Trainer Ciaron Maher was pleased with the workout of eight-year-old mare Etah James and said she was ready to run a big race in the Sandown Cup. “She’s a dour two-miler ready to peak. She’s very honest,” Maher said. Etah James was unplaced in the Melbourne Cup, which was only… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is hoping to replicate its success of last year and take out the two major staying races at the closing meeting of the spring carnival at Sandown. On the corresponding program twelve months ago they were successful with Southern France winning the Group… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling will be offered for sale at the upcoming Tattersalls December Mare Sale at Newmarket. The Joseph O’Brien trained and Lloyd Williams owned Rekindling won the 2017 Melbourne Cup and will be offered for sale as a stallion prospect at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale later this… Read More »
Houtzen has been sold, in foal to Curlin, for US$1.5 million to Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Farm during the first session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale at Keeneland Houtzen could not have found a better place to land as the Stonestreet brand (Stonestreet Farm and Stonestreet stables) is one… Read More »
Racing Victoria is set to make an announcement at the end of the week or early next week as to when crowds can return to metropolitan races in Victoria. RV CEO Giles Thompson spoke on After The Last about a time frame in which owners and general crowds will return… Read More »
The Queensland racing industry has lost one of its most admired servants following the passing of Geoff Burns. A stalwart within Queensland’s training ranks, the 72-year-old, who came within a whisker of capturing the 1981 Melbourne Cup after El Laurena finished second behind Just A Dash, seemed as comfortable at… Read More »
From the Gold Coast to Royal Ascot to Keeneland … a rare journey indeed … the story of Houtzen will open a new page when she parades as Lot 31 at the Keeneland Sales in Lexington, Kentucky this week. Houtzen, is being offered in foal to Curlin, the 2007 Breeders’… Read More »
The strict border conditions in Western Australia will mean the Ascot racing carnival will be without some of the leading contenders in the feature races. Western Australia’s strict stance on border controls means there will be no more flights to WA from Eastern states ahead of their feature racing carnival… Read More »
Mike Moroney will run Buffalo River in the Group Three Sandown Stakes (1500 metres) after deciding to bypass Saturday’s Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. Moroney toyed with starting Buffalo River in the Mackinnon Stakes as he is keen to stretch the horse out to 2000 metres. Buffalo River led at a… Read More »
Mike Moroney believes his veteran stayer Sound could not be going any better and he is hoping he’ll finally break his Australian maiden status in the Zipping Classic. Moroney’s plan was for Sound to be contesting the Melbourne Cup but he missed out on gaining a start when he finished… Read More »
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been successful in appealing the $50,000 fine he received for his ride on Tiger Moth in last weeks Melbourne Cup. Kerrin McEvoy was fined $50,000 from stewards for overuse of the whip on Melbourne Cup favourite Tiger Moth who ran second in the $8m event. The… Read More »
Kris Lees is planning to stack the bases as he looks to go one better in the second edition of the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. The local trainer had to settle for second in the inaugural running when Tactical Advantage finished in the slipstream of Godolphin mare Savatiano…. Read More »
He has promised the world and only delivered an atlas but a new-look Garibaldi may be poised to finally live up to his early promise. The recently gelded Garibaldi and stablemate Socialising were singled out by leading trainer Tony Gollan as the star performers of his runners who stepped out… Read More »
Racing surfaces are so often a bone of contention these days that is always good when a positive story emerges on the subject. People are often very quick to complain when they think the track is not in good order, but you seldom read about the positive stories. So, when… Read More »
Tabcorp has made a media release on Monday morning to shareholders outlining that a smoke and likely fire incident at a third-party managed data centre in Sydney resulted in extensive damage to Tabcorp’s servers. Services have now largely been restored with an immediate focus on ensuring the systems return to… Read More »
It is relatively seldom that both a seasoned trainer and a very experience jockey give such a high level of praise to a racehorse who has just won her first start … but that was the case when the Kelly Schweida trained Miss Hipstar was punched home in striking fashion… Read More »
Tabcorp has provided an update on the major technical issues which impacted its TAB, Keno and Gaming Services operations and systems from around 11:30am AEDT on Saturday 7 November 2020. Keno retail services were restored yesterday while TAB and Keno digital services have been largely restored from around 3pm AEDT… Read More »
Star sprinter Bivouac is set to take on the World’s best sprinters with James Cummings announcing the Godolphin owned galloper could head to Dubai in March and Royal Ascot in June. Bivouac was an emphatic winner of Saturday’s VRC Sprint Classic down the Flemington straight prompting connections to consider overseas… Read More »
The TAB’s website and mobile app have returned after a system failure saw both plus retail outlets go offline early on Saturday morning. The TAB has been battling major technical issue that resulted in the site, app and retail outlets to be offline during Saturday’s busy racing period and continued… Read More »
It’s been a Spring Carnival like no other and one which we won’t see again. Next to no crowds in Melbourne, but fabulous racing throughout, and Sydney showcased that The Everest is here and here to stay for the long term. Now it’s done and dusted, it is time to… Read More »
