The case mounted by Melbourne stewards against Sydney trainer Con Karakatsanis and his father Tony “stretched credibility” and should be rejected, their lawyer told Victoria’s Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Monday. After a day of legal wrangling in which both sides failed in applications, RAD Board chairman Russell Lewis… Read More »
Thousand Guineas winner Commanding Jewel has joined her unbeaten half-sister Atlantic Jewel as an autumn carnival absentee. On the verge of starting the serious part of a preparation aimed at having her peak for the Sydney carnival, Commanding Jewel has suffered a joint injury. “She has tweaked a joint and… Read More »
Unbeaten Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Miracles Of Life heads a strong list of fillies nominated for Saturday’s Preview to Victoria’s premier juvenile race. Miracles Of Life assumed market leadership with a nine-length win at Morphettville last start that followed an impressive victory at her debut. In a race that seems… Read More »
Racing continues to be in the grip of the current cold snap with both artificial and turf surfaces alike struggling to cope with the snowy conditions. There has been no jumps action in Britain since Wincanton on Thursday and hopes of a quick resumption are not great. Tuesday’s jumps meeting… Read More »
A spike in a pre-race bi-carb test and the subsequent betting ring support for Flemington runner-up The New Boy prompted the temporary impounding of both him and winning stablemate Kutchinsky after Saturday’s meeting. Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey said on Sunday the pre-race screen indicated a jump in the… Read More »
Michelle Payne has finished third in her first race since suffering serious head injuries in a fall last year. Payne rode Fieldmaster for her trainer brother Patrick in the Summer Cup (2100m) in Hobart on Sunday. Fieldmaster was the $2.90 favourite but daring front running tactics by Jason Maskiell on… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse has joined the growing band of trainers sourcing stayers from Europe but will revert to a stable tradition in the Australia Day Cup with a trio of ex new Zealanders. Group One placegetters Tullamore and Reuben Percival will be joined by up-and-comer Travolta in Saturday’s 2400m feature at… Read More »
Of the many two-year-olds that have arrived in his stable this season, perhaps Metastasio has surprised trainer Peter Snowden the most. An impressive debut winner at Flemington on Saturday, Metastasio was promptly inserted high in markets for the Blue Diamond Stakes on February 23 but she will have to earn… Read More »
Telegraph Handicap winner Final Touch is likely to stay in New Zealand for the rest of the season despite an approach from premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller. Final Touch had to carry 58kg topweight Saturday’s Group One sprint at Trentham but it didn’t stop her bursting through the pack in… Read More »
Toorak Handicap winner Solzhenitsyn is building steadily towards his autumn/winter campaign which will kick off in Sydney. Trainer Robert Heathcote said Solzhenitsyn would have three starts in Sydney before returning home to Queensland for the winter carnival. “He’ll kick off in the Canterbury Stakes over 1300 metres at Rosehill then… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer John Dann believes Tukiyo is up to winter carnival standard after she kept her unbeaten record intact at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Dann said Tukiyo ($11) would have a short break from racing before she targets black-type company next preparation. “There are some good three-year-old fillies races during… Read More »
Talented but wayward newcomer Marseille Roulette has survived a protest to win the lucrative Inglis Classic at Rosehill on Saturday. The colt’s outward shift inside the 100m mark gave James McDonald on runner-up Fuerza cause to lodge an objection against Tommy Berry but stewards said the two-length rule came into… Read More »
Anthony Freedman celebrated his return to Flemington with a win at his new home track that might have been better than he thought. Freedman relocated this week from the Markdel training complex he and his brothers set up at Rye, south of Melbourne, to the track where they began training… Read More »
The progeny of Snitzel and trainer Gerald Ryan are a formidable combination with Centrepet the latest to claim a metropolitan victory. The filly, a $5 chance, ran out a decisive winner of the 1100m Benchmark 75 for three-year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday, beating Darley colt Chiaramonte by 1-1/4 lengths. Ryan,… Read More »
He stretched his trainer’s budget as a yearling and he’s stretched his patience ever since, but the talented gelding Red Inca has begun to make it all worthwhile. Trainer Ray Besanko will set Red Inca for the Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) following his win in Saturday’s Seascay Handicap (1410m)… Read More »
A last-to-first win at Rosehill by Campania has reinforced trainer Garry Frazer’s belief he has a genuine Oaks filly on his hands. A betting drifter from $8 to $15 in Saturday’s Inglis 3YO Bonus (1500m) despite her last-start win, Campania dropped out to the tail of the field early but… Read More »
Dalton gave the Hawkes Racing team some consolation for missing a Magic Millions start when he scored a comfortable win in the Bollinger Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The colt was beaten by subsequent Magic Millions winner Real Surreal at his previous start at Eagle Farm and didn’t earn… Read More »
A lack of suitable Sydney races for Saturday’s Rosehill winner She’s Clean means she is likely to be aimed at the Brisbane winter carnival. Trainer Chris Waller said the mare was still learning her craft and the next step up from Saturday’s 1300m Benchmark 80 was a bridge too far… Read More »
A mare who has had three different trainers and won for all of them, scored for her latest handler at Flemington on Saturday, staking a claim for a permanent address. Goldslick was having her fourth start for trainer Mick Kent in the Dover Handicap (1610m) and showed both adaptability and… Read More »
The progeny of Snitzel and trainer Gerald Ryan are a formidable combination with Centrepet the latest to claim a metropolitan victory. The filly, a $5 chance, ran out a decisive winner of the 1100m Benchmark 75 for three-year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday, beating Darley colt Chiaramonte by 1-1/4 lengths. Ryan,… Read More »
