Hugh Bowman has needed a photo finish and a win in the last race at Canterbury to overtake Brenton Avdulla as the Sydney jockey’s premiership race goes down to the wire. Bowman started the Canterbury midweek meeting 1-1/2 wins behind Avdulla and now leads outright after guiding Awoke and Viceroy… Read More »
Robbie Fradd has become the third Queensland jockey to pass 100 winners for the season with All Pluck breaking through for an overdue win at Doomben. Fradd reached the century when Impregnable won at Grafton on Sunday and he went past the mark when All Pluck ($1.95) won the Grantawish… Read More »
A midweek city win by I Boogi at Sandown is one 25-year-old Scott Cameron will never forget. Cameron recently joined his father Russell in a training partnership at Flemington and I Boogi gave them their first winner on Wednesday. The four-year-old settled in the second half of the field and… Read More »
Queensland apprentice Ruby Ride has been taken to hospital for assessment after her mount Red Magic crashed through the fence at the 250m mark in a 1200m-race at Doomben. Ride had pulled Red Magic to the outside to make a run in the straight in Wednesday’s race when the gelding… Read More »
Classy sprinter Supido returns from a spell in the Sir John Monash Stakes chasing a first stakes victory, despite having been placed at both Group One and Group Two level. The Mick Kent-trained sprinter was given a break after finishing down the track in the Group One Galaxy in Sydney… Read More »
Apprentice Brooke Sweeney has paid tribute to the late Roger Booth after winning a race named in the veteran jockey’s honour at Sandown. Sweeney produced a well-judged front-running ride to win on $51 chance Miss Magda in Wednesday’s Tribute To Roger Booth Handicap (1400m). All jockeys wore black arm bands… Read More »
Promising colt Hypnotist has extended his unbeaten record at his metropolitan debut, prevailing in a three-way photo-finish at Canterbury. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained two-year-old reeled in runner-up Uncle Rodriguez ($7) to win Wednesday’s 1550m-race by a half head while All Too Soon ($4.60) was the same margin third. Peter… Read More »
Trainer John Sargent is confident improving stayer Paragon can continue to defy his breeding and give him his second win in the Listed Queensland Cup at the Sunshine Coast. The Sargent-trained Iggi Pop won the 2014 Cup which is run over the Melbourne Cup distance of 3200 metres. A noted… Read More »
Well-bred three-year-old Street Impact has got the job done on debut at Sandown but her trainer Robert Smerdon insists the filly has plenty more to offer. Street Impact was well supported in Wednesday’s Sheamus Mills Bloodstock Plate (1200m), starting the $1.65 favourite but the filly was forced to work hard… Read More »
When Peter Robl rode Ninth Legion to a winning debut at Canterbury five years ago, the jockey-turned-trainer never envisaged he would still have a connection to the durable gelding. “He was a nice horse from the day he raced but I never thought he’d be racing as a rising eight-year-old,… Read More »
In-form Queensland apprentice Matt McGillivray has been granted a stay on an order to increase a suspension he received after being outed by stewards last month. McGillivray was originally suspended for 10 days when found guilty of causing interference in a race at Townsville on June 20. Stewards found McGillivray… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Marcus Wilson has been disqualified for 12 months on two cobalt related charges. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards heard cobalt was detected in urine samples taken from Steering at the Gold Coast on November 19 and Lyra at Ipswich on December 16. Earlier this year, evidence was… Read More »
The Melbourne jockeys’ premiership battle will continue at Sandown with Craig Williams returning to city racing after a recent careless riding suspension. Williams missed the past two city meetings and apprentice Beau Mertens took advantage to move to a four-win lead courtesy of a winning treble at Flemington last Saturday…. Read More »
Victorian jockey Patrick Holmes has been sidelined for four months after testing positive to an unnamed banned substance. The 30-year-old returned a positive urine sample at a meeting at Swan Hill in early June. He was stood down from all riding and handling duties on June 27 and won’t be… Read More »
Canberra trainers are in limbo waiting to hear whether they can continue to participate in Highway races in Sydney for country-trained horses. The trainers met on Monday amid reports they would be classed as provincial trainers, thereby ruled out of the Highway series in which they have a high success… Read More »
Stephen Gleeson reckons Hugh Bowman owes him a win, and the Muswellbrook trainer hopes it’s payback time at Rosehill with Highway Handicap contender Cosmic Reign. Trips south are few and far between for Gleeson and the most recent didn’t have a particularly happy ending with Don’t Tease Me pipped at… Read More »
Luxury watch and jewellery retailer Kennedy has been named as the sponsor of the VRC Oaks, filling the void left by gaming group Crown. Crown declined to extend its decade-long partnership beyond 2016 – the year it brought Usain Bolt to Flemington. The Victoria Racing Club hasn’t revealed how much… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher is looking to strike again with in-form mare Schism who is in line to race on a seven-day back-up at Caulfield. Schism has won her past two starts at Flemington, including last Saturday’s Leilani Series Final for mares, and is nominated for Saturday’s 1400m open handicap at… Read More »
New Zealand stayer Chocante will do his lead-up racing to the Melbourne Cup in Australia starting with three runs in Sydney. Trainer Stephen Marsh said Chocante, winner of the Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m) in June, would begin his campaign in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on… Read More »
Favourable track conditions allow Viceroy to return to Sydney midweek racing while Luke Pepper also lines up stablemate Erins Zar for a city debut at Canterbury. Canberra-based Pepper has a two-pronged attack on the Schweppes Hcp (1250m) on Wednesday and the trainer is confident both four-year-olds will justify the trip… Read More »
