Trainer Phillip Stokes feels Victorian three-year-old Mr Quickie has enough petrol left in the tank for another interstate trip, this time to tackle the Queensland Derby. The consistent gelding has rebounded well from his third behind Qafila and Savvy Oak in the South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on May… Read More »
Disqualified trainer Sam Kavanagh could return as soon as October after the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal reduced his penalty. Kavanagh was outed in 2015 for nine years and three months on a raft of charges relating to cobalt in his horses and race day treatments. Tribunal head David Armati has… Read More »
Group One winner Manuel has dispelled doubts about his fitness and is set to tackle the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after winning a trial at the Gold Coast Trainer Tony McEvoy decided to trial Manuel after he ran last in the Doomben 10,000 on May 11. The winner of the… Read More »
Impressive last start Group Three winner Savatiano will push forward to the Group One Tatts Tiara. Trainer James Cummings has made the decision to test the mare at Group One level once again after a 3L win on the weekend. Savatiano has raced once at G1 level finishing down the… Read More »
A 3YO won his maiden at Taree yesterday, on debut, and the word to describe it is….WOW! His name is NOSTRO RE and that seems to be an Italian banking reference. Which might well be accurate as he is owned by the famous Italian Racing family – the Polettis of… Read More »
Veteran Destiny’s Kiss will be striving for his first win in a year when he head to Rosehill for a defence of the Listed W J McKell Cup. The winter staying feature has attracted 24 entries with the Joe Pride-trained Destiny’s Kiss and Home By Midnight from the Ballarat stable… Read More »
Stable newcomer Romancer is set to have his first run for Grahame Begg at Caulfield in preparation for a winter race series. Romancer will contest the third heat of the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series on Saturday which has a final at stakes level at Flemington on July 6. After beginning… Read More »
Paul Makin, most famous as the owner of globe-trotting multiple Group One winner Starcraft, has died aged 82. An Australian who made his money betting on racing in Hong Kong and Japan, Makin also owned horses in Europe including Irish Oaks winner Chicquita and was a successful breeder. Makin retired… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing has been forced to alter plans with Queensland Derby aspirant Stars Of Carrum following the abandonment of a set of barrier trials. Stars Of Carrum, runner-up to Extra Brut in the Victoria Derby in the spring, was scheduled to run in a 1550m-heat at Cranbourne on Monday,… Read More »
As the racing season nears an end, Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani will make a last bid at a Group One double with a couple of three-year-olds. Dunlani and Declares War leave for Brisbane on Tuesday to contest the Queensland Oaks and Queensland Derby respectively. The trainer is hopeful there is… Read More »
New Zealander The Bostonian will have to carry the biggest winning weight in 27 years if he is to complete the first treble of Brisbane’s Group One sprints. Weights for the Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) were released on Monday with Osborne Bulls topweight with 58kg but he will not start. Order… Read More »
Group One winner Jon Snow is to stand at Clearview Park Stud in New Zealand. Aaron Tapper and his partner Lacy Stewart said they were delighted to have the 2017 Australian Derby winner at their farm in Timaru where he will stand for $6000 in his first season. “It’s a… Read More »
Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden have made the decision that star three year old Military Zone will not head to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap despite a ballot exempt entry into the race after the horse won the Fred Best Classic on the weekend. Military Zone beat the older horses… Read More »
I was at Toronto’s beautiful Woodbine racetrack for a race meeting last week. And a big smile split my face like a watermelon when I heard a familiar – accent. It was music to my ears when I heard the race caller tell all and sundry that the horses were… Read More »
Gennady is lucky to be alive let alone a two-time winner, leading all the way at Sandown to claim his second victory. After a maiden win at Mornington in early May, Gennady proved too strong as a $21 chance in Sunday’s Samson Handicap (1300m). Trainer Robbie Laing revealed Gennady’s dam… Read More »
Patrick Payne has added to his growing band of feature jumps race victories with Sir Lopez taking out the Australian Steeplechase at Sandown. Already this season Payne has won the Grand Annual, Great Eastern and Von Doussa Steeplechases courtesy of Zed Em who is currently in the spelling paddock. The… Read More »
Whether it is on the flat or over jumps, jockey John Allen is becoming a regular at winning feature races. A week after claiming the Doomben Cup aboard Kenedna, Allen was in the winner’s stall at Sandown on Sunday after riding Chequered Flag in the Australian Hurdle for trainers Ciaron… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is debating whether to run BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes placegetter Garibaldi in the Group One J J Atkins Stakes. Garibaldi led for most of the race before finishing third to Strasbourg in the Sires at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Gollan believes while the run may have indicated… Read More »
There is no-one prouder than Leigh Jordon having watched the titanic battle for honours in the new-look The Andrew Ramsden. A nose separated Steel Prince and Surprise Baby at the end of Saturday’s race with the winner gaining a ballot exemption into November’s Melbourne Cup. The Victoria Racing Club altered… Read More »
A short break ahead of a spring campaign is on the cards for Eclair Breeze after the filly broke her maiden status at Sandown. Trainer Phillip Stokes hopes Eclair Breeze is up to the rich spring three-year-old fillies races after her win in the Ladbrokes Info Hub Handicap (1200m) on… Read More »
