Big Orange has led all the way under James Doyle to win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for trainer Michael Bell, holding off a late challenge from last year’s winner, the Lloyd Williams-owned Order Of St George. Doyle was positive from the start, disputing the early lead with Quest… Read More »
Fallen Victorian racing identity Bill Vlahos scammed more than $120 million from members of his punting club through what was essentially a Ponzi scheme, a court has heard. Have Your Say: What should Bill Vlahos’ punishment be? – Leave a comment below. Vlahos faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday… Read More »
Heavenly Anna will attempt to prevent Test The World racking up a fifth successive win but Kembla Grange trainer Kerry Parker is more concerned about her lightweight rivals at Randwick. While the Bjorn Baker-trained Test The World has been in eye-catching form ahead of Saturday, Parker fears the biggest threats… Read More »
The lure of black-type has convinced trainer Bryan Guy to switch missions for promising filly Absolutlypositivly at Doomben. Absolutlypositivly is raced by an Aquis Farm syndicate and trained on the Gold Coast by Guy in partnership with his son Daniel. At her first start Absolutlypositivly won a Gold Coast two-year-old… Read More »
Greviste has already proven a good buy for his connections and the lightly raced gelding will be out to build on it at Flemington. A last-start Moonee Valley winner, Greviste heads to Flemington on Saturday bidding to add a fourth win from nine starts in the Bay and Ranges Region… Read More »
Tommy Berry is confident Prompt Response can provide a fitting Australian Group One farewell before he relocates to Hong Kong. Berry was suspended at the previous meeting at Doomben but was granted a stay of proceedings on Monday pending an appeal which enables him to ride the Gai Waterhouse and… Read More »
Consistent stayer Rudy will join some of Australia’s best gallopers if he can carry top weight to win the Group Three Tattersall’s Cup at Doomben. Many Brisbane races have proved a nightmare for topweights over the years and Tattersall’s Cup is one of them. Rudy has 59.5kg in Saturday’s Tattersall’s… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Will Clarken is dipping his toe into uncharted territory when he runs Mio Dio runs over 1400 metres at Flemington. Previously trained by Wez Hunter and Ryan Balfour, Mio Dio will be having his 10th start for Clarken but his first start over the distance in Saturday’s Brian… Read More »
Leading Brisbane apprentice Tiffani Brooker has been paid a big compliment by trainer Pat Duff who has booked her for veteran Steel Zip in the Group Three W J Healy Stakes. Brooker, who has a commanding lead in the Brisbane’s apprentices’ premiership, can’t use her claim in Saturday’s race but… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote’s spirits have been lifted by a visit from his former superstar Buffering and hopes the good vibes can rub off onto Bidii Babe in the Tattersall’s Tiara. Buffering, who won seven Group One Races, has been retired to the Living Legends property in Victoria but is spending… Read More »
Hall of Fame jockey Jimmy Cassidy will speak at Randwick’s inaugural city meets country raceday to help raise money for country NSW cancer sufferers. Cassidy is hosting a function on Saturday to promote Can Assist which provides accommodation and support so people in the state’s rural areas can access cancer… Read More »
Elite Tiger is a possible contender for the inaugural Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series this spring but the Ballarat-trained gelding has a more immediate target at Flemington. Elite Tiger runs in Saturday’s $100,000 David Bourke Provincial Plate (1600m) which is restricted to horses who have contested at least three out-of-town… Read More »
Godolphin trainer Darren Beadman believes Tessera has overcome a debilitating run at Eagle Farm and is primed for a successful return at Randwick. The three-year-old needed a freshen-up after plodding home second last on the controversial Brisbane track last month when he trailed Group Three Fred Best Classic (1400m) winner… Read More »
Godolphin trainer Darren Beadman is confident Kinshachi can back up within a week to give him a genuine chance to win another Group One race at Doomben. He is also hoping first emergency Maternal can join her in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (1350m). Beadman claimed his first Group One win as… Read More »
The decision to add blinkers to Deploy’s raceday gear is one that continues to reap rewards as the four-year-old aims for back-to-back stakes wins at Doomben. The gelding won his first stakes race when he took out the Group Two Moreton Cup last Saturday week and his trainer Gerald Ryan… Read More »
Trainer Simon Morrish is undecided whether last-start Sandown winner Shakopee will take his place in a staying race at Flemington. But only bad luck will stop stablemate Sir Van Dyke from running in a benchmark race on Saturday’s program. The UK imports came into Morrish’s care when Matt Cumani was… Read More »
Brisbane Racing Club chairman Neville Bell has had a testing winter carnival but he could get something to cheer about with the promising Brando at Doomben. Bell has had to bear the brunt of criticism about the controversial Eagle Farm racetrack which is closed indefinitely with the main meetings at… Read More »
The globetrotting Highland Reel has fought back after looking beaten to win the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot to his Group One record. Third in the 2015 Cox Plate won by Winx, the Aidan O’Brien-trained star has been invited to compete in the race again this year. But… Read More »
Christian Reith has been suspended for four meetings after admitting a charge of careless riding in the last race at the Canterbury midweek meeting. Reith pleaded guilty after Racing NSW stewards reviewed tape of the early stages of the benchmark 72 Schweppes Handicap (1400m). Footage showed his mount Radical Impact… Read More »
Undeterred by a luckless start to her racing career, Godolphin filly Manicure has produced a resilient finish to upset Sasso Corbaro and get off the mark at Canterbury. The two-year-old was hampered at the start and then checked in the Warwick Farm straight before finishing second last in May. She… Read More »
