Group One-winning jockey Regan Bayliss has been given the green light to return to trackwork next week and expects to be back at the races before the end of the season. Bayliss broke his wrist in a race fall at Geelong on May 19 and received positive news about his… Read More »
The Lloyd Williams-owned Rekindling is likely to tackle the Irish St Leger after getting the better of experienced stayer Wicklow Brave in the Curragh Cup. Unplaced in the Epsom Derby last month, Rekindling reeled in the favourite Wicklow Brave to win by half a length. Williams has several horses in… Read More »
Epsom Derby winner Wings Of Eagles has been retired after suffering a leg injury during in the Irish Derby. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt was a shock winner of the premier Classic in early June and was favourite become the Ballydoyle handler’s fifth dual Derby winner at the Curragh on Saturday…. Read More »
Candice Bass-Robinson has become the first female trainer to win South Africa’s premier race, the Durban July at Greyville. Marinaresco, who finished second last year when trained by Bass-Robinson’s father and co-owner Mike Bass, carried top weight of 60kg on Saturday. Ridden by Bernard Fayd’Herbe, the four-year-old held off El… Read More »
Damian Browne’s treble on the feature day at his beloved Caloundra racetrack will probably not be enough for him to retain his crown as the track’s premier jockey. On Saturday Browne won on Badajoz for Darren Beadman, Crack Me Up for Liam Birchley and Spur Le Jouer for Stuart Kendrick…. Read More »
Competition for the Australian Turf Club’s slot in The Everest is fierce with half the expressions of interest coming from overseas. The ATC bought a slot in the $10 million subscription race to be run on October 14 and put it up for tender. Applications closed on Friday with the… Read More »
Steve Tregea’s long-range plan to stock up on well bred broodmares has continued to pay dividends with Kimash producing another winner for him. Tregea breeds, owns and trains many horses through his Windemere Stud operation on the Darling Downs. He is having a good season with horses he bred including… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team is set to be well-represented on Flemington Finals Day including two chances in the All Victorian Sprint Series. Saturday’s program features the finals of a host of winter series races conducted in Victoria including the Listed finals of the Winter Championship, the All Victorian Sprint Series,… Read More »
Queensland stewards have renewed their warning about the dangers of arsenic in wood products after a horse trained by Frank Phillips returned a positive swab. The veteran Caloundra trainer was charged with bringing D’Leeajet to the Sunshine Coast races in May last year with arsenic in her system above the… Read More »
Ruthven will join fellow Queensland Derby winner Eagle Way in the John Moore stable in Hong Kong. The colt was trained by Ciaron Maher to three wins and five seconds including the South Australian Derby. As well as the 2016 Queensland Derby winner Eagle Way and runner-up Rodrico, Moore also… Read More »
Group One-placed Charnley River has bled for a second time and has been sent to be trained in the United States. Under Australian racing rules, horse that bleed twice are banned. Charnley River leaves Australia a maiden despite running second to Sacred Elixir in the Group One J J Atkins… Read More »
Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien has claimed his 12th Irish Derby but not with the horse punters expected. Capri beat the John Gosden-trained Cracksman with Epsom Derby winner and favourite Wings Of Eagles third with the margins a neck and a short head. One of five runners for O’Brien, Capri, sixth… Read More »
Beau Mertens has retaken the lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership and has a golden opportunity to open up a bigger margin after rival Craig Williams was suspended at Caulfield. Mertens bagged a winning double on Saturday’s program for his boss Mick Kent, taking the apprentice one win clear of… Read More »
A recent addition to Dean Krongold’s Kyneton stable has given the trainer the thrill of his first Saturday metropolitan winner. Krongold was sent the former Mick Kent-trained Nesbo by the gelding’s owners about a month ago and at Caulfield on Saturday the seven-year-old finished strongly to take out the Moorookyle… Read More »
Jockey Damian Browne has used his knowledge of the Caloundra track on Crack Me Up to win his third Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) in the past four years. Browne surprised even trainer Liam Birchley on Saturday when he led on Crack Me Up ($6.50) before kicking away in… Read More »
Calanda has convincingly brushed aside luckless runs at the Queensland winter carnival to give Peter and Paul Snowden back-to-back victories at Rosehill. The three-year-old gelding followed Listed Civic Stakes winner Gold Symphony into the No.1 stall on Saturday by taking out the benchmark Schweppes Handicap (1100m) by 1-1/4 lengths. Paul… Read More »
Sydney-based jockey Adam Hyeronimus has made the most of a late call-up to ride Monsieur Gustave to victory in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) on the Sunshine Coast. Monsieur Gustave gave trainer Darryl Hansen a feature double on Saturday after he won with Bring It Home Pop in the Bruce… Read More »
Considered the unlucky runner in the Stradbroke Handicap, Gold Symphony has given his connections some compensation with victory in the Civic Stakes (1350m) at Rosehill. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained four-year-old was caught wide at his previous start on June 10 in Brisbane’s premier Group One sprint but things panned… Read More »
Tough Sydney stayer Supply and Demand has continued to amaze with his ability to handle increasing distances by winning the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m). Jockey Josh Parr went straight to the lead on the gelding ($3.80), which ran the field into the ground winning by 1-3/4 lengths to My Diamantine… Read More »
Jockey Travis Wolfgram has been replaced for the remainder of his rides at Rosehill after collapsing in the weighing room after the Listed Winter Cup. Wolfgram was treated for dehydration shortly after the Darren Weir-trained Black Tomahawk finished eighth in the race on Saturday, which was won by stablemate Gallic… Read More »
