The Bletchingly Stakes meeting at Caulfield has been called off after four races because of safety concerns over strong winds. Deputy chairman of stewards Robert Cram said the wind had been up to 70km/h with gusts of 90km/h and a majority of riders who were to compete in the fifth… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse is eyeing a Magic Millions win with Arbeitsam but will not pigeonhole the versatile gelding after his win at Rosehill. The $3.70 favourite raced away from the field from the outset on Saturday and held off a late challenge from The Pharoah ($7.50) to win by a length… Read More »
A long-range plan for Kiwia has paid dividends, with the three-year-old outstaying his rivals at Caulfield. Trainer Darren Weir says the $150,000 Sheen Group VOBIS Gold Stayers had been chosen as a target race for the gelding following his win at Ballarat in May. The $1.90 favourite was given a… Read More »
A heady ride by apprentice Matt McGillivray has helped Mr Epic win at Doomben and earn a crack at the northern rivers Cups circuit. The DA Ernst Open was being run at a jog on Saturday and Mr Epic ($3) was in the middle of the field when McGillivray elected… Read More »
A rails-hugging ride from Ryan Maloney has helped stakes-winning mare Every Faith to a narrow victory at Caulfield as her racing career draws to a close. Every Faith ($6.50) settled back in the field in the Janet Brady Handicap (1200m) on Saturday before Maloney drove her through in the straight… Read More »
D’Argento opened at $2.90 on Wednesday before a flurry of money throughout the week including multiple big bets saw the colts odds continue to turn in with bookmakers across the country and the son of So You Think did not let punters down landing one of if not the biggest… Read More »
Toowoomba filly Basara has lived up to her brilliant track work by winning in her first start at Doomben. Basara drifted alarmingly in the betting from $8 to $19 but finished too well on Saturday to beat Too Easy Bro ($13) by three-quarters of a length in the two-year-old handicap… Read More »
The trainer at the centre of the mistaken identity case at Yarmouth is hoping authorities show leniency. Charlie McBride is expecting to be fined by the British Horseracing Authority after an older stablemate was found to be the winner of a juvenile race at Yarmouth but says it was simply… Read More »
Popular stayer Trip To Paris who was a runner-up in the Caulfield Cup before running fourth in the Melbourne Cup has been retired from racing. Trainer Ed Dunlop told Press Association Sport the six-year-old gelding would be based at the National Stud in Newmarket from where he will be retrained…. Read More »
Blaike McDougall can finish a frustrating season on a high with Scone trainer Stephen Jones keeping faith in the suspension-prone apprentice at Rosehill. McDougall enjoyed a morale-boosting win for Jones at a Warwick Farm midweek meeting earlier this month, and he has a chance to salute again on three-year-old Akasaki…. Read More »
The final Victorian metropolitan race meeting for the season at Caulfield will be run in testing conditions with high winds forecast for Melbourne. Saturday’s nine-race meeting features the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) and Caulfield track manager Jason Kerr says gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour have been… Read More »
The Sydney jockeys’ premiership will decided during the final metropolitan meeting of the season at Rosehill. Hugh Bowman leads Brenton Avdulla by 2-1/2 wins, with a late-season surge underscored by his treble at the Canterbury midweek meeting. Bowman has eight rides at Rosehill to add to his 81 city winners… Read More »
Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has challenged Brenton Avdulla to emulate Hugh Bowman’s expertise on Liapari at Rosehill, in a duel that could influence the jockeys’ premiership race. Waller laid down the gauntlet to Avdulla, who heads into the final city meeting of the season 2-1/2 wins behind Bowman, after… Read More »
After enduring several frustrating weeks waiting for Sydney’s weather to provide a suitable track to facilitate More to Gain’s return to racing, co-trainer Amanda Turner may have to run him at Rosehill. The four-year-old, who has battled foot issues for most of his racing life, prefers the sting out of… Read More »
Blake Shinn’s bid to ride at the new season’s first feature meeting has failed with the jockey unsuccessful in having a careless riding penalty reduced. Shinn was outed at Rosehill last Saturday for careless riding on Invincible Knight who finished second to Pelethronius in a 1500m-handicap. The Racing NSW Appeal… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Regan Bayliss has not taken long to get back to form after injury, with a double at Geelong. Bayliss was unable to ride a winner at his first meeting back from a broken wrist at Echuca on Thursday but landed two wins from his five rides on… Read More »
Cessnock trainer John Bannister has reconditioned the retirement-bound Jackknife into an unlikely Highway Plate contender. Bannister, who has five horses in work, a team he happily describes as “reject, giveaway” horses, heads to Rosehill with his second city runner on Saturday as Jackknife attempts to add to his recent win… Read More »
A Victorian tribunal set up to deal with training fees disputes between racehorse trainers and owners will be headed up by the former Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board chairman, Judge Russell Lewis. Racing Victoria announced Lewis has been appointed to chair the Training Disputes Tribunal which has been incorporated into… Read More »
A this time of year, thoughts turn to the breeding season and for many owners it’s a case of trying to snare a stakes win for a mare to give her the best chance at stud. Slightly Sweet has already ticked the black-type box more than once and although she… Read More »
Trainer Pat Duff has taken some advice from premier Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd and lowered his sights with veteran Steel Zip in the final stages of the gelding’s career. A rising 10-year-old, Steel Zip will tackle Saturday’s Spring Racing @BRC Open Hcp (1350m) at Doomben which will be his 84th… Read More »
