Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been suspended for three meetings after pleading guilty to careless riding at Canterbury. McEvoy allowed the Chris Waller-trained Noire ($3.50) to shift in on Cymbalism ($5.50) at the 100m mark of the Vinery Plate (1100m) on Wednesday. Noire took out the race while Cymbalism, also trained… Read More »
Trainer Caroline Allardyce had to wait in line before securing her star jockey son Jim Orman to win on Amber Jewel at Ipswich. Amber Jewel ($5.50) confirmed her rating as a first-up specialist when she made it three wins from three attempts fresh in Wednesday’s Class Three Plate (1020m) After… Read More »
Jordan Childs’ desire to continue his successful association with promising import Fastnet Latina means the apprentice will ride at a weight below his usual comfort zone at Caulfield. The Archie Alexander-trained Fastnet Latina is unbeaten in his four starts since arriving in Australia, with Childs aboard each time. Fastnet Latina… Read More »
Chris Waller believes he could have a replica of Foxplay on his hands after fellow three-year-old filly Noire broke her duck with an impressive win at Canterbury. The champion trainer said Noire displayed the same characteristics as Foxplay, a Group One winner at her last start in the Queen of… Read More »
Heavy rain with the forecast of more before the provincial meeting at Kilmore has forced its cancellation. Racing Victoria stewards inspected the track at midday on Wednesday and judged the track unsuitable for Thursday’s meeting. The Kilmore track has received 76mm of rain in the past week, 10mm within the… Read More »
Toowoomba two-year-old Wake Up Jeff has taken the first step to a possible late winter carnival feature race with his upset win at Ipswich. Wednesday’s QTIS 2YO (1570m) was expected to be an easy win for the odds-on favourite Meikas ($1.80). After being caught deep early, Meikas went to the… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing had weight of numbers on his side but it was a runner from the David Brideoake stable who broke his maiden in the opening race at Sandown. Laing saddled up three of the five runners in Wednesday’s Thebigscreencompany Plate (1400m) but had to settle for second, third… Read More »
Trainer Gary Moore’s winter stocks have been bolstered with the win of two-year-old Risen at Gosford and could get a further boost when Group One performer Takedown returns to Brisbane. Takedown will be having his second start since the Hong Kong International Sprint in December when he tackles the Group… Read More »
It’s not often the Lindsay Park stable gets frightened off by the presence of a single horse in a particular race. But with the John McArdle-trained Doubt I’m Dreaming running in the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup at Caulfield on Saturday, senior trainer David Hayes has rethought his plans with Will’s… Read More »
Fell Swoop will not defend the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm with trainer Matt Dale opting to keep him fresh for a bigger assignment in Brisbane. Fell Swoop would have been favourite for Saturday’s sprint but will instead run in a barrier trial at Goulburn a day earlier…. Read More »
Leading sire Snitzel has the Australian record for individual two-year-old winners in a season in his sights after a double on Anzac Day Risen won at Gosford and General Mu at Bathurst on Tuesday to take his tally to 30, the number he had last season to equal Without Fear’s… Read More »
Gerald Ryan’s hopes of defending the Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas is weather dependent with Star of Monsoon to be scratched unless the track remains in the good range. Despite his name, the three-year-old colt is not adept on wet tracks which have undermined his two previous starts this campaign. After… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney had some added pressure as he left his Caulfield stables for Flemington where he had Dornier engaged in the VRC St Leger. Before he made the journey across town for one of Victoria’s oldest races onTuesday, Moloney’s brother Gerard told him it time he stepped up and… Read More »
Fittingly, a veritable war horse who has campaigned in France has prevailed in the Anzac Appeal Cup at Randwick. Nine-year-old Slow Pace belied his name to record just the sixth win of a 46-race career that started with victory at Fontainebleau in 2011. Since then he has also raced in… Read More »
The thunder of hooves has been replaced by the sound of the bugle as racegoers at Randwick stopped to commemorate the sacrifice of the Anzacs. A minute’s silence followed the Battle of Messines Handicap (1400m) in Sydney on Tuesday, marking 102 years since troops landed at Anzac Cove. Each race… Read More »
A stakes win at Flemington has completed a winning hat-trick for Merchant Navy with the promise of more success to follow. Tuesday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes over 1400m could prove a spring three-year-old guide with Long John (2013), Merion (2014), My Poppette (2015) and Throssell (2016) among previous winners. Ridden… Read More »
Sadaqa is quickly becoming the pin-up horse for apprentice Chris Caserta. The Mick Cerchi-trained gelding gave the apprentice his first metropolitan winner at Caulfield on April 15 and 10 days later the seven-year-old has given Caserta his first Flemington winner. Just as he did at Caulfield, Sadaqa led throughout in… Read More »
Australia’s sole entrant in the upcoming Hong Kong features, The United States, has arrived safely ahead of his Group One mission. The Lloyd Williams-owned entire runs in Sunday’s QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. The United States won last year’s Group One Ranvet Stakes at the Sydney autumn carnival and… Read More »
Rising six-year-old Zebulon will be having just his ninth career start when he lines up in a stakes race at Caulfield. Saturday’s Listed Anniversary Vase (1440m) will be the Peter Morgan-trained gelding’s first start in 12 months with two tendon injuries restricting Zebulon to only two starts in the past… Read More »
Ours To Keep takes the first step in what trainer Chris Munce thinks will be a career-defining winter carnival campaign when he contests the Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm. Saturday’s Listed Dalrello (1200m) has attracted 21 entries including another leading two-year-old contender for the winter, the Kelso Wood-trained Snitzkraft. It… Read More »
