Group 1-winning jockey Michael Dee is in doubt for a packed weekend of racing after being dislodged during Friday morning jumpouts at Flemington. The 27-year-old complained of shoulder pain following the incident and was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital for scans. Dee, currently second in the Victorian metropolitan premiership with… Read More »
Tabcorp has announced it will remove on-course cash facilities at non-major Victorian race meetings starting Sunday, citing evolving customer preferences toward digital wagering. Cash services will still be available at mid-week metro meetings, Saturday meetings, and major provincial and country feature-race days. “As part of evolution, we will be reducing… Read More »
Bravo Centurion is the new kid on the block, raw, exciting and a gelding with x-factor that has shot to prominence with a string of wins since the middle of the year. Luke Fernie’s trajectory in the training ranks has been just as impressive, emerging as one of the hottest young… Read More »
Iron filly London’s Image will get one last chance to score another valuable blacktype win in Saturday’s TABtouch-Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot. Already a blacktype winner in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) earlier this month, London’s Image lines up for the third consecutive week in Saturday’s Listed feature. The… Read More »
The Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist is set to have his first Victorian start in 13 months when he lines-up at Caulfield. The Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) on Saturday will be Nonconformist’s first start in Victoria since finishing fourth to Alligator Blood in the Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield… Read More »
The opportunity to garner some black type for a superbly related filly has drawn Peter Snowden north of the NSW border with I Found You, who will line up in the Listed Mode Stakes at Doomben. An I Am Invincible half-sister to two serving stallions in Deep Field and Shooting To… Read More »
A decade after Estonian Princess was denied a Festival Stakes victory by the barest possible margin, trainer Scott Aspery is hoping his latest stable star Uzziah can go one better. Estonian Princess was beaten a nose by I’m Imposing in the 2014 renewal before going on to run third in The Ingham… Read More »
Jason Warren is planning a trip to Queensland for the Magic Millions Carnival with Freak Of Nature who will kick off his campaign with an outing at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Freak Of Nature was nominated for the Listed Doveton Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, but after a gallop on… Read More »
A midweek trip to Caulfield to reacquaint himself with Caulfield is expected to give Tamerlane an edge when he races second-up at that track on Saturday. The James Cummings-trained and Godolphin-owned galloper runs in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) second-up on Saturday. A veteran of the ‘Blue Army’ Tamerlane… Read More »
Matt Dale is still debating where to run evergreen sprinter Front Page this weekend, although stablemate and debutant Bombay Boom is a confirmed starter in Sydney. Front Page is an acceptor for the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill and the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben and Dale… Read More »
When a conversation starts about Rothfire, it seems to bring on a Buffering-like glow in Robert Heathcote and with his stable star set to make a return to racing at Doomben, he is excited to see the now seven-year-old step out. This will be Rothfire’s first race day outing since finishing… Read More »
Gary Colvin is no stranger to Country Championships success, and he hopes to confirm he has unearthed his latest contender when the unbeaten Cambar runs at Rosehill. The Colvin-trained Another One finished second to Art Cadeau in the 2021 Country Championships Final before going one better the next year. He believes Cambar has… Read More »
Victorian jockeys, led by senior rider Damian Lane and supported by the Victorian Jockeysâ Association (VJA), have declared they will no longer ride in unpaid jumpouts from December 1 unless a payment structure is introduced. The decision comes after years of unresolved discussions with Racing Victoria (RV). “This is not… Read More »
It might have been a late November victory but Rob Heathcote is a believer that Abounding is a proper Sydney autumn and Queensland winter carnival horse after her return victory at Doomben on Wednesday. The now four-year-old may not have hit the winners’ list last May and June but Heathcote… Read More »
The Sessions five-year-old is quirky and enigmatic, but a stable favourite. He’s teased and tantalised in some of his races, but when he can finally put all the pieces together there is a horse laden with a ton of ability. That talent came under notice last year when he ran… Read More »
An ageing warrior and an up-and-comer. Veteran trainer Steve Wolfe has the Winterbottom Stakes loaded with two horses at opposite ends of the spectrum. Red Can Man has been Wolfe’s stable flag bearer for years and as an eight-year-old he’s having his fifth attempt at landing the major prize in Perth’s most… Read More »
Jockey Jye Mcneil is looking to be third time lucky aboard Serpentine when the pair again combine, this time in the Zipping Classic at Caulfield. McNeil last rode the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper in the 2023 Melbourne Cup when 19th behind Without A Fight with his only other time aboard being… Read More »
Top Sydney jockey Jason Collett will be bidding to consolidate his strong start to the season with a handy book of rides at the Festival Stakes meeting at Rosehill. Coming off his best ever year in 2023-24 when he rode 72 city winners, Collett currently sits third on the premiership with… Read More »
Trainer Mick Shepherdson has high hopes for My Zephyr and one way to find out about the filly’s ability is to throw her into the deep end. My Zephyr is jumping straight from victory in a Donald maiden to the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) on Saturday, looking to continue the successful… Read More »
A forecast for rain in Sydney later this week is music to the ears of two of Rosehill’s newest residents as Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr prepare Hezashocka for the ATC Cup. Based primarily at Cranbourne in Victoria, the training partners have recently been granted 16 permanent boxes at Rosehill and… Read More »
