Bill Vlahos has been directed to attend a Racing Victoria stewards inquiry into the operations of BC3 Thoroughbreds. Racing Victoria issued a statement on Tuesday saying stewards would hold an inquiry on February 27 as part of its investigation into BC3 Thoroughbreds. BC3 Thoroughbreds collapsed in December and went into… Read More »
Damian Lane has won his appeal against a careless riding suspension and is free to partner Karacatis in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Lane appealed the decision and severity of an eight meeting ban incurred at Ararat last Tuesday and had been riding on a stay of proceedings since Friday… Read More »
Three exhibition gallops, a Randwick barrier trial and some pleasing trackwork has Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente primed for his race return at Caulfield. Jockey Damien Oliver will partner the import in the Group Two Peter Young Stakes over 1800m on Saturday and has no concerns over the Gai Waterhouse-trained star… Read More »
Peter Moody is weighing up an Oakleigh Plate start for three-year-old Thermal Current but is convinced stablemate Flamberge is ready to give the Group One sprint a real shake. Thermal Current had to be scratched from last Saturday’s Group One Lightning Stakes due to a minor blood disorder. Moody said… Read More »
Darley’s Melbourne foreman Paul Snowden might have wished he could change Earthquake’s Blue Diamond barrier but he insists he would not swap the horse for any other in the $1 million race. Snowden, stable foreman for his father Peter, had the job of drawing Earthquake’s marble at Wednesday’s Blue Diamond… Read More »
Premier trainer Chris Waller’s approach to weight-for-age sprint races in Sydney and Melbourne at the weekend won’t be finalised until close to acceptance time on Wednesday. Waller has Boban, Sizzling and Moriarty entered for the Apollo Stakes at Randwick but he could split his team to chase Group One success… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher is looking for talented filly Chloe In Paris to play a starring role when racing returns to Sandown on Wednesday for the first time in six months. Three-year-old Chloe In Paris has highlighted her potential with placings in stakes company in her only two starts and resumes… Read More »
Her opposition could include six horses paid up for the Golden Slipper but I Am Snippety will be out to confirm less-fashionable plans at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The fleet-footed filly resumes from a short break in the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1000m) with her trainer Neil Osborne more interested… Read More »
A full field of 16 plus one emergency has been declared for Saturday’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. The field is headed by unbeaten colt Rubick and unbeaten filly Earthquake who were both impressive winning their respective Blue Diamond Preludes on February 8. Trainer Robbie Laing paid up… Read More »
Tommy Berry’s latest big race win in the Hong Kong Classic Cup has earned him praise from rival Joao Moreira who finished runner-up on the favourite. Berry guided the John Moore-trained Designs On Rome to a thrilling win in Sunday’s 1800m local Group One feature at Sha Tin over stablemate… Read More »
More than 1200 entries have been received for the 10 races which make up The Championships at the revamped Sydney autumn carnival. Sydney’s richest race, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on April 19, has attracted 112 nominations headed by early favourite It’s A Dundeel, winner of last season’s… Read More »
Bel Sprinter is back to his pet distance in the Oakleigh Plate as his trainer Jason Warren hopes for a repeat of the gelding’s first-up Group One deeds of almost a year ago. Not since Bel Sprinter produced a scintillating turn of speed to win The Galaxy (1100m) last March… Read More »
Queensland stewards have dropped a charge against apprentice Anthony Allen for excessively reducing the speed of a race after evidence showed otherwise. Senior Racing Queensland steward Alan Reardon said on Monday a review of the sectional times from the race showed the charge could not be sustained. He said a… Read More »
The past two winners of the Melbourne Cup headline nominations for the Group Two Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield. Reigning Melbourne Cup champion Fiorente is set to make his return in Saturday’s 1800m Group Two weight-for-age event while 2012 Cup winner Green Moon is also among the 12 entries. Fiorente’s… Read More »
If looks are anything to go by, then Rubick has passed the test with flying colours. Trainer Gerald Ryan was happy with the colt when he saw him on Sunday for the first time in a week and even happier after he watched him work at Caulfield a day later…. Read More »
As he chases Group One wins with the Boom brothers, Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is also chasing the weather. Spirit Of Boom begins his quest for a Group One win in Saturday’s Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield while Gollan is monitoring Sydney’s forecast for his elder half brother Temple Of Boom…. Read More »
Guy Walter is not expecting Zanbagh to trouble Guelph or the other speedsters in the Light Fingers Stakes but he is expecting the filly to show why she is favourite for the Australian Oaks. Guelph boasts four Group One wins on her resume and carries a rating of 110 into… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss is sweating on a good barrier for Nostradamus to boost his chances of claiming a first Blue Diamond Stakes. Melbourne’s reigning premiership winner is yet to taste success in Victoria’s only Group One event for two-year-olds but has a big opinion of Nostradamus, a colt trying… Read More »
The form lines of likely Oakleigh Plate favourite Lankan Rupee have been franked by Snitzerland’s Lightning Stakes win but trainer Mick Price fears he may have missed an opportunity. Lankan Rupee shoots for his first Group One in Saturday’s 1100m Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield having emerged as one of the… Read More »
Snitzerland’s break-through Group One win in the Lightning Stakes has opened up many options but closed a few others. For the time being, her trainer Gerald Ryan is happy to savour the moment of a win that means a bit more than most. Ryan trained the mare’s sire Snitzel to… Read More »
