The first trip abroad for Victorian apprentice Ethan Brown has lasted less than 24 hours. Brown arrived in London on Sunday to start a six-week stint with Newmarket trainer William Haggas but was denied entry into the UK because he didn’t have the correct paperwork. Victorian Jockeys Association chief executive… Read More »
Experienced racing administrator Dale Monteith will conduct an independent review of the controversial Eagle Farm track which has been closed indefinitely. Acting on a direction from the state’s racing minister Grace Grace, Racing Queensland said it had appointed former Victoria Racing Club chief executive Monteith to ensure best practice strategies… Read More »
More than 15 months after he last raced, Lizard Island is set to make his return at Flemington. Lizard Island suffered a tendon injury after running fourth to Tivaci in the C S Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington in February last year. On Saturday he makes his return in a… Read More »
Trainer Robert Smerdon is hoping there will be some last-minute scratchings to enable three-year-old Oak Door to force his way into the Stradbroke Handicap field. Oak Door sits in 25th spot on the order of entry into Saturday’s 1350m Group One race at Doomben. The back-up plan is for Oak… Read More »
Sydney’s weather forecast has done little to boost trainer Ron Quinton’s confidence ahead of the June Stakes meeting at Randwick. Rain is predicted for at least two of the days leading up to Saturday and although Boss Lane’s record says he has won two races on heavy tracks and one… Read More »
Caulfield trainer Stuart Webb is considering paying a late entry fee for filly Ana Royale to run in the Queensland Derby. Connections have until 9am on Wednesday morning to decide whether to pay $18,000 to put the filly in Saturday’s 2200m Group One Queensland Derby at Doomben. Ana Royale was… Read More »
It has been almost a decade since Nikita Beriman rode her first Group One winner but she is looming as real chance to win her second. The 31-year-old has been riding in great style since she returned from more than a year off with an injury to her left kneecap… Read More »
Bonny O’Reilly has not been given a penalty for her Listed win at Doomben and remains outside the field for the Stradbroke Handicap. The Bjorn Baker-trained mare’s rating went up to 96 after her win in Saturday’s Helen Coughlan Stakes, lifting her from 25 to 19 in the order of… Read More »
Sydney jockey Sam Clipperton has added a Group winner to his successful first season in Hong Kong. Clipperton took his tally to 39 winners with his victory on the John Moore-trained Booming Delight in the Group Three Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. “I’m thrilled,” Clipperton… Read More »
Kaspersky remains on course for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot where he will be ridden by Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne. The six-year-old counts Italian and German Group Two victories on his record along with third place in the Group One Premio Vittorio di Capua last term. Formerly… Read More »
English trainer David ‘Dandy’ Nicholls, famous for his success with sprinters, has died at the age of 61. A former jockey, Nicholls trained winners of the Nunthorpe Stakes, July Cup, Prix de l’Abbaye and Haydock Sprint Cup, as well as all the major sprint handicaps such as the Ayr Gold… Read More »
Brametot has rallied late to snatch victory in the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) at Chantilly to give trainer Jean Claude-Rouget his third success in the race. After Brametot missed the start, his rider Cristian Demuro took his time and switched Brametot to the outside to deliver his challenge… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan has confirmed there has been no change of heart and Deploy will not run in the Stradbroke Handicap. The four-year-old won Saturday’s Group Two Moreton Cup (1200m) at Doomben but will not be asked to back up seven days later. Deploy’s owner John Cornish decided against paying… Read More »
A gallop on a Victorian country track will determine whether Mongolian Wolf heads to Brisbane for the Queensland Derby. Mongolian Wolf will gallop at Coleraine on Tuesday and if he pleases trainer Darren Weir will head north for the Group One 2200m-race at Doomben on Saturday. The three-year-old, who will… Read More »
The Bryan and Dan Guy training partnership has unearthed a late winter carnival hopeful away from the glare of the Queensland Oaks meeting. The Guys had one runner on Saturday at Doomben, Silky Brown, who was a good fourth in the Listed Phoenix but they headed straight back to the… Read More »
Retirement is on hold for Extra Zero following his last-start Flemington win, but a lack of suitable races means it will be some time until he is seen again. Extra Zero is not expected to go to the races next month in the Country Cup Final at Flemingotn over 2000m,… Read More »
Popular Brisbane trainer Desleigh Forster is hoping Too Good To Refuse makes the field for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap to help ease the pain of losing one her best horses. Forster was devastated at Doomben on Saturday when Cylinder Beach broke down as he was making a winning run… Read More »
Queensland stewards will ask Doomben officials to lower music noise levels from corporate tents when horses go on to the track at the Stradbroke Handicap meeting. Several jockeys and trainers complained during Saturday’s Oaks meeting that horses were being spooked by the booming music near the pathway to the track…. Read More »
Jockey Padraig Beggy has resurrected his career in spectacular fashion, winning the Derby at Epsom less than two years after serving a ban for a drug charge in Australia. Beggy steered the Aidan O’Brien-trained outsider Wings Of Eagles to win the Classic on Saturday (Sunday AEST). Having contemplated hanging up… Read More »
The battle for the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership brought out the best in the two leading riders at Moonee Valley. Apprentice Beau Mertens entered Saturday’s meeting holding a two-win lead over five-time premiership winner Craig Williams. And it was tit-for-tat early in the program. Williams rode Wanted Diva to victory in… Read More »
