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 »
Experienced administrator Greg Nichols is the new chair of Racing Australia following the resignation of Frances Nelson. A director of Racing Victoria, Nichols was elected to the position on Monday with Nelson stepping down to concentrate on issues in South Australia where racing is suffering because of the lack of… Read More »
Unbeaten three-year-old Zoustyle’s return to the races could be delayed until the Gold Coast Guineas. Gollan had considered a clash with speedy stablemate Ef Troop in Saturday’s Listed Mick Dittman Plate (1100m) at Doomben, a traditional launching pad for three-year-olds heading to the winter carnival. Gollan said there was the… Read More »
Victorian jumps jockey Braidon Small is in an induced coma at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after a fall at Pakenham on Sunday. Braidon was put in an induced coma after suffering bleeding to the brain following a fall on Startierra in a 3200-metre hurdle event at Pakenham on Sunday…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo has made a triumphant return to racing with a Group Three victory at Newbury with a third trip to Australia in trainer Hughie Morrison’s mind. Entering the final furlong (200m), Morrison’s stable star looked as if he would run fourth but unleashed a powerful finish at… Read More »
A day after her history making final race, Winx has fronted the cameras again with her support team as they all wind down from the most incredible ride in Australian racing. The mare will spend the next few days in Chris Waller’s stable with a routine that includes exercise and… Read More »
Improving gelding Scallopini has emerged as a winter carnival horse after a win in a race at Eagle Farm where there was confusion about why he was starting. Scallopini was heavily backed in from $4.40 to $2.60 before scoring a three-quarter length win over Shogun Sun ($6.50) in Saturday’s Sporting… Read More »
Star sprinter Santa Ana Lane is on track for his first overseas appearance in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong but will need a new jockey with Mark Zahra suspended. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding claimed his fifth Group One win when he dominated a field of Australia’s top sprinters… Read More »
The four major race days of the Brisbane winter carnival will be shown live on free to air television after a deal between Channel Seven and the Brisbane Racing Club. Seven has agreed to cover the Doomben 10,000 (May 11), Kirin Stakes (May 25) Queensland Oaks (June 1) and the… Read More »
After a spring carnival cut short by injury, Group One winner Boom Time is ready to make his return. The 2017 Caulfield Cup winner won a jump-out at Flemington last week and is on target to run in the Group Three Victoria Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. Boom Time was… Read More »
The ongoing saga of charges against Ben Currie has taken another twist with stewards bringing on an inquiry while the Toowoomba trainer is overseas. Currie is in Bali where he has a long standing commitment as best man at a wedding for a close friend. He is not expected back… Read More »
No, Hughie, she’s not just a horse. After Winx put on a typical show to close perhaps the greatest career in Australian horseracing by storming home to her 33rd consecutive win, jockey Hugh Bowman for once got it wrong. “At the end of the day, she’s just a horse, she’s… Read More »
Day Two of The Championships was the focus point for racing on Saturday, but really, it was all about Winx and Chris Waller. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Thank You Winx A packed out Randwick went to… Read More »
White Moss has claimed her second Group Two win this preparation and jockey Kathy O’Hara is hoping the mare can go to the next level. With Quilista setting a strong tempo in Saturday’s Sapphire Stakes, O’Hara was content to stalk the speed on White Moss and the Jason Coyle-trained mare… Read More »
Mark Zahra will miss the Hong Kong ride on Santa Ana Lane in the Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize after being given a hefty suspension and fine for his part in a two-horse fall at Randwick. The jockey was suspended for 25 meetings and fined $3800 – almost his winning… Read More »
Trainer Nick Ryan says it is more satisfying to train a winner than to ride one after landing his first city double at Caulfield. Ryan produced Columbus Circle to win Saturday’s Honan Insurance Group Handicap before Mahamedeis won the Manhari Metals Handicap. Combining in those wins was jockey Luke Currie… Read More »
Trainer Shaun Dwyer’s faith in sprinter Miss Leonidas has been rewarded with the mare racing to her first stakes victory at Caulfield. Sent out a $19 chance in Saturday’s Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m), four-year-old Miss Leonidas showed her natural speed early to cross and lead from barrier nine in… Read More »
Chris Waller’s rise to the top of the training ranks is the result of dedication and desire to be the best. But for someone with the steely resolve to win Sydney premierships and a century of Group One races, the deeds of Winx are in a different stratosphere. Waller left… Read More »
Winx has shown her appreciation for the jockey who has guided her to 25 Group One wins by giving him a split lip. After Hugh Bowman unsaddled the mare following her final race and final win in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick, she threw her head up and collected… Read More »
European import Shraaoh has continued a glory day for Chris Waller and broken an extended Group One drought for jockey Jay Ford with a tough win in the Sydney Cup at Randwick. Waller made it a Group One hat-trick after earlier winning the Australian Oaks with Verry Elleegant and Queen… Read More »
