The barrier draw for the Rod Johnson Handicap at Flemington has trainer Mike Moroney struggling to split stablemates Loyalty Man and Radipole. Loyalty Man resumes in Saturday’s 1400m-handicap while import Radipole is second-up after a recent Melbourne debut which Moroney felt had plenty of merit. Loyalty Man has barrier 11… Read More »
A business decision jockey Craig Newitt made four months ago is paying dividends. Newitt left the sanctuary of Caulfield for Flemington where he now rides work for Chris Waller who has supplied the jockey with a number of winners in recent weeks. “I had to change something up,” Newitt said…. Read More »
Trainer Steve Tregea has no regrets about bypassing the Group One Stradbroke Handicap with three-year-old Niccanova. The gelding will instead tackle the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. Niccanova beat the ballot for the Stradbroke when he won the Fred Best Classic at Eagle Farm two weeks… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman will ride Rudy for the first time in three years in the Brisbane Cup hoping for better luck than the last time they combined. Bowman rode Rudy in the 2014 Queensland Derby but after being caught deep, Rudy weakened in the straight to finish 17th behind… Read More »
Having been stranded on the verge of outriding his claim for the past three weeks, apprentice Jordan Childs can achieve the milestone at Flemington. Childs is just one city win shy of achieving the feat and has five rides at Saturday’s Flemington meeting including four for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have lost their appeal on a misconduct charge for substituting horses in a televised trackwork session. The Racing NSW Appeal Panel on Friday dismissed the training team’s appeal against conviction and a $5000 fine. After determining three horses were unfit to take their advertised places… Read More »
Racing Victoria is arguing it proved horses trained by Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh had elevated cobalt levels. The governing body has taken its long-running cobalt case against the Flemington trainers to the Court of Appeal. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in March dismissed the charges against O’Brien and… Read More »
The Queensland Derby ride on Volatile Mix presents jockey John Allen with his latest chance to add to a string of feature race wins in recent months – both on the flat and over jumps. In the past two months Allen has claimed his second-straight Group One South Australian Derby… Read More »
Cameron Crockett never imagined Nictock could be the best horse he’d ever handled when the cantankerous gelding turned up shin sore and with an attitude to match. Getting well beaten in a trial before he arrived at Crockett’s Mudgee stable last year didn’t augur well either, but fortunately first appearances… Read More »
During their two-year-old season trainer Tony McEvoy didn’t think there was a lot between Hey Doc and Lessyd. While Hey Doc progressed to win the Group One Australian Guineas in the autumn after running third in the Caulfield Guineas in the spring, Lessyd’s three-year-old season has so far been restricted… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes has scratched two horses from Flemington and one from Morphettville amid concerns after a security breach at his stable. There was evidence an intruder had entered his stable on Wednesday night and Stokes decided to err on the side of caution ahead of Saturday’s racing. His… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Sowden training partnership is again looking to jockey Jim Byrne as they try to end a frustrating run in the Stradbroke Handicap. There is no jockey more experienced in Brisbane Group One races than Byrne who has had 13 previous rides in the Stradbroke for a… Read More »
The mystery surrounding the Japanese horse who is the early 4-1 second choice to win the Belmont Stakes has deepened. Epicharis didn’t train on Thursday, hours after he was treated with an anti-inflammatory for lameness in his right front hoof, calling into question whether he will be fit to run… Read More »
Stewards have scratched New Zealand two-year-old Qiji Phoenix from the Group One J J Atkins after excess mucus was found in his throat after a scope. Chief steward Allan Reardon said he had spoken with trainer Donna Logan who reported the results of the scope. “It was decided in fairness… Read More »
Racing NSW stewards have warned trainers of variations in withdrawal times after John Thompson was fined for a positive swab despite following the recommended guidelines. A blood sample taken from Astronomos after his fourth in the Group Three JRA Plate on April 15 showed the presence of triamcinolone acetonide,a corticosteroid,… Read More »
Chris Waller has not ruled out a potential showdown between super mare Winx and the up-and-coming Egg Tart when the world’s best horse on turf attempts to win her third Cox Plate. Sydney’s premier trainer said he was reluctant to race two stars of his stable head-to-head in the Melbourne… Read More »
Having finalised plans to return to the family’s spiritual home Leilani Lodge, Anthony and Edward Cummings are also happy ahead of Top Of My List’s first start outside NSW. The father and son training team will move into Leliani Lodge at Randwick in the new season with Edward’s brother James… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Brad Smith has again failed to attend an inquiry after telling stewards he had a medical condition. Smith was suspended last month after failing to attend other inquiries on medical grounds. “The matters concern a possible breach of AR 175 which relates to penalising any person who, in… Read More »
Napoleon has already won an important battle on foreign soil to simply still be in the running for the Stayers Cup. The seven-year-old’s Randwick debut on Saturday looked unlikely when the German-bred gelding was diagnosed with a suspensory injury after racing at Kembla Grange in April, 2016. It was a… Read More »
Trainer John Thompson has been fined $6000 despite following the guidelines for the administration of a corticosteroid to treat an injury to Astronomos. A blood sample taken from Astronomos after his fourth in the Group Three JRA Plate on April 15 showed the presence of triamcinolone acetonide which is banned… Read More »
