Group Three placegetter King’s Troop is one of five horses added to the 1000m-race for three-year-olds at Randwick bringing the entries up to nine. Trainer Gerald Ryan already had two of the four original nominations, Deploy and Shacked Up, and put King’s Troop in Saturday’s race. “When I saw the… Read More »
After a summer that started as badly as it could for Brett Cavanough, the Albury trainer now has plenty of reasons to smile. Early in December, a virus spread through his stable virtually shutting it down. Later in the month a bush fire reached his property in the Indigo Valley… Read More »
Ruby Walsh has made an amazing recovery on Killultagh Vic to claim a dramatic victory in a Novice Chase at Leopardstown. The 2-7 favourite was in front heading to the last fence which he appeared to jump well, but he pitched on landing which allowed two other horses to go… Read More »
Durendal will face his biggest challenge yet in the Australia Stakes as he bids to continue his winning summer. The last-start Standish Handicap winner will step to weight-for-age for the first time in Saturday’s Group Two sprint at Moonee Valley where his opposition will include a number of proven Group… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Winx will be the centre of attention at the Rosehill barrier trials but many other autumn carnival aspirants will also be on show. The Chris Waller-trained Winx runs in a 900m-heat on Tuesday which also features Group One winners Amicus and Complacent. While Waller has yet to… Read More »
The Cessnock race meeting has again been called off because of concerns with two sections of the track. The meeting was postponed from Sunday to Monday but failed to pass an early morning inspection after 3mm of rain overnight. Racing will go ahead on the NSW south coast at Moruya… Read More »
New Zealand star Xtravagant has eased in markets on Australian features following his unexpected defeat in the Levin Classic. But his jockey Matt Cameron said the colt’s fourth as odds-on favourite at Trentham on Saturday should be overlooked because of the rain-affected track. “The track was just completely against him,”… Read More »
Hucklebuck’s trainer Phillip Stokes is keeping his expectations in check ahead of the Group One winner’s return in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley. The 2014 Emirates Stakes winner hasn’t raced since emerging from his unplaced run in the Group One Goodwood in Adelaide last May with knee issues. “He’s… Read More »
A first-up tilt at the Group One Oakleigh Plate is on the table for exciting sprinter Fell Swoop. Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has always had The Galaxy in Sydney as a Group One goal but has not yet decided on a lead-up race. Dale is happy with how Fell Swoop… Read More »
An enforced scratching from the Magic Millions Classic, Dieters will be given a second chance to win a big two-year-old race this preparation. On race eve, Racing Queensland vets ruled the unbeaten Dieters out of the $2 million Classic on January 9, citing leg soreness. Sunshine Coast trainer Jason McLachlan… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Shiraz has arrived at Tony McEvoy’s NSW base at Hawkesbury to continue his preparation for a return to racing. McEvoy recently acquired boxes at Randwick in Sydney but sent Shiraz to his provincial barn after the sprinter did his early work at the trainer’s property at Angaston in… Read More »
It’s been a case of the best laid plans going astray for Gary Portelli as the trainer prepares Rebel Dane for his Australia Stakes mission. The six-year-old’s schedule was interrupted when last Monday’s barrier trials at Warwick Farm were called off because of the lack of a transport ambulance. Rebel… Read More »
O’Reilly Cyrus will wear blinkers in her attempt to give Brisbane trainer Liam Birchley a third win in New Zealand’s richest two-year-old race. The filly was an impressive debut winner at Doomben on December 4 but her trainer thought she hit a flat spot in the straight and she trialled… Read More »
Racing Queensland will trial a new method to assess accurate betting fluctuations and starting prices at non-metropolitan meetings. Instead of the prices being determined by combining corporate and on-course bookmakers, the fluctuations will come from one source, usually UBET Fixed Odds, for Queensland meetings. Chief steward Allan Reardon said the… Read More »
Over the past few weeks, apprentice Andrew Adkins has made an impression on Sydney racing as he begins to forge his way in the big league. Perhaps his most important step came on Saturday when he rode his first metropolitan winner for his new master, Ron Quinton. Under instructions from… Read More »
After securing his first win in a stakes race, Tudor could chase further black-type success as soon as next week. Tudor led throughout to claim the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday and trainer Doug Harrison is considering a drop back to 1200m at Moonee Valley… Read More »
Two wins from his past two starts have given Loophole temporary bragging rights over his younger brother and stablemate Preferment. Carrying 59kg over 2000 metres on at Randwick on Saturday, Loophole beat Dance Of Heroes by half a length for a Chris Waller-trained quinella. Glyn Schofield was called up for… Read More »
Dragons, lanterns and hundreds of first time racegoers gave Royal Randwick a distinctly new feel on Saturday. The Chinese Festival of Racing marked a new step in the Australian Turf Club’s long term business strategy and, the ATC hopes, a new hobby for the Chinese who attended. Chinese dragons took… Read More »
Tree Of Jesse who jumped as the well backed favourite in the Pintang Cup at Randwick today has incurred a 3 month ban from racing after bleeding from both nostrils during the race. Randwick – Tree of Jesse (r8) bled from both nostrils. Incurs 3 month ban from racing. —… Read More »
Toowoomba filly Love Spy is set to return for a winter carnival campaign after an easy win in the Sunshine Coast 2YO Classic on Saturday. Trainer Ben Currie had always intended to spell Love Spy after Saturday’s race but he had been undecided which later path to set for the… Read More »
