Katelyn Mallyon has recently achieved a dream to become a Group One-winning rider and now has her sights on more, starting with the $2 million Sydney Cup. Mallyon, 22, broke through for her first Group One win in the William Reid Stakes on Silent Sedition late last month, adding to… Read More »
Stakes winner Hazzabeel needs to bounce back from a last-start failure if he’s to make an impression stepping up in distance at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained Hazzabeel finished last in a Listed 1400m race at Flemington on March 18 in his second start back from a spell and steps up… Read More »
An Australian Oaks win to favourite Bonneval would cap a memorable campaign for the New Zealand filly and add to an already successful carnival in Sydney for her trainers. Bonneval is the $3.80 favourite for Saturday’s $1 million Group One Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick, a week after her Murray… Read More »
La Bella Diosa’s challenging trans-Tasman expedition poses another question at the final hurdle, with her staying capabilities under scrutiny in the Group One Australian Oaks. After launching her Sydney sojourn with a with a classy win the Group Two Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on February 25, the three-year-old filly… Read More »
The first foal of champion mare Black Caviar is not too far away from making her racetrack reappearance. Oscietra wasn’t asked to do anything strenuous when second to But It’s True in a jump-out at Flemington on Friday. The filly is expected to have another jump-out on Thursday after which… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Stratum Star will return to the place he was born and raised to begin the next phase of his career as a stallion. Stratum Star will stand at Widden Stud in the upcoming breeding season for a fee of $11,000. “We are delighted to welcome Stratum… Read More »
Veteran trainer Harold Norman is hoping his luck in rare visits to Toowoomba holds with Lucky Tom in the Listed Weetwood Handicap. Norman, who turns 80 later this year, believes Saturday’s Weetwood (1200m) gives him a great chance for an overdue feature win with Lucky Tom. He has always had… Read More »
More people are likely to be arrested as part of a Queensland investigation into systemic match fixing in the harness racing industry, police have warned. It comes after a 46-year-old licensed harness driver and trainer was charged with one count of match fixing by detectives from the racing crime squad… Read More »
Police have searched harness racing properties across eastern Queensland as part of a match fixing probe. A 46-year-old man was charged with one count of match fixing by detectives from the racing crime squad attached to the state’s Racing Integrity Commission. The properties searched were at Limestone Ridges, Warwick, The… Read More »
The last Easter Yearling sale to be held at the historic Newmarket complex in Sydney has ended with a record number of million dollar lots topped by a $2.5 million colt on the third and final day. The Redoute’s Choice half brother to Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Pariah was knocked… Read More »
Darren Weir is hoping a much-improved Big Duke can clear another significant obstacle at Randwick and break more new ground for the leading Victorian trainer. The five-year-old gave Weir a maiden victory in Sydney in the Manion Cup at Rosehill on March 18 before claiming the $300,000 Chairman’s Handicap (2600m)… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd has put his rival jockeys on notice he won’t rest on his laurels after setting a record for the most Queensland metropolitan wins. Lloyd claimed his 104th metropolitan winner for the season on Sun Deck at the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday to better Chris Munce’s previous record set… Read More »
Two of the three jockeys suspended on careless riding charges at Sandown have lodged appeals against the severity of their bans. Mark Zahra and apprentice Beau Mertens will have their appeals heard by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Monday after being suspended on Wednesday. Both riders start their… Read More »
Craig Williams would like nothing more than to win a Group One race in the black and white colours of Bill Sexton. Williams has had a long association with Sexton, a former Brisbane Racing Club and Queensland Turf Club chairman, riding numerous Colin and Cindy Alderson-trained winners for him in… Read More »
WINX WILL BE AIMING TO EXTEND HER WINNING STREAK TO 17 IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES AT RANDWICK * Who is she? Winx is a five-year-old bay mare by Street Cry out of Vegas Showgirl. Trained By Chris Waller. Owned by Peter Tighe, Richard Treweeke and Debbie Kepitis. Winx has… Read More »
He wasn’t “big and fat” enough for buyers at the Easter yearling sales but Glenall is proving them all wrong with his potential to win a Group race. Two years ago Turangga Farm manager Stuart Ramsey had to return home with the Redoute’s Choice colt after he was overlooked at… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote will pin his Weetwood Handicap hopes on the injury-prone Pinch River after starting out with three contenders. Heathcote had hoped to have Pinch River, Punta Norte and Lauterbrunnen in Saturday’s the $150,000 Listed Weetwood (1200m) at Toowoomba. But Punta Norte is third emergency and unlikely to get… Read More »
Jockey Tommy Berry helped deliver one of the most memorable finishes at Randwick last weekend aboard Chautauqua but seven days later he will be a mere observer. Berry, who produced a masterful ride on the grey to drive him from last to win a third consecutive TJ Smith Stakes, accepts… Read More »
Trainer Pat Carey has his eye on a traditional three-year-old staying race with Baykool and along the way hopes to pick up a stakes win at Caulfield. Baykool’s autumn goal is the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington on April 25 after which the gelding will be spelled for… Read More »
Dreams APlenty will be kept three-year-old company during the Brisbane winter after failing to make the field for the Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba. Trainer John Zielke was keen to run Dreams Aplenty in Saturday’s Listed Weetwood (1200m), an open handicap, after the gelding won two recent restricted class sprints. But… Read More »
