While the attention turns to champion Winx and her Cox Plate build-up, the mare isn’t the only horse in Sydney’s premier stable with lofty spring targets. Group One winner Foxplay will step out in the same barrier trial as Winx at Randwick on Monday. The two are housed in neighbouring… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been assembled for Singapore on Sunday, where the feature race is the $250,000 Korea Racing Trophy (1200m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $600 FREE BET BONUS at CrownBet.com.au … Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is hoping Khalami’s owner Alan Bell decides to keep the mare racing for another season believing she can be a force in the summer stakes races. Jim Byrne sported Bell’s famous grey and red colours aboard the mare at Doomben on Saturday when she won… Read More »
The reappearance of former Australian Racehorse of the Year Lankan Rupee looms as one of the features of the final Group race of the local racing season. The Mick Price-trained multiple Group One winner is set to resume from a lengthy lay-off in Saturday’s Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on… Read More »
WINX RETURNS TO THE PUBLIC EYE THIS WEEK WHY IS THIS HORSE SO REVERED? Where do we begin? * 17 races on the trot, including 12 at Group One level. * Only the third horse to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame while still racing. * Brings… Read More »
Well aware of the public interest in Winx, trainer Chris Waller has put a lid on what to expect when she steps out in a Randwick barrier trial. Although the mare has the best winning record of any horse in training, she has never won a barrier trial and her… Read More »
The world’s best horse Arrogate has looked anything but, running a distant fourth in the Group Two San Diego Stakes won by Accelerate at Del Mar. Jockey Mike Smith tried everything he could with Arrogate but nothing worked. “He just wasn’t trying,” Smith said. Accelerate beat Donworth by 8-1/2 lengths… Read More »
Leading Melbourne apprentice Beau Mertens fears the ‘a’ next to his name may hold him back from important rides ahead of the spring. Having recently outridden his claim, Mertens is ready to lodge paperwork he hopes will mean he can ride as a senior in the new season. Mertens, who… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie has bounced back from the disappointment of losing a race because of a positive swab to post a treble at Toowoomba and increase his lead in the Queensland premiership. The Currie-trained Smooch was disqualified and Currie fined $3000 after returned a positive test to a marker of… Read More »
The world’s highest ranked horse Arrogate has had his crown dismantled after a lacklustre run in the Group 2 San Diego Handicap where he finished a distant fourth to winner Accelerate. Arrogate headed into the race ranked as the best horse in the world but the disappointing finish will likely… Read More »
In a major upset, the world’s best racehorse Arrogate has finished out of the placings in the Group Two San Diego Stakes. The only horse ranked higher than Winx, Arrogate went to the post as the short-priced favourite but was struggling a long way out in the race won by… Read More »
Jockeys across Britain have sported black armbands and paid tribute to barrier stalls attendants after the death of Stephen Yarborough in an accident at Haydock. Yarborough was in his role as team leader on Friday when the incident happened before the fourth race. Veteran rider Franny Norton said the attendants… Read More »
A track invader who ran onto the racecourse in the last race on G1 Kingsford Stakes day has received a ban from racecourses Australia wide. Read more about the incident: Man runs on track at Eagle Farm At a delayed inquiry, the man pleaded guilty to entering the Eagle Farm track… Read More »
In a mixed day at Flemington, apprentice Ben Thompson has ridden a final race winner and copped a suspension. Thompson guided Robbie Griffiths-trained Hay Bale to victory in Saturday’s last over 1100m. But soon after he was in the stewards’ room having pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge aboard… Read More »
