Sam Freedman will join his father Anthony in a training partnership commencing in the new season. The pair have their first runners together at The Valley on Saturday saddling up three runners. Sam has spent the past three seasons learning the ropes under his father as assistant trainer for Anthony… Read More »
Jockey Daniel Stackhouse has three meetings remaining for the season to peg back a five win lead held by rival Jye McNeil in the Victorian jockeys’ premiership. Stackhouse trailed McNeil by that margin at the start of Tuesday’s meeting at Moe in country Victoria and got the ball rolling early… Read More »
New Zealand jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe headlines entries for the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. Tallyho Twinkletoe won last year’s Grand National Hurdle on his Australian debut and is one of nine nominations for Sunday’s contest over 4200m. Trained in New Zealand by Kevin Myers, Tallyho Twinkletoe is transferred to Patrick… Read More »
The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is the immediate target for trainer John Sargent with Brandenburg. The three-year-old colt continued preparations towards the Group One weight-for-age Winx Stakes with a barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday. Brandenburg went around in a 1080m heat on the… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike is unsure whether he will be able to continue training The Bostonian when the galloper embarks on a spring campaign in Sydney. The multiple Group One winner is scheduled to fly to Sydney on August 17 and Pike is unsure whether he, or any of… Read More »
A NSW trainer has been suspended for four months after breaching COVID-19 policy and giving false evidence. Trainer Laura McCullum has been suspended for four months after giving false evidence to Stewards during a telephone interview in respect to her attendance at Wodonga trackwork. Racing NSW stewards release: Racing NSW… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hopeful Tavirun does not have any bad memories of his last trip to The Valley. Tavirun’s last outing at the track was almost 12 months ago and he came away from the race with a slab fracture to a knee. The mishap… Read More »
Trainer David Payne is convinced he has a potential Oaks contender in lightly-raced filly Montefilia. The Rosehill trainer has nominated Montefilia to race on the opening day of the new racing season at Randwick on Saturday, with the hope of boosting her rating before a short freshen-up to target the… Read More »
Coolmore Australia boss Tom Magnier says the Melbourne Cup is high on the agenda for the Irish outfit, but whether they will be players during the spring remains to be seen. Magnier says the Coolmore team in Ireland is planning to have a strong presence in Melbourne during the spring… Read More »
Jockey Chris Whiteley has received a two-month suspension for his ride on short-priced favourite Silent Explorer at Cairns last month. Silent Explorer ($1.30) was beaten into second place in the Open Hcp (1400m) on June 25. Stewards opened an inquiry into the hoop’s ride. At the inquiry, Whiteley was found… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning sprinter Sunlight has been sold for $4.2 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast. Sunlight, who won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast in 2018 during her juvenile season and won three Group One sprints the Coolmore Stud Stakes,… Read More »
Jye McNeil has taken a big step towards the Victorian statewide jockeys’ premiership with a winning double at Pakenham moving him five wins clear with four days of the season remaining. McNeil started Monday’s meeting on the synthetic track with a three-win lead over Daniel Stackhouse in the statewide standings… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Adkins is expected to remain in a Sydney hospital for at least the remainder of the week after surgery on injuries sustained in a race fall at Rosehill. Adkins was injured when Hot ‘N’ Hazy fell in the opening race on Saturday. The jockey underwent surgery on Sunday… Read More »
Three important barrier trials have been pushed back three days because of Sydney’s wet weather. Tuesday’s barrier trial session at Randwick will now be held on the Polytrack with 20 heats scheduled. But the three heats for Group horses that were set down for the Kensington track on Tuesday morning… Read More »
Champion Perth jockey William Pike wants to base himself in Melbourne for the spring to continue his association with a number of the west’s leading horses. But how that will be achieved during the current COVID-19 climate, Pike is unsure. Pike on Saturday created an Australian riding record when he… Read More »
Racing NSW has been informed of the passing of former trainer Vince Stein at 82. Mr Stein and his wife Deidre prepared the great galloper Rising Prince – known as the Bathurst Bulldog – who won the 1985 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick and the 1985 WS Cox Plate… Read More »
Zac Purton believes he will have to fight harder than ever before if he is to successfully defend his Hong Kong champion jockey title next season. The 37-year-old claimed the coveted crown for a fourth time after an intense season-long battle with his arch-rival Joao Moreira. Though able to reflect… Read More »
Craig Williams is another step closer to the record for Victorian metropolitan jockeys’ premierships after clinching his ninth title this season. Williams now sits two premierships behind the record of 11 set by both the late Roy Higgins and late Bill Duncan. Damien Oliver has won 10 Melbourne premierships and… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani hopes to turn Creedence into a spring performer after the stable newcomer showed his credentials with a strong winter campaign. Creedence had three starts for Cumani after joining the Ballarat stable in early June, winning twice at Flemington, and now the trainer is hoping the gelding can… Read More »
A host of feature race contenders are scheduled to continue preparations towards their new-season returns at a star-studded set of barrier trials at Randwick. Tuesday’s barrier trials session has attracted several Group One winners among the entries along with a number of other well-performed horses being readied for feature races… Read More »
