An impressive barrier trial by Gold Coast sprinter Final Crescendo has convinced trainer David Kelly the gelding is back to his best form. Final Crescendo, twice stakes-placed in Melbourne last spring, will be having his fourth run this campaign in the Group Three Tattersall’s 150th Anniversary Stakes (1200m) at the… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Lloyd Kennewell has scratched speedy mare Jennyfromtheblock from her engagement at Moonee Valley. A last-start Swan Hill winner, Jennyfromtheblock drew the second widest of the 16 runners in Saturday’s 1000 metre sprint. Instead the mare will stay in Adelaide for a race at Morphettville. Stablemate Heart Of A… Read More »
Two Victorian vets are scheduled to give evidence at the inquiry into elevated cobalt levels found in a horse trained in Sydney by Sam Kavanagh. Dr Stuart Vallance from the Flemington Equine Clinic declined to speak to Racing NSW stewards on the opening day of the inquiry last week but… Read More »
Trainer David Hayes has tipped Criterion as a potential Cox Plate winner this Spring after the four-year-old finished a brave fifth in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. Replay: Favourite Free Eagle took the Group One win despite having been off the track since October, holding off a… Read More »
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The horse that could have easily cost Hugh Bowman a chance at winning another Sydney jockeys’ premiership has taken a major step towards redemption. Californian Man parted ways with Bowman when in a winning position in a race at Canterbury last month, earning a temporary bar from racing until he… Read More »
Three-year-old Our Harmony will be out to continue her rise through the grades when she chases a third-straight metropolitan win at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The David Brideoake-prepared filly has scored successive victories on her home track of Mornington in metropolitan-standard races and her trainer has been buoyed by the… Read More »
Mark Newnham subscribes to a popular consensus about the depth of a public holiday two-year-old race, declaring Dark Steel the best of Tulloch Lodge’s four Randwick runners on Saturday. Dark Steel started favourite before meeting his match with a minor placing behind Mogador at Rosehill last week but Newnham was… Read More »
Former top jockey Brad Pengelly is determined to make a more permanent return to metropolitan racing after scoring aboard Privlaka at Doomben on Wednesday. It was Pengelly’s fourth winner and first in the city since he returned to race riding last month. Pengelly rode with great success in Brisbane during… Read More »
Racing Queensland stewards have given permission for the trainers of three Tattersall’s Tiara runners to delay confirming riders for their horses. Chief steward Alan Reardon said the connections of Politeness, Diademe and Dublin Lass wanted to use jockeys who had been declared to ride emergencies. Tommy Berry has been booked… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark was adamant Warwick Farm couldn’t get any wetter after helping Fulfilled Promise through the mud on Wednesday. “It’s as heavy as you’d get,” Clark said. “It was very tough out there, especially for two-year-olds over 1400 metres. It was a real test for them.” Fulfilled Promise ($7)… Read More »
Desert Jeuney’s spring campaign ended on a disappointing note but the Group One placegetter is ready to make his return from an injury-enforced break at Moonee Valley. The Nigel Blackiston-trained five-year-old notched minor placings in the Group One Toorak Handicap and the Group Two Crystal Mile during a six-run spring… Read More »
The results of a blood test will determine whether Adelaide galloper Gris Caro makes an interstate trip to Melbourne on Saturday. The imported galloper has been paid up for the Health Science Planning Consultants Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley with apprentice Michael Dee booked for the ride. However, the expense… Read More »
Revitalised mare Solicit has thrived in the rural environment at trainer Gerald Ryan’s Hawkesbury complex ahead of her bid for a Group One win in the Tattersall’s Tiara on Saturday. Ryan believes the four-year-old is a great advertisement for his decision to invest in a 23-box satellite stable at Hawkesbury… Read More »
Australian trainer David Hayes has already had one memorable experience at Royal Ascot and is looking to Criterion to provide another in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. Hayes met The Queen on the first day of the carnival with the trainer to prepare her horse Bold Sniper for the Melbourne… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse stable has called for a review of Queensland’s balloting conditions with Najoom made second emergency for the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara. It is the second time an in-form Waterhouse runner has missed the field in a major race during the winter carnival. Pornichet did not get a… Read More »
Stradbroke Handicap winner Srikandi has drawn the outside barrier for the Tattersall’s Tiara at the Gold Coast, the final Group One race of the season. There are 20 fillies and mares declared for Saturday’s race which has a maximum field of 16. The highly fancied Najoom from the Gai Waterhouse… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse-trained Najoom will have to rely on two scratchings to make the field for the Tattersall’s Tiara at the Gold Coast, the final Group One race of the season. The highly fancied filly is the second emergency with 16 to run on Saturday. The early favourite for the… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn gets the chance to peg back Damien Oliver and Craig Williams in the Melbourne premiership when he heads to Ballarat with a full book of rides. Dunn starts Wednesday’s metropolitan meeting two wins behind the co-leaders with Oliver and Williams both in England this week to ride at… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Dean Howard has been charged with selling the racehorse Convincible without the consent of all the owners. Racing Victoria stewards charged Howard on Tuesday under a rule of racing dealing with dishonest, corrupt, fraudulent, improper or dishonourable action or practice in connection with racing. The charge also alleges… Read More »
