Multiple Group One-winning jockey Larry Cassidy is set to return to race riding soon after recovering from a fractured leg. Cassidy plans to ride trackwork from Saturday and then take race rides at the Sunshine Coast on Friday week. He has not ridden since August 7 when what he thought… Read More »
Stakes performer Eric The Eel’s comeback has suffered another minor setback forcing his scratching from a race at Doomben. Trainer Stuart Kendrick had planned to use a race at Doomben on Wednesday as a launching pad for a possible G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 Victoria Derby campaign. However, he decided… Read More »
Queensland Racing Stewards have overturned the result of a photo finish at Yeppoon from July. The QRIC stewards have overturned a photo finish at Yeppoon from July 23rd following a stewards inquiry on Tuesday. The result was from QTIS 3YO Handicap at Yeppoon in which Great Fox was declared the… Read More »
The Racing Australia board has asked its veterinary advisory committee to report back on the science of cobalt following a letter from the Australian Trainers Association. The ATA has asked RA to review rules in light of an increasing number of scientific opinions that cobalt levels can be inadvertently boosted… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club plays host to winners every week but the racing body has celebrated its own victory after receiving the state’s top award for catering. Beating restaurants, convention centres and other venues across NSW to win Best Caterer of the Year, the ATC’s Rosehill venue also won for… Read More »
Dual state trainer Lindsey Smith will rely on Black Heart Bart as his sole representative in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. Smith also nominated Malaguerra but after galloping him on Tuesday he recommended he be retired and owner Bruno Micalizzi agreed. Smith said Black Heart Bart… Read More »
Group One winning sprinter Malaguerra has been retired from racing. Malaguerra has been nominated for this weekends G1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes although connection Bruno Micalizzi announced on twitter that the horse will be retired immediately opening a spot for Age Of Chivalry to run in the race. Bruno thanked… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has started the season better than any other since he took up training in Sydney after a stint with his father Murray in New Zealand. The flag bearer for his Warwick Farm stable has been surprise packet Samadoubt who is so far a Group One and Group Two… Read More »
Trainer Lindsay Smith has decided to bypass the remainder of the spring with Memsie Stakes winner Scales Of Justice. Trained from Smith’s Warrnambool base, Scales Of Justice won the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield first-up, then two starts later won Melbourne’s first Group One race of the season, the Memsie Stakes… Read More »
New Zealand sprinter The Bostonian is primed to replicate his Brisbane winter form when he heads to Melbourne for the Moir Stakes. The Tony Pike-trained five-year-old will arrive in Australia on Wednesday to get ready for the Group One Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley on September 27. Earlier this… Read More »
Trainer Robert Hickmott is pleased with what he has seen in a jump-out from imported galloper Django Freeman at Caulfield. Purpose-bought for the major spring carnival races, Tuesday’s jump-out over 800m at Caulfield was the first serious hit-out Hickmott has given the horse since Django Freeman arrived in Melbourne. After… Read More »
Glen Boss has snared the prized mount on Happy Clapper in the George Main Stakes with Hugh Bowman to sit out the Randwick meeting as he recovers from a broken finger. Bowman had hoped to be riding on Saturday when his other scheduled mounts included 2018 Everest placegetter Osborne Bulls… Read More »
Mystic Journey’s trainer Adam Trinder has spoken out about the derogatory calls, emails and text messages he has received after the mares defeat in the Makybe Diva Stakes. Trinder said he was devastated after he was inundated by derogatory messages regarding his star mares defeat at Flemington on the weekend… Read More »
Group One winning mare Oohood has been retired to stud following her disappointing run in Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes. Connections of Oohood have decided to retire the mare to stud after she finished at the rear of the field in the G1 Makybe Diva Stakes on the weekend. Oohood won… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman will not ride this weekend on George Main Stakes day at Randwick after he underwent surgery on his hand last week. Hugh Bowman suffered a broken finger at the trials early last week which required surgery but despite hoping he would be okay to ride this… Read More »
Decorated jockey and trainer Geoff Lane has died suddenly from kidney failure aged 80. Lane, whose career in the saddle was cut short by weight problems, enjoyed success at the highest level and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2013. He was apprenticed to the legendary… Read More »
Any concerns Begood Toya Mother might have missed a start in the Sir Rupert Clarke have been erased, with the favourite assured a place in the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman targeted the race a long way out but had an anxious wait until the gelding’s… Read More »
Pat Webster is an old school trainer and, while not afraid to try new things, he likes to keep his horses to the routines he has used for decades. So while many of his 2019 George Main Stakes opponents will step out at trackwork for a fast gallop on Tuesday,… Read More »
With just over a month until the $14 million The Everest, connections of the Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane are comfortable where the star sprinter is positioned for the rich race at Randwick. Santa Ana Lane was a dominant winner of the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes over the Randwick… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has had his charges on alleged fraud adjourned again. Currie’s case was Listed in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Monday but he did not have to appear. The case was adjourned until October 18 for a committal mention. Currie has been charged with aggravated fraud between… Read More »
