On a picture perfect sunny day, history was made in Birdsville today, with the remote outback track hosting Australia’s biggest thoroughbred race day this year – and and a female duo of jockey and trainer taking out the main Birdsville Cup race for the first time in 134 years. The… Read More »
The Friday September 2 Birdsville Races have been transferred to Sunday September 4. The Saturday racing, including running of the Birdsville Cup, is currently scheduled to proceed as planned. Track and weather conditions will continue to be monitored, and a further update will be provided if conditions change.
Racing Victoria (RV) has today announced the framework for its Minimum Bet Limit (MBL) policy that will apply to approved Wagering Service Providers (WSPs) betting on Victorian thoroughbred races from 1 October 2016. RV announced in May 2016 its intention to implement an MBL before undertaking comprehensive stakeholder consultation to… Read More »
A stellar field will line up for the 134th Birdsville Races on September 2 & 3 2016, with Australia’s most iconic outback thoroughbred racing carnival attracting Group 1 jockey talent for the first time in 15 years. Competing in the final field will be Brisbane Group-1 winning jockey Ryan Wiggins, who… Read More »
A horse defeated by a collective 50 lengths in three career starts stole the show at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday. While no star on the track, Viewbank Icon – who raced as Grande Lago for Colin and Cindy Alderson – proved that racetrack ability is no prerequisite for Off the… Read More »
Ladbrokes will assume naming rights of Caulfield Guineas Day, including branding of the famous $1 million Group 1 classic and the newly-coined Group 1 Ladbrokes Stakes (formerly Caulfield Stakes), the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) and Ladbrokes jointly announced today. The Guineas Day collaboration will grant up to 1000 Ladbrokes customers… Read More »
Racing NSW will be announcing the launch of a new peer support program called ‘Racing Mates’ at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday (27th August). The main objective of the Racing Mates program is to empower ‘mates to look out for mates’. “Looking after the mental health of our participants in New… Read More »
The experience stakes of the Melbourne Cup Carnival are set to get even higher with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) unveiling The Park, an exciting new fashion and entertainment quarter, FREE for all racegoers. With a footprint of 10,000 square metres, The Park will be a playground of endless excitement… Read More »
A Sydney stablehand has been disqualified for nine months for substituting a urine sample with that of someone else following a ban for a prohibited substance. Natalie Bentley was tested at Rosehill on June 10 and disqualified from riding trackwork for three months when the banned substance was detected. She… Read More »
A Toowoomba based trainer and his foreman have both been sentenced twelve month disqualifications after a horse in their care returned a positive reading to cobalt at Lismore in May this year. Racing NSW’s media release: Racing NSW Stewards today conducted an inquiry into the Analysts’ finding of cobalt at a… Read More »
Racing Victoria (RV) and the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) have made a joint media statement in regards to the comments made by Brodie Arnhold regarding chief steward Terry Baily at a charity event this week. Racing Victoria (RV) and the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) met today to discuss comments made publicly… Read More »
Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards and Racing New South Wales (RNSW) Stewards have made public a media release regarding their ruling to stop the product ‘Ride Guide’ from continuing. View their media release below: Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards and Racing New South Wales (RNSW) Stewards [the Stewards] advise that they will… Read More »
Hi punters we had a huge weekending of racing at Caulfield with many of the super stars of Australian turf competing for Group glory. The main race of the day was the time honoured Caulfield Guineas where the unbeaten colt Pierro after 8 straight wins was sent out the shortest priced favourite… Read More »
Godolphin’s two trainers Saeed bin Suroor and Mahmoud Al Zarooni discussed some of their Saturday prospects at a Press Conference following Thursday morning’s Breakfast With The Stars at Meydan. Al Zarooni believes that his best chance of success might come in the Group 3 US$1 million Dubai Gold Cup, sponsored… Read More »
