Star New Zealand galloper Te Akau Shark remains in an equine hospital in Sydney after undergoing eye surgery. Te Akau Shark had implant surgery last month and while recovering well from the operation picked up a lung infection that is causing concern. Trainer Jamie Richards said last year’s Cox Plate… Read More »
Daniel Stackhouse is set to jump back aboard Ashlor in the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield, with Victoria’s premiership-leading jockey a chance to snare a winter feature for the second week in a row. Stackhouse steered Sircconi to a dominant victory in last Saturday’s Listed Winter Championship… Read More »
NSW’s premiership-leading trainer Kris Lees is poised to have a strong hand in one of the state’s biggest country Cups. Lees is leading Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller in the NSW premiership with less than a month of the season to go and both trainers have three acceptors in Thursday’s… Read More »
Northern Rivers trainer Matt Dunn has a prime opportunity to win one of the most significant races in his region when Snitz tackles the Ramornie Handicap at Grafton. Dunn is the district’s leading trainer but is yet to win either of the main features at the annual Grafton July carnival,… Read More »
SKY Racing is removing the $5 per month fee for Foxtel subscribers to access Sky 2 and it will become part of the base tier from 1 August. This change will allow all Foxtel residential subscribers to access Sky Racing’s content across Sky 1, Sky 2 and Sky Thoroughbred Central…. Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Michael Dee is set for a stint on the sidelines after breaking a collarbone in a fall at Pakenham which requires surgery. Dee won the fifth race on Sunday’s program on the synthetic track but was injured when the horse he was riding, Heroic Fighter, fell on… Read More »
Zac Purton is all but assured of his fourth Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership after Joao Moreira incurred another suspension. Purton rode three winners to Moreira’s two on Sunday’s program at Sha Tin and the Australian rider holds a six-win lead over the Brazilian with only three meetings of the season… Read More »
Victorian jockey Michael Dee will require surgery to repair a broken collarbone after a fall at Pakenham on Sunday. Mick Dee was transported to Dandenong hospital after a fall after winning the fifth race on the card at Pakenham when a riderless horse and a clerk of the course in… Read More »
The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is in trainer John Thompson’s sights with stable stalwart Dreamforce. Dreamforce broke through for a deserved Group One win during the Sydney autumn carnival in the George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill in March before failing in his final… Read More »
Smart sprinter Boomsara will be on trial for a Sydney spring campaign when returns to racing in the $200,000 Listed Ramornie Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday. Boomsara was expected to be a major player in the Brisbane winter carnival but after it was originally scrapped he was a late starter missing… Read More »
The race is on to find a jockey for smart mare Boomtown Lass in the Ramornie Handicap after connections decided to bypass a stakes race Brisbane. The $200,000 Listed Ramornie will be run at Grafton on Wednesday and will have a capacity field but Boomtown Lass is assured of a… Read More »
Injuries and ailments have been a recurring theme in the Anthony Cummings yard this year, hindering several of his star performers. Prince Fawaz hurt his leg after finishing down the track in the Doncaster Mile, Libertini had a brief and underwhelming two-start autumn campaign before it was discovered she had… Read More »
Promising Star Of Michelin’s liking for big racetracks will see him on a quick turnaround into the Group Three Winx Guineas. The Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) has been renamed after retired superstar Winx who won it in 2015. The race always attracts a strong field but trainer Stuart Kendrick believes… Read More »
Finals Day at Flemington was a focal point for racing on Saturday, along with a couple of features at Eagle Farm, plus J Mac appealed his suspension. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Sircconi Spanks Them In Winter… Read More »
Consistent mare Jami Lady will get a chance to show she is more than a speed horse after landing her first stakes win. Jami Lady ($6) has previously been stakes-placed but made no mistake about her first black-type win, leading all the way in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m). The… Read More »
Racing on a seven-day back-up and dropping in distance, Sircconi has demolished his rivals in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington to deliver Nick Ryan his first stakes victory as a trainer. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, who continued his successful season in Victoria in which he leads the… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has made a triumphant return to Saturday metropolitan racing with a bold frontrunning display aboard Spaceboy and some sage advice to his trainer. The popular jockey has been riding at weekend provincial meetings after choosing to base herself outside the Sydney zone during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has… Read More »
Lord Von Costa has done his chances no harm of snaring a slot in The Kosciuszko at Randwick this spring after storming to victory in the Listed All-Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Four years after winning the Creswick Stakes when it was run on the corresponding program during a… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson has been saying for months the day his filly Plutocrat drew a decent barrier she would win a good race. He was proved correct on Saturday when Plutocrat ($9.50) beat Sydney filly Zero To Hundred ($5.50) by a nose in the Listed Tattersall’s Club Stakes (1400m). Tumbler… Read More »
A nondescript barrier trial at Hawkesbury has proven to be an outstanding winter form reference for Godolphin with unbeaten filly Tailleur putting the icing on the cake. Tailleur split stablemates Varda and Roheryn in the June 15 heat and all three have now resumed with impressive wins after Tailleur added… Read More »
