Trainer Mark Webb would like to see some rain ahead of Miss Iano’s attempt at a fourth straight victory. After three wins on wet tracks at Pakenham, Miss Iano is scheduled to run in the Barwon South West Region Handicap (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. The track was in the… Read More »
Trainer Mel Eggleston’s new association with Cressfield Stud is off to a strong start with Oneness scoring a fighting win at the Gold Coast. Oneness ($26) led most of the way to beat Hacksaw Ridge ($41) by a short head with a half head to TrommelschLagen ($11) in a 1200m-two-year-old… Read More »
Clare Lindop’s push for a fourth Adelaide premiership has been momentarily put on hold, with the jockey choosing to head interstate to continue her association with in-form sprinter Counter Pulse at Flemington. Lindop shares the lead with Jamie Kah in South Australia’s metropolitan premiership with just over a month of… Read More »
Emerging Queensland apprentice Baylee Nothdurft has been suspended for three months after admitting betting on thoroughbred races over a three-month period. Queensland stewards will revisit his case after two months and decide whether to reduce the penalty if Nothdurft can show he has undertaken counselling for gambling. As it stands… Read More »
Balius has claimed a maiden metropolitan win with a strong finish at the mid-week Canterbury meeting. In his second Sydney start, the gelding was patiently ridden in the pack by leading apprentice Andrew Adkins before surging clear of Mutarakem ($4.40) to win Wednesday’s 1550m-handicap by half a length. Balius came… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn has returned to the saddle with a winner at Bendigo after an enforced winter break. Dunn steered Takemehomemister to victory in Wednesday’s 2YO Handicap (1100m), his first race ride since May 27. “It’s my first ride for three weeks. I haven’t been on a horse,” Dunn told broadcaster… Read More »
Albury trainer Graham Hulm is hopeful Lord Von Costa will justify a rare trip to Sydney when he lines up in the Winter Dash at Randwick. The four-year-old will be having his first start since he finished second to Santa Ana Lane in the Wagga Town Plate on May 4…. Read More »
Australia’s leading trainer Darren Weir will not be excluded from a new series of country races which culminates in a final at Flemington on Oaks day. The Victoria Racing Club and Racing Victoria have announced a $600,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series incorporating eight $50,000 heats at country tracks with… Read More »
James Orman is looking to celebrate three years as a metropolitan class jockey by winning his first Group One race on Sold For Song. Orman will be having his ninth ride in a Group One race when he partners Sold For Song in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (1350m) at Doomben. He… Read More »
Newcastle mare In Her Time has drawn barrier 16 of 21 in the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara at Doomben which attracted a field of 16 plus five emergencies. In Her Time was the $3.30 favourite before Wednesday’s barrier draw with another leading contender Bonny O’Reilly coming up with gate 17…. Read More »
Rockhampton trainer Ricky Vale has been disqualified for 12 months on three charges relating to positive cobalt swabs. He was also fined $5000 on a separate charge involving the drug dexamethasone, an anti inflammatory. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards charged Vale after cobalt above the allowable levels were detected in… Read More »
Trainer Willie Mullins has unearthed a Melbourne Cup contender with Thomas Hobson winning the staying handicap on the first day of Royal Ascot. Ridden by Ryan Moore on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), Thomas Hobson, was an emphatic winner of the Ascot Stakes (4000m). Ireland’s champion National Hunt trainer, Mullins’ best result… Read More »
Wesley Ward has hailed Lady Aurelia a once in a lifetime horse following her scintillating display in the King’s Stand Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot. The filly destroyed her rivals in the Queen Mary Stakes a year ago but had far more on her plate on her… Read More »
Racing Queensland has applauded the Australian Competition Tribunal’s decision to to approve the $11 billion merger of Tabcorp and Tatts Group. The decision was handed down by Justice Middleton of the ACT at the Federal Court in Melbourne on Tuesday. RQ chief executive Eliot Forbes said the Tabcorp/Tatts combination would… Read More »
Michelle Payne believes Kaspersky can cause a stir in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington in November after his excellent fifth-place finish in the Group One Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. The Melbourne-Cup wining jockey gave the six-year-old colt a stellar ride in a hotly-contested 1600-metre opener at the five-day… Read More »
Michelle Payne piloted Kaspersky to a respectable fifth place in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. The 31-year-old Melbourne Cup-winning jockey was aiming to become the first woman to ride a winner at the Royal meeting in 30 years on the 66/1 shot, trained by British-based Australian handler Jane… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has ruled himself out of the Royal Ascot carnival after failing to recover from an arm injury. Dettori sustained the injury in a paddock fall at Yarmouth last Tuesday but rode Shutter Speed in the French Oaks on Sunday. But Dettori said the injury was still troubling him… Read More »
Tommy Berry is free to ride Prompt Response in the Tattersall’s Tiara after being granted a stay of proceedings pending an appeal into a careless riding suspension. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly is in a group on the second line of betting with Luxbet at $7 for Saturday’s… Read More »
Melbourne CupBritish-based Australian Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam believes the star quality of Michelle Payne can help spring a surprise in Tuesday’s Royal Ascot opener. The 2015 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey rides Kaspersky for Chapple-Hyam in the 1600 metre Group One Queen Anne Stakes that kicks off the five-day festival (11:30pm AEST). Kaspersky,… Read More »
Frankie Dettori will miss the entire 5 days of Royal Ascot because of an arm injury. The popular jockey sustained the injury in a paddock fall at Yarmouth last Tuesday but had been fit enough to ride Shutter Speed in the French Oaks on Sunday. “I’ve been trying so hard… Read More »
