Victorian jockey Dean Yendall will pay $500 not to ride at Randwick on Villiers Stakes day. Yendall had six rides on Saturday’s program but when trainer Darren Weir decided to withdraw his four runners, Yendall was also a scratching. Racing NSW stewards charged Yendall with failing to fulfil his commitments… Read More »
Veteran stayer Destiny’s Kiss is almost a standout as the best wet-tracker to race on the Villiers day card. As rain fell in Sydney on Friday, so to did Destiny’s Kiss’ odds for the Christmas Cup with the eight-year-old already carrying $11 to $6 support. In 11 starts on tracks… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is noted for taking a low-key attitude to his horses but he is upbeat about Miss Cover Girl as she heads to Doomben for her second start since her Group One Tatts Tiara win. The mare runs in the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m) on Saturday on… Read More »
Gary Portelli will wait to see what an improving Sydney weather forecast brings before giving up the chance to win a restricted race worth as much as some Group Ones. Until Friday, Portelli thought he was in the box seat to train the Inglis Nursery winner with impressive filly She… Read More »
SAINTLY Trainer: Bart Cummings Owner: Cummings and Dato Tan Chin Nam Gelding by Sky Chase out of All Grace born 1992 23 starts: 10 wins, eight 2nds, three 3rds Prize money: $3.852 million Group One wins: Australian Cup (1996), Cox Plate (1996), Melbourne Cup (1996), CF Orr Stakes (1997) *… Read More »
A rain-affected return to Randwick has forced John O’Shea to reconsider the depth of Godolphin’s challenge on the Group Two Villiers Stakes. O’Shea was expecting to have last-start ATC Cup winner Malice and Duca Valentinois as worthy opposition to the warm favourite Fabrizio. But that dual-handed plan has suffered a… Read More »
Darren Beadman has remembered Saintly as a champion who gave his all following the death of the Bart Cummings-trained 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup winner at the age of 24. Beadman rode both Saintly and Octagonal during their three-year-old days in a season often regarded as the best crop… Read More »
When trainer Andrew Payne saw a yearling by Snippetson walking around at last year’s Melbourne Premier Sale he immediately liked him – but did not think he would be able to get him. Payne watched him go through the ring and was surprised when the colt, out of the mare… Read More »
Danuki will be out to build on a recent winning streak when he faces a fresh challenge on the straight course at Flemington. The Clinton McDonald-trained sprinter has hit form in recent starts with wins at Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong in benchmark races. He steps up in class in Saturday’s… Read More »
Talented Man Of His Word returns to stakes racing at Doomben but trainer Bruce Hill still regards him as a work in progress. Man Of His Word will miss the Group Two Villiers Stakes at Randwick to run in Saturday’s Listed Brisbane Handicap at Doomben. Both races are over 1600m… Read More »
Racing Victoria will continue to investigate the leaking of information which has led to the resignation of its chairman David Moodie despite him being cleared as the source. Moodie tendered his resignation at an RV Board meeting on Thursday where a report from Racing Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna was tabled…. Read More »
Champion racehorse Saintly, the winner of the 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for trainer Bart Cummings, has died aged 24. Cummings’ son Anthony announced the death of the gelding known as the “horse from heaven” via Twitter on Friday morning Saintly was retired from racing in 1997 with 23… Read More »
David Moodie has resigned as chairman of Racing Victoria despite a finding he was not the source of a leak over positive cobalt swabs in horses trained by Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh. Moodie was named during an appeal by the trainers over their disqualifications for cobalt use as the… Read More »
Jockey Garrett Gomez, the winner of 13 races at the Breeders’ Cup, has died at the age of 44. The winner of 83 Grade One races, Gomez will perhaps be best remembered as the rider of Blame who beat Zenyatta in a dramatic conclusion to the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic…. Read More »
Gosford trainers have been given a reprieve and will be allowed to remain at the track beyond next year. Trainers were facing eviction after the Gosford Race Club announced plans late last year to close the track as a training facility in December. But after discussions with Racing NSW, the… Read More »
In a short career clouded by setbacks Weatherly has already ignited the hype associated with a colt which has Group One potential. Weatherly is set to make his long-awaited return to racing in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. “He’s a first-class horse. He’s a top-ender… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren says it has taken considerable time to work out imported galloper Thunder Teddington andhe believes he’s now winning the battle. Bred in England, Thunder Teddington did his early racing in Hungary before making his way to Australia earlier in the year. Thunder Teddington had one autumn start… Read More »
While horse racing is laden with tales of what might have happened, Shudabeen is aiming to avoid living up to her name. Trainer Tracey Bartley has Shudabeen – a sister to stablemate Cudabeen – in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery over 1000m at Randwick. The two-year-old filly made her debut at… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce wants two-year-olds Ours to Keep and Champ Elect to earn at least minor prize money at Doomben to shore up their chances to make the Magic Millions field. Munce is aiming the pair at the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) next month and is worried… Read More »
Last season’s champion South African apprentice Callan Murray is broadening his racing experience in the final weeks of his apprenticeship with a summer stint in Victoria. And the 20-year-old is keen to make the most of his first foray into Australian racing. Murray arrived in Melbourne last Friday and will… Read More »
