After a season that fell short of his own lofty expectations and delivered some challenging lessons, Tommy Berry is looking forward to the clean slate of a fresh racing year. Berry began last season with high hopes after falling just short in his quest for a first Sydney jockeys’ title in… Read More »
Count De Rupee will be out to woo the Everest slot holders when he takes on a handy Missile Stakes field, and he won’t be the only member of his stable vying for a slice of the Everest pie this spring. Trainers Luke and Robert Price also have classy mare Jamaea waiting in… Read More »
A Racing Victoria media release has confirmed that Racing Victoria has banned horses in which Allan Endresz has a majority share from racing in Victoria. This order includes the 2022 Stradbroke winner Alligator Blood, who was being lined up for several feature races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The release,… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable would like to return to South Australia next month and chase a little piece of racing history. After winning the past two editions of the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) with Winning Partner, they would like to return ‘home’ and repeat the feat with the… Read More »
Lindsay Park has had considerable success with UK-trained horses that when sold to Hong Kong have not adapted and were then sent to Australia. Redkirk Warrior is a prime example of a good galloper in England that did not stand up to the rigours of Hong Kong because of poor… Read More »
Three years after winning the Melbourne Cup, Vow And Declare is tracking towards a third start in Australia’s most famous race. Vow And Declare galloped over 1400m between races at Geelong on Wednesday in preparation for his return to racing at Caulfield on Saturday week. A tendon injury halted the 2021 campaign of… Read More »
Josh Parr has started the new racing season with a bang, booting home the first two winners at Canterbury, both of them three-year-olds of promise. The top jockey took a break during most of July to recharge his batteries and has ridden three winners from his five rides since making a… Read More »
The market said the DMB Contracting Maiden Plate at Geelong was a three-horse race and so it proved. The Peter Moody-trained Nanagui was sent out the $2.50 favourite and duly saluted under Jamie Kah but not after Miss Subtly ($2.60) put up stubborn opposition with Lambda ($6) close up in third place. Such was the domination of the trio… Read More »
Triple Group 1 winner Forbidden Love heads a field of 12 for the first Group race of the Sydney season, which could provide an early Everest preview. Connections of both Forbidden Love and Saturday’s Missile Stakes rival Count De Rupee have flagged their interest in an Everest appearance and get an opportunity… Read More »
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young have high hopes for imported galloper He’s Our Bonneval who steps out for the third time for the stable at Flemington. Down to jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday, Busuttin and Young elected to bypass that and instead have the gelding down to run in the Parade Lounge (1620m) on… Read More »
A new $6 million sprint series bonus will be offered this spring as part of $30 million in prizemoney increases unveiled by Racing NSW. The state’s governing body announced the changes on Wednesday, also revealing it will be spending $125 million on infrastructure projects over the next two years and… Read More »
Not having a standout contender for either of the 1600-metre Group 1 Guineas races at Caulfield is not something James Cummings has had to get accustomed to as head trainer at Godolphin. He produced Anamoe to win last year’s Caulfield Guineas as a short-priced favourite, having done likewise with Flit in the Thousand… Read More »
Verry Elleegant’s move to France has opened the door for a new queen of the Chris Waller stable and the champion trainer has a trio of likely candidates ready to step up to the plate. Vinery Stud Stakes winner Fangirl, Surround Stakes winner Hinged and Group 1 winner-in-waiting Espiona make the… Read More »
Racing NSW today announced a further $30 million in prizemoney increases along with record investment in infrastructure and an additional share of prizemoney for both equine welfare and stable staff. As detailed below, these latest prizemoney announcements totalling $30 million will see total prizemoney paid in NSW increase to $358… Read More »
There’s hardly a ripple of surprise when the Pateman name figures prominently in country races across WA, but on the weekend it was a newer member of the racing family who stood out. Aaron Pateman, in his first full season of training, claimed his biggest scalp to date when in-form… Read More »
Edward Cummings has the favourite for both this year’s Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup but his spring ambitions don’t end in Victoria with the Sydney trainer revealing an audacious campaign to also includes a trip to Japan. Cummings told Tuesday’s Racing Victoria spring nominations launch that the five-year-old was ‘very likely’… Read More »
Total Melbourne Cup nominations were up 12 on last year, which made it the biggest set of entries since 2012, while Caulfield Cup nominations were virtually identical to last year – 169 to 170 – with Cox Plate entries down slightly from 153 to 135. Of the 186 horses entered… Read More »
Racing Victoria is looking forward to a Spring Carnival with increased international involvement following Tuesday’s release of nominations for three of Australia’s biggest races. Aidan O’Brien, Joseph O’Brien, Charlie Appleby and Saeed Bin Suroor Suroor are among the trainers represented in the nominations for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m), $5 million Caulfield… Read More »
The Browns were raiders at last year’s carnival when David spent months stuck in Australia while Emma-Lee stayed in New Zealand with their children and running their stable. The couple made the move to Australia in March and set up at Cranbourne where Elephant was put through his paces in a… Read More »
A fall at the Pakenham jump-outs has resulted in Michael Walker being air-lifted to hospital. Jockey Michael Walker is in the Intensive Care Unit of Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital being monitored for concussion following a fall at the Pakenham jump-outs. Walker was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday morning after the horse he… Read More »
