Milder than average temperatures have forced the transfer of two upcoming meetings from the Geelong synthetic track. Friday’s meeting has been moved to the turf track while next Tuesday’s meeting has been moved to the synthetic surface at Pakenham. The decision to transfer the meetings was made because of concerns… Read More »
Corey Brown has had his seven-day suspension for a whip offence in the Doomben Cup set aside. An internal review by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission on Thursday agreed with a submission by Brown that his offence had been minor. The QRIC hearing also found the whip action by Brown… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership goes to Eagle Farm with one of their strongest stakes race representations but are cautious about making predictions. The Snowdens have already had a good winter taking the Group One Doomben 10,000 with Redzel and the Group Three Ken Russell Stakes with Taking… Read More »
Trainer John Sargent is known for his prowess with stayers but Regine is a new experience. A northern hemisphere-bred half-sister to Ascot Gold Cup winner Trip To Paris, Regine was born in May 2014, making her several months younger than her opponents in Saturday’s Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (2200m)… Read More »
Country trainer Andrew Dale is weighing up options for his last-start winner Lautaro. After scratching the stayer from the Listed McKell Cup at Randwick on Saturday, Dale has several other choices. Lautaro is an acceptor for the Chandler Macleod Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday while also holding nominations for… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie has brought classy mare Col ‘N’ Lil back in distance as he hopes to continue his golden winter run at Eagle Farm. Currie was disappointed when Col ‘N’Lil, who dead heated to win the Weetwood Handicap in April, ran last at her most recent run in the… Read More »
A strong track gallop has indicated multiple stakes winner Music Magnate is ready to regain his Group One-winning form in the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Music Magnate started his winter carnival with a strong win in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) on April 29 before turning in… Read More »
Chris Waller expects familiar surroundings and a favoured distance will enable Richard Of Yorke to atone for a disappointing trip to Scone when he spearheads a three-pronged assault on the Listed McKell Cup. The former English stayer is one of three Waller-trained runners in Saturday’s 2400m-feature race at Randwick where… Read More »
Having grown up in the country, trainer Symon Wilde well remembers the older style of training horses. Wilde prepares Gold Medals who runs in the Australian Steeplechase (3400m) at Sandown on Saturday, and he says the horse is a throwback to yesteryear. “I remember growing up in the country and… Read More »
Jim Byrne is looking to improve on his imposing stakes-winning record for the season at Eagle Farm where his rides include Capital Gain in the Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes. The two-year-old has been running home strongly from the back of the field in his races, giving every indication… Read More »
New Zealand-trained horses are set to continue their strong presence at the Eagle Farm section of the winter carnival. Kiwi horses have won dozens of winter carnival races since legendary Rising Fast made his Australian debut in 1954. Last year they were again major players and have a strong hand… Read More »
Young South African jockey Callan Murray is off the mark in Hong Kong, riding a winner at Happy Valley at his second meeting. Murray spent the final weeks of his apprenticeship with Lindsay Park in Victoria during the Australian summer, riding four winners. He had five winless rides at Sha… Read More »
With winter approaching and Melbourne racing in the off-season, a German-bred import creates a lot of interest at Sandown. Global Gentl makes his Australian debut in Saturday’s Le Pine Funerals Plate (1400m) for training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. He comes to Australia having raced in Germany, Slovakia, Hungary,… Read More »
It was business as usual for Darren Beadman at Canterbury as he notched another training double, a day after it was confirmed his tenure as Godolphin’s head trainer will be short-lived. Beadman had two winners at his first meeting as a licensed trainer at Canterbury on May 10 and he… Read More »
Veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd has set a Queensland record for the number of wins in a season, aptly aboard a horse trained by his main supporter, Toby Edmonds. Prontezza ($3) raced away to win a fillies and mares race at Ipswich on Wednesday and give Lloyd his 156th Queensland winner… Read More »
Brisbane’s weather has put a dampener on Machinegun Jubs’ black-type aspirations. The four-year-old mare had been aimed at Listed and Group races during the Queensland winter carnival but Gosford trainer Angela Davies said a step up in class was likely on hold until spring in Sydney, or Melbourne. Davies had… Read More »
James Cummings first came to the attention of Godolphin with the win of Hallowed Crown in the Group One Golden Rose. Not long after that win Godolphin bought a half-share in the colt leaving him in the care of Cummings and his grandfather Bart. Almost three years later and James… Read More »
Promising filly Lipizzan will step up to Saturday racing after upstaging favourite Envy Of All to get off the mark at the midweek meeting at Canterbury. Trainer Gary Portelli had been worried about Lipizzan’s prospects against the James Cummings-trained Envy Of All in Wednesday’s maiden handicap (1100m). Those fears were… Read More »
The jumping career of Marlo Man may have been determined before he was born. By Elvstroem, Marlo Man is from the Runyon mare Run And Jump and trainer Jackson Pallot came to the realisation the now eight-year-old might be a jumper after his early gallops. The gelding is one of… Read More »
Clearly Innocent can prove he is more than a one-track wonder when he runs in the Group One Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Clearly Innocent will be having his third start for Kris Lees on Saturday, a week after the trainer won the Group One Doomben Cup with Sense… Read More »
