Turn Me Loose is scheduled to have his first start in his native New Zealand in two years in preparation for another Australian campaign. The winner of the 2014 NZ2000 Guineas, Turn Me Loose has won two Group One races in Australia, the 2015 Emirates Stakes and this year’s Futurity… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will represent Australia on the world stage in the International Jockeys’ Championship in Hong Kong. Bowman will ride Premiere, Money Man, Kiram and Super Fluke in the four-race series at Happy Valley on Wednesday night where HK$200,000 is to be awarded to the winning jockey. Bowman has won… Read More »
Lindsay Park two-year-old Madeenaty holds favouritism for the rich two-year-old race on the Gold Coast. Madeenaty has been installed the $7 top pick for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) on January 14. A debut winner of the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington in October, Madeenaty had her… Read More »
The Pakenham Cup meeting run with metropolitan class races has been hailed a success by Racing Victoria. The early wagering figures from all operators on Saturday’s meeting was $28.9 million, an increase of 1.2 per cent on the corresponding meeting at Sandown last year. Turnover on Saturday’s Pakenham Cup of… Read More »
While Jason Deamer wore a punch after training Our Renaissance to beat a Group One winner first-up, he is hoping it’s the horse who will be in for the fight at Rosehill. The six-year-old mare is set to hit the road from Newcastle to run in a benchmark handicap over… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths has switched plans with sprinting mare Deja Blue who runs in a 1000m-straight race at Flemington. A programming change at Sandown prompted Griffiths to turn his attention to Flemington on Saturday. The mare was going to run on the Lakeside course at Sandown on Wednesday but the… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Betcha Thinking has been confirmed as the horse to return a positive swab to methamphetamine. Waller was told a few weeks ago, a first sample showed the presence of the drug which has the street name ice. On Monday, Racing NSW stewards said testing on the second,… Read More »
The barrier draw for the Hong Kong Sprint is shaping as the most nerve-wracking part of Gary Portelli’s week. The Portelli-trained Rebel Dane and Takedown from the Gary Moore stable, will represent Australia in the 1200m-race at Sha Tin on Sunday. Rebel Dane has arrived safely with Portelli to fly… Read More »
Scales Of Justice’s trainer Lindsey Smith has leapt to the defence of jockey Douglas Whyte over his ride in the Group One Kingston Town Classic. Whyte has pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to ride his mount out to the line on runner-up Scales Of Justice in Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Michael Nolan is among the Queensland trainers enjoying a winning association with veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd. While Lloyd has a great strike rate with trainers such as Toby Edmonds, his efforts with Nolan are outstanding. Lloyd has a huge lead in the Brisbane jockeys premiership riding 11 metropolitan winners… Read More »
David Hayes is looking to consolidate the future of the Lindsay Park empire with plans for a third training centre.. Hayes, who trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has set up a country training base at Euroa complemented by a metropolitan base at Flemington. With… Read More »
Racing Queensland will have a pool of at least 10 visiting jockeys for its second State of Origin series during the summer. The series pits jockeys from around Australia and New Zealand against each other at meetings on December 10 and 24 and January 7. The jockeys represent their state… Read More »
Talented three-year-old So Si Bon will be kept to shorter distances in the autumn despite performing well up to 2500 metres. So Si Bon is enjoying some late spring grass after finishing fourth to Beautiful Romance in the Zipping Classic (2400m) at Sandown on November 12. That followed a fourth… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has firmly established himself in the Sydney training ranks but his horse of the moment has made his name in Queensland. The unbeaten Winning Rupert set a 1200m Eagle Farm course record 1:09.42 on Saturday at his third start, all of which have been in Queensland. The race… Read More »
All riders involved in a three-horse fall at Kilcoy have come through the incident without serious injuries. The horses came down entering the straight for the first time in the 1900m-Christmas Cup, the feature race on a dual code gallops-harness meeting on Saturday at the track 80km north-west of Brisbane…. Read More »
The $3 million Doncaster Mile is among the many big-race options for Group One-winning filly I Am A Star who is about to return to stable life. I Am A Star lived up to her name during the spring with the Shane Nichols-trained filly winning the Quezette Stakes frist-up in… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Liam Birchley is looking at options in two states as he negotiates the tricky path to qualify horses for the $2 million Magic Millions Two Year Old Classic. Birchley has qualified at least one runner in the Classic for the past decade and has several two-year-olds on course… Read More »
Douglas Whyte has pleaded not guilty to a charge of failing to ride his mount out to the line on runner-up Scales Of Justice in the Group One Kingston Town Classic at Ascot. Have Your Say: Should he be be found guilty or not? – Leave a comment below. Scales Of… Read More »
Wodonga Cup winner Loyalty Man will have his first taste of clockwise racing in Sydney’s summer showpiece, the Group Two Villiers Stakes. Trainer Mike Moroney will use the 1600m-Group Two race at Randwick on December 17 to test Loyalty Man ahead of a tilt at next month’s $1 million Magic… Read More »
Racing Queensland has confirmed it will add the Listed Mode Plate to the next Eagle Farm program. The race for three-year-old fillies was abandoned on Saturday when storm clouds made it too dark to run the final race. It will now be run a week later with the declared field… Read More »
