A return to racing for Centre Pivot and Ninth Legion for the first time since January hinges on summer-like weather in Sydney this week. With Randwick rated heavy on Tuesday, trainer Peter Robl was hoping the forecast was accurate with rain predicted to fall sparingly at worst before Saturday’s meeting…. Read More »
After a second-up failure by Urban Ruler at Flemington last month, trainer Greg Eurell was left scratching his head. The trainer had the Silver Bowl Series Final for three-year-olds at Flemington in July as the ultimate goal for the gelding this campaign but wondered then whether they might have to… Read More »
Velocano is finally poised to launch her racing career at Canterbury after a cruel barrier draw and an abandoned meeting conspired to delay her debut. The two-year-old filly has copped gate nine on Wednesday but trainer Marc Conners says she has waited long enough to try to translate encouraging trial… Read More »
Another interstate trip is on the cards for Chase The Horizon with Henry Dwyer looking to send the sprinter to Sydney for the Winter Dash. The Victorian trainer has the four-year-old nominated for a 1400m-handicap at Flemington on Saturday as well as the Winter Dash (1200m) at Randwick. “We’ll probably… Read More »
Racing Victoria has expressed its disappointment with the decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to approve the merger between wagering companies Tabcorp and the Tatts Group. The only condition imposed by the ACT on Tuesday was that Tabcorp must press on with the already agreed sale of its Queensland gaming… Read More »
The Australian Competition Tribunal has approved the proposed $11 billion merger between gaming rivals Tabcorp and Tatts Group. Have Your Say: Is this good for racing? – Leave a comment below. The only condition imposed by the tribunal on Tuesday is that Tabcorp must press on with the already agreed… Read More »
Wet weather had forced adjustments to several meetings around NSW. The Coffs Harbour meeting on Tuesday has been moved to Sunday while Thursday’s races at Newcastle have been transferred from the Beaumont track to the course proper. Murwillumbah has again been hit by rain and Sunday’s races have been transferred… Read More »
British-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, a… Read More »
Fledgling trainer Clare Cunningham has notched her first winner with Sir Barb taking out a 1400m-race at Goulburn. Sir Barb’s win on Monday came at his second start for Cunningham and was just the third time she had saddled a runner in her own name after several years working for… Read More »
Champion Winx has returned to Chris Waller’s stables to prepare for a third straight Cox Plate. Have Your Say: Will Winx make it 3 Cox Plates? – Leave a comment below. After winning the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick in April, Winx was sent for a break and Waller said… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Nigel Tiley will back Megablast up at Flemington seven days after his close second at Moonee Valley. The five-year-old was beaten a short head by Black Tomahawk over 2040m on Saturday and Tiley is keen to run him over 2500m before taking him back to New Zealand… Read More »
In 16 starts since his last win, Inz’n’out has racked up nine minor placings and his trainer Gerald Ryan would like nothing more than to see him change that statistic in the Winter Dash at Randwick. The five-year-old has won four races, the most recent in August 2015, and has… Read More »
Trainer Andrew Noblet hopes the weather forecasters have it right ahead of the David Bourke Provincial Plate at Flemington. Noblet has noted wet-tracker By The Grace entered in Saturday’s 1600m-race restricted to horses who have raced at least three times in non-metropolitan races in the preceding 12 months. The forecast… Read More »
Brisbane Race Club chairman Neville Bell has denied suggestions the club has suspended new membership applications in an attempt to ward off a coup against its board. The BRC has told its members no new applications will be accepted in the short term while problems with Eagle Farm racetrack are… Read More »
Perth trainer Lindsey Smith is prepared to take on the world’s highest rated turf horse in the Cox Plate if Scales Of Justice convinces him he can run 2000m. Have Your Say: Does Scales Of Justice have any chance of beating Winx? – Leave a comment below. Yet to finish out… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Lance Noble is hoping Save The Date’s Australian success will earn the filly a start at Group Three level. Save The Date won a 1400m-race on Sunday at Caloundra where Noble hopes she can return to run in two weeks in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Leith Innes has been suspended after stewards completed an inquiry into interference in the Stradbroke Handicap. Innes, who rode Counterattack in the Group One race at Doomben on June 10, was charged with causing interference to Patrick Moloney on Kaepernick in the straight. Stewards said Innes had… Read More »
The Pasqual Bary-trained Senga has won a dramatic Prix de Diane at Chantilly. Leading Irish hope Rhododendron was pulled up by Ryan Moore and was later found to have had a bleeding attack while Christophe Soumillon came off Onthemoonagain in the straight. The winner was having her fourth run in… Read More »
Much-travelled stayer Pop ‘N’ Scotch might not have another start before trying to make it fourth time lucky in the Queensland Cup. Trained by Liam Birchley at Eagle Farm, Pop ‘N’ Scotch finished midfield first-up in the Ipswich Cup on Saturday. His main mission for the winter is the Queensland… Read More »
Hugh Bowman can set a modern-day record for Group One winners in a season when he rides French Emotion in the Tattersall’s Tiara. And the mare’s trainer Chris Waller is confident French Emotion can bounce back from her unplaced performance last start in the Dane Ripper Stakes. French Emotion finished… Read More »
