In Flight won’t be at Randwick to defend her Bob Charley AO Stakes title with trainer Joe Pride confirming he will stick to his original plan and take her to Queensland for the Moreton Cup. Pride said the Group 2 assignment in Brisbane was always his preference with Sydney a… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell says it is now time for Miss Revealing to reveal the potential he has seen from the filly on the racetrack. Miss Revealing heads to Flemington on Saturday to contest the Play On, For Neale (1600m) on Saturday, a heat of the Silver Bowl Series that has a final over… Read More »
Lightly raced gelding Nitro will be out to erase the disappointment of being balloted from a stakes race when he heads to Randwick chasing an overdue win. The three-year-old’s benchmark wasn’t high enough to make the cut for a high quality renewal of the Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle… Read More »
On a quiet day for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr stable, their hopes of a winner at Flemington will lie with a trio of three-year-old stayers in heat four of the Mahogany Series. She’s Got The Cash, Engine Of War and Rockette are all set to contest the 2000m contest which… Read More »
Star sprinter Jimmysstar will not contest next week’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, with connections opting to end his Queensland winter campaign and target the spring carnival instead. The decision comes after the Ciaron Maher-trained gelding’s narrow defeat as favourite in Saturday’s Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Despite… Read More »
New Zealand filly Solid Gold is on track to back up in Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm after emerging from her Queensland Derby run as one of the leading chances for the fillies’ feature. The daughter of Turn Me Loose produced a creditable performance when finishing fifth… Read More »
Queensland racing participants are rallying behind jockey Kristy Bennett after she suffered serious injuries in an incident at the Gold Coast trials on Tuesday. Bennett is understood to have sustained a brain bleed and was placed in an induced coma following a fall involving a horse after a trial. Medical… Read More »
As excited as Matt Cumani was about Kingofwallstreet coming out of his three-year-old spring campaign, he knows whatever he now achieves on the racetrack might be considered a bonus. The four-year-old is on the cusp of a return to the races, with this Saturday’s 2000-metre open-age handicap at Flemington shaping… Read More »
Fireball Miss will aim to become the third horse to complete The Roses – Queensland Oaks double when she lines up in the Group 1 feature over 2200m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Bivouac rocketed into Oaks contention with a decisive victory in the Group 2 The… Read More »
Damian Lane may have secured himself a future mount in the Caulfield Cup after steering Feiern Kranz to victory in Sunday’s Group 2 Meguro Kinen (2500m) at Tokyo Racecourse. The Meguro Kinen carries a ballot exemption into October’s Caulfield Cup, meaning Feiern Kranz now has a guaranteed place in the… Read More »
Hawkesbury Race Club has announced that Chief Executive Officer James Heddo will leave the organisation on July 17, 2026, bringing to an end a four-year tenure that oversaw major change and improvement at the club. Heddo has elected to semi-retire and will relocate to the Central Coast, where he has… Read More »
US Hall of Fame trainer Wesley Ward could finally realise a lifelong ambition of racing in Australia if stayer Navy Seal can secure a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup by winning Thursday’s Group 2 Belmont Gold Cup (3200m) in New York. Victory in the Belmont Gold Cup would provide… Read More »
A trip to Flemington was not Ron Stubbs’ first preference with Bianco Vilano, but the Albury trainer is more than happy to have a $150,000 event at Australia’s most famous racecourse as a back-up option for the Riverina’s newest Cups King. Providing there is no repeat of the weather that… Read More »
Chris Waller has turned to the Melhams as he strives to add to his imperious Group 1 record this season in Saturday’s Queensland Oaks. Australia’s leading Group 1 trainer will have three runners in the $700,000 event, Panova, Chispa and Soverato, with the first two in need of new pilots… Read More »
Jockey Luke Currie felt a different horse underneath as he paraded to the start aboard The Western Front at Sandown. The Western Front contested the Sandown Cup (3200m) on Sunday and Currie said the stayer was a more relaxed individual to the one he rode in the Andrew Ramsden (2800m)… Read More »
The saying is weight will stop a train and it certainly helped deny Stern Idol victory in the Australian Steeplechase at Sandown. Stern Idol was burdened with 76.5kg in his bid to win the Australian Steeplechase for the second time having scored with 73kg 12 months ago. However, Stern Idol… Read More »
Clayton Douglas can now add the Australian Hurdle as a trainer to his win as a rider after Mr Waterville scored at Sandown. Douglas rode Self Sense to victory in 2018 before making the switch to training and watched Mr Waterville record an easy win in the Australian Hurdle (3900m)… Read More »
Champion jockey James McDonald has equalled one of the most enduring riding records in Australian racing with his win on Providence in the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Providence gave McDonald his 16th Australian Group 1 of the season to equal “Miracle” Mal Johnston’s all-time… Read More »
Adam Hyeronimus can barely recall drawing a decent barrier on a Joe Pride-trained horse, but he has made the most of that rare opportunity with a thrilling victory aboard Headley Grange in the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Horse and jockey teamed up to snare the Alan Brown Stakes… Read More »
Read what the jockeys had to say after the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Winning Jockey Adam Hyeronimus (Headley Grange): He’s a beautiful horse, I actually really love him. He’s such a kind horse and he has his few little tricks, but we seem to get… Read More »
