Jockey Laura Lafferty remains in ICU following a serious fall at Ballarat on Thursday afternoon. The 25-year-old was placed in an induced coma after sustaining a collapsed lung and injuries to her spleen and liver. Doctors at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital began waking her up on Friday morning. Lafferty’s manager, Simon… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and his team were left scratching their heads after the first-up performance of Circle Of Fire at Flemington. The Sydney Cup winner finished last, more than 20 lengths astern of Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni in the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) on September 14. Circle Of Fire gets the chance… Read More »
Four years after scoring an upset win in one of world racing’s most prestigious events, Serpentine will spearhead a two-pronged Metropolitan assault for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. The winner of the 2020 Epsom Derby in England at double-figure odds, Serpentine arrived in Australia two years ago, going on to establish… Read More »
Chad Schofield will be bidding for his share of the family bragging rights when he attempts to join his father Glyn on the Epsom Handicap honour roll. Schofield has picked up the mount on $6 equal favourite Ceolwulf and regards the Joe Pride-trained gelding as his best chance yet to emulate the… Read More »
Glamour filly Autumn Glow is injured and will miss Saturday’s Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller broke the news on Friday morning, revealing that the undefeated daughter of The Autumn Sun was suffering from a leg injury that requires surgery. “Unfortunately, Autumn Glow was found to be slightly lame… Read More »
Truth Or Dare will show his trainer whether he is a Victoria Derby proposition when the lightly raced galloper heads to Flemington for a suitable lead up assignment. The Mark Walker-trained galloper heads to the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m) on Saturday with the gelding’s performance to tell the trainer whether… Read More »
Jockey Laura Lafferty was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital after a fall during a 1400m maiden race at Ballarat. Leading on the $201 outsider The Praised One, Lafferty was dislodged around the 800m mark when her mount shied. Racing Victoria steward Alex Streckbain confirmed Lafferty is suspected to have internal… Read More »
Jockey Zac Lloyd is lucky to avoid a serious injury in a scary incident on Thursday at Kembla Grange. Lloyd was thrown into the barrier rail at Kembla Grange before race three. He was aboard the Neasham & Archibald trained Fiftyfivechevy who veared right into the rail catapulting Lloyd onto… Read More »
The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin stable is looking forward to the return run of Bittercreek at Flemington. Bittercreek lines up in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) which the stable hopes will lead the colt to two Group 1 assignments in the next six weeks. Firstly, there is… Read More »
When in a training partnership with David Eustace, Ciaron Maher had the knack of getting a stayer that had raced through winter to peak for The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Maher and Eustace won the Group 3 race over 2520m on three occasions in the past four years, with each victor… Read More »
Godolphin might have opted for a senior rider on Golden Rose runner-up Traffic Warden, but they have put their faith in stable apprentice Zac Lloyd to deliver their next major aboard Zardozi in the Group 1 Metropolitan at Randwick. Lloyd partnered Traffic Warden to his brilliant first-up win in The Run To… Read More »
Health issues to horse and co-trainer have not stopped Team Rogerson from returning to Melbourne for their chance at Spring Carnival glory. Graeme and Debbie Rogerson are back with Sharp ‘N’ Smart who is entered for the Group 1 treble of the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup. But first there… Read More »
Joe Pride has come out swinging at the Australian Turf Club’s decision to lease its Everest slot to Giga Kick’s owner Jonathan Munz just two days before that horse’s clash with his top sprinter Think About It in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick. The ATC confirmed on Thursday that it… Read More »
Giga Kick will target a second Everest win, aiming to join Redzel as the only dual winners of the $20 million race. The Australian Turf Club has leased its Everest slot to owner Jonathan Munz for the October 19 event at Royal Randwick. Trained by Clayton Douglas, Giga Kick, the… Read More »
John Messara knew the budget had been blown when he bought the highest-priced lot of last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The Arrowfield Stud boss went to $1.8 million for the daughter of Arrowfield stallion The Autumn Sun and Via Africa, who we now know as Autumn Glow. It is… Read More »
Form references around two of the first three horses across the line in the Golden Rose have given connections of Just Party the confidence to bypass a midweek assignment in favour of a black-type mission at Randwick. The three-year-old was scratched from a benchmark race against older horses at Rosehill on… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse shares the Epsom Handicap training record of seven wins with her legendary father Tommy Smith, but her training partner Adrian Bott is yet to taste victory in the feature Randwick mile. The pair will have two runners in Saturday’s renewal, favourite Royal Patronage and the rejuvenated Major Beel, with… Read More »
A few extra training sessions in the barrier stalls have helped improving Tulloch Lodge gelding The Three Hundred post an overdue maiden win at Rosehill. The horse started an odds-on favourite first-up at Hawkesbury last month but went up in the air as the gates opened, losing valuable ground before… Read More »
Trainer Mark Walker was enduring a tough day at the office prior to the maiden victory of Exuberance at Cranbourne. Walker was at Cranbourne on Wednesday having overseen trackwork on Tuesday in the lead-up to the Turnbull Stakes Day meeting at Flemington on Saturday. In between races at Cranbourne, Walker was tuned… Read More »
Rising trainer Alex Rae and the connections of Lofty Arch will not die wondering. Lofty Arch heads straight to Stakes company at Flemington on Saturday to contest the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) having won a Cranbourne maiden over 1200m on debut. Rae reasoned the son of Snitzel was worth testing in… Read More »
