Tony McEvoy has reduced the number of two-year-olds he will start at Ballarat to two. The trainer will rely on Despatch and Nistaan in Saturday’s Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic (1000m). Three dates were set aside for two-year-olds to trial in preparation for the race, run in the right handed… Read More »
Tough Sydney galloper Coolring will lead the advance guard of what Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker hopes will be a big summer in Queensland. Leading jockey Jeff Lloyd has been booked for Coolring who has drawn barrier nine in the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Coolring had… Read More »
Jockey Ryan Wiggins has been cleared of a broken leg after a spectacular fall at the Sunshine Coast. Wiggins was riding the favourite Puissance Decheval who crashed through the fence at the 1100m on Wednesday evening. Ambulance staff attended to Wiggins on the track for 25 minutes before taking him… Read More »
Three-time Sydney premier jockey Hugh Bowman is one of eight overseas riders selected to compete in the International Jockeys’ Championship in Hong Kong. The jockeys’ challenge is held at Happy Valley on December 7 as part of the lead-up to Hong Kong’s showcase International meeting four days later at Sha… Read More »
A horse trained by Austy Coffey at Swan Hill has returned a positive swab to caffeine. Racing Victoria stewards announced on Wednesday a urine sample taken from the Coffey-trained Burrum’s Buzz after his win in a 1200m maiden at Swan Hill in September contained caffeine and its metabolite theophylline which… Read More »
Queensland jockey Ryan Wiggins has been taken to hospital after a fall at the Sunshine Coast races. Wiggins was riding the favourite Puissance Decheval who went through the running rail at the 800m in the seventh race on Wednesday Ambulance officers attended to Wiggins on the track and then took… Read More »
Jockey Glyn Schofield’s five-meeting careless riding suspension will stand after his appeal was dismissed. While the appeal was pending Schofield was able to ride through the spring carnival in Melbourne where he rode Prized Icon to victory in the Victoria Derby on October 29. Schofield was charged over his ride… Read More »
Frespanol has erased memories of his last trip to the Sunshine Coast with victory in the open handicap, a race deferred from the Doomben wash-out. The 1350m-race abandoned on Saturday was added to what was already a 12–race program on Wednesday with many of the runners being prepared for upcoming… Read More »
Not even the explosive revelation that retained jockey James McDonald was standing down pending a betting charge could stop the Godolphin juggernaut at Warwick Farm. One day after McDonald was charged with having an interest in a bet on Astern for his debut win at Randwick in December, Jemadar emerged… Read More »
Fresh from success on the international stage, leading apprentice Dylan Dunn has brought his winning form home to Melbourne. Last season’s champion junior rider in Melbourne, Dunn won the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship Final in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. He returned to Melbourne racing on Wednesday to… Read More »
Damien Oliver has linked with Chris Waller for a midweek win at Sandown but the champion jockey hopes a bigger prize awaits the pair in Perth. Oliver got the Waller-trained Encosta Line home in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap (1800m) and on Saturday will ride stablemate Mackintosh, the equal favourite… Read More »
Damian Lane will be one of three Melbourne-based West Australian jockeys chasing a first Group One Railway Stakes win when he heads to Ascot to ride the Darren Weir-trained Rageese. Lane is from Bunbury in Western Australia and started his career in the west as an apprentice before heading to… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn says Calanda can reach Group company after the horse broke his maiden with style at Warwick Farm. The Snitzel gelding sizzled around the south-western Sydney track on Wednesday during the Schweppes Maiden Plate (1200m). He ran a class record 1:09.78 seconds, covering the last 600m in 33.67s…. Read More »
Tony McEvoy insists the positives outweigh a negative ahead of Scherzoso’s tilt at the 2016 Ballarat Cup. A significant weight drop and the engagement of a jockey who has a good understanding of the five-year-old counterbalance barrier 16 in Saturday’s $300,000 Listed race. Scherzoso drops from 60kg to 54kg following… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce will have a long hard think before committing Sunshine Coast winner Skate To Paris to a Magic Millions Classic campaign. Skate To Paris ($1.65) became Munce’s third Magic Millions graduate to win this season when she wore down Himalayan Salt ($9) by a short head in Wednesday’s… Read More »
A maiden victory to I Am Wanted at Sandown has given Balnarring trainer Trevor Andrews his first city winner. It came a day after another horse in his small team, Copolla, won at $101 at Sale in country Victoria. I Am Wanted, ridden by Adam McCabe, was sent out at… Read More »
A resolution has been found that will allow Warrnambool trainers to continue using beaches in the area in a restricted form. A horse training licence will be issued to the Warrnambool Racing Club which will allow only a certain number of horses on beaches at prescribed times during the day… Read More »
While the widest barrier might keep In The Vanguard away from Rosehill, trainer John Sargent says the filly remains on target for the Magic Millions Guineas. In The Vanguard has drawn barrier 16 of 16 for the Fugen Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. “I’m just going to find out from the… Read More »
Leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir is looking to expand his wings further in the chase for Group One glory. On Saturday, Weir will have his first Group One runner in Perth with Rageese in the Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot and the trainer is also looking further afield. He has… Read More »
Group Three winner Cylinder Beach’s comeback has been delayed another week with trainer Desleigh Forster relying on Too Good To Refuse in the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Eagle Farm. Cylinder Beach, who is now raced by a syndicate headed by long term Forster client Norm Mayne, was to run… Read More »
