Silver Slipper winner Time to Reign will take no part in the Spring Carnival after taking longer than expected to recover from a virus. Time To Reign’s spring campaign was due to begin last month before being delayed after the colt developed a temperature. Trainer Gary Portelli had initially hoped… Read More »
Middleham Park Racing have confirmed plans to send Raymond Tusk to Australia to run in the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Racing manager Tim Palin said a plan to send Raymond Tusk to the Group 1 Irish St Leger had been ditched with the 4-year-old now set to head down under. “Having… Read More »
Vega Magic may have run his last race for Lindsay Park with the sprinter a chance to return home to Perth. The dual Group One winner pulled up with heat in his off-fore tendon after finishing last in The Heath at Caulfield on Saturday, his first run since finishing last… Read More »
Memsie Stakes winner Scales Of Justice looks set to take on boom mare Mystic Journey in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on September 14. Trainer Lindsey Smith said on Twitter that they would be taking it “one race at a time” with the 7-year-old but had opted… Read More »
With his son Calvin now registered as a training partner, Tony McEvoy is looking for the perfect start for the partnership from a quality team heading to Sandown. That team is headed by Sun City who McEvoy holds Group One aspirations for in the spring. Sun City and stablemate Yulong… Read More »
One of the key contenders for the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko has been ruled out of the race after having sustained an injury. Mudgee trainer Gayna Williams informed Racing NSW Stewards on Tuesday that I Am A Cool Kid would be unavailable to fill a slot in The Kosciuszko due… Read More »
Jumps jockey Paul Hamblin and trainer James McNamara have been charged over the performance of Hornets’ Nest in a hurdle race at Casterton. Hamblin has been charged with failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure Hornets’ Nest was given full opportunity to win or to obtain the… Read More »
Calvin McEvoy considers it a privilege and dream come true to be joining his father Tony in a training partnership. Prominent trainer Tony McEvoy surprised his 24-year-old son during the South Australian Awards on Saturday night when he announced the new partnership as he was accepting the C S Hayes… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin is not worried by predictions stable star The Candy Man will not have his favoured rain-affected track for his comeback at Eagle Farm. The Candy Man is set to resume in an open handicap over 1200m on Saturday as the first step to a Sydney campaign. The… Read More »
Three confirmed Everest contenders and some other high-profile contenders for a slot in the $14 million race are in line to clash in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. Entries for Saturday’s Group Three Concorde Stakes (1000m) have been extended after seven nominations were taken on Monday but it is packed… Read More »
The Australian Jockeys Association boss agrees a statistical analysis is needed on the male-female ratio of rider deaths, but says it should wait until the families of two young women have time to grieve. Apprentice Mikaela Claridge, 22, died from injuries sustained in a trackwork fall at Cranbourne on Friday… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop has taken another step towards his planned return in the Makybe Diva Stakes, stretching out well to win a Cranbourne barrier trial by a big margin on a heavy track. Gailo Chop, owned by Terry Henderson’s OTI Racing, has not raced since finishing second… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney will take Mr Marathon Man to The Valley for a familiarisation gallop in a bid to maximise the import’s chances to win the Group Two Feehan Stakes. Mr Marathon Man is set to run in Saturday’s 1600m weight-for-age Feehan Stakes at The Valley and Moroney believes taking… Read More »
The Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane has done everything asked of him in a Cranbourne barrier trial on heavy ground as he builds towards his spring return in the Group Two Shorts in Sydney. Despite the wet track, trainer Anthony Freedman chose to trial Santa Ana Lane over 800m on… Read More »
Female jockey Rachael Murray has been taken to hospital following a fall at Gosford trials this morning. Update: Rachael Murray’s scans were clear and she will be discharged later today. Further update on injured rider Rachael Murray after being dislodged at today's Gosford barrier trials when her mount reared over… Read More »
Chris Waller-trained mares Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star have put in pleasing trials at Canterbury as they continue preparations for The Everest. Arcadia Queen closed late from last to finish third in her 900m-heat on Monday while Enticing Star won her trial over the same distance. Both mares have been… Read More »
The Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane has continued his build-up towards a spring return, cruising to a third placing in a Cranbourne barrier trial. The Anthony Freedman-trained sprinter was having his second barrier trial of his spring preparation in an 800m-heat on Monday on rain-affected ground and was held together… Read More »
Lindsay Park has added to its spring arsenal with the acquisition of two horses from the stable of Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien. Senior trainer David Hayes recently spent time in Europe looking at horses and secured Cape Of Good Hope, who is entered for the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and… Read More »
The racing community is struggling to come to terms with the death of two jockeys within 48 hours. Melanie Tyndall, who died from injuries received in a fall in a race at Fannie Bay in Darwin on Saturday, has been remembered as a much-loved member of the tight-knit racing circle… Read More »
The sometimes “cruel” sport of horse racing has taken the life of much-loved jockey and police officer Melanie Tyndall. She has been remembered as a “loving, caring and professional” police officer who was taken tragically “way before her time”. NT Police commissioner Michael Murphy said “she was well regarded and… Read More »
