Buffering winning for the past five seasons. Nominations for the Queensland Racing awards were released this week and Yankee Rose, who… Read More »
Britain’s most successful female jockey Hayley Turner will make a full-time return during the European winter to take advantage of the allowance for women riders in France. Turner retired from the saddle in 2015, but she has since made fleeting comebacks and now intends to take advantage of the 4.4lb… Read More »
Jason Collett will be sidelined for five weeks after a second careless riding suspension in as many city meetings. The 26-year-old copped a four-meeting suspension after Sangiovese shifted into the path of Lion Couchant on her way to winning the Tab.com.au Handicap at Randwick. Collett already had a four-week ban,… Read More »
On the day he received his award as last season’s champion Sydney apprentice, Andrew Adkins has maintained the momentum with victory aboard Steyne at Randwick. Adkins steered the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained five-year-old to a comprehensive two-length win in the Jockey Celebration Day Handicap (1600m). The 19-year-old still has a… Read More »
Apprentice Taylor Marshall has landed a longshot winner at Flemington at his first day of riding at the famous racecourse. The 24-year-old with a 2kg claim guided the $151 rank outsider Nozomi home along the fence to take out Saturday’s The Rails Handicap. He punched the former Victoria Derby placegetter… Read More »
Jockey Jim Byrne’s big day at Doomben came to a halt when stewards suspended him on a careless riding charge. Stewards alleged Byrne, who was riding eventual winner El Campeador in race three , had caused interference to Michael Cahill on Skillful. Byrne pleaded guilty and stewards found he was… Read More »
