Queensland trainer Darren Bell will be able to resume operations on a limited basis with a quarantine ban lifted from one of his two barns where some horses tested positive to strangles. Last month Bell told the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission three of his horses had tested positive for strangles… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has been booked to ride one of the leading contenders in New Zealand’s richest race, the Karaka Million. Bowman will be aboard Padraig for trainers Brendon and Keith Hawtin in the $1 million race for two-year-olds at Ellerslie on January 29. Australia’s leading Group One jockey combined with… Read More »
A turnaround in Gold Symphony’s form may have provided a crucial confidence boost to allow him to once again be competitive in stakes company. The Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership plans to accept with Gold Symphony and Princefamous for Saturday’s Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick but will wait… Read More »
It is no surprise to see the Robbie Griffiths-trained It Is Written among the entries for a Moonee Valley meeting. After all, the gelding has had almost half his 66 career starts at the Melbourne racetrack and recently recorded his eighth win there. His last-start Valley success on December 31… Read More »
Kyneton trainer Neil Dyer has been suspended for three months after pleading guilty to breaching the race day treatment rules. The administration of medication to a horse on race day usually carries a mandatory six-month disqualification unless the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board finds there are special circumstance, such as… Read More »
Three-year-old Farson will be giving away race experience to his rivals at Sandown but co-trainer Adrian Bott is hoping the gelding can take the step to city grade. Farson was sent south from Sydney to be prepared out of Gai Waterhouse and Bott’s Flemington stable ahead of his winning return… Read More »
With Gary Portelli enjoying a superb run, he will turn to a half-sister to Caulfield Cup winner Mummify to continue the stable’s success at Warwick Farm. Aside from having Golden Slipper second favourite She Will Reign in his stable, the Warwick Farm trainer added the $1 million Magic Millions Cup… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will join forces again with Turn Me Loose when the New Zealander begins his next campaign in the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley. This season’s Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, McEvoy has had one ride on the star kiwi for victory in the 2015 Group One Emirates Stakes… Read More »
Victorian trainer Kate Goodrich’s hearing in front of the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has been deferred until March. The RAD Board had set next Monday as the date for the hearing into a charge against Goodrich, but the trainer’s legal representative made application at a directions hearing on Tuesday… Read More »
Xtravagant’s stop-start season has been halted again with the long-time favourite a non-runner in the Group One Telegraph at Trentham featuring Australian sprinter Odyssey Moon. Te Akau Racing, which is headed by David Ellis, said on Twitter the four-year-old’s work had been below-par on Tuesday morning, four days out from… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has finished third in a barrier trial at Rosehill, her first public appearance since her stunning Cox Plate defence. Trainer Chris Waller said he was happy with her fitness levels after she crossed the line 3-1/2 lengths behind Group One-winnng sprinter Music Magnate in a 900m heat… Read More »
Victorian trainer Kate Goodrich will appear before The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over her refusal to let stewards conduct a race day stable inspection. A directions hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday morning, while the charge against Goodrich is set to be heard next Monday. Goodrich has been charged… Read More »
Beaten Magic Millions Guineas favourite Winning Rupert will undergo surgery to remove a bone chip in a fore knee. The Bjorn Baker-trained colt suffered his first defeat when fourth in Saturday’s $2 million race at the Gold Coast. Baker told Queensland stewards on Monday, X-rays revealed the problem and Winning… Read More »
Victorian rider Katelyn Mallyon will head to Macau to compete in a unique jockeys’ challenge. The Macau Jockey Club will stage the International Mixed Doubles Jockeys Challenge on Saturday with Australia’s representative Mallyon one of 12 riders – six female and six male – to compete. South Australian-based apprentice Emily… Read More »
Cindy Alderson expects the VOBIS Gold Star to be short of O’Lonera’s best but the trainer says it is a good starting point for the talented stayer’s campaign. O’Lonera is set to kick off his preparation in Saturday’s $100,000 race over 1500m at Moonee Valley with Nick Hall, who hasn’t… Read More »
A swab taken from dual Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose after her second in the Flight Stakes has shown the presence of a non steroidal anti-inflammatory Ketorolac. Trainer David Vandyke, who will face a Racing NSW stewards inquiry on Friday, said the substance was given to the filly by a… Read More »
A three-quarter brother to fertility-challenged Starspangledbanner has shown the same trait and will return to racing as a gelding. Il Cavallo, a stakes placegetter in Australia, only managed to get three mares in foal at New Zealand’s Chequers Stud. Brothers Mark Fraser-Campin and Chris Campin bought Il Cavallo as a… Read More »
The Snitzel factor is a big part of the Gerald Ryan stable with the trainer again active buying his progeny at the Magic Millions sale before watching one of his sons run second in the $2 million Classic at the Gold Coast. The most expensive lot at last year’s sale,… Read More »
South Australian stewards are continuing to investigate the incident which has led to jockey Josh Cartwright being stood down for reckless riding. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge out of the final race at Morphettville on Saturday. Stewards said he directed Senior Council at an acute angle with the… Read More »
Lightly raced Guard Of Honour is set to make his return at Randwick with trainer Kris Lees hoping he can show he has matured mentally to match his physical ability. Guard Of Honour has only had four starts for two wins including victory in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) at… Read More »
