Numbers have fallen for Lindsay Park in the Australian Cup at Flemington with the stable left with one runner. Boom Time will be its representative in Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age Cup as he looks to give the stable its second win in the race in the past three years. Spillway and… Read More »
Craig Newitt will be reunited with The Quarterback when they chase back-to-back Newmarket Handicaps but trainer Robbie Griffiths admits the sprinter has a task ahead to defy history. The Quarterback heads to Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap first-up after he missed his lead-up run in the Lightning Stakes because of a scary… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is determined to keep the lid on the hype surrounding star filly Houtzen’s quest for the 2017 Golden Slipper. Houtzen firmed to outright second favourite at $4.40 with Sportsbet.com.au for the $3.5 million Slipper at Rosehill on March 18 after lumping 63kg to win an… Read More »
The hearing of a charge against trainer Kate Goodrich at the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has been adjourned. Goodrich is facing the RAD Board for refusing members of Racing Victoria’s Compliance and Assurance Team access to her property to conduct a stable inspection before the Kilmore race meeting on… Read More »
Lindsay Park will try to defy Newmarket Handicap history when Redkirk Warrior runs first-up in the Group One sprint at Flemington. Redkirk Warrior will be joined by stablemate, Oakleigh Plate winner Sheidel, in the 1200m-race on Saturday. A Group One placegetter in Hong Kong, Redkirk Warrior has had two starts… Read More »
Joao Moreira has claimed yet another record, riding eight winners from 10 rides at Sha Tin . The previous Hong Kong record was six in a day, a feat achieved by Brett Prebble, Douglas Whye and twice by Moreira. Known as the Magic Man, Moreira has set new standards since… Read More »
A day after one of trainer Gerald Ryan’s leading two-year-olds failed in a Golden Slipper lead-up race, stablemate Trapeze Artist has announced his arrival with an upset Black Opal Stakes victory. Jockey Tim Clark’s disappointment with Menari’s fifth in the Todman Stakes run on a sodden Randwick track on Saturday… Read More »
Caerless Choice has made light of a track downgrade at Scone to race his way into the $400,000 Country Championship final. The Paul Messara-trained and Mitchell Bell-ridden three-year-old got the nod by a short half head over Nic’s Endeavour in a deceptive finish to Sunday’s $150,000 regional heat. After a… Read More »
Trainer Gai Waterhouse has won back-to-back Canberra Cups with Dark Eyes continuing his rise through the grades to snare the $200,000 staying feature. Waterhouse, who now trains alongside Adrian Bott, won last year’s Cup with Hippopus and sent Dark Eyes down the highway in search of more success in Sunday’s… Read More »
The death of a young Canberra track rider has given Tommy Berry’s Listed Canberra Guineas win on Eusebio added meaning as he reflected on the similarities with the tragic death of his brother Nathan. Fresh from winning a Group One race among a treble at Randwick on Saturday, Berry took… Read More »
Gold Symphony has signalled he is ready to realise the potential he showed earlier in his career after winning the Listed National Sprint at Canberra. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, the four-year-old gelding relished a light weight and solid tempo to extend to a 1-3/4 length victory in Sunday’s… Read More »
Group One-winning mare Abbey Marie will be entered for upcoming stakes races in Melbourne and Sydney as she looks to get back to her best form. Trainer Mick Kent has the option to run the mare on Saturday in either the Group Three Matron Stakes at Flemington or the Group… Read More »
A rousing track gallop by classy mare Sold For Song has convinced her trainer to take her to Sydney for the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Sold For Song is back in Toowoomba after finishing fifth behind In Her Time in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes (1300m) at… Read More »
Canberra’s tight–knit racing community has said a tearful final goodbye to trackwork rider Riharna Thomson who died in a fall, aged 22. Before the first race at Canberra’s feature Black Opal Stakes meeting, a ceremony was held to honour Thomson’s life which was tragically cut short when her life support… Read More »
Trainer Lee Freedman has called on Singapore-based Glen Boss to ride Tom Melbourne in the Group One Australian Cup. Tom Melbourne will be one of two runners in Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature at Flemington for the Lee and Anthony Freedman stable along with well-performed import Exospheric to be ridden by… Read More »
A Group Two race at Flemington is the target for Flying Jess for her first start since she won the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas in Queensland. Flying Jess sprung a surprise when she stormed home to topple dual Group One-winning filly Global Glamour in the Magic Millions Guineas as… Read More »
British jockey George Baker is reported to be facing “a long rehabilitation process” after suffering bleeding in the brain after a fall on the ice track at St Moritz. Baker, who won the St Leger last September on Harbour Law, was riding Boomerang Bob for Jamie Osborne on the frozen… Read More »
Former top jockey Mike Pelling has proved a key witness in a hearing at which Bridget Grylls successfully appealed a lengthy suspension. The decision brought to a close a long-running series of appeals from an incident at Doomben six months ago. Queensland stewards suspended the now senior rider Grylls and… Read More »
A memorable day at the track has got even better for trainer Tony McEvoy, with Big Memory scoring an overdue win in the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington. McEvoy’s delight was clear to see in the mounting yard after seven-year-old gelding Big Memory fought back in the final 50m to… Read More »
Tony McEvoy took a gamble six years ago when he left the security of Lindsay Park to venture on his own, and that paid off when Hey Doc streaked to victory in the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington. A long-time lieutenant with Lindsay Park, McEvoy also had a stint… Read More »
