With the Longines Hong Kong International Races on December 11 just twenty-six days away, it will be interesting to see how the current and on-going Covid situation in this prime racing precinct impacts, if at all, on Hong Kong’s biggest race-day. As things stand at the moment, two of the… Read More »
There has been a sequel to the disturbing situation raised by a photograph taken at track work on August 30 during the build-up to the iconic Birdsville race meeting in September with jockey Ric McMahon pleading guilty to a charge related to the possession of a banned device. Police alleged… Read More »
There has been a new twist in the case of champion jockey Christophe Soumillon who now faces the prospect of having the current two-month suspension he is serving extended for an, as yet, undetermined period of time or even revoked. Soumillon was handed the two-month suspension after seemingly unceremoniously elbowing… Read More »
It doesn’t matter what your starting point is … a seventy-six percent increase in prize-money for a particular feature race is a huge boost … and when it comes in what is already Regional Queensland’s richest race it is a really big deal for that racing region. The Archer, held… Read More »
Good old Peter Moody … a salt of the earth, tell it like it is character if ever there was one … but, then again, there still remains a line you cross at your peril as Moody found to his cost when his comments regarding the performance in the saddle… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has confirmed that Hugh Bowman will take up a three-month riding contract in Hong Kong. An official release by the HKJC reads (in part): ‘The Committee, by way of written resolution, resolved to grant a Club Jockey’s licence to Hugh Bowman for the period… Read More »
Following the backlash surrounding the Starship Foundation’s reported rejection of a substantial donation (see separate story), Starship Foundation’s CEO Aisha Daji Punga has issued a second statement to 1News to try and clarify the situation … now suggesting that it was time constraints that had torpedoed the deal and not… Read More »
Natalie Hinkley was crowned the star of the show at today’s Melbourne Cup Call Of The Card at Crown where she took on punters writing bets upwards of $1million in liability. swiftbet took multiple big bets from punters on tomorrow’s Melbourne Cup including $15,000 on High Emocean at $61, $70,000… Read More »
Jimmy Orman, Queensland’s leading jockey, will not be riding in Brisbane on Melbourne Cup day. Instead, Orman will make his second trip to Sydney in seventeen days to once again ride the David McColm trained Far Too Easy, who he partnered to a runner-up finish in the $2 million The… Read More »
Mathew Ellerton, who has been appointed the new trainer for the Kennedy Racing stable, will have his first runner for the Kennedy team at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day when Zakat, a six-year-old Lonhro gelding, goes out to face the starter in race eight on the card. The Ellerton/Kennedy partnership… Read More »
Two of Australasian racing’s greatest jockeys … whether you are looking at it from a current or an historical perspective … will be perched on some vantage point at Flemington tomorrow watching the big race instead of riding for their lives to try and secure further personal Melbourne Cup glory…. Read More »
There has been a major development in the Darren Weir case with serious charges being dropped. As reported on Racing.com, conspiracy charges pertaining to allegations that Weir and Jarrod McLean had conspired to cheat and defraud Racing Victoria back in 2018, by adopting training methods on certain horses which were… Read More »
Life is good for trainer David Vandyke. There is just no downside to his position of having runners in both the $10 million Golden Eagle and the $3 million Nature Strip Stakes, which are carded as consecutive races at Rosehill card on Saturday. Fair to say though that, win lose… Read More »
Les Ross has trained successfully for several years for the Mishani Enterprises racing and breeding operation, headed by Mike Crooks, and the decision to offer Andrew a co-trainer position with Ross was agreed upon in July, with Andrew moving from Gatton soon after that, where he had been training in… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Jaden Lloyd, who last saw competitive race action on July 9, returns to the saddle at Ipswich on Wednesday where he has accepted three rides as he looks to ease himself back into the fray. An extremely talented young rider, Lloyd, by his own admission welcomed his extended… Read More »
The David Vandyke trained Orbisyn will make his long awaited return to action at Ipswich on Wednesday where he will contest a modest Class 4 Handicap over 1100m. The chestnut son of Rich Enuff was all the rage early in his career after coming out and winning his first four… Read More »
It wasn’t quite the insurrection at Capitol Hill, but when stewards reversed the on-track result of the Group 1 Gran Premio Jockey Club race at San Isidro in Argentina on protest, it prompted very ugly scenes which took the ‘bad loser’ tag for both the punters and the losing connections… Read More »
Owner Peter Tighe is a late entry in the list of the owners of Cox Plate runners on Saturday after purchasing a ten per cent share in El Bodegon, who is one of two entries from the Chris Waller stable, along with Hinged, for the $5 million contest. The lightly… Read More »
A week ago, he was kicking his heels as the awaited the end of his suspension … now he is licking his lips at the prospect of chasing a Group 3 race win in Sydney on Everest race-day. It’s already been a big week for Kyle Wilson-Taylor after that period… Read More »
Could there be a Queensland ‘victory’ in the 2022 edition of The Kosciuszko? No way, you’ll say, given that the $2 million event, the richest race in the world restricted to country horses, is strictly only for country horses trained in New South Wales, … but do you seriously think… Read More »
