The connections of Catalyst have opted for a change of plan following the geldingâs withdrawal from the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate last Saturday due to the heavy track at Te Rapa, in what would have been his scheduled, long-awaited return to action. With the weather forecast not guaranteeing anything better… Read More »
Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership winner Jye Mcneil will ride The Inferno when he resumes at The Valley on Saturday. The Inferno is chasing back-to-back wins in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) after giving Cliff Brown his first winner back following a training stint in Singapore last year. McNeil will be the fourth jockey to ride The Inferno with Damian Lane scoring… Read More »
Just imagine the dust clouds behind the convoy of vehicles as the trek to Birdsville is now well and truly on for all of those going to taste a bit of history as the iconic racing location, for the first time, hosts a second Birdsville Cup meeting in the same… Read More »
âAs soon as my phone rang this morning and I saw Air Express I thought ⊠ahh, her we go.â Robert Heathcote immediately knew all was not well with the arrangement that had been put in place to transport Prince Of Boom and Rothfire, the stableâs feature race contenders, to… Read More »
The lightly raced but very well performed Ayrton might only have won up to Group 3 level in his first ten starts, which have yielded six wins, but the five-year-old son of Iffraaj has always commanded tremendous respect in terms of his perceived, superior ability and that level of interest… Read More »
Expected to be one of the drawcards to the meeting at Moonee Valley, Queensland galloper Uncommon James has been ruled out of the remainder of the spring with a minor leg injury. Trainers Steven OâDea and Matthew Hoysted issued a statement on Tuesday that Uncommon James had presented with some minor filling in his near foreleg…. Read More »
Illation is set to undergo further tests as trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr try to get to the bottom of his disappointing run in the Memsie Stakes. Unbeaten in his first three starts, Illation was a drifter in the betting before finishing last in the Group 1 1400m contest on Saturday. Price had been bullish… Read More »
Boom Queensland sprinter Uncommon James will miss the remainder of the spring carnival after a setback. Trainer Steven O’Dea released a media statement on twitter on Tuesday morning announcing the news. Uncommon James has won five of his six career starts including an emphatic win in the Regal Roller Stakes… Read More »
Jockey Billy Egan underwent his second surgery on Monday following his heavy fall from Tagomago in the ninth and final race at Pakenham on Friday. Although X-rays cleared Egan of any fractures (there was initial concern about that possibility straight after the fall), as reported on Racing.com, he was then… Read More »
It is seemingly becoming increasingly likely that the field for this yearâs $5 million Cox Plate will not feature any international runners. Michael Browell, the CEO of the Moonee Valley Racing Club, had been hopeful that, at very least, the Joseph OâBrien trained State Of Rest would be back to… Read More »
It was good to see jockey Morgan Butler hobbling around Corbould Park on Sunday. And no ⊠that is not being nasty. Rather, it is an expression of relief after the terrible looking fall Butler suffered in the last race at Kilcoy on Saturday. When he didnât move for some… Read More »
Trainer Bernie Miller was rapt with the trial of Cup Night and has his fingers crossed it signals a change of fortune for the Maschino gelding. Feet issues have restricted Cup Night to just five races in two years, but Bernie Miller says he took a significant step forward at Belmont this… Read More »
Baylee Nothdurft has joined the stable of twelve-time Group 1 winning trainer Robert Heathcote, taking up a new challenge in a racing career which has already brought notable success. Nothdurft earned a place of distinction in the Premiership records in Queensland during his successful riding career when he won the… Read More »
Fresh from his first success as a trainer, Takahide Ikenushi is already eyeing off his first feature win with Vane Tempest. The tough mare was a dominant winner of Saturday’s Furphy Handicap (1300m) at Belmont, her third run in as many weeks. Takahide Ikenushi, who rode more than 450 winners… Read More »
Fireburn might have been unplaced in her final trial before her first-up run in next month’s Group 2 Run To The Rose, but don’t expect to see trainer Gary Portelli pressing any alarm bells. The Warwick Farm horseman now knows what to expect from the Golden Slipper winner and was satisfied… Read More »
Trainer Colin Webster says the $500,000 Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) looms as a lucrative option for his classy filly, Baby Paris. The daughter of hot sire Playing God, Baby Paris is expected to tackle the Listed race in November after successfully completing a cameo winter campaign on the weekend. Baby Paris,… Read More »
William McCarthy has only been a regular in Australian form guides for a little more than a year but he has already built a feature-race CV many jumps jockeys with decades experience would be jealous of. The Irishman on Sunday won a stirring edition of the $350,000 Grand National Steeplechase… Read More »
Not for the first time, Mike Moroney is planning for life after Tofane. The four-time Group 1 winner was one of the disappointments of Saturday’s Memsie Stakes, finishing 12t in the field of 14, 8-1/4 lengths from Snapdancer. The 1400-metre Group 1 was her first start since being sold for $3.1… Read More »
Chris Waller has quashed talk of an Everest appetiser between Nature Strip and Eduardo in the Concorde Stakes, confirming he will wait for another day to kick off the champion sprinter’s spring. While Eduardo is on track to resume in the 1000m scamper at Randwick next Saturday, Waller said the race wouldn’t be… Read More »
A bonny mare claimed her second Group l, a boom horse tasted defeat while at Rosehill, there was a shock in the feature. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Snapdancer Wins Memsie Quality mare Snapdancer won her second Group l on Saturday, leading throughout… Read More »
