Danny Nikolic will try to go to the High Court in a bid to overturn a police order excluding him from racecourses. The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the Victorian police chief commissioner’s challenge to a decision that overturned an order banning the former Caulfield Cup-winning jockey from entering… Read More »
Racing NSW will stick to its policy and will not allow dual trainer/jockey licence holders to ride in the state. The issue came to light when Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne was not allowed to ride in a race at Randwick for another trainer earlier this month. “After receiving… Read More »
WHAT DOES THE GEELONG CUP MEAN FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP? * Three horses – Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) have won the Geelong Cup-Melbourne Cup double in the same year. * A couple more Geelong Cup winners went close in the Melbourne Cup – Bauer (2008) was… Read More »
International Melbourne Cup contender Wicklow Brave has had a solid work-out at Geelong after a delayed start. The Willie Mullins-trained stayer had his gallop put back after he shifted the plate on his near fore foot on the float trip from Werribee on Wednesday. Wicklow Brave is a $15 chance… Read More »
Damien Oliver’s bid to ride in the Victoria Derby will rest with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. His appeal against a reckless riding charge will be heard on Friday with the champion jockey missing the Manikato Stakes and Cox Plate meetings this weekend. Oliver failed in his appeal to… Read More »
Craig Williams’ misfortune has led to Dwayne Dunn getting his chance at a first Cox Plate win on Hauraki. Dunn replaces Williams on the Epsom Handicap winner in Saturday’s weight-for-age feature at Moonee Valley after Williams failed to have a careless riding ban overturned. Williams was suspended at Caulfield last… Read More »
No doubt Nick Hall envies Dean Yendall. Hall endured a week from hell to ride Caulfield Cup winner Jameka at 52.5kg last Saturday. A week later and Yendall has to strip down to 47.5kg to ride three-year-old filly Yankee Rose in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. While Hall’s food… Read More »
An exceptional public holiday win has convinced trainer Greg Hickman the timing is right for Top Striker to have a crack at Saturday grade. Top Striker carried 60.5kg to victory at Warwick Farm during the October 3 public holiday meeting. He put the race away halfway down the straight and… Read More »
Hong Kong racing officials are monitoring typhoons around Hong Kong to determine whether jockeys Joao Moreira and Sam Clipperton will be allowed to come to Australia to ride at Moonee Valley on the weekend. The Hong Kong Jockey Club does not want a repeat of a situation last year when… Read More »
The Charlie Appleby-trained Oceanographer and Qewy will be out boost their respective Melbourne Cup hopes when each bids to become the latest international winner of the Geelong Cup. The 2400m-race has been won by five internationally trained horses since the turn of the century starting with Media Puzzle in 2002… Read More »
The inside barrier is not what Dwayne Dunn wanted for Chautauqua in the 2016 Manikato Stakes but the jockey is hoping the star sprinter’s class will prevail in the $1 million race. Dunn was sidelined through suspension when Tommy Berry steered Chautauqua to victory in the Group One sprint a… Read More »
Preparations are all but done for Winx ahead of the 2016 Cox Plate with her trainer keeping it simple in the lead-up to the race. Chris Waller took the champion mare back to Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning for a last look at the track ahead of her defence of… Read More »
Leon Macdonald believes Pretty Punk can be a genuine VRC Oaks contender but the filly will have to earn her way to Flemington via the Geelong Classic. It is a race the Adelaide trainer has used to effect in the past, most notably with Pretty Punk’s sire Rebel Raider who… Read More »
The stage is set for an epic Cox Plate at Moonee Valley with champion mare Winx and in-form Hartnell headlining a field of 10 for the country’s best weight-for-age race. Field: View the Cox Plate Field With connections able to choose their own barriers on Tuesday, Winx’s part-owner Peter Tighe… Read More »
The Percy Sykes Stakes has been elevated from Group Three to Group Two status and will be worth $600,000 from next year. The two-year-old fillies’ race is one of 10 which make up The Championships at Randwick and was won by Missrock in April. The Group Two Arrowfield 3yo Sprint,… Read More »
Fresh from stakes success, trainer Matthew Smith is confident his good run can continue with two midweek runners at Warwick Farm. Palazzo Pubblico scored a shock first-up win in the Listed Alinghi Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, while talented filly Faraway Town made an impressive return to racing by finishing… Read More »
Craig Williams has failed in his appeal against a careless riding suspension and will miss the ride on Hauraki in the 2016 Cox Plate. Williams needed four meetings shaved off his 12 meeting-ban to ride in the Cox Plate after he was found guilty of causing interference in Saturday’s Caulfield… Read More »
Injured apprentice Samantha Clenton has undergone surgery on fracturerd vertebrae suffered in a race fall at Scone. She told Racing NSW’s Maurice Logue doctors at Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital had decided against operating on her broken collarbone, believing it would heal naturally. Clenton also suffered injuries to her knee and… Read More »
Defending champion Winx is back to odds-on for the 2016 Cox Plate after drawing barrier three while Hartnell has eased to $3 with the TAB. Hartnell will start from gate seven of 10 in Saturday’s weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley. Three-year-old filly Yankee Rose and French horse Vadamos, who will… Read More »
Champion mare Winx will start from barrier three of 10 in her attempt to win the 2016 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley for a second time. Hartnell, the second favourite, will jump from gate seven with French horse Vadamos drawing two for Saturday’s weight-for-age championship. Three-year-old filly Yankee Rose has… Read More »
