Despite Hang Man’s recent Group Three placing in the Bendigo Cup, trainer Mike Moroney believes his performance indicated the gelding is better suited over a slightly shorter distance. With that in mind, Hang Man drops back from 2400m to 2000m in Saturday’s $500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup and is one of… Read More »
Australia’s longest flat race, the $300,000 Jericho Cup over 4600m, has attracted 32 nominations for its second edition at Warrnambool. The Jericho Cup was first run on the desert sands of Palestine in 1918, and the race was revived 100 years later by Victorian philanthropist and amateur war historian Bill… Read More »
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are looking forward to their first foray at international jumps racing with Big Blue aimed at the Cheltenham Festival. Big Blue leaves for England on Wednesday and will be based at Lambourn under the watchful eye of Maher-Eustace stable employee Sarah Webster. The Cheltenham… Read More »
The early favourite for Saturday’s Ballarat Cup ‘Admiral’s Joker’ will not line-up in the race after his trainer was not happy with his work. Trainer Kylie Vella has announced her star galloper Admiral’s Joker who headed Ballarat Cup odds on Tuesday will not accept in the final field on Wednesday… Read More »
Testashadow may not be the best horse Gary Portelli has trained but he has earned his place near the top of the stable’s hierarchy. The eight-year-old has won more than $1.4 million for his owners Elite Thoroughbreds during a career that began almost six years ago. He has also earned… Read More »
After deciding against a Sandown Guineas start for Call Me Shamus, trainer Phillip Stokes will send him to a midweek race hoping he can end his campaign with back-to-back city wins. Call Me Shamus won a maiden at The Valley at his sixth start on November 1 and was entered… Read More »
Smoke haze from the bush fires burning in NSW has forced officials to call off a race meeting at Taree and barrier trials at Warwick Farm. Tuesday’s Taree meeting had been given the go ahead but the quality of the air deteriorated rapidly to be classed as hazardous. “Advice received… Read More »
A number of horses have been grounded in Melbourne after their flight to Perth was cancelled because of a fuel leak. Chris Calthorpe from Air Horse Transport said 18 horses had been loaded aboard the plane which was ready for pushback when the leak was discovered. “They tried to fix… Read More »
A fuel leak on a chartered flight taking eighteen Eastern state horses to Perth for the Summer Carnival has been delayed due to a fuel leak. A plane set to take eighteen horses from Tullamarine in Melbourne to Perth was set to depart before a fuel leak was found halting… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux is set to retire at the end of the year with one more start in the pipeline for the star mare. Lys Gracieux will be retired following her run in the Group 1 Arima Kinen (2500m) on December 22 in Japan. “The Arima Memorial will… Read More »
Jockey Raquel Clark will not ride for the remainder of the year after suffering a fall last weekend. Raquel Clark suffered a bad fall at Morphettville last weekend and was taken to hospital with head injuries. Clark spoke on Radio TAB this morning giving an update on her condition which… Read More »
James McDonald will represent Australia at the International Jockeys Challenge in Hong Kong. The New-Zealander has been based in Sydney for several years and has won the premiership three times. The IJC is scheduled to be be held at Happy Valley on December 4 but two meetings have been cancelled… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams has an anxious wait to find out if Harbour Views gets into the $500,000 Ballarat Cup. Williams has mapped out a contingency plan if the talented gelding does not make the field for the Listed 2000m Ballarat Cup which has attracted 32 nominations but has a… Read More »
Trainer Peter Gelagotis will not face any sanctions over his conduct towards Racing Victoria veterinary staff at the Sandown meeting. RV stewards opened an inquiry on Saturday after a report from vet Jamie Wearn about the way Gelagotis spoke to him before veterinary staff attempted to take a blood sample… Read More »
Having ruled Luvaluva out of a Group One feature in Perth, trainer John Sargent will concentrate on a million dollar race closer to home with the mare to head to The Gong at Kembla Grange. Sargent and Luvaluva’s owners considered the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on December 7 but… Read More »
Former Queensland sprinter Ef Troop will make his debut for his new stable in a Magic Millions race at Ballarat. Having done his previous racing with Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan, Ef Troop is now in the care of Tony and Calvin McEvoy who have bases in South Australia and Victoria…. Read More »
After coming within a long neck of a Group One win with Jennifer Eccles, New Zealand trainer Shaune Ritchie will turn his attention to the longest flat race in Australasia. Jennifer Eccles finished second to the Tony Pike-trained Loire in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Ritchie is now switching… Read More »
Nine-year-old Gailo Chop will be among the eastern states contingent targeting feature races in Perth, with the multiple Group One winner to contest the Kingston Town Classic. The Matthew Williams-trained Gailo Chop was due to fly from Melbourne to Perth on a chartered flight on Monday evening along with several… Read More »
Sandown Stakes winner Gold Fields is being set for a campaign in Dubai. Gold Fields gave Stephen Baster a winning farewell win in Saturday’s Group Three Sandown Stakes with the jockey now retired and beginning a new career as a real estate agent. The victory was trainer Logan McGill’s first… Read More »
Hong Kong’s boom sprinter Aethero could be amongst the contenders for next years The Everest. Aethero who smashed his rivals in the G2 Jockey Club Sprint on Sunday has had interest by a slot holder for the 2020 The Everest. Aethero has had six career starts winning five of those… Read More »
