Trainer Darlene Duryea has appealed a 12-month disqualification for a cobalt offence. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards charged Duryea after cobalt was detected in a urine sample taken from Dansu who raced a at Ipswich on December 30. At a hearing in February, Duryea made detailed submissions and provided a… Read More »
Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is keen to let Lingfield Derby Trial winner Best Solution take his chance in the premier Classic at Epsom. Pat Cosgrave bided his time in Saturday’s race until the three-furlong (600m) marker and the colt swept clear to record an easy 3-1/4 length victory over… Read More »
France, the second stringer from the Snowden stable, has claimed the scalp of Group One winner Prized Icon in the $400,000 Scone Guineas. The colt was sent out at $16 with Luxbet.com on Saturday with Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon the $2.80 favourite and Peter and Paul Snowden’s other runner… Read More »
Sydney sprinter Redzel has defied his rivals for an all-the-way win in the Doomben 10,000, the first Group One race of the Queensland winter carnival. Ridden by leading Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, Redzel held off the fast-finishing Counterattack with Derryn taking third. “I knew… Read More »
Apprentice Beau Mertens celebrations of a winning treble at Caulfield have been curtailed with a 10 meeting suspension on two careless riding suspensions. Mertens climbed to the top of the Melbourne premiership table going past Craig Williams with his three winners, but the double suspension was his third in the… Read More »
Glyn Schofield has had his day at Scone soured further by a suspension for his ride on beaten favourite Prized Icon in the Scone Guineas. Schofield pleaded guilty to shifting out in the final stages when not clear of the winner France’s stablemate Calanda who had to be checked. Stewards… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir and jockey John Allen have made it back-to-back South Australian Derby victories, with Volatile Mix taking out the Classic at Morphettville. Weir and Allen combined 12 months ago to win the 2500m three-year-old staying race with Howard Be Thy Name who went in as one of the… Read More »
Shocking Luck is Hong Kong-bound but not before he attempts to win the Queensland Derby following his emphatic win in the Group Three Rough Habit Plate at Doomben. Shocking Luck drifted from $4.80 to $6 but was untroubled to win by 2-3/4 lengths from Order Again who was heavily backed… Read More »
Former champion jockey Ron Quinton has nurtured the careers of many of Sydney’s young riders. So it was with great pride he watched his latest protege Andrew Adkins win the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic at Scone on the Quinton-trained Daysee Doom. And there probably hasn’t been a more deserving… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team has moved closer to a century of Melbourne winners for the season with a treble at Caulfield. Victories to two-year-old debutant Tycoon Dancer, five-year-old sprinter Shaf and three-year-old stayer All Out Of Love on Saturday has taken the stable’s season tally in Victorian metropolitan races to… Read More »
Clearly Innocent has been given a hero’s welcome home to Scone where he has claimed the Luskin Star Stakes for the second year running. Formerly trained on the track by Greg Bennett who has taken up a position with Aquis Farm in Queensland, Clearly Innocent is now prepared at Newcastle… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Hursley has snapped a run of second placings with a victory at Caulfield. But only just. The four-year-old gelding took until his final stride of Saturday’s Chandler Macleod Handicap (2000m) to get his nose in front, chasing down Overberg to win by a short half-head. Hursley ($5)… Read More »
The Doomben Cup is shaping as an attractive option for in-form stayer Stampede after his all-the-way win in the Group Three Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday. Stampede, the $2.30 WilliamHill favourite, overcame a wide alley to lead throughout and defy a challenge from runner-up The Chairman ($4.80) to… Read More »
Trainer James Cumming has plenty of options with three year old Good Standing after his impressive win at Doomben on Saturday. Good Standing who was $4.80 at Sportsbet was given the run of the race by Damian Browne before coming away to beat Sylpheed ($6) by 2-3/4 lengths in the… Read More »
Improving colt Tangled, named after a popular Disney animated movie, rocketed into J Atkins contention after his barnstorming victory in the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben on Saturday. Fresh from a trip to America where he spent time with Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, trainer Chris Waller declared… Read More »
Races during next year’s Dubai carnival loom as a long-range target for sprinter Shaf. The five-year-old gelding registered his fifth 1100m win from eight attempts at the distance when he chased down Sunday Escape in Saturday’s Arvanitis Philanthropy Plate. Co-trainer David Hayes said plans were taking place to race Shaf… Read More »
A little more experienced than her name suggests, Miss Debutante has unleashed a powerful finish to give trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott a race-to-race stakes double at Scone. The three-year-old took out the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) under Tommy Berry who earlier rode her younger stablemate Debonairly to… Read More »
Premier jockey Jeff Lloyd rode his 150th Queensland winner for the season with one of his best rides on Cantbuybetter at Doomben on Saturday. Betterbuybetter drew barrier nine but after the field had gone 400m Lloyd was over on the fence in behind the pace in the Listed Singapore Turf… Read More »
American owners Peter Fluor and KC Weiner’s first venture into Australian racing has been rewarded with Debonairly winning the Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone. Fluor and Weiner, who operate under the Speedway Stables banner, paid $320,000 for the filly at last year’s Magic Million sale. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and… Read More »
An early Caulfield double has moved apprentice Beau Mertens into the lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. Mertens guided Shaf to a last-stride victory in Saturday’s Arvanitis Philanthropy Plate before combining with Pedrena in the Pancare Foundation Plate. The double has given Mertens 58 winners for the season, putting him… Read More »
