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 »
Tony Gollan, who has dominated the trainer’s premiership in Brisbane in recent years, breaking several records along the way … ticked off another box in the outstanding column when he saddled the first four runners home in the QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap at Doomben. Adding emphasis to the Gollan stable’s dominance… Read More »
Flemington was all the talk for racing this week, meanwhile the TAB caused major problems on Saturday. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Twilight Payment Wins Memorable Melbourne Cup The 2020 Melbourne Cup in a Covid environment had… Read More »
As is the case elsewhere in the country, Racing Queensland pays out prize-money down to tenth place at metropolitan and provincial meetings. That spread provides an incentive for owners and trainers to race their horses, which in turn helps to boost race sizes, which in turn makes those bigger field… Read More »
An emotional Grant Williams farewelled his successful Victorian spring campaign in style with his star mare Arcadia Queen taking out the Group One Mackinnon Stakes. “If you told me at the start of spring that she would be winning two Group One races, I’d take that,” the trainer said after… Read More »
Tabcorp has issued a public apology after a major technical glitch prevented punters from wagering on the final day of the Melbourne Cup carnival. The issue, believed to have been caused by a disruption to the power at one of their server location centres, shut down the TAB’s systems on… Read More »
Bonny mare Savatiano has capped an outstanding day for Godolphin with her return to the winner’s circle in the Group Two Hot Danish Stakes. Her performance came an hour after Sheikh Mohammed’s royal blue silks were carried to victory by Bivouac, who annihilated a top-class field in the Group One… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys had to say about the runs of their mounts in the 2020 Golden Gift at Rosehill on Saturday. Sneaky Five guaranteed her spot in the Golden Slipper by taking out the $1m Golden Gift and banking $580,000 in prizemoney. Cerda and Mura Mura filled… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys had to say about the runs of their mounts in the 2020 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Winning Jockey: Luke Currie on Arcadia Queen Easy watch: “She’s a workman. There was a bit going on early so we took our time, sat back…. Read More »
Glen Boss’ arrogance over the closing stages summed up Bivouac’s domination of the VRC Sprint Classic, which proved to be a one-act affair. Boss plotted a course out wide on the James Cummings-trained sprinter and with 200 metres to go he hadn’t moved on him. The jockey took a sustained… Read More »
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continue to be major players in the two-year-old features with Sneaky Five upstaging the Sydney locals to plunder the $1 million Golden Gift. The training partners are backing up a terrific 2019-20 season in which they claimed the Magic Millions Classic with Away Game… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys had to say about the runs of their mounts in the 2020 VRC Sprint Classic at Flemington on Saturday. Winning Jockey: Glen Boss on Bivouac “I’m very privileged to be sitting on this very good colt. Everyone knows how many good colts I’ve been… Read More »
For the second year in a row, Irish mare True Self narrowly missed out on a start in the Melbourne Cup and triumphed four days later in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In doing so, she again took out a $200,000 consolation bonus open to horses balloted out of the Cup… Read More »
All the indications were there so people just followed the money. HUNNAM (Shalaa-Skating On Ice) an unraced 2YO in the Team Hawkes yard, opened on Thursday night at $15. But money came for him, a lot of it, and by Saturday morning he was into $7.40. By race time, he… Read More »
Two weeks ago Racing Victoria Stewards fined Glen Boss for his standing in the irons as they crossed the line when he won the Gr 1 Cox Plate on Sir Dragonet. Boss defiantly defended his actions that day saying the sport needed something like this at this time in history,… Read More »
