Punters should not read anything into classy jumper Wells missing a run in a 3200m flat race at Flemington. The Kathryn Durden-trained gelding is set to run in the Australian Steeplechase at Sandown on Saturday looking to turn around his second placing in last year’s 3400m race. Wells was scratched… Read More »
Unstoppable jockey Jeff Lloyd is poised to break yet another riding record this week. The 56-year-old has already smashed the record for the most winners in a Brisbane metropolitan season with 118, beating Chris Munce’s previous mark of 103 set in 2011/12. Lloyd is booked for seven rides at the… Read More »
Group One-winning mare Miss Cover Girl is primed to finish her career on a high in the Group Three Glenlogan Park Stakes at Eagle Farm. Miss Cover Girl has won eight of her 31 starts and $847,900 prize money with her biggest win coming in the Group One Tatt’s Tiara… Read More »
Jockey Regan Bayliss has escaped surgery on his fractured left wrist following a race fall at Geelong. He was injured on Friday when the Lindsay Park-trained two-year-old Amschel fell. On Monday, Bayliss saw Racing Victoria’s doctor Gary Zimmerman who gave the jockey an indication he could be back riding in… Read More »
Caravaggio has cemented his place as the market leader for the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot with victory in the Group Three Lacken Stakes at Naas. Unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile, the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt firmed from 5-2 to 6-4 for the Group One sprint for three-year-olds at… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Americain has sired his first Australian winner with Geegee Blackprince’s success in the Tasmanian Sires’ Produce Stakes. The Stuart Gandy-trained Geegee Blackprince upset his stablemate Gee Gee Lanett to win Sunday’s 1400m-race for two-year-olds at Launceston. Geegee Blackprince is the ninth foal from Paul and Elizabeth Geard’s… Read More »
Australian Zac Purton has become just the fourth jockey to ride 700 winners or more in Hong Kong. Purton, who has been riding in Hong Kong for the past decade, reached the milestone on Sunday aboard Chung Wah Spirit in the Class Three Handicap (1400m). Douglas Whyte holds the record… Read More »
Soul Stirring has given champion Frankel his first Classic winner with her victory in the Group One Japanese Oaks at Tokyo racecourse. From the unbeaten Frankel’s first crop, Soul Stirring also gave the stallion his first Group One win as a sire in the Hanshen Juvenile Fillies in December and… Read More »
James Innes Jr’s bid for the Sydney apprentices’ premiership has hit a snag with a suspension at Rosehill ruling him out of for five meetings. Innes trails Andrew Adkins by seven with just over two months of the season remaining. He was outed on Saturday for an inward shift onto… Read More »
Michelle Payne has been honoured with an international award for excellence in equestrian sports. Payne was on hand to receive the award in Washington DC on Saturday, recognising her 2015 Melbourne Cup win among her other achievements. The awards, sponsored by Longines, recognised four women whose careers have shown a… Read More »
Caulfield trainer Robert Smerdon is hoping he doesn’t experience any transport difficulties as Under The Louvre prepares for a Group One assignment in Brisbane. Flying horses from Melbourne to Brisbane in recent times has been difficult although Darren Weir was able to get a small team north last week. Under… Read More »
Shadow Dancer has increased Snitzel’s record total of two-year-old winners with her victory at Rotorua. Snitzel set a new mark for individual juvenile winners in a season on Saturday when the Gerald Ryan-trained Pymble made it 31 at Newcastle. The previous record was held by Without Fear who reached 30… Read More »
A cadet steward has become the fifth Queensland Racing Integrity Commission official stood down in the past seven months pending a misconduct investigation. QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett said the cadet steward, who is based in Townsville, was suspended with pay following an allegation of serious misconduct. Barnett said the cadet… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce’s outstanding season with two-year-olds will peak when he has three genuine hopes in the Group Two BRC Sires Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm. Munce knows all about winning the Sires and Brisbane’s other main two-year-old race, the Group One J J Atkins Stakes (1600m), to be run… Read More »
The in-form Lindsay Park stable will attempt to add a feature jumps race to its record when Honey Steel’s Gold runs in the Australian Hurdle at Sandown. Lindsay Park is currently enjoying a stellar run of form and in the space of eight days notched up 16 winners. A treble… Read More »
Problem-plagued mare Tumbler is recovering well from a minor setback and should be ready to race late in the winter carnival. Tumbler turned in the worst run of her career when she finished last in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on April 29. It was the… Read More »
Trainers will receive an update on the progress of the Eagle Farm racing surface ahead of its next meeting. The Brisbane Race Club has called in several experts to help with the track and BRC chairman Neville Bell said representatives from contractor Evergreen, Racing Queensland and the the club would… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming has finished out of the money in the Preakness Stakes with Cloud Computing running down Classic Empire in the final strides to win by a head. Cloud Computing (13-1) was one of five fresh horses in the Preakness who didn’t run two weeks ago in… Read More »
Ribchester has put on an impressive front-running display to win the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury giving Godolphin a record eighth win in the race. The four-year-old, trained by Richard Fahey and ridden by William Buick, kept finding more in front and was far too strong for the opposition… Read More »
Former Perth galloper Vega Magic has taken out the $1 million Group One Goodwood at Morphettville at his first start for Lindsay Park. The victory completed a red-letter day for Lindsay Park, which collected four winners at Flemington on Saturday as well as a double at Morphettville with Fuhryk winning… Read More »
