Victorian Racing Minister Anthony Carbines has confirmed the appointment of Tim Eddy as Chair of the Racing Victoria Board with Sharon McCrohan his Deputy. Both had unanimous support of the RV Board after two new members Tim Rourke and Mark Player were announced as new members last week. Eddy takes… Read More »
There might not be any Australian-trained runners on Day 5 at Royal Ascot, but the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes still bears close attention for those with an eye to the Spring Carnival. The Melbourne Cup 2024 is a possibility for several of the nine runners, including one who will soon… Read More »
WA Hall Of Fame trainer Neville Parnham is poised to produce his latest juvenile talent at Belmont on Saturday and if the Playing God colt follows in the footsteps of his sister he is certain to have a bright future in front of him. September Born, a full brother to… Read More »
The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) has announced the introduction of a new race in honour of dual Cox Plate champion So You Think. The inaugural So You Think Stakes will take place on Saturday, September 7, adding another highlight to the Group 1 Moir Stakes Night. This new race… Read More »
Jockey Will Gordon has been handed a three-month suspension for supplying and selling unapproved safety vests to fellow riders, as concluded by Racing Victoria (RV) stewards. The inquiry into the Racelite safety vests, which Gordon had imported from South Africa and sold to nine other jockeys, wrapped up on Thursday…. Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will & J D Hayes resisted the temptation of a trip to Brisbane with one of their two-year-olds which could pay a dividend at Flemington instead. The brothers had considered a trip north with last start Flemington winner Sneaky Sunrise for the Group 1 J J… Read More »
Jockey Teo Nugent is looking forward to renewing his association with Ashford Street when the sprinter heads to Flemington. Nugent has been aboard the Warrnambool-trained gelding in five of his 10 victories and guided Ashford Street in his biggest success, the Listed Kensington Stakes over the straight 1000m course at Flemington in December… Read More »
Trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock had hoped to be in Brisbane a week ago with their stayer Aberfeldie Boy who will instead be running in a handicap race at Flemington on Saturday. Timing has been the enemy for Aberfeldie Boy throughout his brief career, but the Griffiths and de Kock… Read More »
Diamond Diesel has entered what would usually be regarded as the twilight of his career, but the best might be yet to come for the rising eight-year-old. The gelding arrives at Saturday’s Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick in search of his maiden black-type success having lumped big weights to victory in… Read More »
Group Three winner Rocketing By has become a little like Goldilocks when it comes to track conditions – he needs them to be just right. With the surface rated a soft 5 ahead of the six-year-old’s assignment in Saturday’s Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich, Rocketing By is set to… Read More »
Owner Rich Ricci is eyeing up another shot at the Melbourne Cup with Vauban following his effort in the Group 1 Gold Cup at Ascot. Vauban, the Willie Mullins-trained classy dual-purpose horse finished out of the placings as race favourite with betting apps in the Melbourne Cup last year but… Read More »
Trainer Luke Fernie has cautioned punters not to underestimate his classy gelding Russian To The Bar in the $125,000 Amelia Park-Belmont Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. Despite a wide draw, rising sharply in distance and his record on rain affected ground, Luke Fernie says the Listed Belmont Guineas is a winnable race… Read More »
Interpretation will commence his preparation for a third Melbourne Cup attempt in The David Bourke (1600m) at Flemington this Saturday. This marks a significant change from his 2022 Melbourne Cup performance, where he didn’t finish the race. Last year, Interpretation made an impressive comeback, securing a sixth-place finish after a… Read More »
Jockey Shaun McGruddy is quietly confident his successful partnership with Brave Spirit can continue and extend to a feature event double at Belmont this weekend. Shaun Mcgruddy is unbeaten on Brave Spirit and reached an impressive third win on the Steve Wolfe-trained three-year-old in last fortnight’s Listed Raconteur Stakes (1400m). Chasing breakaway… Read More »
Racing and more of it has finally worked in the favour of Who Dares. The Pat Carey and Harris Walker-trained sprinter will be searching for a third straight win when he lines up in the Country Achiever Shane Fliedner (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. Who Dares was successful in the… Read More »
Darren Beadman believes Zac Lloyd is ready to take his career to the next level after the apprentice’s Group One breakthrough aboard Stefi Magnetica in the Stradbroke Handicap. The former champion jockey has been one of Lloyd’s mentors during the junior hoop’s internship at Godolphin, there to congratulate him for the highs… Read More »
Almost two decades after winning a racehorse in a raffle, Steve Smith continues to carve out a niche in the thoroughbred industry with Shehasattitude his latest promising galloper. Smith’s was one of racing’s fairytale stories in the mid-2000s when his ticket was drawn out in a Star City Casino promotion, the prize… Read More »
Victorian trainer Cindy Alderson and jockey Vlad Duric will turn back the clock when they team with Jigsaw in one of the feature races at Ipswich. Duric and Jigsaw will have to overcome the widest gate in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) on Saturday if they are to give Alderson her maiden… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are banking on multiple stakeswinner Zoumon replicating a pattern from previous seasons when he tackles the Listed Ipswich Cup. The five-year-old has an outstanding second-up record, winning three of his five starts at his second run from a break and never finishing outside the top-four…. Read More »
Jockey Luke Currie doubts he has ridden a horse to a better second placing than the effort Craig produced recently at Flemington. Currie and Craig will get the chance to overturn that narrow lose when they return to Flemington on Saturday for the Rod Johnson Handicap (1620m). The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained… Read More »
