While international visitor The Gold Trail commands most attention going into the Listed Mornington Cup, Sheikh Mohammed also has another chance with a locally-trained horse from his global Godolphin operation. The Gold Trail is trained by Charlie Appleby in the northern hemisphere and has been sent to Australia in a… Read More »
The chance to run on his favoured heavy conditions at his pet track and distance means Jopa will back up for the third week in a row when he runs at Doomben. The nine-year-old Jopa will be having his 79th start Satruday’s Open Hcp (1350m). Jopa loves the Doomben 1350m… Read More »
Jockey Dean Holland has been suspended for three weeks over his handling of Barge And Charge in a 3000m-race at Moonee Valley last month. Holland was outed for not taking all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure Barge And Charge was given full opportunity to win or to obtain the… Read More »
Rising Red has been scratched from the Tulloch Stakes and is also unlikely to run in the Australian Derby. The New Zealand Derby runner-up was an acceptor for Saturday’s Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill but was withdrawn on Thursday with co-trainer Trent Busuttin telling stewards the stayer was mildly lame again… Read More »
Leading jockey Hugh Bowman has a third Vinery Stud Stakes win in five years in his sights aboard the favourite Foxplay in the Group One feature for fillies at Rosehill. Bowman, who won the Vinery (2000m) on Norzita in 2013 and Lucia Valentina (2014), is upbeat about his chances of… Read More »
Group One winner Sakhee’s Soldier has missed two barrier trials but is still expected to perform solidly on his return from an injury-enforced break at Doomben. Sakhee’s Soldier runs in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1350m), his first start since finishing 11th in the Group Two Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast… Read More »
WILLIAM REID STAKES 1200m, $500,000, Group One weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY: * First run in 1925 when won by The Night Patrol who also won the following year. * Formerly known as the Australia Stakes, it reverted to its original name, the William Reid Stakes, in 2010. * Group… Read More »
Sheidel already has an Oakleigh Plate win this campaign and her co-trainer Tom Dabernig believes she is in the right form to challenge for another Group One victory in the William Reid Stakes. “She seems to be absolutely flying,” Dabernig said. Sheidel ran in the Oakleigh Plate first-up at Caulfield… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd has snared the publicity as he zeros in on a jockeys’ premiership record but his biggest supporter, trainer Toby Edmonds, is also close to a milestone. Lloyd needs one winner at Doomben on Saturday to equal Chris Munce’s record of 103 winners in a Brisbane metropolitan jockeys premiership…. Read More »
Favourite Arrogate will start from barrier nine of 14 in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan. The Bob Baffert-trained four -year-old was the highest-rated horse in the world last year and is equal with Australian champion Winx in 2017. Winx was the the 2016 world’s best on turf. Arrogate is… Read More »
The forecast for further rain has prompted the transfer of the Kembla Grange race meeting to Goulburn. Thursday’s program features a heat of the Provincial Championship but Kembla is already rated heavy with more rain predicted around midday. Goulburn has a soft rating and a more favourable forecast. The first… Read More »
Champion Irish jumps trainer Willie Mullins is potentially lining up Penhill for the 2017 Melbourne Cup following his success at the Cheltenham Festival last week. The gelding was one of half-a-dozen winners saddled by Mullins in the four-day meeting after claiming the 4800-metre Albert Bartlett Hurdle last Friday. Mullins has… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd has moved within one win of Chris Munce’s Brisbane jockeys’ premiership record with a double at Doomben. Lloyd will front an appeal body in Sydney on Friday as he fights a six-meeting suspension from his ride on beaten favourite Houtzen in the Golden Slipper last Saturday. On Wednesday… Read More »
Leading Melbourne apprentice Beau Mertens has reached another milestone in his burgeoning career, bringing up his 50th metropolitan winner at Sandown. Mertens’ win on the Robbie Griffiths-trained Single Note was his 40th city win this season and as his 50th overall, his claim will be reduced form 2kg to 1.5kg…. Read More »
The big wet in Sydney is Hugh Bowman’s concern with Jameka going into the Group One BMW but the leading jockey has no doubts about the Caulfield Cup-winning mare’s class. Bowman rode Jameka for the first time in the Group One Australian Cup earlier this month when the four-year-old was… Read More »
A thunderstorm has curtailed the midweek race meeting at Warwick Farm. The sixth race of nine on Wednesday’s card – a benchmark handicap over 1000m – took place against a backdrop of thunder and lightning and then rain intensified, forcing officials to initially delay the program. With lightning still apparent… Read More »
Doncaster Mile-bound It’s Somewhat has continued his preparations for the $3 million race with a solo gallop between races at Warwick Farm. The John O’Shea-trained gelding won the Group Two Ajax Stakes (1500m) first-up on March 11 and and is scheduled to run next in Saturday week’s Group One Doncaster… Read More »
Condor Heroes has been escorted to the barriers ahead of his Warwick Farm rivals, loaded up last and swiftly made amends for a no-show that ended his Golden Slipper hopes. The two-year-old colt was on his best behaviour on Wednesday to partially atone for his late scratching from the Pago… Read More »
The Provincial Championships qualifier at Kembla Grange will be relocated to Goulburn if weather continues to impact on an already saturated track. Racing NSW announced the contingency plan on Wednesday shortly before a storm was forecast to hit the region. Kembla Grange was rated a heavy 10 on Wednesday afternoon… Read More »
Danny Nikolic has “shown his teeth” to racing stewards among others and could return to his previous form, a tribunal says in rejecting his bid to get back in the saddle. The Caulfield-Cup winning jockey is considering another appeal after failing to convince Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal deputy president… Read More »
