While Snippets Land isn’t getting any younger, co-trainer Paul Snowden insists the horse is going as well as ever as he sizes up a trip to the Gold Coast. There are options aplenty for the six-year-old gelding including the December Handicap (1400m) where he has been accepted to run at… Read More »
Promising Ringo’s A Rockstar will tackle older horses at Doomben after missing a start at Caloundra when a three-year-old race was scrapped. Ringo’s A Rockstar will be having his first start since winning three races in a row earlier this season when he lines up in Saturday’s Class 3 Plate… Read More »
Chairman John Messara has confirmed his resignation from the board of Racing Australia effective New Year’s Day, the date his tenure with the board of Racing NSW takes effect. Russell Balding, the new chairman of Racing NSW, has been nominated as Racing NSW’s representative on the Racing Australia board. “The… Read More »
The Ballarat stables of Matt Cumani have been given the all-clear after a case of strangles closed down his training operation. Racing Victoria stewards on Thursday lifted the “infected place” status on the third and final barn following the receipt of clear test results. Strict quarantine protocols were put in… Read More »
Top jockey Jim Byrne will be able to ride on day despite being suspended at the Sunshine Coast. Stewards found Byrne, who rode Stonecast, had caused Dream of Slips to be checked in the final 200m of Wednesday’s Class 5 (1200m). Byrne, who pleaded guilty, was suspended for 11 days… Read More »
A two-pronged assault from the Bryan-Dan Guy training partnership is the main stumbling block to Realing qualifying for the Magic Millions Guineas field. Realing is currently No. 37 on the list of qualifiers but a win in Saturday’s Three-Year-Old (1615m) at Doomben would lift him to No. 17 to get a… Read More »
Bendigo trainer Joshua Julius is taking advantage of a Christmas break in local sport to run Dubai King at Sandown. Dubai King chases a third straight win when he runs the Ladbrokes Up For The Challenge Handicap on Saturday. Most Saturdays, Julius plays cricket in the local Bendigo competition. “We’ve… Read More »
For a stable with so many dominant strings to its bow, two-year-old features are one domain of racing that Chris Waller is yet to take by storm. The champion Sydney trainer has plundered 65 Group One races since 2008 and two of those have been won by two-year-olds. Brothers Pressday… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida’s biggest worry with two-year-old Cellargirl has become a reality with the filly on the cusp of making the Magic Millions Classic field. Cellargirl has been among the Magic Millions favourites since she scored an impressive win at Eagle Farm at her only start. She picked up $40,200… Read More »
New Zealand three-year-old Sacred Elixir is on target as he heads to another Group One race and the Derby win which eluded him in the Melbourne spring. “He had his first gallop last Saturday morning and he’s coming up super, I couldn’t be happier with him,” trainer Tony Pike told… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is desperately looking for another race to qualify Tiara Star for the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic after her win at the Sunshine Coast. Tiara Star was equal 27th in order of entry for the Magic Millions Classic (1200m) on January 14 before she made a one-act affair… Read More »
On target for a career-best season, Brenton Avdulla has strengthened his claims for the Sydney jockeys’ premiership with four winners at Warwick Farm. The 25-year-old set a personal benchmark of 59 city winners last season and before Christmas he has already booted home 39 after Wednesday’s meeting. The haul took… Read More »
Gangly mare Bocage is the cheapest horse in trainer Robert Heathcote’s stable but she was hailed like a champion after winning on Wednesday. Bocage ($7), who cost only $7000, won a Class 1 (1600m) but Heathcote let out an audible sigh of relief after the victory. Heathcote started the season… Read More »
Milestone wins have been achieved at Sandown by apprentice jockeys at different stages of their careers. Jye McNeil landed his 80th metropolitan winner when Fudged won the Ladbrokes Handicap on Wednesday to outride his claim while mature-age apprentice Melissa Julius landed a winner at her first ride in town on… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has been found guilty of a charge involving a positive swab for the second time in a week. Last week Currie was fined $6000 after he was found guilty of presenting Tints to race at Rockhampton in April with the prohibited steroid boldenone in her system…. Read More »
Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic favourite Madeenaty is aiming to be the third horse the race’s 15-year history to win the NSW lead-up and the grand final on the Gold Coast. If the two-year-old filly can win Thursday’s $200,000 race over 1100m at Wyong, she will join last year’s winner… Read More »
It may only be the first month of summer but already the jumps season is the focus for Extra Zero. The Lindsay Park-trained veteran begins his build-up to an autumn jumps campaign on the flat at Sandown on Saturday in the fourth heat of the Swettenham Stud Summer Championship. Co-trainer… Read More »
When premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan established a satellite stable in Sydney, he was under no illusions about how tough it would be to make an impact. A frustrating run of outs finally ended earlier in the month when Dee Nine Elle broke through by the barest of margins, lifting… Read More »
A 10-day break following the spring carnival has made an enormous difference to talented sprinter Murt The Flirt. The Brendan McCarthy-trained gelding is set to run in the Listed Christmas Stakes at Caulfield on Monday before embarking on his third trip to the rich Magic Millions race day on January… Read More »
Mystic Opal’s dynamic return to racing means her career as a stayer has been put on hold. The mare is aiming for three wins on end when she contests the Hamilton Hotel Hcp (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. Mystic Opal returned from a four-month spell with an easy win in… Read More »
