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Horse Racing News

  • Animal magnetism draws Austin Galati to racing

    A career in racing was never a childhood dream for apprentice jockey Austin Galati but he knew he wanted to work with animals. Now his favourite moments come from rewarding the quiet achievers in racing by bringing home a winner for them. “I love working with the horses, I love the… Read More »

     
  • Last Of The Line to rise says Stephen Miller

    Trainer Stephen Miller is banking on a middle distance race to help his gelding Last Of The Line return to the winner’s list in Saturday’s Tabtouch Stakes at Ascot. After four starts this preparation, Miller feels Last Of The Line will appreciate going over 2100m for the first time in his… Read More »

     
  • Brett Prebble adds Wagga Cup to bulging resume

    Brett Prebble has won feature races all over the world and on Friday he added another Cup to his resume, the Wagga Gold Cup. The champion jockey teamed with Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller to score a thrilling win in the $200,000 Listed event with imported galloper Wicklow. The 45-year-old earlier… Read More »

     
  • Aaron Purcell aims for Dashing win

    After a week of playing on his ‘home deck’ at Warrnambool, Aaron Purcell will make the trip to Sandown looking for another city win. The Warrnambool May Carnival was completed on Thursday where Purcell saddled 11 runners over the three days, coming home with two winners along a third-place finish in the feature race of… Read More »

     
  • Nick Ryan pair to clash at Sandown

    Rather than chase a Stakes race victory in Adelaide, trainer Nick Ryan has decided to keep two of his mares in Melbourne for a lesser fillies and mares’ contest. Belle Savoir and Cap De Joie were both acceptors in the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville but they will instead line up against each other in… Read More »

     
  • No rest for Williams as Group 1 awaits

    The end of the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is normally a time for Matthew Williams to regroup after the busiest few days of his year. But there will be no putting the feet up this year with the Williams’ attention quickly shifting towards the horse he hopes will secure him a… Read More »

     
  • Globe out to keep winning run going

    The King’s Coronation Cup at Sandown has a ring to it of a race of importance which it may be in the career of the unbeaten Globe. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained four-year-old will look to extend his winning sequence to four when he lines up in 1800m benchmark 100 company on Saturday. Globe has gone from a 1400m Pakenham… Read More »

     
  • Brad Stewart to undergo further surgery

    Brad Stewart, long considered by some of the best judges around as being amongst the top jockeys in Queensland, will undergo further surgery today … the outcome of which will go a long way towards determining his future in the saddle. As far back now as last September, Stewart broke… Read More »

     
  • Kris Lees banking on Wolverine to go the distance

    Kris Lees is the first to admit he’s had doubts about Wolverine’s distance limits but while she continues to perform, he will continue to test them. The filly looked as though she may be better suited to fast-run sprints when she finished down the track in the Flight Stakes at her… Read More »

     
  • Snapback out to shed maiden tag

    Beautifully bred colt Snapback has been scratched from the Hollindale Stakes meeting in Queensland to run at Gosford, but he could yet make a winter carnival appearance. Plans to head to Saturday’s Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast were quashed when he drew barrier 17… Read More »

     
  • Distance rise key to Bride’s Gosford Cup bid

    Two horses at opposite ends of their racing careers will book end trainer Bjorn Baker’s team of runners at Gosford and both have points to prove. Seven-year-old Kiss The Bride returns to the Central Coast circuit for the first time in more than three years to tackle the Listed Gosford Gold… Read More »

     
  • Montefilia and Icebath join Yulong’s impressive broodmare band

    Yulong Investments has continued its pursuit of top-class broodmares by acquiring Group 1 winners Montefilia and Icebath at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday night. The breeding giant paid $3.4 million for Montefilia, a four-time Group 1 winner by Kermadec, shortly after securing Icebath, the Group 1-winning daughter of Sacred… Read More »

     
  • Local galloper takes out Warrnambool Cup

    Local trainer Maddie Raymond has missed-out on seeing her galloper Rolls take out the Listed Warrnambool Cup. Raymond and partner Paddy Bell were on the highway travelling to Melbourne airport ahead of departing for Spain for a friend’s wedding when the 2350m race was run on Thursday. Ridden by local jockey Harry Grace, Rolls ($11) scored a 1-½… Read More »

     
  • Mnementh lands emotional win in Wagga Town Plate

    Local sprinter Mnementh has reversed the result from last year’s Wagga Town Plate, nailing a courageous Front Page in a photo finish to give trainer Mitch Beer one of his biggest career wins. Ridden by Winona Costin, Mnementh ($10) settled midfield and relished the solid tempo, unleashing a strong run down the centre of… Read More »

     
  • Local talent riding high

    West Australian riders Keshaw Dhurun and Brayden Gaerth recently took on the country’s top apprentice jockeys and won during their heats of the National Apprentice Race Series 2023. RWWA Racing Training Manager Sharyn Lancaster said the winning pair were chosen to compete in Australia’s premier race series for emerging talent,… Read More »

     
  • Steven Patemann suspended at Warrnambool

    Steven Pateman will spend the next five jumps races on the sidelines after being suspended on the final day of three-day Warrnambool May Carnival. Pateman was fined $750 for a whip breach on Tuesday and a further $3000 following his win on Saunter Boy in the Galleywood Hurdle on Wednesday. The jockey was rubbed out after riding… Read More »

     
  • Ronnie a Rockstar in Grand Annual

    Punters expected trainer Ciaron Maher to collect a seventh Grand Annual Steeplechase but it was not the one they expected. Stern Idol was sent out the $1.85 favourite in Thursday’s 5500m marathon but was pulled-up prior to the last obstacle by jockey Steven Pateman. Instead, it was left to stablemate Rockstar Ronnie who led throughout to give Irishman Chris McCarthy his… Read More »

     
  • Target looks Rosy for Baker’s girl

    Bjorn Baker is hoping for a timely form turnaround from smart mare Shades Of Rose when she drops back to Listed grade for the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford. The winner of the Sheraco Stakes in the spring, Shades Of Rose has contested two rich slot races and a couple of the… Read More »

     
  • Young trainer Tryin’ his luck in The Coast

    Matthew Kelley has held his trainers’ licence for less than a year, but the promising young horseman is already lining up for his second shot at a $500,000 pay day. Kelley will start progressive gelding I’ve Bean Tryin’ in The Coast (1600m) at Gosford’s premier stand-alone meeting, just over a month… Read More »

     
  • Eric Musgrove claims another Bool Carnival win

    It would not be Warrnambool if trainer Eric Musgrove did not win a jumps race at the May Carnival. Musgrove has been coming to the three-day Carnival for more than 40 years and has won the feature jumps races – the Grand Annual Steeplechase, Brierly Steeplechase and Galleywood Hurdle – on numerous occasions. With a new breed of… Read More »

     
 
 
 
 
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