The connections of Nobel Heights are a little different to most with a promising stayer on their hands as they have elected to bypass the major spring handicaps. Having shown staying ability when third in the South Australian Derby in May, it would have been expected Nobel Heights would be among nominations… Read More »
Racing Victoria hopes to boost numbers in racing stables with the introduction of two pilot programs. Stable start and the Slow Trackwork Rider Course have been introduced in a bid to attract more participants into the racing industry. Melbourne Polytechnic and Community College Gippsland will work in tandem with the Victorian racing industry… Read More »
With the lack of international flights directly into Melbourne, international trainers are struggling to get their staff into the country before their horses arrive. The likelihood of international participation in the 2021 Caulfield Cup appears remote with overseas trainers struggling to get staff into the country. Australian Bloodstock part-owned Rodrigo… Read More »
The feet of a horse are considered an important part of whether they win or lose. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace do their utmost to keep the feet of the horses in their care in the best possible condition. And this is where the Fingal property down the Mornington Peninsula… Read More »
Part-time trainer Scott Aspery will saddle-up his Golden Rose hopeful Uzziah in this Saturday’s Group Two Run To The Rose at Kembla Grange. The three-year-old has had an unconventional Golden Rose campaign, winning a maiden at Taree two starts ago before finishing an unlucky second at Gosford last time out. It was… Read More »
The powerful Annabel Neasham team is about to gain another quality addition to the stable in the form of Top Rank, a winner of six of his twelve starts overseas. The Irish bred grey, who has been purchased by Australian Bloodstock, last raced in the Group 2 Summer Mile at… Read More »
Group 1 winners Sir Dragonet and Explosive Jack may be underdone for their first-up runs at Flemington, but their trainers are looking towards the future. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gallopers resume in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday ahead of bigger spring targets. Three-time Derby winner Explosive Jack is on a path towards the Caulfield Cup… Read More »
Trainer Gordon Yorke has been suspended for four-and-a-half months following an exchange with fellow trainer Norm Loy. Racing.com has reported that an incident involving the two trainers took place on July 31 in which Yorke approached Loy while he was trying to remove a horse from a horse-walker. The exchange… Read More »
Trainer Andreas Wohler ⊠who won the 2014 Melbourne Cup with Protectionist ⊠is recovering in Germany from a health setback. Wohler underwent emergency treatment after he complained of stomach pain. He had initially tried various remedies himself but, with nothing bringing him any relief, he was, apparently reluctantly, obliged… Read More »
Buoyed by Superstorm’s Moonee Valley success on the weekend, WA owner Bob Peters hopes Inspirational Girl can follow the same path at Flemington on Saturday. Superstorm locked away a Cox Plate berth and a looming showdown with boom horse Zaaki after he defeated Elephant by a narrow margin in the… Read More »
Sydney trainer Annabel Neasham hopes to get the green light to send staff to Victoria for Zaaki to continue his quest towards the Cox Plate. Neasham would like to start Zaaki in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on September 25 after the imported galloper scored an impressive win in the Group 2 Tramway… Read More »
Albury trainer Norm Loy has been suspended by Racing NSW stewards for three months after using social media to attack attacking NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian. Mr Loy was found guilty and charged under AR 228 (a) – Conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing, for the two posts on Facebook… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is looking forward to the return run of smart filly Dosh up the straight at Flemington but is already looking further into the spring. Dosh will resume in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday with the trainer already thinking of a weight-for-age contest for the filly. Begg has… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams is hopeful that Harbour Views can be a spring player in some shape or form. Just where the French-bred seven-year-old fits in, Williams is unsure, but the spring starts at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed The Sofitel (1400m). Williams is not expecting Harbour Views to be troubling the scorers on Saturday when he’s fronts up against… Read More »
Heavy rain in the north-east of Victoria has resulted in the transfer of a race meeting on Monday. The meeting scheduled for Wodonga on Monday has been transferred to Wangaratta following a track inspection by Racing Victoria stewards. The inspection on Sunday has also resulted in the barrier trials set down for Tuesday… Read More »
Annabel Neasham’s desire to challenge herself could prove just as telling as a crucial trackwork gallop in determining where Winx Stakes winner Mo’Unga heads for his next start. Connections will decide whether the four-year-old stays in Sydney or goes to Melbourne for the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600) at Flemington on… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will be back in time to partner Classique Legend when he resumes in The Shorts despite incurring a careless riding suspension out of the Chelmsford Stakes meeting. The top hoop was outed on Saturday for allowing Broken Arrows to shift in near the 900m in the Acy Securities Handicap (1200m) won… Read More »
Danny O’Brien was confident Superstorm would run well in the Feehan Stakes, but it required a Damien Oliver special. Success in Saturday’s Group 2 race over 1600m provided the winner with a ballot exemption into The Valley’s weight-for-age showpiece, the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) on October 23. With Damien Oliver sneaking up on the rail,… Read More »
Chris Anderson has a few options at his disposal in the three-year-old ranks after Rubiquitous and The Rattlesnake provided the stable with a one-three finish in the 3YO Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Rubiquitous had not raced since January and Anderson pulled the right rein scratching from the Sunshine Coast… Read More »
He did it the hard way, but Think It Over has ground out a determined victory in the Chelmsford Stakes to put himself on a Group 1 path. The six-year-old needed every inch of the long Randwick straight to reel in Tulloch Lodge gelding Riodini, who led and booted clear… Read More »
