Former top Brisbane colt Nikitas is set to have a third trainer with a move to Darren Weir in Victoria. Nikitas, a half brother to Caulfield Cup winner Jameka, was originally trained by Kelso Wood in Brisbane. The colt ran second to Capitalist in the 2016 Magic Millions 2YO Classic… Read More »
Connections of Ellicazoom resisted the temptation to run her in the Australian Guineas and instead the Perth filly will chase a Group Two win against her own age and sex in the Kewney Stakes at Flemington. The Neville Parnham-trained three-year-old made her eastern states debut at Caulfield in the Angus… Read More »
Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir will saddle up three runners in the field of 12 for the Australian Cup at Flemington including favourite Humidor. Humidor has come up with barrier seven for Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature while stablemates Stratum Star has gate two and Real Love will jump from the… Read More »
Omei Sword will have to overcome the outside barrier in a field of 19 for the Group One Coolmore Classic but remains the favourite. The Chris Waller-trained filly is at $3.50 with Sportsbet.com.au for Saturday’s 1500m feature at Rosehill for fillies and mares with second favourite Dixie Blossoms ($7) drawing… Read More »
The Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington has attracted 13 runners with favourite Spieth and three-year-old Extreme Choice drawn on opposite sides of the field. Spieth, runner-up in his past two Group One starts at Flemington, has the inside barrier in Saturday’s time-honoured handicap down the 1200m-straight course while Extreme… Read More »
Jockey Danny Nikolic’s bid to appeal a police ban on him attending race courses has failed in the High Court. The High Court in Canberra rejected Nikolic’s application for special leave to appeal and awarded costs to the respondent, Victoria Police’s chief commissioner. Nikolic has been banned from attending specified… Read More »
The funeral for track rider Riharna Thomson will be held in her home town of Tamworth on Friday. Thomson suffered critical head injuries in a fall at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park last week and her life support system was turned off on Friday. The popular 22-year-old had recently been promoted to… Read More »
Andrew Noblet is poised to have Group One chances in different states on the same day with his stable stars Super Cash and Silent Sedition. Noblet came close to a first Group One win when Silent Sedition ran second in last year’s Australasian Oaks – his most recent starter at… Read More »
New Zealand filly La Bella Diosa makes her Australian Group One debut earlier than anticipated with her Surround Stakes win convincing trainers Matt and Mandy Brown to tackle the 2017 Coolmore Classic. Mandy Brown cited La Bella Diosa’s 1-1/2 length victory at her first run on a heavy track in… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price and jockey Joao Moreira still have a genuine chance in the Newmarket Handicap despite Flying Artie being ruled out of the Group One sprint. Stablemate Extreme Choice will now run with Flying Artie out of calculations for Saturday’s 1200m-straight race at Flemington after being scoped following trackwork… Read More »
Matthew Smith has more than one reason to look forward to the debut of Catmosphere but the weather will determine if it happens on his home track at Warwick Farm. Smith trained the colt’s mother, stakes winner Combat Kitty and was happy to be able to buy her first foal…. Read More »
An unorthodox lead-in to the Australian Cup is no concern for connections of Ecuador who will be chasing his first Group One win in the weight-for-age race. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained seven-year-old has had four 1400m starts so far this campaign and now steps to 2000m in Saturday’s… Read More »
Edward Cummings is the latest member of the famous racing family to join the official training ranks. After working as foreman for his father Anthony for several years, he will join him in a training partnership from Wednesday’s Warwick Farm meeting. Edward’s brother James, who also trains at Randwick, was… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon has failed in her appeal against a careless riding suspension and will miss the ride on Super Cash in the Group One Newmarket Handicap. Apprentice Ben Allen has picked up the ride on the last-start Rubiton Stakes winner in Saturday’s 1200m sprint at Flemington and rode the mare… Read More »
Three-year-old Flying Artie will not run in the Newmarket Handicap with mucus detected in a scope. His Mick Price-trained stablemate Extreme Choice will now take his place in Saturday’s field for the 1200m-sprint at Flemington. Hong Kong’s champion jockey Joao Moreira, who was booked for Flying Artie, will now ride… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon will front the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board in a bid to ride Super Cash in the 2017 Newmarket Handicap. Mallyon was suspended for careless riding at Flemington on Saturday and given a 12-meeting ban which, as it stands, will keep her out until March 14. She is… Read More »
Godolphin has recruited William Buick to ride in Sydney with James Doyle expected to be sidelined with injury until the end of the month. Buick, the global racing operation’s No.1 rider in the United Kingdom, has been riding at the Dubai carnival but will come to Australia this week. Doyle,… Read More »
Lord Van Percy will become champion trainer Darren Weir’s first starter in New Zealand. The imported galloper leaves for New Zealand on Thursday to run in the Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Local rider Vinnie Colgan has been booked for the ride. “There are not many two mile… Read More »
Tony McEvoy didn’t get the opportunity for a long celebration after his career-defining Group One win at Flemington. He flew home to the Barossa Valley in South Australia after Hey Doc’s win in Saturday’s Australian Guineas and spent Sunday at Balaklava races where he had four placings from seven runners…. Read More »
Bookmakers are echoing trainer Chris Waller’s opinion of Omei Sword with the filly the favourite in opening markets for the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Omei Sword was posted at $3 with Williamhill.com.au on Monday after 25 entries were taken for Saturday’s Group One race for fillies and mares over 1500… Read More »
