A horse good enough to compete on the big stage in Hong Kong last year looms as one of the most interesting runners on Villiers Stakes day at Warwick Farm. Joe Pride will start Hypurr in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) as the former John Size-trained galloper kicks off… Read More »
Part-owner Peter Brown is credited with the naming of promising stayer Bogie And Bacall who will chase a hat-trick of wins at Wagga on Friday. The five-year-old steps out in the Bedrock Landscape Supplies Benchmark 56 Hcp over 2000 metres. Local trainer Wayne Carroll, a former Sydney Swans AFL player,… Read More »
Rite Of Passage, the one-time favourite for the 2010 Melbourne Cup, is likely to be aimed at next year’s Gold Cup at Ascot rather than the Cheltenham jumps festival. Dermot Weld produced one of his greatest training performances to nurse the 2010 Gold Cup winner back from injury to win… Read More »
The fifth and final chapter of the 2012 racing year in review kicks off at the best week of racing in the world- Melbourne Cup Week, and the best raceday of the year; Derby Day. In the feature race, kiwi colt It’s A Dundeel was the favourite, but easing after… Read More »
Part four of our 2012 racing year in review begins on a negative note. It was in September that the Dan Nikolic saga occured at Seymour. It was found proven a few weeks later that Nikolic did say to chief steward Terry Bailey “We all have families c… and we… Read More »
Thoroughbred breeding in Australia will continue to be done the traditional way after the Federal Court on Wednesday ruled against the legalisation of artificial insemination. The long-running court case was instigated by former bookmaker and racing administrator Bruce McHugh, who called for the ban on the artificial insemination of thoroughbreds… Read More »
Winning a race at Eagle Farm is a good way to improve a tarnished reputation. When Trilione entered trainer Desleigh Forster’s stables a month ago, she came with some unflattering descriptions. Non-winner, unreliable, headstrong are some of the adjectives that have been used to sum up Trilione – and they’re… Read More »
Part three of our 2012 racing year in review starts with the South Australian Derby (2500m). The Victorians dominated betting and they dominated the finish, providing the first three. The favourite was Zabeelionaire, for trainer Leon Corstens and Damien Oliver. For several moments, it looked as if he wasn’t going… Read More »
Werribee Cup winner Unusual Suspect is among 12 nominations for the Group Three Summer Cup at Rosehill on Boxing Day. The former American galloper won his first race under Australian trainer Mick Kent when he narrowly claimed the Werribee feature last Sunday. He is one of three interstate entries for… Read More »
Trainer Brendan McCarthy finds himself in a catch-22 situation with his speedy gelding Paaratte Pat, but he is content to be patient until the issue resolves itself. Because the five-year-old’s runs have been widely spaced, Paaratte Pat is so keen to burst out of the gates he only just conserves… Read More »
If recent history is anything to go by, Saturday’s Group Two Villiers Stakes can be narrowed down to three chances. Nine of the past 11 horses on the Villiers’ honour roll have won at their previous start, including the past four in a row. In fact, of the past 25… Read More »
Legendary jockey Harry White has handed over his most prized silverware to the Victoria Racing Club, including his four Melbourne Cups. The trophies are the highlight of the collection which also includes four Wirths Whips – a golden whip presented to the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey – his two Caulfield Cups… Read More »
An ideal barrier draw is all Desleigh Forster needed to confirm a Sydney campaign for Adebisi. Forster gave the green light for Adebisi to run in Saturday’s Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Warwick Farm after the five-year-old drew perfectly in barrier three with Hugh Bowman booked to ride. “Once I… Read More »
Tommy Berry will know more about his prospects of winning a third straight Magic Millions Classic when he rides Certitude in a major lead-up race on Thursday. Berry has won the $2 million feature at the Gold Coast on Karuta Queen and Driefontein and will partner Certitude in Thursday’s $200,000… Read More »
A second British racecourse was left teetering on the edge of extinction as Folkestone hosted its last fixture for the foreseeable future on Tuesday. Just two days earlier, Hereford shut for business with owner Arena Racing Company (ARC) believing the 17 years remaining on the lease from the local council… Read More »
High-profile jockey Nash Rawiller will have surgery after breaking his ankle in a mishap during a barrier trial session at Rosehill on Tuesday. The No.1 rider for leading trainer Gai Waterhouse, Rawiller is expected to be out of the saddle for at least six weeks. Rawiller was taken to Westmead… Read More »
As he plots the summer comeback of his best horse Whitefriars, trainer Rick Worthington is tackling his own health battle. Whitefriars, who has undergone two throat operations, will make his long awaited return in either Saturday’s Razor Sharp Handicap or the Carrington Stakes on New Year’s Day. Should the sprinter… Read More »
The 2013 Victorian jumps racing will kick off at a Warrnambool meeting in early March. Racing Victoria released a calendar for hurdle and steeplechase racing next year aimed at consolidating the major programming changes made before the 2012 season. From Warrnambool on March 4 until Coleraine on September 29, $3.175… Read More »
A filly bought with a view to the traditional three-year-old races is on her way to a tilt at one of the world’s richest juvenile features. Frill Seeking lines up at Wyong on Thursday to try to confirm a place in the field for the $2 million Magic Millions on… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Allison Sheehan is convinced Tackleberry is ready to step up to a big-money race as she prepares to replicate a successful summer campaign for the gelding. Sheehan months ago selected the $100,000 Fiesta Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington but her decision was reinforced when Tackleberry outran a classy… Read More »
