Jake Noonan is set to make his return to race riding at Mornington, almost four months after he suffered a broken leg in a race fall. Noonan has been back riding trackwork for the past four weeks and is booked for two rides at Thursday’s meeting, both for his father,… Read More »
Trainer Con Karakatsanis has been charged with having unregistered substances at his stable and giving false evidence in a stewards’ inquiry. Karakatsanis’ trainer’s licence was suspended on Tuesday after Racing NSW handed down the charges over Howmuchdoyouloveme’s withdrawal from the Group Two Shorts at Randwick on Saturday. Stewards scratched the… Read More »
Sydney visitor Counterattack from the all-conquering Chris Waller stable has met with early support in a Group One race at Caulfield. The four-year-old shares favouritism for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on Saturday with his price trimmed since markets opened on Monday. Counterattck is one of 17 nominations for the… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Richard Collett is to have a permanent Sydney base at Warwick Farm. The father of Jason Collett who finished fifth in the Sydney jockeys’ premiership last season, the trainer has been racing horses in NSW during the winter including Canterbury winner Untamed Diamond.. He now has eight… Read More »
An amendment to the NSW rule regarding dual acceptors means an early decision about which race a horse contests. From October 1, horses must hold only one engagement by 5pm on acceptance day unless they are emergencies for a second race. Racing NSW said the amendment was introduced to balance… Read More »
Australian Turf Club chairman Michael Crismale will step down from his position ahead of his retirement from the club’s board of directors. Crismale has been chairman for three years and will retire from the board at the end of his current term in February, 2017. Crismale was a director of… Read More »
With The Bandit nominated in three races at Caulfield, his trainer John Sadler is favouring the toughest. The Bandit is entered in a 1700m race, another over 2400m and the Group One Underwood Stakes. Sadler will make a final decision after trackwork on Tuesday but is favouring the 1800m of… Read More »
Few horses win at the picnics, put three together in metropolitan grade and win a Group race in the space of seven months. But that’s the meteoric rise Chaquinta is on the verge of completing in Saturday’s Group Three Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill. The mare started her streak… Read More »
Jameka has been re-handicapped for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups following her impressive win in the Naturalism Stakes at Caulfield. Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter penalised the Ciaron Maher-trained mare a half-kilogram on Monday after her 3-3/4 length win in Saturday’s Group Three race over 2000m. The penalty takes last… Read More »
A vet who denies being involved in supplying cobalt has to give evidence to Victorian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s appeals against their disqualifications. Dr Adam Matthews’ barrister Glenn Casement on Monday tried to have a summons for the vet to appear as a witness set aside on medical… Read More »
A $1.6 million Snitzel colt has impressed in his maiden public appearance during the season’s first official two-year-old trials. The Gerald Ryan-trained Chauffeur, the top buy at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, was narrowly beaten by the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Invader in an 850m heat at… Read More »
A vet has been called to give evidence to Victorian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s appeals against their cobalt disqualifications. Dr Adam Matthews denies fellow vet Dr Tom Brennan’s claim he supplied bottles containing a substance called vitamin complex that Brennan gave to horses in the O’Brien and Kavanagh… Read More »
In the two years since she was beating Winx in their three-year-old season, much has gone wrong for First Seal while her rival has gone to dizzy heights. First Seal makes her latest comeback at Rosehill on Saturday with her trainer John Thompson convinced she can again be a force…. Read More »
A tendon injury has ended the Caulfield Cup dreams for the connections of Berisha. The first horse guaranteed a start in the Cup courtesy of his Mornington Cup win earlier this year, the Robert Smerdon-trained Berisha showed he was on target when third to Jameka in the Naturalism Stakes at… Read More »
The spring campaign of New Zealander Xtravagant is back on track following a barrier trial at Cranbourne. The four-year-old is set to run in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on Saturday after pleasing co-trainer Stephen Autridge and jockey Damien Oliver on Monday. Xtravagant finished out of the placings in the… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths is hopeful The Quarterback can have an even better campaign than the one that gave the trainer his maiden Group One win. The Quarterback won a 990m trial by five lengths at Cranbourne on Monday to show he was on track for his spring return in the Gilgai… Read More »
The lure of big prize money for off-season races in Sydney is tempting trainer Desleigh Forster to take her three stable stars across the border this summer. I’m Belucci, Cylinder Beach and Too Good To Refuse all raced well during their three-year-old season and have had a good break. They… Read More »
Xtravagant has finished out of the placings in a barrier trial at Cranbourne but is on track to compete in a Group One race at Caulfield. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Xtravagant took the lead turning for home in the 1190m trial before being throttled down over the final 200m on… Read More »
Betting has been suspended on the Caulfield Guineas with the news favourite Astern will miss a vital lead-up because of an elevated temperature. The TAB suspended its market after the Godolphin-owned colt was ruled out of Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude. A dominant winner of the Group One Golden Rose, Astern… Read More »
A judge will decide if a vet named in cobalt cases in two states has to give evidence to Victorian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s appeals against their cobalt disqualifications. Dr Adam Matthews denies fellow vet Dr Tom Brennan’s claim he supplied bottles containing a substance called vitamin complex… Read More »
