Jockey Nathan Day has been suspended for six weeks on a handling charge from a race in January. Day indicated he would fight the charge and suspension through all avenues if required. Stewards opened an inquiry into Day’s ride on Helsun who ran third in a maiden at Doomben on… Read More »
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young thought better of succumbing to the temptation of running Larimer Street in Victoria’s premier two-year-old race. The colt had the credentials to contest last month’s Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, but the training and life partners thought the wiser move was to wait. On… Read More »
Shadow Hero is the new favourite to add the Randwick Guineas to his Group One Spring Champion Stakes with the scratching of Super Seth. The Anthony Freedman stable told stewards Super Seth had an elevated temperature and abnormal blood picture on Wednesday. The colt had been the dominant $2.70 favourite… Read More »
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke produced another possible top three-year-old when Roman Republic scored at Doomben. Vandyke was still on a high after his star Alligator Blood won the Australian Guineas last Saturday but he couldn’t hide his excitement about Roman Republic. Jockey Ryan Maloney maintained his 40 per cent winning… Read More »
Alizee has been promoted into the All-Star Mile field after the withdrawal of New Zealander Catalyst but Godolphin is leaning towards running Alizee’s younger stablemate Flit in the $5 million race at Caulfield. New Zealand gelding Catalyst was ruled out of Saturday week’s All-Star Mile by his trainer Clayton Chipperfield… Read More »
The 2008 Randwick Guineas stands out as a milestone in trainer Chris Waller’s career – not because he won it, more that he did not. Triple Honour seemed destined to give the up-and-coming trainer his first Group One win until that season’s champion three-year-old Weekend Hussler charged late. After looking… Read More »
Godolphin galloper Avilius is set for another trip on the Hume Highway from Sydney ahead of the Australian Cup at Flemington. Saturday’s 2000m race is the second Group One assignment for the James Cummings-trained galloper in a week. After starting his campaign at Caulfield early last month, Avilius returned to… Read More »
Loving Gaby represents part of a strong three-year-old challenge in the Newmarket Handicap and her co-trainer David Eustace is confident the Group One-winning filly is spot on for the time-honoured sprint. This season’s Manikato Stakes winner, Loving Gaby is striving to become the second-straight three-year-old filly to win the Newmarket… Read More »
Robert Heathcote looks set to continue his freakish summer success at Brisbane meetings with vastly improved Emerald Kingdom leading the way at Eagle Farm. Heathcote is rapidly closing in on 1500 career winners and 1000 metropolitan victories. However, he has exceeded even his own ambitions this summer with 20 metropolitan… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Michael Cahill rode in 11 trials on Tuesday and is ready to return to race riding after a four-month injury-enforced break. Cahill will make a low-key return to riding at Eagle Farm on Saturday but can hardly wait to get back into action. “I rode at the… Read More »
Harlem has drawn an inside barrier for his attempt at an historic third-straight Australian Cup at Flemington. Trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, eight-year-old gelding Harlem has barrier two in a field of 14 for Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature and is one of four runners for the… Read More »
Five three-year-olds feature among a field of 13 for the $1.25 million Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Group One-winning colts Exceedance and Bivouac have drawn barriers 11 and seven respectively for Saturday’s 1200m straight-track sprint while Group One-winning filly Loving Gaby has barrier four. Four-year-old Gytrash has drawn barrier… Read More »
A Hong Kong Jockey Club member has been confirmed with COVID-19 prompting further restrictions on attendance. The Centre for Health Protection said the man had attended his daughter’s wedding banquet on February 22 where his sister, a confirmed case earlier, was also present. He was sent to the quarantine centre… Read More »
New Zealand gelding Catalyst has been ruled out of the $5 million All-Star Mile with bruised fetlocks. Trainer Clayton Chipperfield sent him to the Ballarat Vet Clinic on Tuesday fearing he was not quite himself after his below-par run in the Australian Guineas. He told Racing Victoria stewards late in… Read More »
Her famous relative Hay List excelled as a sprinter but Miss Siska is making a name for herself as a middle distance performer. And, eight years after her late half-brother Hay List set a metric era weight-carrying record to win the Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington, the Grahame… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is convinced his stable star Gytrash has improved since his Lightning Stakes win as he prepares to chase a big sprint double at Flemington. Gytrash upstaged Redzel, Loving Gaby and Nature Strip to win the weight-for-age Group One Lightning (1000m) on the straight track at Flemington… Read More »
Global Quest will wear blinkers as he attempts to cement his claims as a genuine Golden Slipper contender via the Todman Stakes. The winner of the Breeders’ Plate in October, the colt has run second in his two subsequent starts in February to Prague in the Canonbury Stakes and Farnan… Read More »
Roy Higgins Quality winner King Of Leogrance is favourite for the Group Two Adelaide Cup after the declaration of the final field of 16. Trained by Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien and racing in the colours of six-time Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams, King Of Leogrance eased from $2.50 to $2.60… Read More »
Immediate plans for promising Brisbane three-year-old Profit are unresolved despite his impressive trial win at Eagle Farm. Trainer Chris Anderson took blinkers off Profit in Tuesday’s barrier trial to assess how he would handle it in a race. Profit was about five lengths off the early pace but came wide… Read More »
All-Star Mile hopeful Catalyst has been sent to the Ballarat Vet Clinic to determine the extent of a back issue. After initially believing Catalyst had pulled up well from his unplaced run in Saturday’s Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington, trainer Clayton Chipperfield told Racing Victoria stewards on Tuesday the… Read More »
