Ben Currie has been suspended after he failed to satisfy Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards he should be allowed to continue traininug after being charged with seven animal cruelty offences involving the use of jiggers and shock-wave treatment. The suspension announced on Monday is immediate meaning Currie will need someone… Read More »
Blake Shinn, who will be the new rider for Trapeze Artist, has ridden him to win a barrier trial at Rosehill. The Gerald Ryan-trained four-year-old disappointed punters but not his trainer when he ran fourth of five as favourite in the Expressway Stakes on February 2 on a soft track…. Read More »
Boom sprinter Nature Strip is the early favourite to claim his first Group One win in the Oakleigh Plate which has attracted 30 nominations. Nature Strip dominated the Group Two Rubiton Stakes (1100m) over the Oakleigh Plate course and distance at Caulfield last Saturday week in the first start of… Read More »
Star colts Tassort and The Autumn Sun will go to Rosehill with the weight of expectation in their respective comeback races. The Godolphin-owned Tassort contests the Group Two Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m) with the Chris Waller-trained The Autumn Sun to run in the Group Two Hobartville Stakes (1400m). Tassort is… Read More »
Fresh from a Group One win in Melbourne already this carnival, Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is aiming for another with two proven top-level performers heading to the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Lees won Saturday’s Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington with In Her Time and he has multiple Group One… Read More »
Ciaron Maher is confident his bid to win the Blue Diamond Stakes can come to fruition when he saddles up his first runners in Victoria’s premier race for two-year-olds. Maher boasts a Caulfield Cup and two VRC Oaks among his feature race wins as a trainer but he has never… Read More »
A trip to Dubai for World Cup Night beckons for Brave Smash should he run up to Australian Bloodstock Director Jamie Lovett’s expectations when he lines up in the Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield this Saturday. The six year old, now trained by Kris Lees, ran a very good fourth… Read More »
Lucciola Belle and Texas Storm have joined Westlink and Sons Of Bourke as guaranteed starters in the $500,000 Country Championship final at Randwick. The Wayne Wilkes-trained Lucciola Belle beat Texas Storm in Sunday’s Mid North Coast regional heat at Port Macquarie with the first two booking their spots in the… Read More »
As we all celebrated the wondrous return to racing of Winx on Saturday, everyone in Australia was filled with immense pride. Something about seeing a freak-of-nature does that and of course our whole identity is tied up in one form or another with this mare. We are good by osmosis… Read More »
Winx’s powers of recovery are those of a supreme athlete and as champions do, she has been out and about a day after her winning return to the track in the Apollo Stakes. On Sunday, Chris Waller Racing posted a picture on Twitter to let everyone see how well she… Read More »
Mick Price is set to unveil a number of his autumn stars in various trials at Cranbourne. While a number of last year’s spring stars have already begun their autumn campaigns, Price has held a couple back. Seabrook is set to trial over 800m on Monday with Price looking to… Read More »
Golden Slipper favourite Tassort will make his much-anticipated return at Rosehill as stablemate Athiri attempts to give Godolphin a juvenile Group One win at Caulfield. Tassort runs in Saturday’s Group Two Silver Slipper (1100m), a race won by three of the past seven winners of the $3.5 million Golden Slipper…. Read More »
Luke Nolen will be the new rider for Redkirk Warrior when the Lindsay Park warhorse runs in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Nolen replaces Regan Bayliss on the eight-year-old with the latter having left for Hong Kong after Saturday’s Flemington meeting. Bayliss, who has ridden Redkirk Warrior in nine of… Read More »
Jason Warren has lost no faith in former Blue Diamond favourite Brooklyn Hustle as he prepares the filly for the $1.5 million Group One race at Caulfield. Brooklyn Hustle won stylishly on debut at The Valley on December 1 to stamp herself as a leading 2019 Blue Diamond contender but… Read More »
