Cox Plate entry Hghland Reel is one of 14 nominations for the Group One Juddmonte International at York. The Aidan O’Brien-trained five-year-old finished third in last year’s Cox Plate won by Winx before winning the Hong Kong Vase in December. The Roger Varian-trainer Postponed, who missed the King George at… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has revealed champion mare Winx has undergone arthroscopic surgery to remove a small bone chip from a fetlock since her Doncaster win. At a teleconference on Thursday, Racing NSW stewards interviewed Waller about the treatment, mindful of the public interest in the mare. They considered veterinary reports… Read More »
Mudgee trainer Cameron Crockett has got one of the best horses in his fledgling stable headed for Rosehill. The 29-year-old has 21 horses in work and they are soon to be joined by about eight more including stable star Barbass, who gave Crockett his first runner in a Group One… Read More »
Clinton McDonald will follow a tried-and-true spring path with Revolving Door who returns to racing at Caulfield. McDonald said Revolving Door would have a four-run campaign into October’s Caulfield Guineas, a pattern followed by his late father Ross with Weekend Hussler who won the Group One race in 2007. A… Read More »
GOLDEN SLIPPER CURSE VICTIMS VANCOUVER (2015 Slipper winner) * The Gai Waterhouse-trained colt ran fourth in the San Domenico Stakes in his first and only race as a three-year-old. He was sent to compete in the UK but a bad blood picture meant he never raced and returned to Australia… Read More »
All eyes will be on Capitalist when the colt tries to break the curse that has plagued Golden Slipper winners of the last 15 years. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt is the odds-on favourite for the Group Three San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday, his first start… Read More »
Former senior Victorian steward Kane Ashby has denied knowing laboratories were not accredited to test for cobalt as appeals by four banned trainers continue into the spring carnival. Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey will be among the witnesses when appeals by Danny O’Brien, Mark Kavanagh and father-and-son training partners… Read More »
Stephen Baster admits he flick-passed a decision on which stablemate to ride at Caulfield to co-trainer Troy Corstens. With Corstens and his father and training partner Leon having two runners, Modern Wonder and Conscious, in the Group Three Winslow Group Stakes on Saturday, Baster was told he could ride whichever… Read More »
Despite sharing his name with a Spanish high-end shoe designer, Manolo Blahniq hasn’t taken a fashionable path to the San Domenico Stakes. The colt by Jimmy Choux is set to have his first Australian start in the 1100m-Group Two race at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Tony Noonan paid $115,000 for… Read More »
Free-wheeling gelding Flamboyer’s interstate trip has been put on hold but he is still in line to play a role in the southern spring carnival. Trainer Kelly Doughty entered Flamboyer for the Open Hcp (1400m) at Eagle Farm and the Spring Preview (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday but elected to… Read More »
Jockey Jess Taylor appears to have broken her right wrist for the second time in a fall at Gosford. Taylor, who only recently returned from the first injury, came down in the third race on Thursday. Racing NSW said Taylor was being taken to Gosford Hospital for further assessment and… Read More »
Former senior Racing Victoria steward Kane Ashby denies knowing laboratories used in Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s cobalt cases were not accredited to do the testing. The former head of Racing Victoria’s compliance assurance team has admitted a rule of racing governing testing procedures was not strictly followed. But Ashby,… Read More »
Prince Of Penzance’s managing owner John Richards insists Michelle Payne’s fitness is the only reason she is not riding the Melbourne Cup winner first-up. The Darren Weir-trained stayer is scheduled to return in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 27. Richards said the decision to take Payne… Read More »
Officials have been forced to move the running rail at Cranbourne to allow the race meeting to go ahead. Jockeys walking the track before Thursday’s first race found holes where the running rail was positioned at the last meeting. Racing Victoria steward Wade Hadley said several jockeys had spotted a… Read More »
Rules of racing were broken in the testing of Victorian trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh’s cobalt samples, an inquiry has heard. Former Victorian steward Kane Ashby said a rule governing testing procedures was not followed in its entirety but it was open for Racing Victoria to operate in the… Read More »
Trainer Steve O’Dea’s regime of tough love with rejuvenated galloper Best Case is set to reap another reward at Eagle Farm. Provided he continues to please O’Dea , Best Case, who scored his first win since November 2014 at Eagle Farm last week, will back up in the Country Music… Read More »
Tall Ship kicks off a campaign at Caulfield his connections hope will end up in Melbourne Cup glory. The Darren Weir-trained stayer is one of two runners for the stable in the P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. OTI Racing’s Terry Henderson, a part-owner of the imported Tall Ship… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley believes the sectional times from her last-start defeat show classy filly O’Reilly Cyrus is on course for a Group One start. O’Reilly Cyrus is set to line up in the Three-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday from barrier 14 to try to gain more prize… Read More »
Prince Of Penzance’s managing owner John Richards says Michelle Payne’s fitness is the reason she is not riding the Melbourne Cup winner when he returns in Melbourne. Payne has made a rapid recovery from abdominal surgery after a fall in May but Richards told Melbourne radio station RSN927 the owners… Read More »
Veteran sprinter Kingsgate Native will continue his racing career for the foreseeable future following his heart-warming victory at Nottingham. Trainer Robert Cowell had suggested retirement could be on the cards for the Group One-winning 11-year-old following disappointing runs at Salisbury and Newmarket. But Kingsgate Native proved he still had something… Read More »
