Black Caviar might be safely carrying her first foal but her racetrack achievements continue to be recognised on the global stage. Unbeaten in 25 starts in Australia and England, Black Caviar has been crowned the equal best racehorse in the world for 2013. The accolade comes eight months after her… Read More »
Dunaden is never better than at this time of year – a fact which has encouraged trainer Mikel Delzangles to prepare for a big run in the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin. The 2011 Melbourne Cup winner, who also claimed this race in the same year, looked unlucky in… Read More »
A bonus scheme has been announced by Racing Queensland in a bid to generate more interest in the sale of fillies at the March Magic Millions yearling sale. RQ has joined forces with Magic Millions and Queensland thoroughbred breeders to launch a $125,000 bonus scheme spread over 25 races enabling… Read More »
His son has chosen to ride another runner but Playing God’s trainer Neville Parnham is still keen on the horse’s chances of an historic third win in the Kingston Town Stakes. Parnham has the brothers Playing God and God Has Spoken in Saturday’s Group One 1800m weight-for-age feature at Ascot… Read More »
International interest in the Sydney autumn carnival is growing with connections of dual Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux among those considering the option. A $10 million cash injection from the NSW government has boosted prize money across the major races of the inaugural Championships run over two Saturdays at Randwick… Read More »
Lord Of The Sky has moved to odds-on favouritism to win the opening race at Caulfield after the scratching of boom galloper West Africa. West Africa had been well supported to back up a nine-length Kilmore maiden win with victory in his first city test in Saturday’s National Patient Transport… Read More »
The handicapper has forced Cry Havoc into city racing ahead of trainer Danny Williams’ schedule. But Williams could have reason to thank the architects of the NSW benchmark system of racing after the three-year-old runs at Randwick on Saturday. “We could have given him another run in the country but… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths is banking on Romancingthestone’s fitness edge to compensate for a possible shortfall in class at Caulfield. “It’s hard to see the filly would be good enough to beat Lord Of The Sky and horses like that, but if they make a blue she’s got the fitness… Read More »
The comeback of Chase The Rainbow has been delayed yet again with injury forcing him out of the Doveton Stakes at Caulfield. Trainer Rick Hore-Lacy has been forced to take his stable star out of Saturday’s Listed race after Chase The Rainbow sustained superficial cuts to a leg when he… Read More »
Territory won for the first time in three years last month but there is even more incentive for the sprinter to do it again at Randwick on Saturday. That’s because for trainers like Jarrod Austin who operate small stables, there is added significance to a metropolitan win at this time… Read More »
Cirrus Des Aigles, who is trying to make it fourth time lucky in the Hong Kong Cup, has pleased trainer Corine Barande-Barbe with his build-up to the race. With those three defeats and injury on the eve of last year’s race, Barande-Barbe could be forgiven for thinking Hong Kong was… Read More »
The signals Doubtfilly has given trainer Stuart Kendrick in trackwork has convinced him to start the mare in the George Moore Stakes at Doomben. Kendrick decided to back up Doubtfilly in the Group Three sprint on Saturday after monitoring the mare’s progress since her fast-finishing third to Lady Echelon in… Read More »
Prominent owner-breeder John Messara will chair the Australian Racing Board in addition to his duties as chairman of Racing NSW. Messara replaces former Racing Victoria chairman Michael Duffy. The ARB is the national body representing the Principal racing authorities of Australia’s eight states and territories. A former stockbroker, Messara established… Read More »
As Belle Couture moves closer to a race debut, her younger brother has made “slight improvement” in a Victorian veterinary clinic as he battles the hoof disease laminitis. Three-year-old filly Belle Couture and the unnamed two-year-old colt, known as Jimmy, are both half siblings to champion mare Black Caviar and… Read More »
A pre-Christmas debut is on the cards for Black Caviar’s little sister Belle Couture following her win in a jump-out at Flemington. Trainer Danny O’Brien will monitor the filly’s progress from Friday’s hit-out and make a decision next week on whether the high-profile three-year-old needs another jump-out before her racetrack… Read More »
Racing NSW is yet to receive an application from Bart Cummings to dissolve his training partnership with grandson James. However, hopes of salvaging the racing union appear slim after confirmation the 12-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer has approached Hawkesbury Race Club. Reports of a rift between the pair emerged on… Read More »
Australia’s sole flag-bearer Linton has drawn barrier three for the Group One Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Stradbroke Handicap winner will tackle 13 rivals, including high-class French mare Moonlight Cloud who finished a close second to champion Black Caviar at Royal Ascot. Concerns about Linton not… Read More »
Caulfield winner Nordic Empire has figured in a change of plans en route to the Magic Millions Classic. Nordic Empire will race next at Canterbury on December 28 instead of the $200,000 Wyong Magic Millions on December 19. The colt is having a break at BC3 Thoroughbreds’ Grace Park property… Read More »
As speculation intensifies about John O’Shea being Darley Australia’s next head trainer, it is business as usual for the Randwick-based horseman. O’Shea declined to comment on reports he was the front-runner to replace Peter Snowden at the helm of Darley’s racing operation, confirming only that he would consider the role… Read More »
Straight-talking trainer Mick Price insists Loveyamadly has been aimed at the Doveton Stakes and is the best of his three chances in the Listed sprint. But the trainer also will not discount the prospects of Vicario challenging for the placings in the $120,000 race at Caulfield on Saturday. Loveyamadly is… Read More »
