An impressive track gallop at Broadmeadow means Le Romain will not be put out to pasture for a spell just yet. Newcastle trainer Kris Lees saw exactly what he wanted from the three-time Group One winner on early Tuesday and confirmed the beaten Doncaster Mile favourite would attempt to make… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been granted an adjournment to seek legal advice after being charged by Racing NSW stewards for substituting three horses for a televised track gallop. Waterhouse described the charge as âincredibly severe, unnecessary and certainly unfairâ. âI canât believe you just didnât give us a… Read More »
After missing the Golden Mile win at Bendigo, jockey Tom Sadler will reunite with Observational in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield with the opportunity to win the biggest race of his career. Sadler rode Observational, trained by his father John, in his unplaced first-up run in the Cranbourne… Read More »
Apprentice Deanne Panya has had no hesitation about getting back on the horse, despite her return to racing coinciding with a sequence of tragic events for fellow jockeys. The 24-year-old returned from a 10-week injury-enforced lay-off in style at Goulburn on Monday, guiding the Marc Conners-trained Maddison Avenue to the… Read More »
New Zealand Group One winner Start Wondering will head to Brisbane rather than Hong Kong for his next race. His co-trainer JJ Rayner said the quarantine restrictions to get him home had ruled out the Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize on May 7, the race won last year by Australian… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell is now in a stable condition after a three-horse fall at Warialda in which popular senior rider Darren Jones lost his life. Racing NSW safety officer Maurice Logie said doctors at the Gold Coast Hospital had determined Bolwell would not need surgery on a bleed around… Read More »
The two track riders injured in a fall at Toowoomba are unlikely to walk again. Queensland stewards have opened an inquiry into Saturday’s fall which left Ben Saunders , 54, and Wade Clasohm, 47, with severe spinal injuries. Saunders and Clasohm were riding work early on Saturday morning when one… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani is excited about having import Grey Lion ready to return in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield which will launch a campaign aimed at the Brisbane winter carnival. Grey Lion almost won the Geelong Cup (2400m) in his first Australian start, and his first start for… Read More »
James McDonald has lost his second tier appeal against the severity of an 18-month disqualification for betting on a horse he was riding. Judge David Armati of the Racing Appeals Tribunal on Monday dismissed McDonald’s appeal against the severity of the ban for placing a bet on Astern when he… Read More »
As the rain came down on Stony Creek, Mick Bell was hoping for more of the same when Jungle Edge aims to extend his dream run in the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick. While Bell’s focus was understandably on Youiz Jane and McNulty during Monday’s meeting in country… Read More »
A colt related to trainer Matt Laurie’s two best-performed horses will get a crack at a Group One race early in his career in the Champagne Stakes in Sydney. Aberro will run in Saturday’s $500,000 1600m-feature for two-year-olds at Randwick at just his third start after seconds in a Pakenham… Read More »
Queensland stewards have opened an inquiry into a fall which has left two Toowoomba track riders in intensive care with serious spinal injuries. Ben Saunders and Wade Clasohm were riding trackwork early on Saturday morning when their mounts apparently collided sending both riders to the ground. Trackwork was closed at… Read More »
All Aged Stakes favourite and defending titleholder English will have to pass a veterinary test to take her place in the Group One race at Randwick Her trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, have told stewards the mare is being treated for a minor laceration to her near hind hock…. Read More »
Track riders Ben Saunders and Wade Clasohm remain in intensive care after suffering spinal injuries in a fall at Toowoomba. Saunders and Clasohm were riding trackwork early on Saturday morning when their mounts crashed to the ground. Trackwork was closed at Toowoomba for more than an hour while ambulance men… Read More »
Tumbler will make her delayed return to racing at Doomben after missing a scheduled start at Toowoomba because of a wide barrier. Tumbler would have been one of the favourites in the Toowoomba Plastics Plate (1100m) but trainer Barry Lockwood elected to wait a week. The mare has a history… Read More »
Melbourne premiership contender Beau Mertens has had one meeting shaved off a careless riding ban on appeal, meaning he will not miss a metropolitan meeting. The apprentice has been in a rich vein of form and sits on 48 metropolitan wins in Victoria for the season and is second on… Read More »
Leading sire Snitzel will be the highest-priced stallion at Arrowfield Stud in the next breeding season with his fee rising from $110,000 to $176,000 including GST. Snitzel, who stands alongside his sire Redoute’s Choice who will command $137,500 in 2017, is the leading sire by number of winners this season…. Read More »
Group One winner First Seal has been retired after a career which netted six wins from 21 starts and early bragging rights over Winx. The star of her three-year-old spring, First Seal relegated Winx to second in both the Group Two Tea Rose Stakes and Group One Flight Stakes. In… Read More »
Racing Queensland is hoping its new winter carnival campaign will attract a more diverse supporter base. The campaign is based on the theme “We’re Racing Everywhere” which is aimed at Queenslanders across the state and tourists. RQ’s chief executive Eliot Forbes said the diversity of racing events would provide multiple… Read More »
Greg Miles’ last day as a race caller has been made a little harder with the addition of an extra race at Caulfield. Racing Victoria has added a 2400m open handicap to the Easter Saturday program, Miles’ final day before he retires after almost four decades. Storms caused the last… Read More »
