In-form jockey Matt McGillivray is rapidly establishing a claim to being heir apparent to throne left vacant by Jeff Lloyd as Queensland’s top jockey. Lloyd will retire on Saturday with 93 Group One wins and four metropolitan premierships under his belt. There is no obvious contender to take his place… Read More »
Crack The Code will have her first serious examination against older horses in the Sir John Monash Stakes, with co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr believing the Group-winning filly is up for the challenge. Three-year-old Crack The Code is the youngest horse in Saturday’s weight-for-age Group Three Monash Stakes at Caulfield and… Read More »
Jason Coyle will split talented fillies River Bird and Spiritual Pursuit in the hope the pair can both continue their winning runs at Rosehill. While Spiritual Pursuit will aim for back-to-back victories in the ATC Foundation Handicap (1100m), dual acceptor River Bird is an early scratching from that race and… Read More »
There is one thing trainer Kevin Kemp won’t contemplate for his gelding Tisani Magic after Saturday’s meeting at Doomben and that is a spell. Tisani Magic will be having his 16th start for this preparation when he makes his open company debut in the A Night In France Handicap (1350m)…. Read More »
The Winter Stakes at Rosehill will be an important stepping stone for dual stakes winner Stampede as he bids to resurrect his racing career after a lengthy break. Saturday’s Listed sprint will be the six-year-old’s first start since October and just his second run in the space of 14 months…. Read More »
This state war between the governing racing bodies just scorched up a bit more. The Victorian folk, still smarting over NSW’s introduction of races like the $14 million The Everest and the $7.5 million Golden Eagle during ‘their’ carnival, have gone to the heart of matter by devising a plan… Read More »
Jockeys competing at five of Melbourne’s feature spring carnival meetings will also be vying for lucrative incentives after the creation of a new series for riders. The star jockey at the Turnbull Stakes, Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Victoria Derby day meetings will receive a cash prize. The… Read More »
A raft of prize money increases for the Victorian spring carnival have been announced along with significant bonuses attached to feature races. Star filly Mystic Journey is the Cox Plate favourite and will be eligible for a $1 million bonus should she win the $5 million weight-for-age feature at The… Read More »
Queenslander Havasay has become the first horse in more than a decade to score back-to-back wins in the Ramornie Handicap, producing a barnstorming finish to grab victory in the final bound. Matthew McGillivray settled Havasay towards the rear and the horse relished the strong tempo set by Whypeeo. Charging down… Read More »
Toby Edmonds trained a two-state double within five minutes when Churning won at Doomben on Wednesday. Churning ($4.60) lived up to her good recent stakes race form when she held on to beat Red Chase ($5) in a driving finish. Only minutes earlier Edmonds won the Listed Ramornie Handicap at… Read More »
The horse who gave Michael Poy his first metropolitan winner is a chance to also land Melbourne’s leading apprentice his first stakes race success at Caulfield. Poy is unbeaten from two rides on popular sprinter Jungle Edge and has been called on again to ride the Mick Bell-trained gelding in… Read More »
The first part of trainer Levi Kavanagh’s plan for two-year-old Excess Funds this preparation has been successful, with the colt returning from a spell to claim a late-season city win at Sandown. The next step is likely for the colt to chase a stakes race win in the Listed Lightning… Read More »
Champion WA jockey William Pike has broken his own record for city wins in a season. William Pike has bettered his city wins record at Belmont today winning on Black Russian in the fourth. Pike has ridden 136 metro winners in Perth this season and is set to extend that… Read More »
Connections of Parmie will weigh up whether to give the rising three-year-old her shot at spring carnival races after the talented filly broke through for her first win at Sandown. Co-trainer Simon Zahra said they had initially thought Parmie, a daughter of stallion Snitzel, would be best-suited to sprint races… Read More »
Challenge and opportunity are the two factors that have enticed Glen Boss back to Sydney, at least for the duration of the spring carnival. The top jockey will ease back into the local scene with four rides at Rosehill on Saturday before establishing himself in Sydney for three months from… Read More »
Champion jockey Jeff Lloyd has seven mounts, which are a cross section of his greatest supporters in Queensland, for his last day of riding on Saturday. Lloyd will have rides for Toby Edmonds (Sunday Session and Granny Red Shoes), Chris Waller (Auerbach), Tony Gollan (Kemsrey), Chris Munce (Woolsey), Kris Lee… Read More »
Race times for the Sir John Monash Stakes meeting at Caulfield have been brought forward to ensure the meeting finishes with good visibility. Racing Victoria announced on Wednesday that Saturday’s meeting would begin at 11.15am (AEST) with the final of the nine races on the program scheduled for 4.10pm, effectively… Read More »
Organisers of the Deagon community race day are hoping last week’s postponement will see an even larger crowd attending the rescheduled meeting on Sunday. The race day is the only meeting held each year at Deagon, in Brisbane’s northern seaside area, and was scheduled for last Sunday. However, heavy rain… Read More »
Talented mare Another Dollar has never won at Doomben but she has the best form on the track of the runners in Saturday’s Membership at BRC Handicap. The race has attracted a disappointing field of six but it is one of the more interesting races because every runner has a… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes is hopeful well-bred Conqueror can be a contender for some of the better-class races for three-year-olds during the spring after the colt broke his maiden in style on the Pakenham synthetic track. One of three two-year-olds from the Lindsay Park stable to win maiden races… Read More »
