The Hawkesbury Gold Cup has a new sponsor with the Group Three race to carry the name Livamol, a product of the International Animal Health company. Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive Greg Rudolph and Chris Lawlor of International Animal Health announced the three-year deal on Tuesday to begin with the… Read More »
Three-time Sydney premiership winner Nash Rawiller has suffered a dislocated shoulder and an ankle injury in a fall at Sha Tin. Rawiller, who moved to Hong Kong on 2014, fell when his mount broke down during the fourth race on Monday’s program He has ridden 35 winners this season and… Read More »
An inquiry into Glyn Schofield’s ride on Up ‘n’ Rolling at Canterbury has been adjourned. Schofield was questioned on his decision-making over the final stages of Monday’s 1900m race which culminated in Up ‘n’ Rolling ($2.70 Luxbet fav) finishing strongly for second to Kiseki Dane. The Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was… Read More »
Miss Promiscuity will be out to snap a year-long absence from the winner’s circle when she returns to Caulfield for a defence of the lucrative VOBIS Gold Sprint. Nominations for Saturday’s Caulfield meeting, which features a host of VOBIS Gold races, will be released on Tuesday with Miss Promiscuity and… Read More »
Craig Williams is set to miss the ride on Sydney Cup favourite Big Duke in the $2 million race at Randwick after being suspended for careless riding at Sandown. Williams was outed for eight meetings on Monday after pleading guilty to a careless riding charge stemming from his win on… Read More »
Interstate targets are on the radar for a number of horses who have made their mark at the public holiday meeting at Sandown. Sandown hosted city racing on Easter Monday and trainer Mike Moroney is considering a Queensland Derby campaign for lightly-raced three-year-old Top Of The Range who scored a… Read More »
John Sargent’s potential Melbourne Cup hope is ready to roll in the Sydney Cup but he needs a confirmed starter to drop out before the field is finalised. The Randwick trainer only brought Rock On across from New Zealand to get accustomed to racing in Australia via the Group Two… Read More »
After a scary incident at Ballarat a couple of weeks ago, jockey Brian Higgins has been rewarded for his persistence by guiding Sneakers to a city win at Sandown. Higgins was aboard the Nigel Blackiston-trained filly before a race at Ballarat on April 2 when she played up and reared… Read More »
Lonhro has produced another promising colt for the Godolphin stable with Regent overcoming a sluggish start to win on debut at Canterbury. After his tardy start, Regent ($12) settled nicely and Tye Angland timed his run to perfection on the two-year-old in Monday’s maiden handicap (1100m) for two-year-olds to beat… Read More »
Multiple stakes winner Hopfgarten’s winter carnival program will be decided after he runs in a barrier trial at Deagon. He will be one of several carnival aspirants going around in a set of 14 trials on Tuesday. Hopfgarten has been one of the best performed horses in Queensland in recent… Read More »
English visitor Polarisation will undergo a veterinary inspection before he is confirmed as a starter in the 2017 Sydney Cup. The Godolphin stayer was found to have heat in a fetlock over the weekend with the stable veterinarian ordering precautionary X-rays and ultrasounds which gave him the all-clear. Racing NSW… Read More »
Big Duke already has a unique place in the Darren Weir stable as the premier Melbourne trainer’s first Sydney winner. He gets a second chance to give Weir a first Group One win in Sydney in take two of the $2 million Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on Saturday. His… Read More »
With a flurry of winners in recent weeks, leading apprentice Beau Mertens is mounting a serious challenge for the jockeys’ premiership in Melbourne. But the in-form rider is not getting ahead of himself. Another two winners at Caulfield on Saturday moved Mertens to 50 metropolitan victories in Victoria for the… Read More »
The new Kelso Wood-Patricia Gesler training partnership is up and running and aiming high with two-year-old Snitzkraft. Wood and Gesler had their first runner as a team with Charcuterie who was third at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Gesler has worked for Wood, a multiple Group One winning trainer, for… Read More »
While most of the two-year-olds in Gerald Ryan’s stable have gone for spells there are still some with more to give this season. Pymble and Boyish line up at Canterbury on Monday with the latter’s campaign dogged by wet tracks. Boyish hasn’t raced since early March when he finished third… Read More »
Aquis Farm has extended its aggressive move into the national breeding market by standing the largest ever number of stallions at one Queensland stud next season. The stud has been at all the major sales this year and was able to sell all its main lots at the Gold Coast… Read More »
Racing Queensland is aiming to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help trainers who have been hard-hit by the recent floods. Cyclone Debbie and its aftermath dumped a large amount of rain from north Queensland to the NSW border and many racing centres have been hit hard. The total… Read More »
Beau Mertens has had a mixed day at Caulfield, closing the gap on jockeys’ premiership leader Craig Williams with a winning double but also copping a suspension and losing a race on protest. Melbourne’s leading apprentice, Mertens has drawn to within four wins of Williams in the overall Melbourne jockeys’… Read More »
After almost four decades broadcasting thoroughbred racing in Victoria, Greg Miles has signed off as a race caller. Miles called home 22-year-old jockey Tom Sadler winning his first stakes race aboard Observational in Saturday’s feature race at Caulfield, the Group Three Easter Cup. His final race description came in the… Read More »
Kellyville Flyer upstaged stablemate Sons Of John on All Aged Stakes day and she will now be challenged to emulate the gelding and win the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. Hawkesbury-based trainer Jason Attard said Kellyville Flyer will be given her chance iat Hawkesbury after winning the Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy… Read More »
