A bout of colic has claimed the life of young stallion Fighting Sun. Standing at Sun Stud, Fighting Sun was retired as a two-year-old as the result of a serious leg injury after winning his only two starts for Gai Waterhouse. Fighting Son had been high up in markets for… Read More »
A form reference belonging to the 2019 WS Cox Plate winner has propelled Japanese mare Chrono Genesis to the top of markets for this year’s race. Four-year-old mare Chrono Genesis earned an automatic Cox Plate start when she blitzed a Group One field in the Takarazuka Kinen. In the absence… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Williams is hoping the results of a lung wash will shed some light on the disappointing performance of Harbour Views at Caulfield. Harbour Views was sent out the $2.05 favourite on Saturday, but finished fourth behind Mirimar over 2000m. Racing Victoria stewards reported Harbour Views lame in the… Read More »
After more than 60 years in racing as a jockey and a successful trainer, Pat Hyland has retired. Ill-health has forced Hyland to step away from a training partnership with his son Chris to spend time on his farm in rural Victoria. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald has confirmed he will appeal a three-week suspension over a running and handling charge. McDonald was found guilty of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to win or obtain the best possible placing on Threeood in a race at Randwick on June 20. Theeood started… Read More »
Australian racing continues to stem the tide of promising horses heading offshore with the owners of Brandenburg knocking back lucrative international offers. While Randwick Guineas winner Shadow Hero has been sold to Hong Kong, the connections of Brandenburg join those of stakes winners Kinane and Front Page to turn down… Read More »
Between them, Damien Oliver and Craig Williams have 18 Melbourne jockeys’ premierships. It’s something not lost on Williams as the pair are challenging for this season’s title, with Williams in the box-seat to claim his ninth premiership and fifth in succession. Two winners at Caulfield on Saturday, compared to Oliver’s… Read More »
Using Loving Gaby as a yardstick, trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace hope to follow a similar spring campaign with Magic Millions winner Away Game. Maher and Eustace prepared Loving Gaby to win the Manikato Stakes at The Valley as a spring three-year-old and they will try to get Away… Read More »
Trainer Joseph O’Brien added to the uncertainty over international runners at this year’s spring carnival despite having two Irish Derby undercard winners who firmed in Melbourne Cup betting. O’Brien sent out Buckhurst and Twilight Payment for Group Three victories at the Curragh but the 2017 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer is unsure… Read More »
In four years, Mark Newnham has cemented his position as one of Sydney’s leading trainers and this season he has reached a new high. Bettering his metropolitan tally of winners each term since taking out his trainers’ licence in 2016-17, Newnham is sitting on 27 city victories, four more than… Read More »
One of Queensland’s best-known racing administrators in handicapper Lester Grimmett will retire on Tuesday. Grimmett, 73, has been a handicapper with the Queensland Turf Club and Racing Queensland for 50 years. He was one of the last links to a golden age of Queensland racing still working in the industry…. Read More »
Promising gelding Soxagon will get his chance in stakes company after his impressive win at Doomben. Soxagon was entered for the Listed Spear Chief Handicap and the Class 6 but trainer Mark Currie elected to run him in the restricted race. The four-year-old Soxagon never looked in danger after getting… Read More »
James McDonald has ended a tough week on a triumphant note, becoming the first jockey in more than a decade to ride a century of Sydney winners in successive seasons. McDonald had to wait until the final event to land the milestone, riding a measured race to win aboard Godolphin… Read More »
Mirimar has responded in the best possible way to a course of dressage and an intelligent ride to give trainer Mike Moroney a winning double at Caulfield. Mirimar took out Saturday’s Neds Money Back Handicap under apprentice Lewis German after the victory of stablemate She’s A Thief in the Father… Read More »
The rise of comeback galloper Alfa Oro has continued at Caulfield with the promising gelding taking another step up to win for the fourth time in a row. In 2018, after just two race starts, Alfa Oro fractured the cannon bone in one of his front legs which required screws… Read More »
Blacktype racing featured in several states on Saturday, which was the main focus for the week outside a country star being kept in Australia and not to Hong Kong. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Trumbull Finally Jumps… Read More »
A set of famous racing colours which once dominated winter carnivals were back in the winners’ circle for a stakes race when Sure Knee won at Doomben. Sure Knee ($9) gave top trainer Chris Waller a Doomben treble when she charged home to beat Krone ($4.80) by a length in… Read More »
Sluggish starts have proven costly for Trumbull this campaign but the talented sprinter has finally done everything right to land a deserved stakes win at Rosehill. The gelding had filled the minors in three of his four previous runs and had been luckless in the process, conceding big starts and… Read More »
A daring ride from jockey Ryan Wiggins helped much-travelled Inquiry win his first stakes race in the Listed Spear Chief Handicap at Doomben. Inquiry ($4) went out with a big lead in the middle stages before beating Scallopini ($3.10) by 1-1/4 lengths with 1-1/2 lengths to Right Or Wrong ($12)… Read More »
A third run in as many weeks could not stop Lucifer’s Reward who has circled the field to record a tough win at Caulfield. Lucifer’s Reward finished seventh at The Valley on June 13 before running 10th at Flemington last week and returned on Saturday to take out the Neds… Read More »
