Horse Racing News

• Unexpected hurdle for Hugh Bowman

  Don’t be surprised if Hugh Bowman returns from his overseas working holiday with a jump in his step.

   
• Darren Gauci has scans after Mornington mishap

  Darren Gauci was taken to hospital with significant lower back soreness but escaped serious injury in a spectacular race fall at Mornington on Tuesday.

   
• Chris Waller’s team tunes up at trials

  Chris Waller used Tuesday’s Rosehill barrier trial session to boost the fitness levels of a number of his team ahead of first-up assignments on Saturday.

   
• Here De Angels back for the Ramornie Handicap

  Multiple Group-winning sprinter Here De Angels has been passed to return to the races with next month’s Listed Ramornie Handicap his first-up target.

   
• Riveted having another Banjo crack

  Warrnambool trainer Ciaron Maher believes handy galloper Riveted is going better this year as he prepares for another crack at the Banjo Paterson Final via Saturday’s sixth heat at Moonee Valley.

   
• Needle after back-to-back city wins

  Time away from the racetrack will be the making of Eye Of The Needle but trainer Keith Dryden sees no reason why the unfurnished galloper won’t continue his winning run on Wednesday.

   
• Andrew Murray looking for first city win

  Former rodeo rider Andrew Murray will be out to land his first metropolitan winner as a trainer when the in-form Willysfilly runs at Sandown on Wednesday.

   
• Double Ranga warms up for spring

  Trainer Paul Messara hopes to get an early indication of promising filly Double Ranga’s spring hopes when the youngster makes her comeback at Eagle Farm.

   
• Break Card chasing stakes win

  Motherhood beckons for multiple city winner Break Card but before that happens she is being given a second chance to put a stakes win on her record.

   
• Gold In Dubai to tick another box for Mark Riley

  Trainer Mark Riley has ticked off one of the boxes in Gold In Dubai’s country Cups campaign in Queensland and is hoping to mark off another in the Listed Caloundra Cup.

   
• Hugh Bowman picked for world team

  Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has been named in a Rest of the World team to be captained by South African Douglas Whyte for this year’s Shergar Cup.

   
• Mathew Cahill called up for Sniper’s Bullet ride

  A jockey who won on Sniper’s Bullet long before he became a star has been recalled to the fray to help revive the Group One winner’s career.

   
• Motorised revved up for Moonee Valley debut

  Well-bred colt Motorised will give trainer John Sadler a guide to any spring hopes he may have when he makes his debut at Moonee Valley.

   
• Mathew Cahill called up for Sniper’s Bullet ride

  A jockey who won on Sniper’s Bullet long before he became a star has been recalled to the fray to help revive the Group One winner’s career.

   
• Adnocon primed for Glasshouse Handicap

  Queensland handicappers would have to be generous towards Ironstein to entice trainer Gerald Ryan to run him at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday but stablemate Adnocon is a definite for the meeting.

   
• Squamosa fit and well despite Gosford flop

  Squamosa, rated by Gai Waterhouse as a potential international-class sprinter last week, has been given a clean bill of health in the wake of a heavy last-start defeat.

   
• Black Caviar back in work

  Champion sprinter Black Caviar has started pre-training in preparation for the spring.

   
• Sugera to boost Luke Griffith’s title hopes

  Luke Griffith is hoping diminutive mare Sugera can help his NSW country trainers’ premiership chances when she lines up at Muswellbrook on Tuesday.

   
• The big three races – Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup – are now on Facebook and Twitter!

  Social media has emerged as a major force in recent times, and racing is beginning to embrace the change.

   
• Chris Waller goes from strength to strength

  Chris Waller’s overnight success has been a decade in the making, and he is just getting started.