Kathy O’Hara’s affinity with Zaratone is matched only by the sprinter’s liking for 1100-metre races at Rosehill. And the winning formula will be present on all fronts this weekend in a race which holds significance for the pairing – the Listed Starlight Stakes. “His record is really good at Rosehill,… Read More »
Stewards have found a Sunshine Coast race fall that resulted in the death of jockey Desiree Gill was an accident. Gill died from head injuries when her mount Celtic Ambition clipped the heels of Stalwart Rowa and fell near the 1200-metre mark at the Sunshine Coast night meeting on November… Read More »
The vagaries of the Flemington straight proved too much for Liesele but trainer Liam Birchley expects a much-improved performance from the mare at Doomben on Saturday. Liesele finished seventh to the Chris Waller-trained Dystopia in the G H Mumm Stakes (1100m) on November 7 and Birchley is prepared to put… Read More »
She Can Skate is like a member of the family in the Wheeler household where Geoff is the trainer, son Reece the jockey and mum Debbie is a part-owner. With Geoff’s only other horse, Dramastic, in semi-retirement, the four-year-old stakes winner is his centre of attention. Wheeler, 59, who retired… Read More »
Long-term interests have won out over a potential end-of-year windfall for one of the best horses in Anthony Cummings’s stable. Cummings is renowned for the deep-end approach with his string but his plans for Strike The Stars are measured by the Randwick trainer’s usual standards. Strike The Stars will line… Read More »
Dunaden has been added to the field for the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin on December 8. Mikel Delzangles’ seven-year-old won the 12-furlong event in 2011 before finishing only fifth behind Red Cadeaux in last year’s renewal. The pair recently clashed in the Melbourne Cup with Red Cadeaux claiming… Read More »
The trainer-jockey combination which took Hot Danish to Group One glory enjoyed success at Canterbury on Wednesday. But there could have easily been even more reason to celebrate. Jockey Tim Clark and veteran trainer Les Bridge combined in three races for a win with Lofty Ambition and minor placings with… Read More »
A year ago trainer David Kelly thought Cheval Du Feu was something special. After Cheval Du Feu won his first three starts, Kelly began planning for this year’s winter carnival but those ambitions were thwarted by a spate of wet tracks. Kelly is hoping Cheval Du Feu’s win at Eagle… Read More »
He has matched strides with stakes winner I’m All The Talk on the training track, now Cosmic Cameo will be given the chance to earn a spot beside him on Gary Portelli’s autumn carnival team. The untapped colt resumed with a strong win in Wednesday’s Become An ATC Sponsor Handicap… Read More »
The biggest game in town has got even bigger. The Melbourne Cup carnival’s claim to be Australia’s most profitable sporting event received its strongest endorsement ever with the announcement by the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) of a record profit for the 2012-2013 season. The VRC, which runs Australian racing’s showpiece… Read More »
The Mornington Cup and potential Caulfield Cup qualification is in the sights of trainer Stephen Brown with Post D’France. But the gelding first has to pass another city test at Caulfield on Saturday in the $100,000 CFV Ambassadors Plate (2000m). Post D’France has won five of his seven starts since… Read More »
Three days after Tommy Berry was forced to swallow a controversial photo-finish decision that denied him a dead-heat victory, the young jockey has found himself on the right end of the camera. On Sunday, the judge deliberated for several minutes to separate Berry and his twin brother Nathan after the… Read More »
Ryan Moloney is confident a successful month can continue at Caulfield when the jockey partners a filly he rates as potentially one of the best horses he has ridden. Moloney, 28, landed the biggest win of his career in the Group Two Zipping Classic (2400m) on Sertorius this month, his… Read More »
Joe Pride has been looking for a reason not to back-up Terravista in the Listed Festival Stakes but so far he can’t find one. The rising talent posted his fourth win from five starts on the Kensington circuit last weekend, the victory prompting Pride to entertain a seven-day turnaround to… Read More »
Mornington trainer Jason Warren is counting on last-start winner Jayconi to prevail again when he runs over his pet distance at Caulfield on Saturday. On November 9, Jayconi, with Clare Lindop aboard, won over 1000m carrying 54kg at Morphettville Park. With the computer breakdown of the racing industry’s administrator of… Read More »
Stradbroke Handicap winner Linton has run his last race in Australia as he prepares for his assault on next month’s Hong Kong Mile. Trainer John Sadler says he has seen the last of the horse he inherited from the Lloyd Williams’s Macedon Lodge stable about two years ago. Sadler, who… Read More »
A system failure responsible for bringing the production of Australian racing information to a standstill will be the subject of an internal investigation. Racing Information Services Australia (RISA) pledged on Tuesday to get to the bottom of the ongoing glitch which has created havoc with racehorse trainers, jockeys, racing form… Read More »
Eric Ropiha, a decorated New Zealand horseman who trained the 1960 Caulfield Cup winner Ilumquh, has died. He was 88. Ilumquh’s Caulfield Cup victory was among the 716 winners Ropiha trained from 1948 until his retirement in 2001. As well as his Caulfield Cup win, Ilumquh was twice placed in… Read More »
Hugh Bowman and his wife Christine are celebrating the arrival of their first child with the leading jockey standing down from Sydney’s midweek meeting at Canterbury. Bowman’s wife Christine gave birth to a baby girl on Monday, the happy news broken on the jockey’s Twitter account. “Christine and I are… Read More »
A horse who looked certain to be snapped up by Asian bloodstock agents only to race ingloriously at his city debut will be out to redeem himself at Canterbury on Wednesday. Sweet Serendipity may no longer be a target for Hong Kong interest but that doesn’t mean trainer Jason Coyle… Read More »
