Impressive Randwick winner Tiger Of Malay has been scratched from the $1 million Golden Gift after pulling up sore following trackwork. Trainers Richard and Michael Freedman confirmed the colt would be spelled immediately with a view to the autumn two-year-old races. “He pulled up slightly sore behind and with the… Read More »
Talented mare Love You Lucy has drawn perfectly for her Doomben assignment but trainer Barry Squair is not convinced it is an advantage. Squair believes Love You Lucy performs at her best racing outside other runners. For that reason, he is hoping jockey Jim Byrne can steer Love You Lucy… Read More »
Goulburn trainer Danny Williams is taking two horses to Rosehill this weekend on a quick three-day back up, but he sees no reason why they both can’t acquit themselves well. Rent A Rock was a handy winner over 1600m on his home surface on Wednesday and Williams will step him… Read More »
The number one horse in Tony McEvoy’s stable, Hey Doc is ready for the challenge of the VRC Sprint Classic and the co-trainer knows he will give his all in the race. McEvoy isn’t certain Hey Doc can win the race, which he regards as the best sprint event of… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker has nine runners accepted for the Rosehill meeting but will wait to see what the weather does over the next 48 hours before deciding which of them will run. Baker has experienced a fruitful carnival to date, highlighted by Positive Peace’s last-start victory in the Group Three… Read More »
Tamworth trainer Cody Morgan didn’t have much luck from the barrier gods in The Kosciuszko with his three runners all drawing outside gates. However, he has fared much better in the Country Classic at Rosehill on Saturday with Bajan Gold coming up with the inside alley for the 2000m race…. Read More »
When Rekindling won the 2017 Melbourne Cup his trainer Joseph O’Brien became the youngest winning trainer in Cup history. He was twenty-four years old at the time and was winning the Cup at his first attempt. Fast forward to 2020 and the young man is now a two-time Cup winner… Read More »
After winning on debut then drawing a good fate in the $1million Golden Gift, it looked like TIGER OF MALAY had a huge chance. But he will not be running. Team Freedman has sadly had to scratch him after he pulled up sore in the hindquarters this morning after track… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will partner Nature Strip in the VRC Sprint Classic after James McDonald lost his appeal against a careless riding suspension. McDonald has been the horse’s regular rider for the past two seasons and was in the saddle for his last-start seventh in The Everest. But after being outed… Read More »
Brothers and training partners Richard and Michael Freedman will field a strong team at Rosehill and they are particularly keen on two-year-old colt Tiger Of Malay in the $1 million Golden Gift. The Extreme Choice youngster was impressive on debut at Randwick when he defeated Cerda and Mura Mura and… Read More »
Tom Dabernig doesn’t think there is a better way to attack the Mackinnon Stakes than with a pair of horses who are proven at the track, distance and class. Dabernig and Ben Hayes will be represented by two horses who between them can boast wins in the past three Australian… Read More »
Racing Victoria officials will launch a thorough investigation into the death of Melbourne Cup runner Anthony Van Dyck once post mortem results on the horse are complete. The 2019 Epsom Derby winner suffered a catastrophic leg injury during the final stages of Tuesday’s race and despite attempts by veterinarians to… Read More »
Becoming a Melbourne Cup-winning jockey at the age of 25 is still sinking in for Jye McNeil after a restrained night of celebrations. McNeil became the toast of Australian racing with his daring front-running ride to win the two mile feature on Irish-trained raider Twilight Payment on Tuesday. One of… Read More »
Tom Dabernig acknowledges boom Sydney filly Montefilia is the horse to beat in the VRC Oaks at Flemington but he thinks Personal has some advantages over her. Those advantages are geographical and historical, according to the co-trainer. The David Payne-trained Montefilia is a $1.85 favourite with TAB fixed odds and… Read More »
If finishing a narrow second in the Melbourne Cup wasn’t bad enough, Kerrin McEvoy’s afternoon got even worse in the stewards’ room. The jockey was fined $50,000 and suspended for 13 meetings for breaching the whip rules on Tiger Moth, striking the horse more than 21 times in total. McEvoy… Read More »
It was the wee hours of the morning in Ireland and after a fitful, anxious sleep, Joseph O’Brien rose in the dark to watch his two Melbourne Cup runners. Unable to be at Flemington due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the young Irish trainer had to content himself with looking on… Read More »
With 200m left to travel in the Gr 1 Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, two former jockeys, the Cathy and Jess Payne jumped from their respective couches and started cheering. Cathy Payne, wife of Kerrin McEvoy saw her man on TIGER MOTH (Galilee-Lesson In Humility) get that horse going and he… Read More »
The department of youth was to the fore in the Melbourne Cup with the youngest trainer and jockey combination in the race, Joseph O’Brien and Jye McNeil, scoring with Twilight Payment. It was the 27-year-old Irish-based O’Brien’s second victory and 25-year-old Melbourne jockey McNeil’s first at what was his maiden… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys had to say about the runs of their mounts in the 2020 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday. Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil “Too many emotions. It’s a very big moment. “Jess and the boy, Oakley, will be watching from home today. Unfortunately they couldn’t… Read More »
The hard track will be blamed, but the animal activists will be furious. The great Gr 1 English Derby winner, Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo-Believe’N’Succeed) was in trouble 800m from home when rider Hugh Bowman was urging him along to just keep up. He clearly was not comfortable on the super… Read More »
