The second of two feature races at the Gold Coast Friday Metropolitan meeting … the $150 000 Goldmarket … provided the closest of finishes when the Tony Gollan trained Garibaldi got up in the very last stride to snare the Jack Bruce trained Axe in the shadow of the post…. Read More »
A confident ride and a horse primed to perform at his best on the day proved to be a recipe for success for the John Smerdon trained, Mark Du Plessis piloted Honorable Spirit who won the $125 000 Gold Coast Cup as he liked, scoring by a clearcut 2.30 lengths…. Read More »
As reported in the Herald Sun and on Racenet, the fall on the sand trail section at Cranborne racecourse in the early hours of the morning of August 30, 2019, and the subsequent death of jockey Mikaela Claridge from the critical head injuries she suffered in the incident, is set… Read More »
Expect the annual ‘for and against’ arguments to start revving up once again as the list of international runners to contest feature races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival begins to take shape. Paul Bloodworth, Racing Victoria’s General Manager of International and Racing operations has suggested to Racing.com that the Melbourne… Read More »
The former, well known, much travelled and exceptionally successful jockey Greg Ryan will be honoured on September 11, on Dubbo Cup Day, with the inaugural presentation of the Greg Ryan Medal to the most successful jockey at that meeting. Points accumulated on a 3-2-1 basis over all races, will decide… Read More »
Startantes, who has been named as one of the Champion Three-year-Old Filly category finalists for the upcoming Australian Horse Of the Year Awards for the 2021/22 season, will be one of three runners, along with Prince of Boom and Rothfire, that trainer Robert Heathcote will send south to embark on… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Gold Trip hasn’t quite established a love affair with Australian racing yet … but, overall, Maher is happy with the way the French import is progressing. The six-year-old entire’s last two runs overseas resulted in two successive placed finishes in Group 1 company… Read More »
The John Gosden trained Trawlerman, who won the prestigious Ebor Handicap under a class ride by Frankie Dettori at York on Saturday, could be a late entry for the 2022 Melbourne Cup. Leigh Jordon, the Victoria Racing Club’s Executive General Manager of racing, who attended the York Festival, suggested to… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dougall has confirmed that his stable star Go Wandji, who suffered a rare defeat at Doomben on Saturday, will now head to the paddock where he will be given a long spell. “He’ll have a nice spell now,” said Dougall. ‘He will miss the summer … we are… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club (ATC) has confirmed that their advanced Weather Tracker information service will kick off this Saturday (August 20) at Randwick and the service will then cover all on-going meetings at Rosehill and Randwick (with immediate effect). The service, as reported on Sky Racing, will be available via… Read More »
It is an early race on the card, and a pretty unassuming Open Handicap at that, but there is no doubt that the performance of the highly rated Go Wandji in that 1350m contest will be the main focus of attention at Doomben on Saturday. A winner of eight of… Read More »
Two big guns will be back in the saddle soon bringing their own brand of considerable riding expertise to an already top-drawer line-up of jockeys in Australia. Melbourne Cup winning jockey Blake Shinn, who has been based in Hong Kong for the last three seasons, has four rides at Moonee… Read More »
Calls are growing for a revamp of the Group 1 roster in Australia with a premier series of Group 1 races also being touted as a serious option. The argument in recent years has often been about whether there are too many Group 1 races in the country, whether certain… Read More »
Mark down the name’s Deauville Legend. The James Ferguson trained son of Sea The Stars has been installed as the current favourite for the 2022 Melbourne Cup after his win in the Group 2 Great Voltigear Stakes at York yesterday. ⭐️ The classy Deauville Legend readily lands the £200,000 G2… Read More »
The day didn’t start off well for trainer Dan Meagher but, by the time the dust had settled on the 2022 edition of the Group 1 Lion City Cup, Meagher had claimed back-to-back wins in Singapore’s prestigious feature race, courtesy of a storming performance by Lim’s Kosciuszko. The win also… Read More »
“We’ll see how he performs on Saturday. There is another Listed race he can go to in three weeks, but, if he were to win on Saturday and win impressively, we might have to aim up a little bit.” That was co-trainer Matt Hoysted talking about Uncommon James prior to… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Blake Shinn’s return to Australia is imminent. Shinn has spent the last three years in Hong Kong, a racing precinct in which he has always wanted to have an extended stay, and he was never disappointed with the racing side of things. “I love the racing… Read More »
To state the obvious … a trial is not a race! But … If you are in a race for a spot in $15 million The Everest, a trial can be very much part of the persuasive process to entice slot holders to pay attention to a horse. With the… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will be looking to mark the sixth anniversary of their training partnership with a sentimental win in the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill on Saturday. The Rosebud was the race that gave the Waterhouse and Bott team their first Metropolitan winner in Sydney and there is… Read More »
Trainer Gary Moore’s often rampant enthusiasm at the track is infectious, giving off a vibe of excitement which is arguably only bettered by him when his carefree celebration of success overflows in the moment when a horse he trains passes the post first. Now, at seventy years of age, Moore… Read More »
