Wonder mare Winx has been crowned the world’s best racehorse at the Longines International Federation of Horse Racing Association awards in London. The seven-year-old shared the honour with English superstar Cracksman – the pair each holding an official handicap rating of 130 – emulating the feat of Black Caviar who… Read More »
Stakes winner All Too Huiying has notched his first victory in more than a year, dominating a race from the front at Sandown to upset odds-on favourite Hang Man. The former Gary Moore-trained four-year-old is in his first preparation for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir and he had blinkers re-applied… Read More »
John Bateman admits he will have to solve a problem that would most likely be the envy of fellow country trainers after Common Purpose won at Canterbury. Common Purpose resumed in outstanding order but caught Bateman off guard to win the Summer Racing Handicap (1100m). The victory was Common Purpose’s… Read More »
Four-year-old La Tigeresa has been restricted to only a handful of starts but trainer Jason Warren believes the mare has the talent to keep progressing through the grades after landing her first city win. La Tigeresa went into Wednesday’s Mypunter.com Handicap (1200m) at Sandown after a second at Geelong first-up… Read More »
Dual Australian stakes winner Long Leaf has drawn barrier 11 in the $NZ1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie in Auckland. Trained by Lindsay Park, Long Leaf will be ridden by Sydney-based New Zealander James McDonald who will be aboard Aotea Lad in the other million-dollar race on Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross believes tough filly Miss Sara is the best extra $2000 he has ever spent after her runaway win at Doomben on Wednesday. Miss Sara ($3) bolted in by four lengths in a Class 1 Plate (2200m) and will back up on Monday at Beaudesert over 2400m. The… Read More »
While it’s not uncommon for jumpers to start their campaigns on the flat, it is rare to see one the calibre of Self Sense running at Randwick. The David Brideoake-trained gelding runs in Saturday’s Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) with the Sydney Cup and the famous Warrnambool jumps carnival in his… Read More »
Debut winner Microphone will need to overcome the outside barrier draw if he is to remain unbeaten in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings at Caulfield. The Godolphin-owned colt has barrier 13 for Saturday’s 1000m race which is one of two Blue Diamond Previews on the program… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke has elected to keep his Golden Slipper hopefuls apart and will run only Alligator Blood in the $125,000 2YO Classic Plate at the Sunshine Coast. Vandyke had nominated Alligator Blood and Iamican. But he will keep Iamican for Eagle Farm on Saturday week. Vandyke has high hopes… Read More »
Racing Queensland is closely monitoring water supplies at race clubs as an unseasonal dry spell takes hold in the state’s southeast. Toowoomba is the first to be impacted with Friday’s meeting transferred to Warwick. The Toowoomba track had a recent refurbishment and had not been used for more than a… Read More »
Four Group One winners headline the field for the Group Two Australia Stakes at The Valley including Malaguerra who will be aiming to win the weight-for-age race for a second time. A field of 10 has been declared for Friday night’s feature under lights with the other elite-level winners in… Read More »
A streamlined Shogun Sun is ready to continue his good form in feature races and score his first open company win in the $125,000 Sunshine Coast Cup. Shogun Sun has shown he is up to top company with a fourth in a Buffeting Quality and a third in the Magic… Read More »
Trainer Shannon Hope has had a reduction in his original penalty but he and his co-trainer father Lee have both been issued three-year disqualifications by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on cobalt charges. Shannon Hope was originally disqualified for five years and Lee Hope three by the Racing Appeals… Read More »
Young Victorian jockey Regan Bayliss has secured a three-month riding contract in Hong Kong while Sam Clipperton is to return to Sydney. Bayliss, 21, will begin his stint on February 24 while Clipperton will return home at the end of the month. Clipperton rode 18 winners in his first season… Read More »
Two-year-old Exeter will try to give the Lindsay Park stable back-to-back wins in the Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings when he makes his debut at Caulfield. The stable won the Listed race with Long Leaf a year ago and has Exeter set to step out in Saturday’s 1000m-event… Read More »
A son of two of the late Dato Tan Chin Nam’s former racetrack stars will be out to take another step up when he chases his third-straight win in his Victorian debut at Sandown. Four-year-old gelding Good Idea is by dual Cox Plate winner So You Think out of 2009… Read More »
Thrilled with the progress of his leading Golden Slipper contender Time To Reign, trainer Gary Portelli is looking to take another two youngsters to Randwick. Whether Estrado and/or Roman Wolf is up to a Slipper campaign remains to be seen but their trainer will test them in Saturday’s Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Mudgee trained Gayna Williams has put a lot of time and effort to get I Am A Cool Kid in order and the talented galloper could repay his trainer’s persistence when he resumes in the TAB Highway (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. Williams has been to hell and back when… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Levendi is on target for a return to racing and a clash with Winx in the Apollo Stakes after making his first public appearance since last year’s autumn carnival in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. Levendi won the Tulloch Stakes and Australian Derby in Sydney last… Read More »
Long-time champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte is to hang up the saddle to become a trainer. The 13-time premier jockey, Whyte is just the second rider to be granted a trainer’s licence in Hong Kong while still active, the other being Tony Cruz. Whyte will have his last rides… Read More »
