Queensland jockey Beau Appo has been suspended for four weeks for weighing in light after a race at Toowoomba, causing the winner to be disqualified. Appo came back to scale more than half a kilogram underweight after riding the Ben Currie-trained Pieridae to win the final race on Monday. He… Read More »
In the cold light of day, trainer Anthony Cummings has decided not to run Agassi in the Hawkesbury Guineas with stablemate Glamour Cat his likely representative. Agassi won at Randwick on Monday and Cummings’ immediate reaction was to consider the six-day back-up into Saturday’s Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas over 1400… Read More »
After a successful Autumn Carnival, Jamie Lovett is hoping that continues on leading into the Brisbane Carnival, starting this Saturday with several runners across two states. Lovett is still on a high after the win of import Shraaoh in the Sydney Cup (3200m), with the Chris Waller trained stayer now… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse team is once again targeting the VRC St Leger at Flemington, with Transact out to become the fourth horse from the stable in the past seven years to win the staying race for three-year-olds. Waterhouse, who has been training in partnership with Adrian Bott in recent seasons,… Read More »
Recently retired colt The Autumn Sun will stand his first season at Arrowfield Stud for $77,000. Arrowfield announced its 2019 fees on Tuesday with Dundeel more than doubling his price on the back of his son Castelvecchio’s Group One win in the Champagne Stakes on Saturday. The stud’s champion sire… Read More »
Star Australian sprinter Santa Ana Lane has travelled well to Hong Kong in preparation for his first international start in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin. The Anthony Freedman-trained five-time Group One winner flew out of Melbourne on Monday and the stable said on Twitter the gelding had handled… Read More »
Last years Inglis Easter Yearling Sale topper is set to make his debut in a maiden at Ballarat on Tuesday. The Fastnet Rock x The Broken Shore colt ‘Groundswell’ who is the full brother to star sprinter Shoals will make his debut in Race Two at Ballarat (which is scheduled… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud today announced its 2019 roster of 11 stallions headed by Champion Sire Snitzel, whose fee is unchanged at $220,000 inc. GST. Now with a $6.5 million lead in his bid for a third consecutive Australian Sires’ Premiership, Snitzel continues to achieve exceptional sale-ring returns for breeders, with total… Read More »
The old racing adage, “where there is an unraced 2YO, there is always hope,” could not have been better exemplified than on Monday at Toowoomba. Old Bill Brown, saddled up an unraced baby named I Am Courage. He has a white blaze, a handsome head and is by the sire… Read More »
Problems continue to dog trainer Ben Currie after stewards disqualified the last winner at Toowoomba, Pieridae, when his jockey weighed in light. The Currie trained Pieridae led all the way to win Monday’s Class Three Handicap (1210m) which was also the last leg of the quadrella and treble. However, jockey… Read More »
Driving down the Hume Highway from Albury to Euroa has led to apprentice Blaike McDougall riding his first Melbourne metropolitan winner. Seeing out the last few months of his apprenticeship in Albury, McDougall is making a weekly trip to Lindsay Park to ride work for David and Ben Hayes and… Read More »
After a torrid run in the Australian Derby, trainer Robbie Laing was expecting Stars Of Carrum would need a well-earned break. But after two days back at his stable at Cranbourne the three-year-old had rebounded so well Laing will now run the colt in Thursday’s Listed VRC St Leger (2800m)… Read More »
Group One winner Aloisia is among the 15 high quality entries for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup, one of four black-type races on the program at the picturesque track on Sydney’s north-western outskirts. Saturday’s annual stand-alone meeting at the track features the Group Three Hawkesbury Cup (1600m), Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan has been forced to go to Plan B after wet weather meant the scratching of stable stars I’m A Rippa and Ef Troop from Doomben. I’m A Rippa was set to resume in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Quality while Ef Troop was to make his return in the… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler is known for his patience but the lure of a big prize money cheque has him eyeing off the inaugural running of The Showdown at Caulfield. The two-year-old race, to be run on Saturday, is exclusive to the progeny of VOBIS nominated stallions. Sadler has debut Terang… Read More »
The Eagle Farm meeting features three stakes races but a restricted class event will command attention from a winter carnival perspective. Promising sprinters Chapter And Verse and Cadogan are set to resume from spells in Saturday’s Class Six Plate (1200m). They are being tipped as possible lightweight Stradbroke Handicap chances… Read More »
On the recommendation of jockey Damien Oliver, Absolute Flirt has returned from a break to post a city win at Sandown. Trainer Danny O’Brien had the option to run the filly in maiden grade at Ballarat on Tuesday, but following a discussion with Oliver decided on Monday’s Ladbrokes Handicap (1000m)…. Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club hopes to hold jump-outs later in the week to help trainers after key barrier trials at Doomben were abandoned. Tuesday’s trials were to feature several top-line horses heading to the Brisbane winter carnival including the Stradbroke Handicap second favourite Zoustyle. The unbeaten Zoustyle is set to… Read More »
Caloundra filly Baccarat Baby has shown the benefit of a recent trial to score the narrowest of wins in the $125,000 Listed Princess Stakes on her home track. The 1600m-race was scheduled to be run at Doomben on Saturday but was postponed until Sunday after heavy rain washed out the… Read More »
Champion Winx and her trainer Chris Waller have been the biggest winners over the Sydney autumn carnival as she ended her career with three successive Group One wins. Her stablemate The Autumn Sun’s two Group One wins signalled the end of his career with the colt off to stud. Another… Read More »
