Apprentice Serge Lisnyy’s tearaway tactics in a race at Randwick have cost him a month on the sidelines. Racing NSW stewards hauled him over the coals after the race on November 23 when he made no effort to restrain the leader, Calming Influence, in a 1300m race in which the… Read More »
Rick Hore-Lacy is undecided whether talented galloper Chase The Rainbow will make his comeback in the Listed Doveton Stakes. The Group Two winner, who has been off the scene for 15 months, is the headline nomination for Saturday’s Listed 1000m race at Caulfield. “We’re thinking about it but we haven’t… Read More »
Group One placegetter Carrick’s Australian experience has been less than ideal so far but trainer Danny Williams believes he can regain his confidence and his form. Third in Silent Achiever’s 2012 New Zealand Derby, Carrick was brought across the Tasman by then trainer Tony Pike earlier this year but a… Read More »
Phillip Stokes has welcomed back one of his stable stars to prepare for a Group One mission and is considering giving another up-and-coming three-year-old his first interstate test this weekend. The stakes-winning Hucklebuck returned to work at Stokes’ Adelaide stable on Monday to start preparations for the Australian Guineas at… Read More »
A couple of road trips this year have helped Famous Seamus toughen up and trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith is certain he is on the way to fulfilling his destiny. The Hawkesbury-based Mayfield-Smith makes no secret of his opinion Famous Seamus is up there with Landsighting, winner of the 2000 Stradbroke Handicap,… Read More »
Jacqueline Stewart has been appointed the keeper of the The Australian Stud Book, the official record of the country’s thoroughbred breeding. The 135-year-old Studbook is co-owned and administered by the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and the Australian Turf Club (ATC). The Australian Stud Book is a member of the International… Read More »
The road to major Group One autumn targets has started for gun mare Samaready who is back in pre-training. The Group One Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington has been pinpointed as a first-up target for the dual Group One winner whose spring was cut short by her Manikato… Read More »
Jockey Jason Maskiell has appealed the severity of a lengthy ban for a failed drug test. Maskiell pleaded guilty and was suspended from race riding by for 18 months last Friday after testing positive to a banned substance at Kyneton races on November 6. The substance was not named by… Read More »
Craig Newitt has made his mark on the Wodonga Cup program, riding four winners including the feature race on Stratigraphy. After bungling the start, the Mick Price-trained $4.40 favourite came from back in the field under hard riding from Newitt to beat Grand Sai Wan ($8) by three-quarters of a… Read More »
Class Cambridge mare Lady Kipling will seek a long-awaited Group One victory in the next two months before her pregnancy forces her into retirement. The Savabeel mare has three Group victories to her credit, the latest coming in the Group Three Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. But… Read More »
Things didn’t go to plan for triple Group One winner Appearance during the spring and her campaign was aborted after two starts. Her Guy Walter-trained stablemate Streama flew the flag with a Group One win in the George Main Stakes and a close second in the autumn. With Appearance unable… Read More »
Robyn Freeman-Key has joined the list of the walking wounded after a spate of accidents at racetracks in the past week. Freeman-Key will need surgery on a fractured cheekbone suffered in an incident behind the barriers at Hawkesbury on Saturday. “Robyn has shattered her cheekbone and will need reconstructive surgery… Read More »
Damien Oliver is banking on the Melbourne Cup being the right form line in the Hong Kong Vase as he attempts to add to previous International day successes at Sha Tin. Among Oliver’s rides is the Marco Botti-trained Dandino in Sunday’s Group One Hong Kong Vase. Dandino is one of… Read More »
The first two placegetters in the Festival Stakes will miss the Villiers but trainer Joe Pride believes the traditional lead-up can produce the winner of the summer showpiece. Pride, the trainer of Terravista who was runner-up to White Sage in Saturday’s Listed Festival Stakes (1400m), was thrilled with the run-on… Read More »
Wide barriers have cost consistent sprinter Vatican at his past two starts and trainer Byron Cozamanis is looking to claim an overdue stakes win with the gelding at Caulfield. Vatican has been second at his past two starts but Cozamanis couldn’t be too disappointed with his most recent effort behind… Read More »
Missy Longstocking is ready to return to racing in Brisbane after a mixed Melbourne spring campaign. The filly won a 1000m jump-out at Eagle Farm last Tuesday which convinced trainer Liam Birchley she was in perfect shape for Saturday’s Listed Mode Stakes (1200m) at Doomben. Birchley has kept Missy Longstocking… Read More »
Jockey Glen Colless was successful aboard Emerald Duke at Doomben on Saturday but finished the day on wrong side of stewards. Colless was suspended for seven meetings for causing interference to Hebitda (Kelvin Wharton) near the 1400m in the Tattersall’s Arcade Handicap (1600m) when he rode Emerald Duke. He will… Read More »
Trainer Sam Kavanagh says Absalon is pain free and in career best form. Kavanagh believes those factors helped Absalon to win Saturday’s Tattersall’s Recognition Stakes (1615m) at Doomben. “He’s got a lot of talent this horse and he’s been in great form at home,” Kavanagh said. “His last win at… Read More »
While Kathy O’Hara was at home nursing a sore head, Brenton Avdulla stepped into the breach to ride one of her favourite horses to win the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. O’Hara suffered a concussion and a nasty gash when she fell at Randwick on Friday and was kicked by a… Read More »
Wearing a pink jacket for luck, trainer Dianne Wynne cheered home her daughter Sally and veteran mare Sensational Report for an upset win at Caulfield on Saturday. Sensational Report, ridden by the trainer’s daughter Sally, was sent out a $41 outsider in the Carpet Call Handicap (1400m) and would have… Read More »
