Darren Beadman believes Allergic’s quest for a second black-type win can reach fruition at Randwick in the Listed McKell Cup. The five-year-old has raced six times this preparation and results have steadily improved, with a close second to Top Of My List in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson’s decision to pay up for Sharp Speedo in the Queensland Oaks has proved a wise one with the filly winning at Ipswich. Sharp Speedo is one of 21 second nominations taken on Wednesday morning for the Group One Oaks (2400m) on June 3 and her win a… Read More »
A high attrition rate means Brisbane star Hopfgarten has made the field for the Group One Kingsford Smith Stakes after fears he might miss out. Queensland has at best six horses capable of running in open company Group One races but this winter has exposed problems with the ballot system… Read More »
A Queensland cadet steward alleged to have mishandled a swab document has resigned. The Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner Ross Barnett said the cadet steward was suspended with pay last week pending the finalisation of an investigation into a complaint. “The cadet steward was alleged to have deliberately entered false information… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Gerald Mosse has been signed by new racing organisation Phoenix Thoroughbreds as their retained jockey. The 50-year-old will link up with the Luxembourg-based investment group which has been active at the sales with purchases being sent to Bob Baffert and Jeremy Noseda Mosse, who won the 2010… Read More »
Mornington trainer Pat Carey faces a conduct charge following an alleged incident with another trainer at trackwork. Racing Victoria stewards have charged Carey with behaviour that constitutes misconduct or improper conduct. Stewards allege that at trackwork on May 15 ,Carey grabbed the clothing of fellow trainer Trent Pennuto while he… Read More »
Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes is eyeing off the magical mark of 300 winners for the season. After a successful run that produced 17 winners in nine days up until Sunday, the Lindsay Park stable sits on 244 winners for the 2016/17 season. With a little over two months… Read More »
Broadside looks capable of doing the hard yards over winter, but asking him to race over consecutive weekends for the first time in his career is probably a stretch. Co-trainer Adrian Bott conceded as much and indicated it was unlikely the five-year-old would back up from Saturday’s 2000m-win at Rosehill…. Read More »
Pat Hyland is a relieved trainer with Lizard Island pulling up in good order after a comeback trial at Cranbourne. The rising five-year-old, who has been gelded since his last start in February 2016, wasn’t asked to do a lot on Monday in his first trial back from a tendon… Read More »
Success in country meetings has convinced Sue Grills that Under The Thumb warrants a trip from Tamworth for a Highway Handicap debut at Randwick. While stablemate Fickle Folly will stay at home after she was pulled from two races on Saturday’s card, the four-year-old gelding has been challenged to make… Read More »
James Cummings has been appointed to succeed John O’Shea as Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia. Cummings joins Godolphin after almost a decade at Leilani Lodge in Randwick as foreman, co-trainer with his late grandfather Bart Cummings and ultimately head trainer. Godolphin’s managing director in Australia Henry Plumptre welcomed Cummings’ move… Read More »
Leading trainer Darren Weir has the horses to be competitive in all forms of racing. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sprint race, a middle distance or a staying race, Weir is there. And the same goes for jumps racing. Of his 14 winners at the Warrnambool carnival earlier this… Read More »
Box 14 at Gary Portelli’s Warwick Farm stable remains empty with the trainer admitting it will take a special horse to fill it. For the past five years the box has been the sole territory of dual Group One winner Rebel Dane who left the stable last Thursday for his… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club has announced board member Neil Wilson will become interim chief executive. Simon Love resigned last week after holding the top position for almost two years. Wilson joined the VRC board in 2012 and became honorary treasurer earlier this year. VRC chair Amanda Elliott said she was… Read More »
James Cummings is expected to be confirmed shortly as Australian head trainer for global racing operation Godolphin. Cummings would replace John O’Shea who resigned at the end of last month after three years in the job. Neither Cummings nor Godolphin has so far made any comment. O’Shea’s former assistant Darren… Read More »
French trainer Freddy Head has been forced to call time on the career of multiple Group One-winning miler Solow. During 2015, the gelding claimed five Group One races in a row and looked impregnable in Europe, winning twice at Ascot in the Queen Anne and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and… Read More »
Darren Weir has decided on a change of plans with Black Heart Bart with the gelding heading to Brisbane for a Group One race at Eagle Farm. Black Heart Bart is booked to travel to Brisbane on Wednesday night to run in the Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) on Saturday. Weir said… Read More »
The experienced Benzini and the up-and-coming Chocante will be out to uphold New Zealand’s reputation in the staying ranks at Eagle Farm. The pair will contest Saturday’s Group Three Premier’s Cup (2200m) as a prelude to the Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m) on June 10 won last year by Benzini…. Read More »
Ballarat horseman Simon Morrish will take over the stables of suspended trainer Matt Cumani in a caretaker role. Cumani was last week suspended and fined $20,000 for his failure to notify stewards of a case of strangles in his stables last October. Morrish takes over 40 horses and staff when… Read More »
Country stayer Lautaro upset some big names at the recent Scone carnival and his trainer is looking to bring him to town where he believes he can measure up again. The gelding won over 2200 metres as a $21 chance on May 13, beating odds-on favourite Interlocuter from the Godolphin… Read More »
