Steve O’Dea missed out on training the first two foals of Bianca Jewel and wasn’t about to let it happen a third time. The former smart race mare won five races including two in stakes class when she was trained by O’Dea about 10 years ago. At stud, Bianca Jewel… Read More »
Two-year-old Can’t Be Done is showing he can win races, with the gelding notching his second victory from three starts with a determined display at Sandown. By stallion All Too Hard out of the mare Nobody Gets, the Danny O’Brien-trained Can’t Be Done ($5) just edged out the Anthony Freedman-trained… Read More »
Lismore trainer Dan Bowen’s plan to keep classy mare Queen of Kingston in the weakest company has paid off with a win at Ipswich. Leading northern rivers jockey Matt McGuren made a rare Saturday visit to Queensland to steer Queen of Kingston ($4.60) to a head victory over Silvera ($7.50)… Read More »
Stakes winner First Crush’s last start was so poor his trainer Chris Munce has erased it from his memory. First Crush lines up for his second attempt to win the Listed $175,000 Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. He ran second in the Ipswich Cup last year before going on to… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander believes five-year-old Spanner Head has returned in career-best form this campaign and he is hopeful the mare can back up a last-start Flemington win with another at Sandown. Spanner Head finished second to stakes winner Twitchy Frank first-up at Caulfield in the VOBIS Gold Distaff before winning… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn is hopeful former stakes performer Petrology is back in the right head space to win his first race in two years at Ipswich. Petrology will give jockey Jim Byrne a chance to win his fourth Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) on Saturday. Formerly trained by the Hayes… Read More »
Bookmaker Simon Beasley has been charged with misconduct in relation to his betting operations during a near five-month period earlier this season. Racing Victoria stewards charged Beasley on Friday with accepting and recording bets outside of his licence conditions from the start of September last year until January 26 this… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge is renowned for its bone and muscle style of horses who race on speed and prove hard to get past but steering them is not as easy as it might look. Tim Clark, who has successfully ridden for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott over several years, enjoys the… Read More »
Group One-winning jockeys Josh Parr and Rachel King have both been ruled out of the Winter Cup meeting at Rosehill because of injuries. Parr tumbled from On Her Word after winning the opening race at Warwick Farm on Wednesday and Racing NSW stewards confirmed on Friday he had been ruled… Read More »
A strong recent trial and a good barrier give filly Winter Passage a chance to shed her title as one of Queensland’s unluckiest horse. Winter Passage resumes in a strong T L Cooney Three-Year-Old Handicap over 1100m at Ipswich on Saturday. The Cooney is regarded as the best three-year-old race… Read More »
Mike Moroney is still learning about lightly raced English import Buffalo River but the trainer is hoping the free-running gelding can make it two wins from as many Australian starts at Sandown. Buffalo River scored a front-running win in benchmark 70 grade at Ballarat on May 22 and Moroney has… Read More »
Tough Toowoomba mare Ruby Guru will get her chance in the Listed Ipswich Cup after trainer Michael Nolan decided she had too much weight in a restricted class race. The consistent Ruby Guru would have been favourite in the $125,000 Provincial Stayers Final (2500m) also at Ipswich on Saturday. When… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie’s time on the sidelines continues to grow after another three-year disqualification, taking his total punishment to 7-1/2 years. The combined sentence is the largest imposed on any trainer who has not been warned off for life in Queensland history. Racing Queensland stewards last week found Currie… Read More »
Nash Rawiller has ridden trackwork at Rosehill as he starts the road back to reclaiming his career after serving a lengthy disqualification. The multiple Group One-winning jockey was banned in April last year for 15 months by Hong Kong authorities for accepting gifts or money in exchange for tips. With… Read More »
