Mornington trainer Shane Nichols credits the addition of blinkers for the continued winning streak of Our Cracklin Rosie . The three-year-old daughter of Grunt will chase a fourth straight win when she lines up in the Summer Membership On Sale Now Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Our Cracklin Rosie has worn the head… Read More »
In a move to bolster participant well-being and workplace safety, Racing Victoria (RV) is set to offer relief to Victorian trainers through a WorkCover subsidy. Beginning in February 2024, RV will subsidize 30% of any rise in WorkCover costs for trainers over the next two years. This initiative aims to… Read More »
Apprentice rider Dakotah Keane, 20, has been given a clean bill of health following her fall at Seymour on Thursday. Keane, who was aboard Aurolaa in the Rising Stars BM58 (1200m), was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital for scans on her lower back and pelvis after initial treatment at Seymour… Read More »
Miss Hellfire might not be the best horse in the Peter and Paul Snowden stable, but the trainers would be happy to have a yard full of gallopers who try as hard. The winner of two of her 17 starts, Miss Hellfire has filled the placings on another eight occasions and Paul… Read More »
The lure of a $3 million prizemoney purse for the Magic Millions Guineas has tempted Chris Waller to continue the campaign of Callander-Presnell winner Chrysaor into the summer. While the Group 2 performer is considered a genuine autumn carnival colt, the rich prizemoney on offer at the Gold Coast has convinced connections… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has given the current state of racing in Australia an indirect compliment. Quoted in an article published by The Sun, Dettori raised more than a few eyebrows in Britain when he stated that, if he had his time again now, he wouldn’t start out in Britain. “If I… Read More »
While not the biggest race on the calendar, trainer Tony Gollan ticked off a box with great satisfaction earlier this year when All That Pizzazz, easy to back at $11, touched off the $1.45 favourite Yellow Brick in the Weetwood at Toowoomba. It was a race that Gollan, originally from… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears stable will be the defending champions going into the King Of The Mountain contest on New Year’s Day at Toowoomba, having won the inaugural running of the race with Yellow Brick last year. The stable effectively has two slots in the race with stable client… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership will come to an end on Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast next month, the scene of one the stable’s greatest victories when Houtzen took out the 2007 running of Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, maintaining his unbeaten record at the time. “I… Read More »
A trip to Sydney as a lead-up to a potential start in a rich restricted two-year-old race early in the New Year has attracted the attention of Shane Nichols . The Mornington-based horseman is sending Climate Change to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Drinkwise Plate (1100m). Saturday’s race will give Nichols a guide… Read More »
Williams was aboard for the four-year-old’s most significant win in the 2022 Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington and Sargent was keen to get his feedback before locking in any plans. “I just phoned (Williams) the other day and asked if he would come up for Perfect Thought and he said… Read More »
Mornington trainer David Brideoake joked that a statue should be built at Tatura racecourse of his young co-trainer Matt Jenkins. Since Jenkins, who was raised in Tatura, joined Brideoake, firstly as an assistant trainer and then earlier this year as a co-trainer, the Tatura Cup has become a go-to race for… Read More »
The most powerful training partnership in Australian racing will end in January, with David Eustace confirming he is leaving Ciaron Maher Racing to take up a position in Hong Kong. Maher and Eustace made the announcement via a joint statement on Thursday, with both describing the news as “bittersweet”. Eustace will… Read More »
The Mark Walker stable will be looking for some luck to fall their way when Rhetorical heads to Moonee Valley for the second time. A three-year-old filly, Rhetorical takes on older horses in the Moonee Ponds 3039 Traders Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The contest is a benchmark 64 grade race, and Walker’s assistant-trainer… Read More »
He is yet to finish out of the placings and boasts a decision over a subsequent Group One winner, but the lightly raced Ceowulf still needs to convince his trainer he should remain a colt. It is one of the main reasons Joe Pride is running the three-year-old in an off-season benchmark… Read More »
Clinton Taylor has enjoyed the easy wins that Astapor has had to start his career, but the Rockhampton trainer is happy to see his in-demand colt faced with a challenge at Eagle Farm this Saturday. The son of Tassort will put his Magic Millions credentials on the line in the Group 3… Read More »
Superbly related import Tazaral will bid to become the latest member of his family to win a stakes race when he heads to Eagle Farm for the Listed Bernborough Plate. The son of Fastnet Rock is a half-brother to two overseas Group 1 winners in Tahiyra and Tarnawa, and while he… Read More »
The rain in Sydney this week has been a welcome arrival for trainer John Thompson as he prepares to saddle up a trio of runners at Randwick. With Your Blessing, Deniliquin and Auspicious Cloud have won 13 races between them and 11 of those victories have been on wet tracks. With Randwick rated… Read More »
Jordan Rolfe’s Perth Cup dreams will become clearer after he saddles up his improving four-year-old Desennea in the Listed A.T.A Stakes, the trainer’s first crack at a black-type race. The Galah gelding faces a litmus test stepping up to 2200m for the first time at Ascot today as he vies for… Read More »
There is no knock on Numerian since he arrived in Perth, but Rob Archibald says the eight-year-old will need to be at his top to win the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot on Saturday. Archibald believes if Numerian can run close to the level he displayed… Read More »
