Tommy Berry will continue his push for a maiden Sydney jockeys’ premiership at Randwick with his reputation as one of international racing’s most in-demand riders further enhanced. Berry won the Singapore Gold Cup on Tropaios last weekend, a victory that followed a hugely successful Hong Kong stint. After riding a… Read More »
Peter Snowden says the opportunity to build and run a family stable is the main reason for his decision to walk away from the “the best job in racing”. Snowden shocked the racing industry when he announced this season would be his last after six years as the head trainer… Read More »
Jockey Damian Browne insists star sprinter Buffering is at the peak of his powers and can add the Winterbottom Stakes to his growing list of Group One victories. Browne will ride in Perth for the first time when he is legged aboard Buffering in the Winterbottom and stablemate Fire Up… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown is set to extend his riding stay in Singapore. Brown is one of five overseas jockeys who have been given a Singapore Turf Club licence for the 2014 racing season. The former Sydney jockeys’ title winner took up a Singapore contract after the autumn carnival… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is hoping the weather won’t jeopardise the chances of Better Than Ready in Saturday’s Keith Noud Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Storms are predicted for Friday and Saturday and Schweida is concerned a wet track could make Better Than Ready’s task of carrying topweight of 60.5kg even… Read More »
Top jockey Craig Williams will begin a month-long riding stint in Japan this weekend. The Victorian-based hoop has been a regular addition to the riding ranks in Japan for short periods over the past couple of seasons, winning a handful of Group races. He will be chasing his first win… Read More »
Brilliant debut winner Earthquake is among 25 youngsters left in contention to give Peter Snowden a Blue Diamond Stakes win before he steps down as Darley Australia’s head trainer. Darley announced on Wednesday Snowden will be quitting his post later in the Australian racing season. Snowden will step down at… Read More »
The setbacks Tunahog has overcome to make it back to the racetrack would have ended the careers of most horses. The seven-year-old was back in the winners’ circle for the first time in nearly four years when he won the Kirks Handicap (1200m) at Doomben on Wednesday. No one was… Read More »
Chris Waller is not afraid of a challenge and the role of Darley Australia head trainer is one he would consider – if it was offered. Peter Snowden shocked the racing industry on Wednesday when he announced he would be quitting his post at Darley after the Sydney autumn carnival…. Read More »
Peter Snowden has shocked racing circles by announcing he will quit as head trainer of Darley’s Australian thoroughbred stable. Snowden will leave Sheikh Mohammed’s southern hemisphere racing enterprise at the end of the Sydney autumn carnival in April. A Darley Australia statement confirmed Snowden and his son Paul, who oversees… Read More »
Tommy Berry has wasted no time following up his weekend hit-and-run success in Singapore with a win at his first ride back in the country. Berry made a flying maiden visit to Singapore on Sunday when he rode Tropaios for ex-pat trainer Michael Freedman to clinch the Group One Singapore… Read More »
An opportunity to race on a revamped Kensington track proved enough of a drawcard for Grahame Begg to head there on Saturday with his filly Pantheress. Begg also nominated the three-year-old for an easier assignment at Hawkesbury on Friday but with the rain in Sydney earlier this week, he has… Read More »
The aptly named Impulse Buy, bought for a knockdown price of $1000 at the Adelaide yearling sales, gets his chance to take his total prizemoney past $200,000 at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Trainer Gordon Richards said his wife fancied the horse at the sale two years ago and put in… Read More »
Sheikh Mohammed thanked Peter Snowden for his efforts over the past six years as Darley’s Head Trainer in Australia after Peter Snowden announced this morning he will move on from the role at the conclusion of the Sydney Autumn Carnival. Snowden, who was appointed in May 2008, will oversee the… Read More »
Brad Rawiller’s hopes for a fourth straight Ballarat Cup are alive after beating a careless riding suspension. Rawiller was banned for 10 meetings at Caulfield last Saturday but had that overturned by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday. It paves the way for Rawiller to ride Hurdy Gurdy… Read More »
Tony Gollan reckons Spirit Of Boom can gatecrash the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot – a race billed as a clash between fellow Queenslander Buffering and last year’s winner Barakey. Spirit Of Boom, a perennial placegetter in feature races before posting a Group Two Caulfield Sprint win last month, has drawn… Read More »
A senior rider, along with a better barrier, has Tuncurry trainer Terry Evans expecting a forward showing from his ultra consistent five year old gelding, Not Doubtful, in the Big Sports Breakfast Handicap (1100m) at Canterbury. The son of Niello went in to the blackbooks of nearly every punter when… Read More »
It was a big day out at Echuca for Linda Meech who booted home five winners from her six rides. The day began in promising style for the softly spoken Meech who rode Sorority Queen into second place in the first race. Her winning run started in race two when… Read More »
First Murray Bridge. Then Seymour and Sale. And now for Ballarat. Trainer Tony McEvoy’s assault on country cups continues when last year’s runner-up Pelicano returns for Sunday’s $200,000 Ballarat Cup. “He had no luck in it last year and no doubt should have won,” McEvoy said. “And he’s probably in… Read More »
Conservatorium has played his part in a long-term plan to win the Group One Railway Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Since Conservatorium finished fifth in last year’s Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot, the father-and-son training team of Gary and Lloyd Kennewell have targeted the $1 million Railway for their the six-year-old…. Read More »
