He usually errs on the side of caution, but La Chica Bella has tempted Joe Pride to push the boundaries after the filly made an excellent first impression. The three-year-old was transferred to Sydney after winning her maiden in Launceston last November, and after a win at Gosford and second… Read More »
Leanne Henry has ridden her first winner since she broke her collarbone in a three-horse fall at Warialda in which popular country jockey Darren Jones lost his life. Apprentice Melanie Bolwell is still recovering from injuries she received in the fall in early April. Henry was unplaced on two rides… Read More »
Silvestre de Sousa will ride Eminent for prominent New Zealand racing identity Sir Peter Vela in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. Reigning champion jockey Jim Crowley has ridden the Frankel colt at each of his four starts to date, but with uncertainty about his commitments to Sheikh Hamden, connections have decided… Read More »
Mike Moroney is set to have three chances in the Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington as the trainer bids to win the race for a fourth time. Moroney won the Listed race in the late 1990s with Happy Star and Ben’s Rocket with The Big Ask his most recent… Read More »
Champion West Australian jockey William Pike will get another chance at a feature race win in Singapore when he competes in the Singapore Derby. Pike will ride the Laurie Laxon-trained Lim’s Samurai in the Group One race over 2000 metres at Kranji on Sunday. He was aboard Lim’s Samurai when… Read More »
Gary Moore believes his latest newcomer will eventually rival the current juvenile star of his stable, even though All Too Huiying is yet to win a race. The Rosehill trainer introduces Auchentoman to racing at the Canterbury midweek meeting and has high hopes after the two-year-old won both his trials…. Read More »
Sydney jockey Blake Shinn has ridden a treble at Arlington Park to take his tally to six during his American sojourn. Shinn is spending a few weeks in Chicago during the Australian winter after cementing an association with trainer Wesley Ward. But it is with fellow trainer Wayne Catalano that… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker has returned to trackwork for the first time in more than four months after his latest injury absence. Walker has not ridden in a race since mid-February when he needed to be helped off a horse post-race after his back seized up. The jockey has since undergone… Read More »
With Craig Williams on the sidelines for the next two city meetings, Beau Mertens will be out to build a bigger lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership at Sandown. A winning double at Caulfield on Saturday without reply from Williams took Mertens back to the top of the Melbourne standings… Read More »
Donna Philpot will be farewelled in a service at Bendigo Racecourse after losing her life in a trackwork accident. A stalwart of the close-knit Bendigo racing community, Philpot suffered fatal injuries in the early morning incident at Bendigo last Tuesday. The service to celebrate her life will be held at… Read More »
Leading Victorian jockey Dean Yendall will miss at least two days riding after suffering a shoulder injury in a fall at Mildura. Yendall told Melbourne’s RSN927 he initially thought he had broken his scapula in the fall which happened shortly after the start of the final race on Monday. Scans… Read More »
Harry Bentley will ride Limato in his defence of the July Cup in which he will take on unbeaten colt Caravaggio. Both are being considered for a trip to Sydney in October for the inaugural $10 million Everest. Bentley rode the Henry Candy-trained five-year-old when he won the 2016 July… Read More »
Britain’s most successful female jockey Hayley Turner has returned to the saddle with a winner at Windsor ahead of her appearance in a jockeys’ challenge in Sweden. Turner retired from race riding in 2015, but will take part in the Lady Jockeys’ Thoroughbred World Championships in Sweden on Tuesday (Wednesday… Read More »
Leading Victorian jockey Dean Yendall has escaped without any broken bones after a fall at Mildura. Yendall rode three winners on Monday’s program but came off Solider’s Image shortly after the start of the final race of the day. The jockey was taken to hospital for scans which showed soft… Read More »
Jockey Dean Yendall has been taken to hospital for scans after a fall early in a race at Mildura. Yendall rode a winning treble at Monday’s meeting but came off Soldier’s Image shortly after the start of the final race. Racing Victoria said Yendall was conscious and speaking to medical… Read More »
A former Winter Championship Series Final winner is among the 23 nominations for this year’s $150,000 race at Flemington. The Chris Waller-trained Amovatio won the Winter Final two years ago and Sydney’s premier trainer has entered the six-year-old for Saturday’s 1600m-race for which he has been given topweight of 60kg…. Read More »
Comeback sprinter Lord Of The Sky has won a barrier trial at Cranbourne as he builds towards a return to the races. The Robbie Laing-trained horse has not raced since August last year and is being readied for a return to the races this month after his owners could not… Read More »
Triple Group One winner Le Romain is set for the first of two barrier trials ahead of his comeback to racing and a bid for a spot in The Everest. The four-year-old is listed in an 845m heat at Wyong on Wednesday with trainer Kris Lees earmarking the Group Two… Read More »
Whoomph has bounced through his last-start second to boom colt Royal Symphony and will be given his chance at a stakes race late in his juvenile season. Co-trainer Troy Corstens has a high opinion of Whoomph who is entered to meet the Tony McEvoy-trained Royal Symphony again in Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
He might not have won as many two-year-old races as some of the bigger stables this season but Gary Portelli can still claim bragging rights with the performances of She Will Reign capped by her Golden Slipper triumph. While Lindsay Park, Godolphin, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Peter and… Read More »
