Co-trainer Ben Hayes is expecting Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time to relish a step up in journey as he continues his most recent comeback from injury. Boom Time runs for the third time following the enforced break in Saturday’s Vo Rogue Hall Of Fame Trophy (2000m) at Flemington. It was… Read More »
Apprentice Chelsea MacFarlane received a belated birthday present with her first metropolitan double at Sandown. MacFarlane, who turned 23 on Monday, took out the final two races on Wednesday’s program for trainer Tony McEvoy. A $26 chance, Despacito took out The Big Screen Company Handicap before the $2.70 favourite Aristocratic… Read More »
James McDonald has ridden his 100th Sydney metropolitan winner for the season on the anniversary of his comeback to the saddle after a ban for betting. Capping an almost seamless return since rebooting his career at the corresponding Warwick Farm meeting last year, McDonald brought up his milestone on the… Read More »
Connery may be diminutive in stature but he possesses a big heart as he followed a first-up Warrnambool victory with success at Sandown. Trainer Archie Alexander wishes the four-year-old was another hand taller following his win in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap. With a pre-race handicap rating of 69, Connery… Read More »
OTI Racing will be represented by a quarter of the field in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill, a significant but not unique achievement for the syndication and racehorse management company. “We’ve had four in a Melbourne Cup, funnily enough,” said OTI’s director Terry Henderson. “That was probably about… Read More »
One of Queensland’s oldest races, the Weetwood Handicap, is to have its first date change in its 120-year history. The Weetwood in Toowoomba was for many years run in conjunction with the annual agriculture show in late March or early April as was the case this year. In a media… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has plenty of options for his impressive filly Intrigue after her easy Sunshine Coast win. The win boosted Intrigue’s prize money to a level where Pike can consider running Intrigue in the Queensland Oaks, Queensland Derby or both. Pike missed the Group Two The Roses… Read More »
Searching for a tough, two-year-old type at the Magic Millions yearling sale, trainer Mark Newnham found a colt by Dawn Approach who ticked all the right boxes. The only problem was, he proved a shade too tough to handle as a colt. “His first start he absolutely went to pieces… Read More »
Trainer David Jolly is acutely aware of the task facing Behemoth in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Racing experience and badly off at the weights are negatives the three-year-old has to overcome, however the Goolwa-based Jolly has seen enough in the galloper to say he deserves his place in the Group… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is making a habit of achieving winter carnival records and he is set to equal a few more with his mares Youngstar and Shillelagh in the Doomben Cup. They will join another mare in Savvy Coup as well their male stablemates Life Less Ordinary and Mister… Read More »
Sydney mare Youngstar has retained favouritism for the Doomben Cup after the barrier draw for the Group One race. Youngstar has drawn barrier 11 but will move in two stalls if the emergencies are not needed. A winner of last year’s Group One Queensland Oaks, Youngstar is one of five… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning trainer Peter Moody makes the trip home to western Queensland in his role as Battle of The Bush ambassador on Saturday. Moody will be in Charleville for a heat of the Battle of The Bush which is run over 16 heats in country centres followed by a… Read More »
Sixties Groove’s second start for Kris Lees is likely to be in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill with the trainer resigned to him missing the field for the Group One Doomben Cup. Lees will accept with Gem Song, Big Duke, Hallelujah Boy and Sixties Groove at Doomben but… Read More »
A new public stand to be built at Randwick is to be named after Winx. Main features: * A Ground Floor level with undercover comfort for spectators on major race days * Level 1 terrace will provide superior views over the racecourse * Will cater for approximately 5000 spectators undercover… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths has picked the longest of three races at Flemington for in-form filly Fidelia who will attempt to extend her winning sequence to three. Fidelia has been entered for a three-year-old race and the opening heat of the Leilani Series on Saturday, both at 1400m, along with a benchmark… Read More »
Apprentice Stephanie Thornton has had a careless riding suspension overturned on appeal by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board. Thornton was suspended at Caulfield on Saturday for nine meetings on a careless riding charge aboard Raspberry Rose in the Darren Gauci Handicap. Racing Victoria stewards deemed the careless riding to… Read More »
A horse bought as a lead pony will make his racetrack return at Sandown, more than three years after his last start. Formerly trained by Robert Hickmott for Lloyd and Nick Williams, Hartani runs for Mornington horsewoman Monica Cid in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap. Hartani has not raced since… Read More »
The Seymour racetrack will undergo more work during the warmer months in a bid to get it to reach its full potential. Following ongoing analysis and testing, Racing Victoria and the Seymour Racing Club have announced plans to to over-sow the current rye grass with kikuyu at the start of… Read More »
NSW-trained mare Spright is an easing favourite for The Goodwood at Morphettville in Adelaide after drawing the widest barrier. A field of 16 has been declared for Saturday’s Group One The Goodwood over 1200m, a race won last year by Santa Ana Lane and which has Black Caviar on its… Read More »
Jockeys: Hugh Bowman: Bowman formed one of the greatest partnerships in the history of racing with Winx, the 2017 Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee who registered 33 successive wins – including a record 25 at Group 1 level – before she was retired. Bowman has amassed more than 2000… Read More »
