Yankee Rose is the lone filly among the 11 acceptors for the Group One Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. Lightweight Victorian jockey Dean Yendall has been booked to ride Yankee Rose with a view to taking the mount in the Cox Plate if the three-year-old heads to the weight-for-age championship…. Read More »
Champion mare Winx will have only two rivals when she lines up in the Group One Caulfield Stakes. Chasing her 12th straight win and an eighth at Group One level, Winx will be opposed by the Darren Weir-trained Black Heart Bart and Lindsay Park’s He Or She on Saturday. Black… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has had her first look at Caulfield where she will attempt to extend her winning sequence in the 2016 Caulfield Stakes. If she is successful in Saturday’s race, Winx will take her winning run to 12 and her Group One tally to eight. Her rider Hugh Bowman… Read More »
He’s the $200 shot from a small provincial stable, but Hand It In’s trainer Rod Ollerton wants to teach his promising stayer about Group One racing in the G1 Spring Champion Stakes. Ollerton will wait until the last minute to make a decision whether Hand It In is an acceptor… Read More »
Thirty stayers remain in contention for the Caulfield Cup following third declarations. Turnbull Stakes winner Hartnell was on Tuesday paid up as an acceptor for the $3 million 2400m-handicap on October 15 with the Godolphin stable keeping its its options open by also declaring him for the Cox Plate at… Read More »
James Cummings has taken the opportunity to give Good Standing a look around Caulfield in an exercise the trainer believes will be invaluable for the colt going into a $1 million race at the track. Good Standing runs in Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Guineas and on Tuesday morning he worked… Read More »
Xtravagant has arrived home in New Zealand and will undergo bone scans to determine if there are any issues to explain his disappointing Melbourne campaign. The multiple Group One winner was unplaced in two Australian starts in the Group Two Bobbie Lewis and Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, prompting… Read More »
Controversial gambling figure Eddie Hayson used the TAB account of Danny Nikolic’s partner to bet, the jockey has told a court. Nikolic denied betting $100,000 on a 2015 NRL match on his friend’s behalf or betting on two other games under scrutiny. He said Hayson had apologised after using Tania… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy has been booked to ride Godolphin’s Scottish in the Caulfield Cup 2016. The Charlie Appleby-trained Scottish won the Group Three Strensall Stakes at York on August 20, his last race before travelling to Australia. The five-year-old gelding has 54.5kg for the $3 million handicap over 2400m at Caulfield… Read More »
Sacred Elixir has already taken care of Melbourne’s top three-year-olds in his season return and will now have to repel a host of quality Sydney colts to win the $1 million Caulfield Guineas. New Zealand trainer Tony Pike believes the experience Sacred Elixir gained at Caulfield winning the Guineas Prelude… Read More »
Sydney fillies may dominate betting on the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield, but trainer Robbie Laing says they will need to be on their A game to defeat Missrock. The filly was the unlucky runner in her lead-up run in the Thousand Guineas Prelude and Laing is confident she will give… Read More »
Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic claims he has been the victim of a conspiracy by corrupt Racing Victoria officials. Nikolic has told a court RV integrity services head Dayle Brown and chief steward Terry Bailey are corrupt and have led a targeted campaign against him. The Caulfield Cup-winning jockey said he… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher is confident in-form Bon Aurum can handle a distance rise when he bids to add the Toorak Handicap to his recent Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes success. Bon Aurum is aiming to become the 10th horse to complete the double of the Rupert Clarke (1400m) and… Read More »
With racing pumping through his veins, Philip Courtney made the decision to make his hobby a full-time job. The fledgling Canberra trainer will hit the highway in search of his second and possibly third Sydney winner at Canterbury on Wednesday with Maryore and Lostasock. Before switching to full-time training earlier… Read More »
Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic claims he has been targeted by corrupt Racing Victoria officials. Nikolic has told a court RV’s integrity services head Dayle Brown and chief steward Terry Bailey are corrupt. Nikolic says he has been treated very differently from other riders, including by Racing Victoria investigator Tim Robinson…. Read More »
Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic claims Racing Victoria’s integrity head and chief steward are corrupt and have been targeting him. Nikolic has told a court integrity services head Dayle Brown and chief steward Terry Bailey are corrupt while investigator Tim Robinson has gone out of his way to make his life… Read More »
Flight Stakes winner Global Glamour will jump from a middle barrier in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly will be chasing her second Group One win in seven days when she lines up from barrier eight in Saturday’s 1600m-race. A field of 15 fillies… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Impending has drawn barrier 10 in a 14 horse field for the Group One race for three-year-olds. Impending is one of a host of Sydney gallopers to line up in Saturday’s 1600m-race and goes in off a last-start victory in the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill on… Read More »
Michelle Payne will have to wait a little longer to have her first runner with Victoria’s wet weather claiming Tuesday’s Stawell meeting. The Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, who now holds a dual licence, had already scratched Queen Of Zealand because of the conditions before Tuesday’s meeting was called off. Payne’s options… Read More »
Good Standing has had a look around Caulfield in a solid track gallop with trainer James Cummings believing the experience will be beneficial for the Sydney colt going into the Caulfield Guineas. The trainer said Good Standing, who worked in company with stablemate Smart Amelia over 1400 metres was “fit… Read More »
