Connections of Scales Of Justice have set their sights on the Melbourne Spring Carnival after the 4-year-old’s narrow victory in the Group 3 Strickland Stakes on Saturday. Managing owner Chris Wells told TheWest.com.au that they will look at a number of races including the Toorak Handicap and Emirates Stakes. The… Read More »
Irish jockey Oisin Murphy has copped scathing reviews for his ride on Sir Pass I Am at Chepstow overnight. Despite winning the race punters are furious that Murphy had eased down Sir Pass I Am with over 100 metres til the finishing post. Murphy had a commanding 7-length lead with… Read More »
Strange scenes at Bendigo on Friday afternoon which has seen the result in Race 5 overturned in bizarre circumstances. As the race came to it’s final moments three horses were all in contention and to the naked eye the result was too close to call. The judge went to the photo… Read More »
Unbelievable scenes in the last race at Cessnock on Tuesday when a Kangaroo appeared along the inside rail towards the back straight. Skippy copped an almighty fright when the field turned the bend and took evasive action splitting the field of 10 runners. Stewards reviewed the footage following the race… Read More »
Glen Boss will fly in from Singapore to replace the suspended Craig Williams on Big Duke in the upcoming Sydney Cup. Williams failed in his bid to have his 8 meeting suspension reduced at an appeal on Wednesday morning and as a result will miss Saturday’s meeting at Randwick. Big… Read More »
View the results for the 2017 Albury Gold Cup run at Albury racecourse on 25/3/2017. Results: No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight 8 GREEN SWEET (USA) Jean Dubois Johan Victoire 5 54kg 5 COOL CHAP Lee & Anthony Freedman Brenton Avdulla 0.48L 8 54kg 14 OVERDUE Kym Davison Ms… Read More »
One of the key runners in Saturday’s The BMW field, Our Ivanhowe, is set to be scratched from the race after failing to pass a fitness test. Our Ivanhowe showed signs of lameness in his off-foreleg following his win in the Group One Ranvet Stakes last Saturday. A Racing NSW… Read More »
View the field for the 2017 Hobart Guineas. The Hobart Guineas will be run on Sunday 22nd January at Hobart racecourse. Time: 3:59PM Distance: 2100m No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 NORTHWEST PASSAGE Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 7 57kg 2 SHADOW PRINCE (NZ) Mick Price Thomas Sadler 9 57kg… Read More »
An apprentice jockey in New Zealand has made an error that he nor his mates, will ever forget. Rafi Firdhaus was riding Locally Sauced at Hokitika on New Zealand’s south island on Wednesday when the jockey mistook the length of the race and went for home with a lap to… Read More »
View the field for the 2017 Summer Sprint. The Summer Sprint will be run on Saturday 7th January at Warwick Farm racecourse. Time: 4:20PM Distance: 1000m No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 OXFORD POET Kim Waugh Blake Shinn 11 61kg 2 MR MANHATTAN Joseph Pride Tim Clark… Read More »
View the field for the 2017 Devonport Cup. The Devonport Cup will be run on Wednesday 11th January at Devonport racecourse. Time: 5:32PM Distance: 1880m No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 LEICA DAY Darren Weir Brad Rawiller 7 58.5kg 2 TSHAHITSI Chris Crook & Imogen Miller Damien… Read More »
Sportsbet.com.au have got their markets out for racing this Saturday, and we have tried to find a runner from each city that appears overs in betting, and hopefully we can continue on from last week after finding Banda Spice and Bullitt County last week. Caulfield Race Six Number 2… Read More »
Connections and racing fans nation wide are mourning the loss of Shoot Out this morning after the five-time Group One winner passed away after suffering a torn diaphragm during surgery. Shoot Out won over $3.2million throughout his career after being purchased for just $15,000 at the 2008 Gold Coast Magic Millions… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2017 Summer Sprint. The Summer Sprint will be run on Saturday, 7th January at Warwick Farm racecourse. Horse 1 ASPIRING 2 BOSS LANE 3 COSMIC CAMEO 4 DAL CIELO (NZ) 5 EYE STRIKER 6 HURRARA 7 MR MANHATTAN 8 OXFORD POET 9 PLATEAU GOLD 10 ZERO… Read More »
David Hayes has failed to shy away from the hype and speculation on the debut of Black Caviar’s first foal, Oscietra. Speaking to the media this morning Hayes said the pressure of raceday wouldn’t effect the filly. “I think she’ll cope with the pressure of raceday,” says Hayes. “I’d hate her to flop, but… Read More »
James McDonald has been disqualified from riding for 18 months after pleading guilty to having an interest in a bet placed on Astern last December. Racing NSW had declared that McDonald had collected $4,000 from the bet that was placed on his behalf. McDonald, a leading jockey for the Godolphin… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2016 Dunkeld Cup. The Dunkeld Cup will be run on Saturday 12th November at Dunkeld racecourse. 1 CAVES 2 CORPORATE TAKEOVER 3 DIAMOND DUKE 4 FORTHEFUNOFIT 5 FRESHWATER STORM (NZ) 6 GOLDIE’S FORTUNE 7 HALE SORIANO (GB) 8 HE’S A GENIUS (NZ) 9 HIGH CHURCH (IRE) 10 INDEXES… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2016 Evening Star. The Evening Star will be run on Friday 11th November at Canterbury Park racecourse. 1 AGHAMORE 2 ALFRED THE GREAT 3 ARISE AUGUSTUS 4 BEARSKIN 5 BOGIE 6 CAN I HAVE 7 CHOICE LARGA 8 CHRYSOLAUS 9 COOLCRAFT 10 CROSSROAD 11 DISTRAUGHT… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2016 Snake Gully Cup. The Snake Gully Cup will be run on Friday 11th November at Gundagai racecourse. 1 ATTAINMENT 2 BANK ON HENRY 3 BRING A SECRET 4 BRINGENBRONG 5 CHIEF IN COMMAND 6 ESCEBEE 7 FAIR CALL 8 FLORELLE 9 GENTLEMAN MAX 10… Read More »
Sir John Hawkwood has reportedly been retired immediately following his run in the $6.2million Melbourne Cup. Blake Spriggs rode the 8-year-old in the today’s Melbourne Cup where the G1 Metrop winner ran 18th, 20 lengths behind winner Almandin. Sir John Hawkwood amassed more than $1.1million throughout his career with his feature win… Read More »
