The Sunshine Coast will host a record 13 races on Wednesday with Saturday’s washed out open handicap at Doomben added to the program. The Open Handicap (1350m) was originally abandoned after heavy rain washed out the last three races at Doomben on Saturday. It left many horses preparing for the… Read More »
Premier Victorian apprentice Dylan Dunn has won a prestigious international race for junior riders in Abu Dhabi. The 21-year-old was invited to compete in the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak (IFAHR) Apprentice World Championship final on Sunday after his stand-out season in 2016/16. His horse showed his rivals a clean pair… Read More »
Dual Cheltenham Festival winner Simonsig has been put down after suffering a a broken leg during a race at the course where he won his biggest races. The accident happened just moments after his much celebrated stablemate. dual Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre, had been paraded on Sunday following the… Read More »
A proposal to move the Doomben 10,000 to Eagle Farm will be the major topic of discussion for Queensland racing’s major advisory group when it meets this week. The Thoroughbred Advisory Panel is made up of members from a wide cross section of racing industry participants including trainers, jockeys, owners,… Read More »
Former Perth galloper He Or She is returning home for a shot at a Group One double. He Or She was trained in Perth by Vaughn Sigley, who retains an ownership interest in the gelding who joined the Lindsay Park operation of David Hayes and Tom Dabernig in 2015 with… Read More »
Taiyoo has taken out one Victorian country Cup this spring and will get his chance to give Darren Weir a second Ballarat Cup on his home track. The seven-year-old gelding snapped a 20-month absence from the winner’s circle when he won the $100,000 Kyneton Cup (2000m) by a long neck… Read More »
Apprentice Tiffani Brooker’s decision to make the trip from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane one day a week is starting to pay major dividends. Brooker has burst into the limelight and is set to take advantage of a shortage of three-kilogram claiming apprentices in the metropolitan area. Several senior apprentices… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Jameka is recovering from a sacral injury which her trainer believes had an effect on her Melbourne Cup performance. Ciaron Maher is not convinced Jameka failed to stay the 3200 metres and has not ruled out another tilt at Australia’s richest race. Jameka finished 15th of the… Read More »
Chris Waller will let the dust settle on Who Shot Thebarman’s performance in the Zipping Classic before deciding whether he returns to New Zealand to try to win a second Auckland Cup. The durable stayer finished fifth the Melbourne Cup and fillied the same position in his attempted defence of… Read More »
Melbourne’s premier jockey Craig Williams will chase Group One wins interstate and abroad on consecutive days when he rides in the Railway Stakes in Perth and the Singapore Gold Cup. Williams has the ride on He Or She in Saturday’s Railway Stakes at Ascot and has been booked for the… Read More »
The storm which washed out the last three races at Doomben has thrown the summer carnival preparations of several stables into disarray. Six summer carnival aspirants – Rudy, Lordag, Volkhere, Harada Bay, Ruling Force, and Heart Of A Warrior – were to have their comeback runs in Saturday’s washed out… Read More »
La Dosia has given champion racehorse So You Think his first Group One win as a sire with her victory in the New Zealand Thousand Guineas at Riccarton. Trained by Mandy and Matt Brown, the filly was ridden by Racha Cuneen who has been aboard for her four starts this… Read More »
A setback in the spelling paddock thwarted Andrew Noblet’s plans to target the Group One Myer Classic with Silent Sedition. But the trainer was still thrilled for the mare to end her spring campaign with a stakes win at Sandown on Saturday. Silent Sedition stained a muscle and Noblet scrapped… Read More »
Prolific winner Nieta has racked up her fifth victory from nine starts in a career that could have been even more impressive had it not been interrupted by a wind operation. The four-year-old came from midfield to take care of her rivals in a few strides to win Saturday’s TAB… Read More »
Matthews Williams is thinking of the Australian Cup after Turnitaround scored a Group Three victory at Sandown. The Hard Spun six-year-old bounced back to winning form with a dogged win in the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday, giving jockey Hugh Bowman with his first Sandown success. Backed from $13 into $9.50,… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Lucky Hussler has bounced back to top form with a hard-fought victory over Illustrious Lad in the Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Sandown. Lucky Hussler had been unplaced in his two starts this spring in Group One sprints and trainer Darren Weir said it was good to… Read More »
Everything finally went the way of talented L’Entrecote when he beat the rain to earn a chance at stakes racing this summer. The last three races at Doomben were washed out when a storm battered the track for nearly an hour, dumping more than 37mm of rain. It was the… Read More »
Beautiful Romance has completed a Sandown stakes race treble for three different Godolphin trainers with a fighting win in the G2 Zipping Classic. Her victory on Saturday gave trainer Saeed bin Suroor a Group Two victory after Qewy had earlier in the program won the Listed Sandown Cup for English… Read More »
Ron Quinton has developed a reputation as a master of apprentices and an imposing trainer of fillies and mares. On Saturday at Rosehill the combination of both was on display when Daysee Doom ridden by 19-year-old Andrew Adkins justified Quinton’s faith and that of the punters with a decisive win…. Read More »
Godolphin colt Morton’s Fork has surged late to claim the Sandown Guineas in a win which suggests better things are in store for the three-year-old. Morton’s Fork was sent out the $2.30 favourite in Saturday’s Group Two Sandown Guineas over 1600m at Sandown, but was forced to make his run… Read More »
