A winning treble at Sandown on Wednesday brought up the latest milestone for Darren Weir in what has been a stellar season. Wins by Live For Today, Atlantis Dream and Most Husbands at the midweek meeting took the trainer’s tally to 211 victories nationwide. It surpassed the previous mark for… Read More »
Renowned for his success with stayers, Chris Waller showed his patient approach was just as effective with two-year-olds when he produced a juvenile double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Four days after celebrating the second five-timer of his career at Rosehill, Waller made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races… Read More »
Damien Oliver has signed off from Melbourne racing for the season with a winning double at Sandown and a handy lead in the premiership. Oliver will have a six-week stint in Mauritius after he competes at Saturday’s feature Stradbroke Handicap meeting in Brisbane. He notched his 58th Melbourne winner for… Read More »
Trainer Bryan Guy believes he might have found the key to former boom galloper Magic Cassius who returned to winning form at Ipswich on Wednesday. Magic Cassius was rated a future Group standard horse when he won six of his first eight starts for Gosford trainer Angela Davies. His form… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher’s hopes Srikandi could be ridden quietly in the Stradbroke Handicap have been dealt a blow with the filly drawing barrier 17. Srikandi has eased from outright favouritism to be at $5 with fellow three-year-old Hucklebuck who starts from the inside gate in Saturday’s Eagle Farm showpiece. Maher… Read More »
Racing Queensland will consider introducing a local rule to cover handicapping in black type races with weights for another feature race thrown into disarray. The weights for Saturday’s Listed Strawberry Road Handicap at Eagle Farm were raised two kilograms when late entries Tromso (59kg) and Coup Ay Tee (58.5kg) were… Read More »
A dejected Gary Portelli is pinning his hopes on the theory that wide barriers are not a major disadvantage at Eagle Farm after Rebel Dane drew gate 22 for the Stradbroke Handicap. A capacity field of 18 plus five emergencies was declared for Saturday’s Group One race and unless fifth… Read More »
What was supposed to be a quiet trial cost Future Solution seven months of his career. Trainer Kane Harris sent the gelding to a trial at Mornington to keep him fit in October last year but Future Solution limped off the track with a leg fracture. Harris said another horse… Read More »
Unanimously will enjoy a rare visit to a familiar venue when he heads to Randwick for Saturday’s June Stakes. The Canberra-trained sprinter has raced at nine different tracks at his past 11 starts and was in line to add to his travel load when he was nominated for a feature… Read More »
Srikandi has been joined by Hucklebuck at the head of markets for the Stradbroke Handicap after drawing barrier 17 of 23 for Brisbane’s signature race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher-trained filly will come in four spots if the emergencies drawn inside her do not gain a start…. Read More »
Zac Purton has already had a season to remember and can add another highlight at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Purton, who on Sunday became only the second jockey in history to have ridden 100 winners in a Hong Kong season, is booked to ride New Zealand filly Rock Diva in… Read More »
Queensland Derby hopeful Sonntag is literally the horse that keeps on giving. The Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) of Australia will benefit from Sonntag’s trip to Brisbane for the Queensland Derby via a host of fundraising activities surrounding the horse. Sonntag’s owners will auction the chance to become one… Read More »
Jockey Daniel Moor began praying for rain as soon as he scored a ride in Saturday’s Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm. Moor will partner the Anthony Freedman-trained wet tracker Reparations in the $1.3 million event. The Darley-owned Reparations has won four races on slow and heavy ground and… Read More »
Glenn Thornton has decided on a Moonee Valley start for Vibrant Rouge but the mare will only run on a suitable track. Thornton decided the 1200m mares’ race at Moonee Valley on Saturday was a more suitable option than the Golden Topaz over the same distance at Swan Hill on… Read More »
The recent retirement of veteran Maluckyday and injury to Arabian Gold in the Queensland Oaks have put a dent in the racing fortunes of their owner Nick Moraitis. Trainer Joe Pride is hoping Destiny’s Kiss can give Moraitis something to smile about this weekend. Pride is inclined to keep Destiny’s… Read More »
The racing career of Black And Bent is over with connections giving up hope of getting the champion jumper back to the track. Black And Bent’s trainer Robert Smerdon said another leg problem had forced the retirement of the eight-year-old on Tuesday. “He’s not lame but there was heat and… Read More »
Injury and a lack of prize money ended feature race hopes for promising New Zealand three-year-old Allez Eagle this season. While trainer Tony Pike has taken a small team to Brisbane for big race assignments at the winter carnival, the lightly-raced Allez Eagle is instead getting ready to make his… Read More »
Although devastated when injury brought Krupt’s racing career to a premature end, his trainer Matthew Smith now has much to look forward to with his progeny. The winner of the 2008 Todman Stakes, Krupt was scratched on the morning of the Golden Slipper with a stone bruise and later fractured… Read More »
First appearances left trainer Andrew Noblet a little disappointed in General Custer’s recent barrier trial but further analysis buoyed his spirits. General Custer finished fourth to the Nikki Burke-trained Toothless in an 800m trial at Cranbourne on May 26 but the other times of the day convinced the trainer his… Read More »
Patrick Moloney’s hopes of winning this season’s apprentices’ premiership in Melbourne have been dashed because of injury but the rider is still on target to return sooner than expected. Moloney fractured both his ankles in a fall at Flemington on April 5, when he was leading the Victorian and Melbourne… Read More »
