Amateur rider James Ridley has been handed a 28-day ban for losing a race when he mistook the winning post at Newbury in a jumps race. Lookslikerainted, a 33-1 chance, appeared to have seen off main challenger Duke Of Lucca when that one departed at the last, and Ridley was… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon’s first Group One win has brought with it a careless riding suspension on Silent Sedition in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. Mallyon and Caulfield trainer Andrew Noblet both recorded their maiden Group One wins when Silent Sedition scored narrowly on Friday night from the Darren Weir-trained… Read More »
Trainer Andrew Noblet and jockey Katelyn Mallyon have had different reactions to winning at Group One level for the first time after combining with Silent Sedition in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. Mallyon was emotional after getting the best out of Silent Sedition to win Friday night’s 1200m-sprint… Read More »
Shane Nichols wants to take I Am A Star north but Sydney’s weather will decide if the filly heads to The Championships after her win in Group Two Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley. The sole three-year-old in Friday night’s race, I Am A Star all but booked her passage to… Read More »
Rocket Commander returns to the track to launch her tilt at the Queen Of The Turf Stakes refreshed after an unscripted success in her last start at Randwick. Sydney’s wet weather convinced the mare’s trainer Matt Dale and her owners to run her in the Group Three Wenona Girl (1200m)… Read More »
Meetings at Nowra and Casino are the latest casualties of the drenching that continues to saturate NSW. Racing NSW stewards said they had no option but to abandon Sunday’s program at Nowra after a track inspection on Friday determined the meeting could not safely proceed. Ideally the weather will have… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Jameka is the firming favourite for the Group One BMW with Our Ivanhowe to be taken out on race morning after failing a veterinary test. Our Ivanhowe was the early favourite to add Saturday’s $1.5 million BMW (2400m) to his win in the Ranvet Stakes. The Lee… Read More »
Jungle Edge hasn’t had to pull Mick Bell back from the brink, but the wet track specialist has pushed the grieving trainer through some heavy going. The six-year-old gelding’s unexpected third in the Group One Galaxy at Rosehill last weekend was particularly timely for Cranbourne-based Bell, as he comes to… Read More »
International visitor The Gold Trail is the clear-cut favourite to earn the Caulfield Cup exemption up for grabs in the Mornington Cup. His trainer Charlie Appleby has already had experience of the Caulfield Cup, also over 2400m, with Scottish running second to Jameka last year. The race is again at… Read More »
Our Ivanhowe will not get the chance to add the BMW to his Ranvet Stakes win after failing a veterinary examination on race eve. Racing NSW senior vet Craig Suann determined on Friday afternoon the Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained gelding was still lame in his off-fore leg and was not… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has mixed feelings about the forecast for further rain in Brisbane as he plots the campaigns of Quatronic and Snitz. Quatronic returns from a injury hiccup in Saturday’s Class Six (1200m) while Snitz is set to tackle the Two-Year-Old (1050m) on the Doomben program. At his most… Read More »
John O’Shea hopes the benefits of a trial with multiple Group One-winner Our Ivanhowe will be apparent when Honeywire strives to put an uninspiring sequence behind him at Rosehill. The three-year-old failed to make an impression in his past two benchmark outings, prompting the Godolphin trainer to freshen Honeywire up… Read More »
Muswellbrook’s Country Championship Wild Card meeting is the latest NSW program to be switched as poor weather continues to lash the region. After an inspection of the track by stewards on Friday it was decided to transfer Sunday’s meeting to Scone on safety grounds. Original race fields, starting times and… Read More »
Harlow Gold has threatened to win a big race this season and her time to shine could come in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. The VRC Oaks runner-up from the spring steps up to 2000m for the first time this campaign on Saturday after running home strongly… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Doughty believes tough galloper Flamboyer has more than a few things in his favour as he attempts to break his run of outs over the 1350m-course at Doomben. Flamboyer has won twice and been placed 10 times at Doomben but his 1350m-record at the track is not as… Read More »
BMW favourite Our Ivanhowe will have to pass a race eve veterinary inspection to take his place in the Group One race. Our Ivanhowe was found to have lameness in his off-foreleg following his win in the Group One Ranvet Stakes last Saturday. Co-trainer Anthony Freedman told Racing NSW stewards… Read More »
Jockey Glyn Schofield will miss the second day of The Championships because of a suspension out of the Provincial Championship heat at Goulburn. Schofield was found guilty of shifting out on Knit ‘n’ Purl approaching the 1000m-mark of Thursday’s race when not clear of Fashion Sniptz. Unless he wins an… Read More »
Chris Waller senses Grand Marshal is running on empty ahead of The BMW, and fears Rosehill’s next headline Group One race will be the English import’s swan song. The seven-year-old gelding, who started his career in a two-year-old maiden at Salisbury in 2012, began his Australian career with Waller’s stable… Read More »
Maryore’s ability in the wet finally sunk in as the mare stormed into the Provincial Championships showpiece at Randwick through the latest weather-affected qualifying heat at Goulburn. A $9 chance in the $150,000 1400m-race named for late trainer Bede Murray on Thursday, Maryore charged down the outside of the heavy… Read More »
The $2 million Australian Derby is the aim for the Mark Newnham-trained Righteous Mate but the gelding needs to show he’s on target when he runs in the Tulloch Stakes. Righteous Mate was runner-up to Anaheim in a Listed 1800m race at Flemington at his third career start last spring… Read More »
