A cut to a foot has delayed Silent Sedition’s preparation but trainer Andrew Noblet is still hopeful the mare’s spring program can include the Group One Myer Classic. Silent Sedition gave Noblet his first Group One win in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley during the autumn. The mare… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Barry Lockwood admits he has everything crossed as Tumbler takes her next step towards a trip south for the spring. Tumbler is generally regarded as the potentially the best mare in Queensland having won seven of her nine starts in a career dogged by injury. She failed in… Read More »
Leading jumps jockey Steve Pateman has come up short in his bid to be fit for Grand National Hurdle day at Sandown. Pateman was hoping to be back for Sunday’s meeting which also features the Crisp Steeplechase and the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes abandoned on Saturday at Caulfield because of… Read More »
The importance of Eagle Farm as a racing venue has again been highlighted with better than expected Queensland wagering figures for the past season. Racing Queensland has announced a 9.8 per cent overall increase in wagering on all three codes with thoroughbreds leading the way with a 12.8 per cent… Read More »
Queensland trainers have been warned to be vigilant regarding the withholding period of a sedative used on horses during surgery after a spate of positive swabs. In the past two weeks stewards have fined four trainers after the prohibited substance 4-Hydroxy xylazine was detected in urine samples taken from their… Read More »
Melbourne’s metropolitan racing season has come to a premature end after the final five races were called off at Caulfield due to strong winds. The feature race on Saturday’s season-ending city program, the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes, will be held at Sandown on Sunday week. The other races will be… Read More »
Corey Brown says he has never felt a horse accelerate like Philosophy did to take out the final race of the Sydney season. The Melbourne Cup and two-time Sydney Cup winner says he got the Godolphin-owned second favourite to the front too soon on Saturday but she “just exploded” 500m… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has ended the season with the Sydney jockeys’ premiership and a seven-meeting suspension for careless riding at Rosehill. Bowman was outed after pleading guilty to a charge over an incident in the penultimate race on Saturday that also resulted in his mount Wild’n’Famous being relegated to second following… Read More »
James Cummings has ended the season on a high in his new role as Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia, with Bandipur taking out the Lightning Stakes in Adelaide. Cummings, who began his job earlier in July, watched the Morphettville race from Rosehill and credited his Melbourne team with the decision… Read More »
Sydney jockeys’ premiership winner Hugh Bowman has been denied a final victory in his last ride of the season after stewards upheld a protest by leading apprentice Andrew Adkins at Rosehill. Adkins successfully argued his mount Most Exalted was impeded by Bowman and Wild’n’Famous with 200m left to run in… Read More »
James Cummings has ended the season on a high in his new role as Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia, with Bandipur taking out the Lightning Stakes in Adelaide. Cummings, who began his job earlier in July, watched the Morphettville race from Rosehill and credited his Melbourne team with the decision… Read More »
A delighted Craig Williams is ready to relax after wrapping up a sixth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership at Caulfield. A win on Shamport in one of the four races on Saturday’s program, which was shortened due to strong winds, gave Williams a 77-73 victory over apprentice Beau Mertens. “It’s been a… Read More »
To say Shiraz has been in the wars lately is an understatement but with the care and attention of Kim Waugh, the gelding has delivered in the final stakes race of the Sydney season. A $7.50 chance in Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill, Shiraz rose to the occasion at… Read More »
Wyong trainer Kim Waugh has celebrated a two state-double within the space of 15 minutes when Oxford Poet scored his first win in a year at Doomben. Oxford Poet ($3.90) was given the run of the race by Damian Browne before beating Inz’N’Out ($3.50) by a neck in the Spring… Read More »
A $5000 donation from the Australian Turf Club to a fundraising trek along the Kokoda Track has been met with gratitude and extra-big grins during a presentation at Rosehill. Jockeys Hugh Bowman, Kathy O’Hara and Corey Brown, who are among a group of five walking the Papua New Guinea trail… Read More »
Vaucluse Bay has spearheaded Chris Waller’s half-dozen chances in the Schweppes Handicap and recorded back-to-back wins at Rosehill for the first time. “He’s come of age this preparation. Today was by far his most impressive win,” Waller said after the three-year-old cleared out to win the 2000m test by four… Read More »
Although Brad Widdup is no stranger to big-race wins in his former profession, the fledgling trainer’s first Saturday metropolitan winner is one to savour. Widdup worked for Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation under Peter Snowden and stayed on when John O’Shea took over as head trainer under the Godolphin banner. He… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is riding high, yet again. Bowman predictably made no race of the Sydney jockeys’ premiership during the season-ending metropolitan meeting at Rosehill and revealed a critical assessment motivated his late surge to overtake Brenton Avdulla. “I was on my way to Brisbane and I read an article by… Read More »
Craig Williams has bounced back from a forgettable race early on the card at Caulfield to post a winner in the next event on promising colt Shamport. Things did not go to plan for Williams aboard second favourite Charlevoix in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m), with the champion jockey ending… Read More »
A last-to-first finishing burst by Saint Valorem has provided Cameron Templeton with his first winner at Caulfield. Saint Valorem came widest in the straight in Saturday’s Jason Hart Handicap (1100m) to give Templeton his first Saturday metropolitan success after previous midweek city victories at Sandown and Mornington. Ridden by Brian… Read More »
