A couple of gear changes and a good barrier could be the catalyst for Miss Cover Girl to record her first win for a year. The mare has drawn barrier two in Saturday’s Listed Silk Stocking Hcp (1200m) at the Gold Coast which will be her first start since her… Read More »
Jockey Damien Ol`iver says he accepts full responsibility for a positive breath test which has cost him a one-month suspension. Oliver was stood down at Warrnambool on Wednesday when he recorded .038, above the .02 limit for jockeys but less than the .05 to drive a car. “They’re the rules… Read More »
The victory of Master Of Arts in the Warrnambool Cup has given Darren Weir his biggest haul at the three-day carnival. Weir opened with a quartet on Tuesday, had a double on Wednesday while Master Of Arts provided him with the second leg of a double on Thursday. The victory… Read More »
Memories of a previous win came flooding back for all the wrong reasons for Patrick Payne as No Song No Supper captured the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Awakening Dream took out the 2012 edition of Australia’s longest and toughest race over 33 obstacles, only for Payne to notice the… Read More »
A heavy track forced Tony McEvoy to shelve Warrnambool Cup plans with Lucky Lucky Lucky with the trainer looking to a staying race at Flemington. Lucky Lucky Lucky was scratched from Thursday’s Listed Warrnambool Cup over 2350m and McEvoy is set to run him in Saturday’s 2800m handicap as long… Read More »
Co-trainer Paul Snowden insists the mission statement for blue blood filly Maraam is no more complicated than ensuring she retires from racing with a record that her pedigree deserves. And a win at Rosehill on Saturday is likely to accelerate stable plans to give Maraam that chance when she takes… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been suspended for almost a month after failing a breath test during Warrnambool’s famous Grand Annual meeting. Oliver’s Racing Victoria stewards’ ban will start immediately, ruling him out of riding at Morphettville on Saturday. He had five rides in Adelaide, including bookings in two Group… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been suspended for almost one month after failing a breath test during the famous Grand Annual race meeting at Warrnambool. Oliver was stood down from riding on Thursday when he registered 0.038 on his initial Racing Victoria stewards’ breath test and 0.035 on a secondary… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been stood down from riding at the famous Grand Annual meeting at Warrnambool for failing a Racing Victoria stewards breath test. Oliver registered 0.038 on his initial breath test and 0.035 on a secondary one with the legal limit set at 0.020. Jumps jockey Paul… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has failed a breathalyser test at today’s Warrnambool meeting. Oliver registered an initial breath test reading of 0.038, almost twice the limit permitted for jockeys to be fit to ride. He later registered 0.035 in a secondary test. Oliver has been stood down from riding for… Read More »
Veteran trainer Kevin Kemp doesn’t get excited about much, but the last-start effort of Sold For Song has him keyed up for the winter. Sold For Song will be having only her fifth start when she tackles the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) on Saturday. A cheap buy at… Read More »
Trainer Clarry Conners has no qualms about a seven-day back-up for Dawnie Perfect as she continues her Oaks campaign in in the Group Three Gold Coast Bracelet. Dawnie Perfect was 12th behind Cylinder Beach in the Gunsynd Classic at Doomben last Saturday but Conners said she took little harm out… Read More »
New father Paul Hammersley hopes local knowledge will be a major advantage for Sir Moments against a large visiting contingent at the Gold Coast. Sir Moments is aiming to go one better than his second last year to Leebaz in Saturday’s Group Two Hollindale Cup (1800m). Hammersley has won 26… Read More »
Jockey Paul Hamblin has failed a breathalyser test at Warrnambool which has caused the scratching of his ride Shiny Manners in race one on the card. No other jockey was available to take the ride. View our Warrnambool Cup day TIPS Shiny Manners scratched due to jockey Paul Hamblin failing… Read More »
Victorian stayer Adirondack is poised to snare a major end of the prize in the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup. Since entering the stables of Cranbourne trainer Shawn Mathrick this preparation, the five-year-old gelding by Lonhro has proven a gilt-edged buy. Mathrick purchased the former Godolphin galloper for $16,000 at a… Read More »
Horses from the Chris Waller and Darren Weir stables make up a fifth of the 100 nominations for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Waller has 10 nominations headed by Group One winners Japonisme, Delectation and Amicus along with Amovatio, Counterattack, Heart Testa, Religify, Sir Bacchus, Star Wondering and Strawberry Boy…. Read More »
Unbeaten colt Nyquist has been made the early 3-1 favourite for the 142nd Kentucky Derby after drawing barrier 13 of 20. Trainer Doug O’Neill said he was happy to be drawn wide rather than inside for Saturday’s famous race. “The post draw didn’t matter to us a ton but we’re… Read More »
Michelle Payne has been suspended at Warrnambool but will be back in time to ride Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance in his only race of the autumn. Payne will begin her ban after Saturday’s Morphettville meeting in Adelaide where she rides the Ciaron Maher-trained Petits Filous in the Group… Read More »
Zac Spirit could become the first Singapore-trained horse to contest the July Cup at Newmarket after featuring among 59 entries for this year’s race. The dual Group One-winning sprinter, trained by Australian Cliff Brown, is one of four non-European entries for the STG500,000 ($A972,384) six-furlong (1200m) contest on July 9…. Read More »
Darren Weir has been a dominant force on the opening two days of the Warrnambool carnival and is favoured to add the Warrnambool Cup to his haul of winners. Weir has trained six winners over the opening two days of the three-day carnival including Gingerboy who took out Wednesday’s Galleywood… Read More »
