Managing owner Darren Dance is still unsure what level untapped stayer Yogi can reach but is hopeful connections will be able to map out a plan after the gelding chases a hat-trick at Sandown. The Darren Weir-trained Yogi has won his past two starts on Sandown’s Hillside track and on… Read More »
The Bletchingly Stakes looms as the likely comeback race for multiple Group One-winner Lankan Rupee. The world’s former top-ranked sprinter has been off the scene recovering from a leg injury since finishing fourth in the Group One Darley Classic in the spring which was his second race back from another… Read More »
Group One winner Yankee Rose has taken the first step towards a spring carnival campaign with a solid barrier trial at Doomben. Yankee Rose had her first public outing on Tuesday since she finished unplaced in the VRC Oaks last November after which she was found to have a bone… Read More »
The world’s former top-ranked sprinter Lankan Rupee has ramped up preparations for his comeback in a Caulfield jump-out. The five-time Group One winner, who hasn’t raced since last spring, contested a 700m jump-out on Tuesday morning with his regular jockey Craig Newitt aboard. Lankan Rupee is scheduled to have another… Read More »
Frankie Dettori will be back from injury to partner Epsom Oaks winner Enable in her bid to add the Irish Oaks at the Curragh to her Classic win in England. Dettori injured his arm in a parade ring fall at Yarmouth on June 13. He rode in the French Oaks… Read More »
Badajoz is favourite to give James Cummings his first stakes win for Godolphin in the Ramornie Handicap but a wide barrier may tempt the stable to run him in another sprint at the Northern Rivers carnival. Cummings took over as Sheikh Mohammed’s head trainer in Australia on Saturday and met… Read More »
Newmarket Handicap-winning jockey Regan Bayliss has taken the next step in his comeback from a broken wrist by riding trackwork. Bayliss suffered the injury in a race fall at Geelong on May 19 and returned to trackwork on Monday morning for Lindsay Park. “I just started off slow,” Bayliss said…. Read More »
The proposed $11 billion merger between wagering giant Tabcorp and lotteries and wagering firm Tatts Group is set for more scrutiny – this time by the Federal Court. The the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has applied to the Federal Court for a judicial review of the Australian Competition Tribunal’s… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has welcomed Washington Heights back to his stable and the gelding has shown his readiness for the next phase of his career with a barrier trial win at Randwick. After doing his early racing in Sydney, Washington Heights went to Hong Kong where he won two of his… Read More »
Murt The Flirt will take a handy fresh record into the Sir John Monash Stakes as he attempts to give trainer Brendan McCarthy a second win in the late-season sprint at Caulfield. McCarthy won the Monash Stakes with Regal Shot 16 years ago and has Murt The Flirt aimed at… Read More »
Burning Passion’s last-start Group Three win has put a little added pressure on his new trainer Mark Newnham. Formerly in the James Cummings stable, Burning Passion is among several horses to be transferred to Newnham with the former’s appointment as head trainer for Godolphin. But Newnham didn’t expect him to… Read More »
An early season weight-for-age race in Melbourne has been earmarked as Godolphin star Hartnell’s return to racing with the gelding expected to steer clear of champion Winx this spring. Godolphin’s new head trainer in Australia, James Cummings, said Hartnell would resume in the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
Jockey Joao Moreira has notched another milestone in Hong Kong, surpassing his own record for the number of winners in a season. The expat Brazilian equalled his last season tally of 168 at Sha Tin on Sunday aboard Fantastic Show and set the new mark with victory on Sunny Win…. Read More »
Thunder Snow has won the Group One Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly to erase memories of his Kentucky Derby antics. A Group One winner at two, the Godolphin-owned colt has been placed in the Irish 2000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes this season but took no part in… Read More »
Zed Em has claimed another feature jumps win, taking out the Thackeray Steeple at Warrnambool. Trained by Patrick Payne, Zed Em was having his first start on Sunday since he was narrowly defeated in the Australian Steeplechase on May 27. Before that second, Zed Em won the Von Doussa Steeplechase… Read More »
Frustrated Gold Coast trainer Bruce Hill is looking to take Man Of His Word to Sydney after having a run of bad luck in the Queensland winter. Man of His Word was one of the stars of the Brisbane summer winning the Brisbane Handicap and running second in the Bernborough… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie is worried he is running out of horses to hold off Tony Gollan and win the state trainers title for the first time. Currie had a winner at Doomben on Saturday with two-year-old Ilovevegas who came from last to win. He then had a winner at Toowoomba… Read More »
One of trainer Mike Moroney’s main spring carnival hopefuls, Savile Row, is scheduled to arrive in Melbourne later this week. The rising four-year-old finished second in three Group One races in New Zealand this season before being spelled after finishing unplaced in the New Zealand Derby won by Gingernuts. Some… Read More »
Star Queensland filly Houtzen is ticking over nicely as she prepares for the biggest pay day of her career in the $10 The Everest at Randwick in October. Houtzen won the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic (1200m) in January and then at her last start was fifth in the Group One… Read More »
Flemington Finals Day proved pivotal in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership race a year ago and it could again have had a big bearing. Beau Mertens rode a winning treble at Flemington on Saturday, which featured a host of winter series finals, to extend his lead to four over Craig Williams… Read More »
