Trainer Ben Currie is expected to give evidence by phone at an inquiry into two historical charges brought against him. Currie is in Bali where he is best man at a wedding and has missed the first two days of the stewards inquiry, on Monday and Tuesday, which has dealt… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has picked up the ride on star sprinter Santa Ana Lane for his international debut in Hong Kong. Bowman replaces the suspended Mark Zahra on the five-time Group One winner in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin on April 28, a race Australian Chautauqua won in 2016…. Read More »
Having come agonisingly close to winning a Group One race with Pierata this autumn, trainer Greg Hickman and his fellow owners have picked themselves up to try again in the All Aged Stakes. The four-year-old flashed home in The Galaxy (1100m) last month with many believing he had won until… Read More »
A sister to three-time Group One winner Shoals has opened her account with a maiden victory at Bendigo. Tides won Tuesday’s No Fuss Event Hire Maiden over 1300m at her second race start having finished midfield at Geelong on debut last September. Like Shoals, Tides is raced by John Messara’s… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy is hoping to end the clean sweep by Godolphin two-year-olds when he runs Vinco in a Group One race at Randwick. Godolphin has won three of the five Group One two-year-old races run in Australia, starting with the Blue Diamond Stakes with Lyre, progressing to the Golden… Read More »
Trainer Aaron Purcell is in two minds whether to run Zebulon in a stakes race at Caulfield. Purcell says he will accept with the gelding in Saturday’s Group Three Victoria Handicap (1400m) and assess the field before committing to a start. Zebulon is enjoying life at Warrnambool under Purcell’s care… Read More »
The owners of champion New Zealand mare Melody Belle have knocked back a multi-million offer from Australia for her as a broodmare. “The offer amount was NZ$3.25 million,” Fortuna Syndications director John Galvin said. Galvin put the offer to the syndicate members but it was unanimously declined. “Clearly this was… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss has indicated he wants to see out his riding days back where it all started in Queensland. Singapore-based Boss and retired jockey Brian York were the special guests at the Queensland winter carnival launch at Eagle Farm racecourse on Tuesday. The winner of three Melbourne Cups… Read More »
Racing Queensland will look to invoke a modernised rule of racing which will allow it to refuse trainer Ben Currie’s nominations for races until charges against him are resolved. Currie faces a total of 42 allegations but has been allowed to train on two stays in Queensland where he leads… Read More »
Apprentice Jackson Murphy will return to race riding at Ipswich after a frustrating three months on the sidelines. Murphy has not ridden since a fall at Doomben on December 29 when he injured a wrist. The injury was originally thought to be relatively minor but has taken longer than expected… Read More »
Two twilight meetings at Flemington have been included among the race dates for the next racing season in Victoria. RV on Monday released its race dates for the 2019/20 season, which begins on August 1, with 558 meetings to be conducted across the state during the 12 months. There will… Read More »
With Winx retiring comes the obvious question: who will she go to first? Lots of social media comments have Justify, American Pharoah and Snitzel high on the list. Personally, I think she grew rather fond of staring at The Autumn Sun during training and that relationship should be consummated. But… Read More »
The crisis over integrity matters in Queensland racing has deepened with the president and vice president of the state’s trainers’ association standing down. The resignations come on the eve of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival launch at a function in Brisbane on Tuesday morning. In a media release on Monday,… Read More »
Lindsay Park is hoping a rise in distance will suit the stable’s two runners in the Easter Cup at Caulfield. Furrion and the imported Alfarris are stepping up from 1600m to the 2000m of Saturday’s Group Three Easter Cup. A former member of now disqualified trainer Darren Weir,’s team, Furrion… Read More »
Jockey Nick Souquet has been suspended for nine weeks for betting on thoroughbred races. Racing Victoria stewards charged Souquet with making, or having an interest in, 10 bets on thoroughbred races on November 10 last year, with those bets totalling $125. Souquet pleaded guilty to the charge, with the Racing… Read More »
Lindsay Park will not run any horses in Queensland during the winter carnival because of concerns over the integrity of the state’s racing industry. Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes who heads Lindsay Park, has come out in support of Aquis Farm which released a statement last week saying it… Read More »
The Godolphin operation has a perfect record in this season’s Group One races for juveniles and will rely on Flit to keep the run going in the Champagne Stakes. Godolphin-owned two-year-olds have won the Blue Diamond Stakes (Lyre), Golden Slipper (Kiamichi) and ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Microphone) this season, with… Read More »
Jumps jockey Braidon Small has undergone surgery for a head injury following a race fall at Pakenham and is recovering in a Melbourne hospital. Small fell from Startierra in a hurdle race on Sunday and initially appeared to escape injury and went home. Later that night he felt unwell and… Read More »
Last-start Caulfield winner Our Libretto is already in Sydney to prepare for her next assignment in the Group Three JRA Plate at Randwick. Our Libretto won over 2000m at Caulfield second-up last Saturday week and is also among nominations for Saturday’s Group Three Easter Cup at the same Melbourne venue,… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has revealed a steward was partly responsible for a mistake where the wrong horse started in a race at Rockhampton. QRIC immediately announced it would instigate a full independent inquiry after the incident on March 28. Trainer Julieann Lancaster’s Plain ‘N’ Simple was saddled as… Read More »
