The state of the Brisbane metropolitan tracks has forced trainer George Osborne to stay at home with flashy mare Miss Vista for a race at Moonee Valley. Osborne was planning an assault on the Listed Lightning Handicap which was to be run at Eagle Farm on Saturday before the meeting… Read More »
Former Godolphin trainer John O’Shea is planning to reunite with banned jockey James McDonald once the Kiwi serves an 18-month suspension. McDonald will be eligible to return to the track in mid-May after being disqualified for placing a $1000 bet on a horse he was riding in 2015. He has… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is looking to two-year-old She’s Our Star to ease the disappointment of missing a Group One run with another of his horses at Doomben. Gollan had hoped to have Lipstick Lover in Saturday’s Group One Queensland Oaks but she was made first emergency when the… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds has no qualms about The Virginian backing up in the Stradbroke Handicap a week after he contests the Group Two Moreton Cup at Doomben. Edmonds believes Saturday’s 1200m-sprint will tune him up for his Group One assignment. The Virginian ran third in the 2016 Stradbroke as a… Read More »
A seven-horse assault on the Queensland Oaks is not what Chris Waller originally planned. Sydney’s premier trainer kept paying up for some of his lesser performed fillies uncertain how the Eagle Farm track would play, believing it could produce an upset. With the race on Saturday now moved to Doomben,… Read More »
He’s long since matured as a racehorse, so now Shiraz is being asked to put that experience to good use when he resumes after a flat performance against the all-conquering Winx. The seven-year-old begins this preparation, his second under Wyong trainer Kim Waugh, at Rosehill where he lines up in… Read More »
The possibility of night racing will be one of the major planks in a new sponsorship deal in which the Aquis Australia group has naming rights at the Gold Coast Turf Club and event centre. Aquis already has a large presence in Australian racing with a major stud and horse… Read More »
Perth trainer Neville Parnham has made an impact with a small team of horses in Melbourne which could be ready to grow. One of Western Australia’s leading horsemen, Parnham is considering opening a a small stable in Melbourne if his jockey son Chris decides to return there from Perth. “I… Read More »
Tough gelding Rudy will take a major step towards one of owner-breeder Tom Clarke’s dreams if he wins the Group Two P J O’Shea Stakes at Doomben. Rudy ran third in the Group One Doomben Cup at his most recent start and five of his eight wins have come at… Read More »
Losing one of his favourite horses from the stable is a blow but trainer Ben Currie is turning his attention to the Doomben meeting. Just three days after Col ‘N’ Lil won Saturday’s Group Three Lord Mayor’s Cup, the mare has left Currie after being sold to clients of Gold… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has put its slot for the $10 million Everest up for tender. The ATC will look at applications from Australia and overseas for the 1200m-sprint at Randwick on October 14. Trainer David Hayes is already looking for a berth with Newmarket Handicap winner Redkirk Warrior and… Read More »
Mornington trainer Trent Pennuto and stablehand David Price have been charged with the alleged raceday stomach-tubing of a horse at Moe. The Pennuto-trained Chatober was withdrawn from its race last Thursday after Racing Victoria’s Compliance and Assurance Team allegedly observed the pair stomach-tubing the mare at a premises near the… Read More »
Experienced jockey Tim Clark and apprentice Nick Heywood avoided serious injury after falls marred the closing stages of the Warwick Farm midweek meeting. Clark looked to be at the most risk after his mount Eastern Legend appeared to clip the heels of Viceroy at the 200m in the TAB Handicap…. Read More »
Two Victorian apprentices will be given their chance to impress on the international stage. Lachlan King, son of former champion jockey Steven King, will represent Australia at the Longines Prix Future Racing Stars in France next month. The 1600m race for apprentice riders will be run at Chantilly on June… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards has headed to Melbourne in search of a bigger prize money pool for his six-time winner Benz. The son of Bushranger lines-up in the Dominant Handicap (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday chasing a first prize of $55,000 plus $30,000 in Super VOBIS bonus money. “We… Read More »
The final Group One race of the Australian racing season, the Tattersall’s Tiara for fillies and mares, will be run at Doomben. It is the third Group One meeting moved from Eagle Farm this month after constant criticism of the racing surface. Racing Queensland instructed the Brisbane Race Club that… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Greg Eurell’s plan to chase a consolation Derby win with Fontein Lad moved up a notch when the gelding scored a tough victory on Wednesday. Fontein Lad was one of 24 horses paid up for the Group One Queensland Derby on Wednesday morning and five hours later he… Read More »
I Am Excited looked aptly named in scoring her first win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The David Pfieffer-trained two-year-old recovered from a tardy start and weaved through traffic under Kerrin McEvoy to win the All Too Hard@Vinery Plate by 1-1/2 lengths. “I think her names lives up to it,… Read More »
Coolring will audition for a Stradbroke Handicap when he lines up from a wide gate at Rosehill. The six-year-old gelding drew the outside gate for the Octagonal Handicap, but it’s an obstacle he has negotiated before with some success. Encouragingly for Bjorn Baker, Coolring scored from gate 13 in the… Read More »
A trip from country South Australia to Moonee Valley could help trainer Sue Jaensch decide if promising mare Have Another Glass is up to spring class. Jaensch is making a five-hour drive with the view of a possible spring campaign for Have Another Glass. Have Another Glass contests the William… Read More »
