Wendy Roche has twin boys aged under four and they’re a dream to handle compared to her problem child. The Warwick Farm trainer also has a recalcitrant four-year-old mare to contend with and Ardanza continues to test her patience despite starting her racing career with a surprise win at Newcastle… Read More »
A horse who has returned from a three-year injury absence will attempt to make it back-to-back victories when he heads to Sandown. Calendar Lad began his career with trainer Greg Eurell and won one of his nine starts and contested stakes races as a three-year-old. He was then forced off… Read More »
The Brisbane race meeting at Eagle Farm featuring the Group Two Victory Stakes is expected to go ahead despite criticism of the surface after track gallops. Eagle Farm is set to host its first meeting in a month after being given a rest following criticism of the state of the… Read More »
Racing Victoria will find out in June whether it will be granted leave to appeal the court decision which overturned trainer Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s bans in the long-running cobalt case. Last month the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld O’Brien and Kavanagh’s appeal against four and three-year bans… Read More »
Almoonqith had no pre-existing condition that would have caused him to break down in the Sydney Cup. Racing NSW stewards held an inquiry on Monday into the catastrophic leg injury the horse suffered in the Cup on April 8, causing the race to be abandoned and Almoonqith euthanised. Trainer David… Read More »
South Australia’s first $1 million race will have an added attraction with superstar Hong Kong-based jockey Joao Moreira booked to ride in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Thoroughbred Racing South Australia confirmed on Monday Moreira would head to Adelaide for the May 6 meeting. He already has five rides… Read More »
Jason Attard is reluctant to predict whether Kellyville Flyer can emulate her brother and win the Group Three Hawkesbury Gold Cup, because the forecast isn’t exactly favourable. Home track advantage may not come into play for the seven-year-old mare as rain is only expected to fall on Tuesday before mostly… Read More »
Progressive filly Egg Tart will be on trial for a Group One assignment when she has her first anti-clockwise start at Flemington. If she handles the opposite direction on Tuesday as well as she has her Sydney assignments, Egg Tart could head to the Schweppes Oaks at Morphettville in Adelaide… Read More »
Jamie Mott has not hidden his opinion of impressive debut winner Doubt I’m Dreaming who he believes can reach the top level. Mott was aboard the John McArdle-trained Doubt I’m Dreaming when he sprinted to a convincing Listed race win on debut at Moonee Valley last month. The 29-year-old Mott… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has sent 40 television sets to the flood damaged Lismore and Murwillumbah clubs and donated cash to the SES to help with the recovery. Lismore and Murwillumbah both suffered substantial damage when the courses were flooded in late March. As part of the assistance, the ATC… Read More »
With the Sydney carnival over, many of the better two-year-olds in Gerald Ryan’s stable are resting ahead of spring campaigns. Ryan got three youngsters into the Golden Slipper with Trapeze Artist the best-performed, running sixth on the heavy track before recording a Group One third in the ATC Sires’ Produce… Read More »
A crack at Australia’s final Group One race of the season for two-year-olds is a possibility for Casino Fourteen if he can make an impression in his stakes debut at Flemington. The Greg Eurell-trained colt scored an all-the-way on debut in a 1200m-maiden at Echuca on April 8, earning the… Read More »
Leading winter carnival hope Hopfgarten is likely to resume in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm as his first step to the Stradbroke Handicap. Hopfgarten is one of 13 entries for Saturday’s Victory Stakes which include last year’s winner Fell Swoop and three Group One winners, Music Magnate,… Read More »
The past two Melbourne Cup-winning riders, Michelle Payne and Kerrin McEvoy, will compete on opposing teams in the Shergar Cup international jockeys’ challenge at Ascot. Payne, who became the first female to win the Melbourne Cup when she steered Prince Of Penzance to victory in 2015, was unable to take… Read More »
The Sydney autumn carnival may have ended a week later than planned, but the final meeting brought a fitting result. After the first running of the Sydney Cup was declared a no-race on April 8, the 3200m-staying feature was re-run on Saturday with Polarisation a popular and deserved winner. The… Read More »
The flood damage at two of Queensland’s major provincial racetracks is far worse than first thought. Racing Queensland chief executive Eliot Forbes visited Rockhampton and Beaudesert racetracks and estimated damage from Cyclone Debbie and its aftermath to be at least $1.5 million. Beaudesert’s track was inundated with the damage now… Read More »
Chipping Norton Stakes: Winx. Trainer Chris Waller. Jockey Hugh Bowman. Randwick Guineas: Inference. Hawkes Racing. Tommy Berry. Canterbury Stakes: Le Romain. Kris Lees. Glyn Schofield. Coolmore Classic: Heavens Above. Tim Martin. Tye Angland. Ranvet Stakes: Our Ivanhowe (GER). Lee and Anthony Freedman. Kerrin McEvoy. George Ryder: Winx. Chris Waller. Hugh… Read More »
Leotie will be on trial for bigger interstate races when she runs for the first time in six weeks at Caulfield. The Henry Dwyer-trained three-year-old will run in a 1200m race against her own age on Saturday with a view to races in NSW and Queensland. Leotie has won three… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Robbie Fradd will make a timely comeback from injury at Eagle Farm as the winter carnival gathers momentum. Fradd, who hasn’t ridden since March 1 when a horse he was riding broke down and fell at Doomben, will make his return on Saturday. He was able to walk… Read More »
New Zealand training partners Donna Logan and Chris Gibbs are assembling a strong team for Group One assignments during the Brisbane carnival including Ellerslie winners Qiji Phoenix and Tavidream. Two-year- old Qiji Phoenix maintained his unbeaten record in Saturday’s Listed Diamond Lodge Champagne Stakes before Tavidream won the Group Two… Read More »
