Winx’s triumphant return in the Warwick Stakes settled some of her trainer’s nerves but Chris Waller admits they are likely to surface again ahead of her next assignment. Winx headlines Saturday’s Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick with 11 others entered for the Group Two race. Of those, only Prized Icon… Read More »
Stradbroke Handicap placegetter The Virginian is set to make his return in a restricted class race at Eagle Farm. At his fourth race start, the then three-year-old ran third behind Under the Louvre and Black Heart Bart in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 10. Black… Read More »
Bookmakers are gun-shy ahead of champion Winx’s bid to post her 11th straight win, putting her up as short as $1.10 in the Chelmsford Stakes. The TAB has Winx at $1.20 in its opening market on Saturday’s 1600m-race at Randwick with three-year-old Prized Icon at $8 the only other entry… Read More »
The Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley has attracted a strong list of 16 nominations including two-time winner The Cleaner. Now trained by Peter Gelagotis, the popular frontrunner won the past two editions of the 1600m weight-for-age race when trained by Mick Burles in Tasmania. The… Read More »
Brad Rawiller will miss the chance to ride Memsie Stakes winner Black Heart Bart to another Group One win unless he can successfully appeal a suspension. On Monday, Rawiller had a 10-meeting careless riding suspension from Sandown on Wednesday reduced on appeal but was immediately hit with another penalty for… Read More »
Japanese import Tosen Stardom is set to make his Melbourne debut for the Darren Weir stable in the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Weir has confirmed he plans to have four runners in Saturday’s weight-for-age race over 1600 metres at Moonee Valley with Mahuta likely to back up… Read More »
A permanent memorial honouring the legendary Bart Cummings is to be built at Randwick Racecourse. Marking the first anniversary of the death of the great trainer, the Australian Turf Club has unveiled plans for a statue of Cummings at the track where he spent 40 years at Leilani Lodge. It… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Tavago has finished second in a barrier trial at Cranbourne after his Memsie Stakes plans had to be scrapped. The four-year-old failed to eat up after losing a tooth and had to be scratched from Saturday’s Group One race at Caulfield. Co-trainer Natalie Young said Tavago would… Read More »
Four people have reportedly been arrested as part of an investigation into race fixing after a large harness race meeting in Melbourne’s west. Following the Breeders Crown at TAB Park in Melton on Sunday night, police arrested four people from the racing industry in connection with an investigation into race… Read More »
Hong Kong champion Joao Moreira has dominated the Sapporo meeting in Japan with six winners but has still failed to defend the World All Star Jockeys’ title. His haul on Sunday came in races outside the designated events for the series won by Japan-based Italian Mirco Demuro with Australia’s Craig… Read More »
Detective has had to work a little harder than planned to win his maiden but has come away from Wyong victorious. Co-trainer Peter Snowden said he and his son Paul had hoped to give the colt a confidence booster at Sunday’s provincial meeting. Although only five went to the gates,… Read More »
Queensland’s Golden Rose hopefuls Oink and O’Reilly Cyrus have turned in eye-catching final hit-outs at Doomben. Oink looks certain to run in the Group One Golden Rose (1400m) on September 10 but O’Reilly Cyrus remains on the cusp of getting a start. While most of their rivals for the Golden… Read More »
Trainer Mick Kent is light on numbers for the upcoming Melbourne carnival but has three quality contenders. Kent will be relying on the undefeated Abbey Marie, smart sprinter Supido and talented stayer Charlevoix to underpin his spring hopes. The three are back in work at Cranbourne having spelled after a… Read More »
Gerald Ryan spends most of his life looking at horses and what the trainer sees of Kinglike has him excited ahead of the four-year-old’s race return. While he isn’t one to weigh his horses, Ryan’s eyes tell him Kinglike had put on around 50 kilograms since he ran fourth behind… Read More »
The decision to miss the Memsie Stakes with Miss Rose De Lago could reward her connections with another Group Two win. The Danny O’Brien-trained mare won the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield on August 13 and chases another in Saturday’s Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes… Read More »
The immediate racing future of star Brisbane sprinter Buffering will be decided in an upcoming public hit-out. Buffering was injured when unplaced in the Group One Chairman’s Prize in Hong Kong in May, raising talk of retirement. The nine-year-old gelding, who recently won his fifth straight Queensland Horse of the… Read More »
Hong Kong champion Werther has been sidelined for three months with a suspensory injury suffered in a track incident. The former New Zealander, runner-up in two Derbys in Australia, has shone in Hong Kong, winning the Derby and QE II Cup last season. Trainer John Moore told the South China… Read More »
Big Orange is likely to miss the Irish St Leger with connections wary of his Melbourne Cup handicap. The Michael Bell-trained five-year-old finished fifth in the 2015 Cup carrying 55.5kg. He has shone at his past two starts, winning the Princess of Wales’s Stakes for the second successive season at… Read More »
Darren Weir has declared Black Heart Bart the benchmark horse in his stable after the six-year-old made emphatic spring statement in winning the Memsie Stakes. “He’s the best horse I’ve got,” Weir said. “Lucky Hussler’s a good horse but this horse is bombproof, sound but while not much to look… Read More »
Brad Rawiller has pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge after winning the Memsie Stakes on Black Heart Bart. But stewards have set aside a decision on penalty until after the jockey has an appeal against another careless riding charge heard on Monday. Nick Hall has been suspended for 10… Read More »
