The rain which has soaked the Sunshine Coast for the past few days is a double-edged sword for trainer Steve Tregea. He had planned to start stakes-winning geldings Bergerac and Niccanova in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Tregea checked the weather and discovered the track had received 80mm… Read More »
The Everest slot formerly held by Damion Flower’s Jadeskye Racing has been put up for tender but not necessarily to the highest bidder. Racing NSW has announced the slot will be sold to “the person or organisation that brings benefit and adds to the promotion and appeal of the race… Read More »
The wife of disqualified trainer Shannon Hope has been successful in a legal battle with Racing Victoria to be granted a restricted trainer’s licence although a number of additional conditions have been attached. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has this week ruled Deirdre Hope be given a restricted licence,… Read More »
Fresh from landing an overdue Group One win, Jason Collett will look to keep his momentum rolling at Rosehill where he has a strong book of nine rides for eight different trainers. Collett was widely considered the best jockey in Australia not to have won at the elite level before… Read More »
New Zealand mare Terra Sancta returns to her favourite Australian track as she strives to end a run of outs at the Sunshine Coast. Terra Sancta will be having her fourth start for the winter carnival in Saturday’s Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m). The mare has not won since June last… Read More »
Racetracks in Victoria will be prepared with more give under new guidelines which will come into effect from the start of next season. Under Racing Victoria’s updated Racing Surface Preparation Guidelines, from August 1 all Victorian clubs will be asked to prepare the following racing surfaces for flat racing. –… Read More »
The best guide to Blue Comet’s chances in the Sunshine Coast Guineas is that his trainer Noel Doyle accepted with him in the Group Three race. Bookmakers have Blue Comet at 100-1 Doyle believes he will be far from disgraced in a Guineas which seems to be down in class… Read More »
Victorian jockey James Winks has answered a call from Hawkes Racing to bulk up the riding ranks for the Civic Stakes meeting at Rosehill where he has three mounts for the top trainers. A four-time Group One-winning jockey, Winks has a close association with the Hawkes training partnership in Melbourne… Read More »
The prospect of a soft track has tempted trainer Matt Dunn to set two-year-old Karaja for what looks like an exciting clash at the Sunshine Coast. Karaja will take on two other promising juveniles, Jewelina and Our Swan Lake, in Saturday’s Bruce McLachlan Classic (1000m). The race threatens to steal… Read More »
As Hugh Bowman prepares to return to race riding for the first time in two months, he has admitted the emotion surrounding Winx took a mental and physical toll. The champion jockey has confirmed he will return at the Randwick meeting on Saturday week, having not ridden since May 1… Read More »
Michael Hellyer is confident he can deliver only the second hometown victory in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas. Hellyer will ride Saturday’s favourite Baccarat Baby who has been the best performed Queensland three-year-old this winter. The jockey’s first stakes win was on Tuskegee Hawk for Len Treloar in the… Read More »
Australian jockey Damian Lane has capped off a successful stint riding in Japan with another Group One winner. Lane rode Omega Perfume to victory on Wednesday in the G1 Teio Sho in Tokyo City. The win brings up Lane’s third Group One in Japan since he took up the short… Read More »
Mother and sons training partners Barbara Joseph and Paul and Matt Jones have been suspended for four months over the death of a racehorse in their care. The three were charged by stewards on Wednesday with failing to provide the necessary veterinary treatment for I Am Rocky, who died in… Read More »
Five-year-old Bedford has snapped a lengthy absence from the winner’s circle with a dominant display on a heavy track at Sandown. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding showed his promise with back-to-back 2000m-wins at Caulfield during the early part of 2018 and was considered a Doomben Cup prospect when he finished a… Read More »
Breeding buffs were among the few who weren’t surprised when outsider Star Of Michelin scored an upset win at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. Star of Michelin ($41) out-slogged Mosski ($4.40) in a close finish to the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1400m). The gelding is by Jet Spur out of the well bred… Read More »
They might be the thoroughbred equivalents of old age pensioners but both Doukhan and Destiny’s Kiss have the credentials to give their younger rivals a lesson in stamina when they clash in the Stayer’s Cup at Rosehill. The pair of 10-year-olds have been racing in great heart with Destiny’s Kiss… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman is set to make his return to race riding after a break following his campaign with Winx during the Autumn. Bowman decided to take a lengthy spell from race riding following Winx’s last preparation which took it’s toll on the star jockey. Bryan Haskins who manages… Read More »
Two-year-old filly Rumble Doll has produced in her second start what her trainer Henry Dwyer had been expecting in her first. Rumble Doll finished third to Lindsay Park filly Sukoshi on debut at Sale maiden earlier this month and Dwyer admitted he went into that race thinking she would win…. Read More »
A review of the benchmark weight for northern hemisphere three-year-olds in feature spring races has led to a change ahead of this year’s carnival. Northern hemisphere three-year-olds have won the Melbourne Cup for the past two years, with Rekindling carrying 51.5kg in 2017 while last year Cross Counter won with… Read More »
Talented gelding Starkers has one of the cleverest names in racing and he can join some genuine big names if he wins the Sunshine Coast Guineas. A $15,000 yearling from the Magic Millions Sales, Starkers is by Love Conquers All out of Nude Model. While the Fred Best Classic and… Read More »
