The Hinged v Startantes thriller that went down to the very last stride in the Group 1 Surround Stakes at Randwick on Saturday was a great result for racing in Queensland. Yes, Hinged, the short head winner, was another Chris Waller trained Group 1 winner … his one hundred-and-thirty-third to… Read More »
A home-town hero has emerged as the shock winner of the US$20 million Saudi Cup. Emblem Road, a rank outsider, produced the finish of his life sustaining an electric run all the way up the home straight and to the line, scorching home to leave the rivals in his wake… Read More »
Just two short months ago, the world stage was about to open up for the South Australian based jockey Caitlin Jones with the stamp on her passport indicating ‘Destination Dubai’ … courtesy of trainer Will Clarken’s decision to take two horses … He’s a Balter and Parsifal … to the… Read More »
Things did not go to script for Sweet Dolly, who was looking to keep her perfect record intact when she tackled the QTIS Jewel Qualifier, a Three-Year-Old Plate over 1200m at Mackay, with the Kevin Hansen filly fading out of contention when it mattered most after leading the field for… Read More »
The meeting scheduled for the Sunshine Coast today has been abandoned. The incredible weather system which has punished the South-East corner of Queensland since Friday is still very much of major on-going concern with non-stop rainfall and wide-spread flooding having a devastating effect on the lives of so many people…. Read More »
The race takes place in the provincial setting of MacKay and is only worth $25 000, but the result of the QYIS Jewel Qualifier, a Three-Year-Old Plate over 1000 on Saturday, will be of interest to a lot of people who will want to see how the unbeaten Sweet Dolly… Read More »
As heavy rain continues to pummel South-East Queensland, an early decision has been made with regard to the meeting scheduled for the Gold Coast tomorrow with that meeting now being switched to the Sunshine Coast Poly Track. An inspection of the Doomben track early this meeting left the track rating… Read More »
British Champion jockey Oisin Murphy, who has won the Jockey’s Championship there for the last three years, has been handed a total of fourteen months suspension by an independent disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). The suspensions were backdated to December 8, when Murphy relinquished his licence, effectively… Read More »
Today’s Brisbane Racing Club race-meeting, which had earlier been rescheduled to take place at the Sunshine Coast, has now been transferred one more time, this time from the Sunshine Coast turf track to the Sunshine Coast Poly Track. This decision was forced on authorities after a massive amount of rainfall… Read More »
Michelle Payne, who made a rare visit to Queensland last Saturday to check in with Nikita Beriman, (her Queensland stable foreman), has hinted of a return to race riding … albeit while at the same time admitting … “I’m not far from hanging up the boots, but I am going… Read More »
Hot on the heels of the news that apprentice Jaden Lloyd would be transferring his indentures to the Steven O’Dea / Matt Hoysted training partnership, Zac Lloyd will be following his brother to Eagle Farm where he will be attached to the Lauren Abbott stable. The two Lloyd brothers are… Read More »
The name of former trainer Ben Currie triggers a different response in different people. In the Queensland setting, there have been few players … certainly none in recent years … who have sparked such volatile and intense debate. Fair to say, the Currie saga, which dealt with a range of… Read More »
In a steward’s ruling on Monday, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has been disqualified from the race and Hall Of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for ninety days and fined $7 500. It was also ordered that the prize-money be redistributed and that the placings be… Read More »
It seems a long time ago now when two top class racehorses from Queensland seemed set to carry on their good work and make their mark on feature races around the country. It was 2020 that promised so much for Alligator Blood and Rothfire. Alligator Blood, then trained by David… Read More »
Trainer Mark Walker is back in New Zealand and raring to go. Walker spent eleven years in Singapore and his distinguished career includes four Trainer Premierships in that racing jurisdiction, as well as the five New Zealand Trainer’s Premierships he achieved before relocating to Singapore. Walker headed up the Te… Read More »
Steward’s actions are sometimes frowned upon when they fine winning jockeys for celebratory gestures, but there is sound reasoning behind that policy … as can be gathered by what happened in an incident when Justin Huxtable went up high in the saddle to celebrate what was, for him, a famous… Read More »
Samantha Collett rode her customary winner at Ipswich yesterday … she currently is a clear leader of the Ipswich Jockey’s Premiership … but the next week will bring an entirely new experience for the talented rider who jets off to Saudi Arabia this evening to take part in the stc… Read More »
Maddy Wishart and Leah Kilner, the two jockeys involved in a two-horse fall in the sixth trial at Doomben last week, will both be out of action in the coming weeks. “I’ve got a broken hand and a fractured eye socket,” said Wishart, confirming her injuries. “The eye injury is… Read More »
First it was Probabeel who came out of the All Star Mile field after he suffered a career ending injury, and now Behemoth has been withdrawn from the race. A Racing Victoria announcement confirmed the bad news from the David Jolly stable. The announcement reads: ‘The David Jolly stable has… Read More »
There was something wrong somewhere. The nominations for the Ipswich meeting this Sunday included a QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap over 1350m worth $26 000 with QTIS bonus’s also available to eligible horses. At the close of nominations there was only one entry … Tantalum from trainer Ian Livingstone. Nominations were then… Read More »
