The lure of a likely dry winter has trainer Tony Gollan setting I’m A Rippa on a path to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. I’m A Rippa makes his return to racing in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. The gelding was one of the Queensland success… Read More »
Leading Victorian jockey Linda Meech is expected to be out of the saddle for about a month after suffering a fractured collarbone in a race fall at Geelong. Meech was dislodged from La Lova just after the start of the final race on Wednesday’s program when the mare knuckled when… Read More »
Queensland trainer Ben Currie has told a stay application hearing he believed the words “harped” and “harped up” related to getting a horse primed to win and not an electric shock. Currie was giving evidence on Thursday by phone from Bali where he is attending a wedding. He is in… Read More »
Impressive recent midweek winner Kalik heads to Doomben in an effort to dodge the better two-year-olds bound for Brisbane over the winter carnival. Kalik scored a dynamic midweek win at Ipswich by 4-1/2 lengths two weeks ago. Owner Neville Bell is keen to get a Saturday metropolitan win with Kalik… Read More »
Jockey Linda Meech has been taken to hospital following a fall in the final race at Geelong. Meech was dislodged from La Lova shortly after the start of Wednesday’s race, won by the short-priced Petrelle. A Victorian Jockeys’ Association statement said Meech would have scans for a suspected broken collarbone…. Read More »
The James Cummings-trained Home Of The Brave has been scratched from the All Aged Stakes at Randwick, leaving a field of 13 for the Group One weight-for-age race. A dual acceptor for Saturday’s program, imported sprinter Home Of The Brave is instead set to begin his campaign in the Group… Read More »
Harold Norman’s best wins as a trainer were remembered when Shauquin won at Ipswich on Wednesday. Shauquin ($6) took advantage of the race pattern of the day when he led all the way to win the Sirromet Handicap (1350m). The gelding races in the colours which were carried by top… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards will investigate an incident at Geelong on Wednesday where stewards suspected a horse had been stomach tubed. The Shawn Mathrick trained Ayers Rock was a late scratching at Geelong by order of stewards after they suspected the horse had been tubed. “Stewards received a report from the… Read More »
A rise in distance is expected to suit Divanation as she chases a first city success at Caulfield. The daughter of three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva runs in Saturday’s Bill Collins Handicap, a benchmark 78 race over 2000m. Divanation has raced four times, finishing in the placings at all… Read More »
David Payne has been training racehorses for a long time but rarely has he had a tougher day at the office than he did at Randwick on Saturday. Payne took three horses to the races. Persan and War Baron were involved in a fall in the opening race and the… Read More »
Suspended trainer Ben Smith will face a further 10 charges following two Racing NSW inquiries into the use and supply of prohibitive substances. The charges follow a protracted stewards’ investigation that opened following the discovery of a brown bottle in Smith’s car near the Newcastle racetrack in September. Stewards initially… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is looking for talented filly Music Bay to go on with the job at Caulfield after a confidence-boosting last-start victory. Music Bay beat her rivals by four lengths in a 1300m midweek race at Sandown a week ago, her first victory since winning on debut in March… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols is convinced Streets Of Avalon has one more run left in him before a well-earned break. Streets Of Avalon runs for the ninth time this campaign in Saturday’s Group Three Victoria Handicap at Caulfield. A two-time winner this campaign, Streets Of Avalon has failed to fill a… Read More »
In a week when he has farewelled one of his stable stalwarts, Bjorn Baker is looking to another to rise to the occasion and land an overdue Group One win. Despite the retirement of multiple stakes winner Egyptian Symbol, Baker will head to the final day of Sydney autumn carnival… Read More »
Godolphin’s chances of making a clean sweep of this season’s Group One races for juveniles in Australia is over after the decision the bypass the Champagne Stakes with Flit. Flit was the only Godolphin-owned two-year-old nominated for Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick but her trainer James Cummings and Godolphin… Read More »
Favourite Osborne Bulls has drawn the inside barrier in a full field of 14 for the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Osborne Bulls is one of three Godolphin-owned runners in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race along with his James Cummings-trained stablemate Home Of The Brave who has barrier three… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has flexed his early winter carnival muscles, providing seven of the 11 runners in the Listed Tails Stakes at Doomben. The Tails Stakes (1600m) is traditionally the launching pad for horses aimed at the longer winter carnival races. There were 15 nominations for the Tails and… Read More »
A boost in prize money and some outstanding winners over the past decade are the basis for a major push to regain Group One status for the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes. The Brisbane Racing Club launched its winter carnival this week with elevation of the BRC Sires Produce Stakes back… Read More »
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 »
