The care and wellbeing of racehorses does not stop when they leave stables after their racing careers are over with leading trainers saying they do everything to ensure they have forever homes. Although in NSW trainers are required to notify where the horses go on retirement, cracks in the system… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes has seen the right signs in the lead-up to the Caulfield Cup to believe one-time favourite Mr Quickie can bounce back to his best in the $5 million handicap after a last-start failure. This year’s Queensland Derby winner, Mr Quickie raced into 2019 Caulfield Cup favouritism after… Read More »
Racing authorities and participants have expressed their horror at vision of horses being slaughtered at a Queensland abattoir and say everyone must continue to work together to re-home and re-train retired racing stock. But they also say the portrayal by the ABC’s 7.30 report is misleading and does not reflect… Read More »
Almost four years after riding Red Verdon to a maiden win in the West Midlands region of England, Pat Cosgrave will reunite with the stayer on the other side of the globe in a $5 million handicap. Cosgrave made his mark during his visit to Melbourne for last year’s spring… Read More »
The question surrounding Miss Leonidas is whether she can repeat the performance of a narrow second to Nature Strip at her most recent start. If she can, it will take her a long way towards winning the Group Two Caulfield Sprint (1000m) on Saturday. Miss Leonidas ran Nature Strip to… Read More »
Racing authorities will be free to charge trainer Jarrod McLean with horse doping offences after he lost a court bid to keep evidence from a police raid on his Victorian stables secret. McLean had claimed Victoria Police acted unlawfully when it gave Racing Victoria information about items seized during the… Read More »
A decision to lodge a late nomination for Tisani Tomso at Eagle Farm has given the iron horse and his jockey Adin Thompson chances to record milestones. Tisani Tomso ran second at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and was not an original nomination for the DSS Law Open Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Todd Blowes can hardly believe his luck, boasting a live chance in the $1.3 million Kosciuszko two years into his training career. The Queanbeyan trainer will drive up the Hume Highway with Noble Boy ($5) ready to attack Saturday’s 1200m-sprint for country-trained horses. Blowes has been in the racing caper… Read More »
New Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor has been scratched from the $5 million Caulfield Cup with a leg issue. The gelding was scratched on Friday afternoon, with first emergency Sound now gaining a start in Saturday’s 2400m Group One Caulfield Cup. Crown Prosecutor failed a veterinary test on Friday, a… Read More »
The addition of blinkers has turned Aesop’s Fable into a winner, prompting trainer John Sargent to raise the bar and test the filly in stakes grade for the first time. The three-year-old has strung together a hat-trick of wins at Canberra, Goulburn and Wyong since the gear change and will… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas hopes for Miroku failed to materialise but the colt gets the chance to make a spring impression in the Group Three Caulfield Classic. The Phillip Stokes-trained Miroku impressed on debut to win a maiden on the Ballarat synthetic track in early September before finishing unplaced in his next… Read More »
Sir Dapper and Emancipation were great rivals on the track and more than 30 years after the pair’s exploits, their respective trainers find themselves with a common Everest bond. Les Bridge, the 81-year-old trainer of Sir Dapper, will saddle up Classique Legend who is owned by the Hong Kong-based Bon… Read More »
A horse in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup has been scratched from the race on advice from vets. The Stephen Marsh trained Crown Prosecutor has been scratched from the Caulfield Cup Field on Friday afternoon after vets found the horse to be lame on Thursday. Crown Prosecutor was a $41 chance with… Read More »
There has been a change of plans for star Godolphin colt Bivouac. Bivouac will not head to the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes and will instead head to the G1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on the eve of Cox Plate day. headed the Coolmore market with star filly Libertini at… Read More »
Bjorn Baker cannot fault the free-wheeling Samadoubt ahead of the gelding’s quest to win a third feature race at Randwick in as many months. Samadoubt led all the way to cause a boilover in the Group One Winx Stakes (1400m) in August and showed the performance was no fluke when… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander sees the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield as the ideal VRC Oaks trial for lightly raced filly Gamay. Saturday’s Group Three Ethereal Stakes over 2000m for three-year-old fillies will be Gamay’s fifth race start and will go a long way to determining her upcoming program. Gamay’s first three… Read More »
Trainer Trent Busuttin’s outward demeanour on race day is that of someone who is calm and relaxed. But recently Busuttin has been a little on edge as the Caulfield Cup, run on Saturday with a winner’s cheque of $3 million, draws closer. Busuttin trains with partner Natalie Young and prepares… Read More »
The fate of Nature Strip’s Everest quest will be determined in the first few hundred meters of the race, according to his jockey Tim Clark. The horse brings an X-factor to Saturday’s $14 million The Everest with opinion divided whether his raw speed can be harnessed to run out a… Read More »
Victoria Police acted lawfully when it gave racing authorities evidence from a raid on Victorian trainer Jarrod McLean’s stables, a judge has ruled. McLean had argued Victoria Police did not having the right to give Racing Victoria information about items seized during the January 30 raid at Yangery, near Warrnambool…. Read More »
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys has labelled the cruel fate of some racehorses shown on a television program as “sickening” but says it is unfair to tarnish an entire industry for the actions of a few. A report on the ABC’s 7.30 program on Thursday said the number of… Read More »
