Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will appeal a conviction and fine for a positive swab returned by Amexed after an Ipswich win in July. Stewards opened an inquiry after a post-race sample from Stayers Final winner Amexed showed traces of the anti inflammatory substance Prednisolone. Gollan was charged with presenting… Read More »
Wet tracks are usually a help to horses with feet problems but trainer Colin Little doesn’t want a track too badly rain-affected for talented mare Miss Softhands. Little has Miss Softhands running at Caulfield on Saturday in the MRC Foundation Handicap and he’s keeping an eye on the weather. With… Read More »
Bush star Clearly Innocent could be racing’s latest cult hero to lay claim to the “people’s horse” moniker. With seven wins from nine starts, NSW’s reigning Country champion’s popularity is growing ahead of his return to racing in The Shorts at Randwick. Trainer Greg Bennett says Clearly Innocent has generated… Read More »
Group One wins don’t come easily as Ciaron Maher can attest and of his five victories to date, four have been with mares. One of them Srikandi has been retired while another, Azkadellia, has been banned from racing as stewards in Victoria investigate the ownership bona fides of the of… Read More »
Bryan Guy is growing in confidence his new training partnership with his son Daniel can produce a winner with their first Saturday metropolitan runner. The Guys have Good Luck Malela who is among the main chances in the Hamilton Hotel Three-Year-Old Hcp (1500m) at Eagle Farm. They were granted permission… Read More »
A breathtaking performance from Voodoo Lad denied Keen Array a first-up win at Moonee Valley but the sprinter’s co-trainer Tom Dabernig is confident about his chances in the Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield. Keen Array’s spring return was delayed for two weeks by a bout of colic before he was… Read More »
Promising Madluce Missile has passed a barrier test and is cleared to resume racing after putting in a wayward performance at the start of his last race. However, trainer Chris Anderson is still debating whether to run him from the outside barrier in the Hamilton Hotel Hcp (1500m) at Eagle… Read More »
The Listed Heritage Stakes shapes as a Group One acid test for some of Sydney’s fledgling three-year-olds. Trainer James Cummings has Hair Trigger in Saturday’s 1100m-race at Randwick and believes horses that perform well are destined for bigger targets during spring. “It’s a Group Two in disguise,” Cummings said. “These… Read More »
Andrassy is the first horse Allison Sheehan bred and the mare could become the trainer’s first black-type winner when she runs in the How Now Stakes. The five-year-old returns to Caulfield for Saturday’s Group Three 1200m-race having finished just over a length from the winner when fourth in the Group… Read More »
Apprentice James Orman can cement his association with leading trainer Robert Heathcote at Eagle Farm as he prepares for a busy finish to the year. Orman has four rides for Heathcote on Saturday – Sea Red (Veuve Open), Silento (Class 6 Plate). Big Decision (Class 6 Hcp) and Beckoning Light… Read More »
Trainer Dermot Weld has confirmed Dual Derby winner Harzand is on target to run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomph despite an injury scare. The colt developed lameness after he was struck during the Irish Champion Stakes, in which he finished eighth, at Leopardstown on Saturday. But his trainer… Read More »
Group One winner Le Romain is almost certain to sidestep Winx and run in the Cameron Handicap on his home track at Newcastle. Trainer Kris Lees said only rain would prompt him to scratch the Randwick Guineas winner from Friday’s Cameron (1350m) and run him against Winx in the Group… Read More »
Jockey Chris Parnham needs to be released from his rides in the next three days in order to ride Voodoo Lad in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes after being suspended at Pakenham. Parnham pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge from the sixth race at Pakenham on Wednesday… Read More »
Stewards have grilled apprentice jockey Blaike McDougall over his ride during a midweek Sydney race after it was beaten by a nose following an “alarming” betting drift. Steward Ray Livingstone questioned McDougall’s vigour on Arise Augustus after he was beaten by the shortest measurable margin in a 1000m benchmark handicap… Read More »
The finishing touches have been put on champion mare Winx’s preparation for the Group One George Main Stakes. Winx galloped strongly over 1000 metres at Rosehill on Wednesday, her final piece of work before her last run in Sydney for the spring at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained mare… Read More »
While her winning streak creates pressure and expectation, Chris Waller will not panic in the unlikely event of Winx getting beaten. As she attempts to stretch her unbeaten run to 11 in Saturday’s Group One George Main Stakes at Randwick, her trainer says defeat will not equal disaster. “We won’t… Read More »
Damian Browne will increase his riding workload after maintaining his outstanding win strike rate with a double at Doomben . Browne took a month’s holiday in August and has been easing back into riding taking only 10 mounts at the midweek and provincial meetings for five winners and a third… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has been suspended for careless riding but will not miss out on his upcoming commitments to champion mare Winx. The star jockey will miss the three Group One races on Epsom Handicap day after he received a seven-meeting suspension for his winning ride on High Mist in the… Read More »
Group One winning mare Azkadellia is one of four horses stood down from racing as stewards investigate their ownership bona fides. The winner of the Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick during the Sydney autumn carnival, Azkadellia is registered in the sole ownership of Ben Connolly, licensed racing manager… Read More »
Cranbourne is the latest turf meeting to be transferred to the Pakenham synthetic track. Thursday’s meeting was transferred on Wednesday following a Racing Victoria stewards inspection. Stewards were of the opinion the track would not be suitable for racing as more rain is expected on top of 46mm in the… Read More »
