Leading Everest contender Pierata has cruised to a barrier trial win at Warwick Farm. The Greg Hickman-trained horse was given an easy time by Tommy Berry in Friday’s 1000m-heat on the course proper. After tracking the speed, Pierata assumed control in the straight and went on to beat Fasika by… Read More »
NSW has lost two senior stewards and its chief investigator as the spring carnival gets underway. Racing NSW deputy chief steward Phillip Dingwall has resigned as has senior steward Danny Greer who was based on the Central Coast. Chief investigator Nathan Hayward has also tendered his resignation. Dingwall has around… Read More »
Singapore will host another Friday night meeting at Kranji racecourse this week and it looks another decent betting meeting as we head into the weekends quality racing around the country. View our Singapore tips and bets for Friday night. Race One: 8 Broadway Success Race Two: 5 Ford Mustang Race… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has seen plenty in his long and illustrious career, but even he has been reduced to tears after Enable won her 10th Group One race in the Yorkshire Oaks. The undoubted star of the past three Flat seasons, the John Gosden-trained five-year-old has proven her versatility over 10… Read More »
Godolphin has claimed a major provincial feature with Gaulois taking out the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Ridden by Tim Clark, Gaulois ($2.80 fav) powered home to beat Supernova ($4.20) by half a length in Thursday’s Listed race. Although not among the top echelon at the Godolphin stable, Gaulois has won… Read More »
Riverina jockey Nick Heywood has been suspended for 10 months after testing positive to a banned substance. Racing NSW stewards penalised Heywood after he pleaded guilty to returning the positive sample after riding at the Wagga Wagga races on July 8. While Heywood’s licence was suspended in full for 10… Read More »
Phillip Stokes would have preferred a softer barrier draw for Terbium’s return to racing at The Valley but the trainer cannot fault the gelding’s build-up to the race. The unfashionably bred Terbium, by Terango out of Serene Lass, made a name for himself winning his first four races last summer,… Read More »
Champion jumper Wells will line up in a capacity field of 12 in his attempt at a record fourth victory in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. Wells won the Grand National at Sandown in 2014 before his victories in the race at Ballarat in 2016 and 2017 and shares… Read More »
The Wellington Boot is not a traditional pathway to the Sydney spring carnival but that’s the offbeat route Joe Pride has taken with little-known three-year-old Superium. The gelding will line up against a promising field of emerging young horses in the Up And Coming Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday… Read More »
Magic Millions Classic placegetter Hightail begins his three-year-old season in Melbourne and his co-trainer Peter Snowden is confident the well-travelled gelding is forward enough to make an impression in the Listed McKenzie Stakes. Hightail raced in three states as a juvenile, winning two of his first three starts in NSW… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is not afraid to be bold in his opinions of his horses but when it comes to exciting filly Libertini, he is noticeably measured. Libertini is being set on a traditional spring three-year-old fillies’ path, resuming in Saturday’s Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick before tackling… Read More »
A slight muscle injury has forced adjustments to Oak Door’s program with the sprinter now to ready to run in the Carlyon Stakes. Since winning the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on July 13, Oak Door has been off the scene with a torn muscle. The John… Read More »
A big drop in the weights has boosted stable confidence that Crafty Cop can continue the Anderson-Heathcote training partnership’s run of success. Trainers Chris Anderson and Robert Heathcote started their partnership on May 1 and have since prepared 38 winners. The partnership has had winners at the past five metropolitan… Read More »
For the first time in four years, Winx will not be at Randwick for the traditional start to the Sydney spring carnival. What was formerly the Group Two Warwick Stakes is now named for the champion, who won it three times, and kicks off Group One racing for the season…. Read More »
