A horse bred by his co-trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra will make his debut in a stakes race at Caulfield. Ellerton and Zahra will start two-year-old gelding Schilleraine in Saturday’s Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup (1200m) after scratching him from a maiden at Ballarat on Tuesday, won by stablemate Giroux,… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Beau Mertens has broken through for his first metropolitan success with an easy win at Sandown. Mertens, the son of retired Group One winning jockey Peter, guided Aurum Spirit to victory in the Ladbrokes Live Play Handicap on Wednesday. Aurum Spirit is trained by Robbie Griffiths who rode… Read More »
Promising filly Schemel has had a change of luck and earned herself a chance at stakes company with victory at the Gold Coast. Schemel ($4) gave jockey Glen Colless the second leg of winning double when she strolled home to win Wednesday’s 3YO Plate (1400m). Trainer Bryan Guy said Schemel… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance is on track to return to the track in the 2016 RA Lee Stakes at Morphettville on May 21st. After both trialling at Terang y'day @DKWeirRacing says Prince of Penzance and Tall Ship will run Lee Stks Adelaide May 21. 1 run this prep…. Read More »
The younger sister of former New Zealand champion Jimmy Choux has broken through for her first metropolitan success at Sandown. Choux Diva relished the big Sandown circuit and the firm track, taking out Wednesday’s Schweppes Handicap (2100m). A four-year-old by Thorn Park from the Centaine mare Cierzo, Choux Diva is… Read More »
Victorian trainer Paul Jones has been charged by Racing Victoria Stewards over alleged peptide use. More to come… Trainer Paul Jones charged by RV Stewards over alleged peptide use. More on @Racing shortly — Shane Anderson (@Globalgallop) April 27, 2016
The Australian profile of one of the biggest names in the United States breeding industry has received a major lift with Redouble making a winning debut at Canterbury. Redouble, part of a package of Australian yearlings Spendthrift Farm has bought during the past 18 months, gave the US breeding giant… Read More »
After more than a year off the scene, multiple stakes-placed Zebulon is ready for his race return. The Peter Morgan and Craig Widdison-trained four-year-old is an acceptor in the 1400m open handicap at Caulfield on Saturday and the Listed Holdfast Insurance City Of Adelaide Handicap over the same distance at… Read More »
Trainer Mark Riley has been fined $3500 after one his horses returned a positive test to a banned substance. Undercover Poet returned a positive swab in a urine sample to Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, after he won at Mornington on New Year’s Day. Riley pleaded guilty before the Racing Appeals and… Read More »
Bargain buy filly The Big Dance who won the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush at her first start has been found dead in her spelling paddock today. The Big Dance amassed over $168,000 in her eight career starts. Sadly, The Big Dance has been found dead in her spelling paddock today…. Read More »
A change in his travel routine is expected to help spark Group One winner Famous Seamus back to top form during his fourth Brisbane campaign. Famous Seamus returns to the scene of his biggest win when he contests the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. The gelding… Read More »
Defending champion Thubiaan is one of the headline entries for the Brierly Steeplechase, the feature race on the opening day of the Warrnambool carnival. The three-day carnival starts on Tuesday. The winner of the Great Eastern Steeplechase at Oakbank at his most recent start, Thubiaan is one of three Brierly… Read More »
Star jumper Fieldmaster has been euthanised following a trial this morning in which he incurred a pastern injury on the flat. Fieldmaster’s most notable jumps win was in the 2014 JJ Houlahan Hurdle but also ran second in last years Grand National Hurdle as the favourite. On the flat Fieldmaster… Read More »
Should an end-of-season retirement become a reality for Two Blue, trainer Kristen Buchanan is going to give her best horse every chance to bow out at the highest level. Two Blue will take an important step towards making that plan possible in the $175,000 Godolphin Crown at Hawkesbury on Saturday…. Read More »
Andrassay has already given her trainer two milestone wins and Allison Sheehan is hoping the mare can rack up another at Caulfield. Andrassy brought up the Cranbourne trainer’s maiden city success last year while at her most recent start she gave Sheehan her first Saturday metropolitan winner. That latest victory… Read More »
Luke Nolen has had two days shaved off a careless riding ban on appeal. Nolen fronted the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday appealing the eight-meeting ban handed out at Caulfield last Saturday. Racing Victoria stewards found Nolen guilty of careless riding in the Selangor Turf Club Handicap when… Read More »
Michael Walker will ride in jump-outs later this week as he closes in on a return to competitive racing. Walker suffered bleeding on the brain in an accident at his home at the start of this month. The injury kept the Melbourne-based jockey out of the latter part of the… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker has been cleared by doctors to return to riding following severe concussion when he hit his head in his bath around 3/4weeks ago. Walker will ride jumpouts at Flemington on Friday with his first race rides to be May 7th. Read more: Michael Walker set to ride… Read More »
An update has been provided on the four horses which were involved in Saturday’s float accident in Queensland with one of the runners a possibility to take part in Brisbanes Winter Racing Carnival. Whiskey Allround has left the Sunshine Coast veterinary clinic. Frespanol has also left the clinic and may… Read More »
Luke Nolen is appealing the severity of a careless riding ban incurred at Caulfield. Nolen will front the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday to fight Racing Victoria stewards’ decision to suspend him last Saturday. He is also fighting the severity of the eight meeting ban. In a double… Read More »
