Vet Tom Brennan says he and Flemington trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh did not know they had used cobalt when they gave horses vitamin complex drips. Brennan has also claimed test certificates showing illegal cobalt levels in four O’Brien racehorses and one Kavanagh horse have been doctored. Brennan admits… Read More »
Injured track rider Kate Nipperess has been moved out of intensive care and into the spinal unit at a Sydney hospital. Nipperess suffered multiple injuries in a fall at Warwick Farm a week ago when the horse she was riding was hit head-on by a riderless horse. Although she still… Read More »
Talented mare Hidden Pearl will have a double-edged mission when she returns to racing at Eagle Farm after an injury-enforced break. Hidden Pearl will be on course for a trip to Sydney and to help apprentice Bridget Grylls get back in the limelight if she races well in Saturday’s Tim… Read More »
The first stakes races of the new Sydney racing season has one glaring omission – no runners from Sydney’s premier stable. Chris Waller dominated black-type races in 2015/16, training 57 stakes winners including 15 at Group One level. But he is in no hurry to open his account in the… Read More »
An apprentice jockey has been suspended for a second time for betting on a horse race. Liam Riordan, who is indentured to Leon and Troy Corstens, fronted the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Thursday over a $20 bet placed on a race in France last month. He pleaded guilty… Read More »
Smart Volatility’s affinity for straight track racing means the former Hong Kong sprinter will run in a stakes race at Flemington. Now in the care of John Sargent at Randwick, Smart Volatility has had two Australian starts since his return from Hong Kong. He finished seventh in the Winter Dash… Read More »
Marcus Wilson is one of the few trainers not worried about the weather forecast as he sends the aptly named Meteorologist in quest of his first open company win at Eagle Farm. Brisbane received 11mm of rain on Wednesday morning with more predicted. Meteorologist was an upset last-start Eagle Farm… Read More »
The vet at the centre of cobalt cases in NSW and Victoria says he initially lied to protect himself and Flemington trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh. Dr Tom Brennan said he had been assured by a fellow vet there was no cobalt in bottles labelled vitamin complex he gave… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Order Of St George is among 63 entries for the Long Distance Cup on Champions day at Ascot. The meeting on October 15 is the richest race day in Britain with STG4 million ($A7.02 million) on offer. Last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up Max Dynamite is also among… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Ruettiger is the early favourite to add further black type to his record at Flemington. The Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained sprinter is the $3.80 top choice in Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap over the straight 1200 metres. At his most recent start Ruettiger took out last month’s… Read More »
The Coffs Harbour Cup meeting has been called off because of surface water on the track as rain continues in NSW. The first day of the carnival on Wednesday was also lost when torrential rain hit the course before the first race. The Hawkesbury track is in the heavy range… Read More »
Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has instructed his solicitors to investigate the soundness of the eight-year ban imposed on him by the British Horseracing Authority. Al Zarooni was found guilty of administering anabolic steroids to 15 horses in his care at a BHA hearing three years ago and admitted… Read More »
A vet was under pressure from Mark Kavanagh when he supplied the trainer and others with a substance later found to contain cobalt, a hearing has heard. Dr Tom Brennan told his Flemington Equine Clinic partner Dr Ian Church that Kavanagh was putting the pressure on. “He felt as though… Read More »
Jockey Josh Parr has walked away mostly uninjured from a car accident on his way to a Coffs Harbour race meeting. Parr told AAP he was driving in pouring rain on Wednesday when he drove into a pool of water at the bottom of a hill and his car was… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has kicked off Sydney’s new racing season in style, riding a winning treble at the first metropolitan meeting. Avdulla’s first two winners came with Chris Waller-trained horses Pound Sterling and Cocoexcel in the first two races at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Sydney’s premier trainer showed no signs of… Read More »
Trainer Steve Tregea has had reason to celebrate at Doomben despite Rhyming failing to get the stewards’ nod in a protest at Doomben. Rhyming’s jockey Ryan Wiggins protested against Robbie Fradd on the winner Cushion Pink after going down by a half head in a 3YO Maiden (1110m) on Wednesday…. Read More »
A mare who has had a foal is set to make a racetrack reappearance at Flemington. Five-year-old Asante will be having her second race outing when she lines up in the VRC Member Paul Tamburro Handicap (2000m) on Saturday. Since her only start at Sale a little less than two… Read More »
Winona Costin has announced her arrival in Sydney’s senior jockey ranks by riding a winner at her first race meeting since finishing her apprenticeship. Costin opened her account aboard the Greg Hickman-trained Centro Superior in a 1200m benchmark handicap at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. “First day of being a senior… Read More »
A decision on Golden Slipper winner Capitalist’s return will be left until race day as persistent rain falls in Sydney. The prized colt has drawn barrier three in Saturday’s Group Two Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick, but co-trainer Peter Snowden said in the event of a heavy track Capitalist could… Read More »
Paying $1000 for a bottle of vitamin complex is ridiculous and clearly suspicious, a racehorse vet has told a cobalt inquiry. But Flemington Equine Clinic partner Dr Ian Church denies lying to NSW stewards when he said there was nothing untoward about the bottle found in trainer Sam Kavanagh’s home…. Read More »
