Track rider Kate Nipperess has experienced some feeling in her legs a week after suffering spinal injuries in an accident at Warwick Farm. Racing NSW safety officer Maurice Logue said Nipperess was feeling much better and felt what she described as electronic zaps in her lower legs which doctors said… Read More »
A rejuvenated Akavoroun has the chance to reignite his spring carnival hopes at Eagle Farm and forestall a plan to keep him in Queensland. The Ciaron Maher-trained Akavoroun has been staying with trainers John and Chris Meagher in Brisbane and after the gelding’s last-start win the vastly experienced John Meagher… Read More »
A vet denies adding a substance called vitamin complex to drips given to some of Mark Kavanagh and Danny O’Brien’s racehorses without the Flemington trainers’ knowledge. Dr Tom Brennan maintains Kavanagh and O’Brien knew he was adding the vitamin complex and they each paid $3000 for three bottles of it…. Read More »
Bendigo trainer Rod Symons is resigned to Savannah Moon taking on the males again after she tackles mares’ grade at Flemington. A last-start winner, Savannah Moon meets similar opposition in the VRC Member Paul Tamburro Handicap (2000m) on Saturday. Savannah Moon defeated last week’s Caulfield winner Khutulun in a mares’… Read More »
Golden Slipper winner Capitalist has been scratched from the Group Two Missile Stakes at Randwick because of the heavy track. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden will instead delay the valuable colt’s return until Saturday week’s San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill. Capitalist had been the odds-on favourite for Sydney’s first Group… Read More »
The vet at the centre of cobalt cases in NSW and Victoria says he and the trainers never thought they were cheating. Dr Tom Brennan said he and Flemington trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh did not know a substance called vitamin complex administered in drips contained cobalt. The trainers’… Read More »
Leading Darling Downs jockey Skye Bogenhuber has been rewarded for her willingness to travel with a solid book of rides at Eagle Farm. Bogenhuber won her fifth Toowoomba jockeys’ premiership last season and is keen to expand her riding commitments to Brisbane on Saturday afternoons and to also broaden her… Read More »
Leading racehorse breeder and owner Colin McAlpine has died aged 84 after a long illness. McAlpine was one of the most dominant figures in Australian racing for five decades and was one of Queensland’s most successful breeders and owners. He took over the Eureka Stud, at Cambooya near Toowoomba, in… Read More »
Respected Queensland breeder and racehorse owner Colin McAlpine has died. McAlpine took over Eureka Stud on the Darling Downs from his father Andy in the 1960s with Group One winners Show A Heart, Temple Of Boom and Spirit Of Boom among his successes. Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland president Basil Nolan said… Read More »
Arch Fire can keep his connections’ hopes of a $300,000 bonus alive in a switch back to hurdles at Sandown. The winner of the Australian Hurdle at Sandown in May, Arch Fire will run in the Grand National Hurdle on Sunday. Victory in the 3900m race would give him the… Read More »
Ryan Moore has confirmed he is taking a short break from riding to rest with Silvestre de Sousa firming to defend his British champion jockey title. Moore says he has been advised by a specialist to have “complete rest” having been “a bit sore for the last couple of weeks”…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup aspirant Bondi Beach has had to settle for third on his return in a Group Three race at Leopardstown. Last year’s St Leger runner-up, Bondi Beach was the 5-4 favourite for the Ballyroan Stakes (2400m) despite giving weight to all his rivals, and was far from disgraced at… Read More »
Vet Tom Brennan admits lying to protect himself and trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh but insists none of them knew a vitamin complex drip contained cobalt. Brennan has accused Victorian racing authorities of pushing their own agenda about cobalt and claimed certificates showing illegal cobalt levels in the trainers’… Read More »
Sydney’s persistent rain has punters awash with speculation over whether Capitalist will run in the Missile Stakes. But Group One-winning rival Rebel Dane’s presence is certain. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are waiting until Saturday morning to decide whether Golden Slipper Capitalist will run in the Group Two weight-for-age race… Read More »
Newcomers to training ranks will be honoured at the upcoming Victorian racing awards. Trainers with less than seven years experience and under the age of 40 will be vying for the Colin Alderson Rising Star Award on August 25. Alderson, who recently retired after almost 40 years as a trainer,… Read More »
A horrific fall tore her liver and split her pancreas in two, but Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne says she still has the fire in her belly to ride in one more spring carnival. Payne suffered life-threatening injuries when she was thrown off her mount Dutch Courage and dragged along… Read More »
Predictions of a heavy Randwick track could thrust Mediterranean into the limelight ahead of his Golden Slipper-winning stablemate Capitalist. While co-trainer Peter Snowden has some trepidation about starting Capitalist on a wet track in the Missile Stakes on Saturday, he holds no such fears about running Mediterranean in the Listed… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Bruce Hill is expecting an improved showing from Group One placegetter Teronado on a more forgiving surface at Eagle Farm. Teronado will be out to break a two-year absence from the winners’ circle in Saturday’s 1800m-open handicap. The gelding is regarded as one of the most talented… Read More »
Australian riders will be remembered and recognised at race meetings across the country on Jockey Celebration Day. Punters are encouraged to wear orange, an official colour of the National Jockeys Trust, on Saturday as they remember the hundreds of fallen jockeys during a minute of silence and blessing of the… Read More »
One race at a time is a term often used in racing. Cranbourne trainer Enver Jusufovic can look no further than the Jockey Celebration Day Handicap (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. O’Malley is making a long-awaited return from injury having not raced since February last year when seventh in a… Read More »
