If there is a horse in Sydney racing that defies the adage that it is not how you start but how you finish, it is last-start winner Terwilliker. Terwilliker is one of two Rosehill runners who will have in-form jockey Tommy Berry on high alert in the barriers. Berry enjoyed… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer will give Ms Catherine another chance to show she is up to tackling stakes company when the filly races at Caulfield. Dwyer is planning to start Ms Catherine in two stakes races at Caulfield next month, but first needs to see the filly is up to the… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances could be rewarded with another stakes win for Chapter And Verse. After a disjointed campaign, Chapter and Verse steps up to 1350m in the Listed Spear Chief Handicap at Doomben. Forster needs three more wins to bring up a career total… Read More »
While many of her rivals are on their way to the breeding barn, Sydney mare Tricky Gal will be have her spring claims put under the microscope at Doomben. Tricky Gal will make a belated appearance in Brisbane to tackle the Group Three Sapphire Stakes (1600m) at Doomben. The Sapphire… Read More »
To be even racing let alone winning after suffering a life-threatening leg injury is a testament to the toughness of Alfa Oro. The lightly raced four-year-old lines up for his seventh start in Saturday’s Neds Handicap at Caulfield after a spiral fracture to the right-fore cannon bone halted his career… Read More »
Apprentice Adin Thompson’s growing maturity as a race tactician has earned him a ride in a black-type race at Doomben. Despite being unable to use his 2kg claim, Thompson has been booked for Fighting Teo in the Group Three Premiers Cup (2200m). It will be Thompson’s fourth ride in a… Read More »
Zac Purton has capitalised on some late pick-up rides with four winners at Happy Valley, propelling him to a seven-win lead over rival Joao Moreira in the battle for championship honours. Moreira started the night with an early win on the Caspar Fownes-trained Daily Beauty before Purton struck back in… Read More »
Connections of lightly raced colt Oregon believe he will only get better heading into his three-year-old season after breaking his maiden at the third attempt at Canterbury. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Oregon made his own luck in front against a small field in… Read More »
A North Queensland trainer has been banned for administering medication to three horses at Innisfail in 2018. Greg Strickland faced seven charges on administering medication on race day without permission after Cashed Up Bully, Redwinska and Oakfield Avenger were scratched once the trainer’s activities at the course’s stables on October… Read More »
Imported galloper Bartholomeu Dias has backed up a solid Australian debut with a decisive on-pace victory at Sandown. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding made his debut at Caulfield last month with a closing fourth before stepping up to 1800m on Wednesday to take out the Ladbrokes Handicap. With… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Knight Mariner will get a chance at a consolation black-type race after his powerful win at Ipswich. Knight Mariner ($2) came from last to easily win the Sirromet 3Y0 (1690m) on Wednesday. He was part of a treble for trainer Tony Gollan and his apprentice Baylee Nothdurft which… Read More »
Former Fremantle Dockers chief executive Steve Rosich has been announced as the new chief executive of the Victoria Racing Club. Rosich will join the VRC in September and transition into the chief executive role currently held by Neil Wilson before taking over after the Melbourne Cup carnival in November. Wilson… Read More »
A desire to race Sully on a rain-affected track has prompted Victorian-based co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young to look to the WJ McKell Cup in Sydney with the gelding who will be chasing an overdue win. Sully has not won since the spring of 2017, but during his five-run… Read More »
The weights may favour Double You Tee in his quest for victory at Caulfield, but trainer Patrick Payne wonders whether the gelding can turn the tables on Harbour Views. Double You Tee finished second to Harbour Views at The Valley a fortnight ago and the pair meet again in the… Read More »
International participation at this year’s spring carnival is expected to be down due to border restrictions brought about by COVID-19. Racing Victoria will open quarantine at Werribee for the spring carnival, but currently only to horses on a one-way ticket. However, that could change if RV gets a request from… Read More »
Sydney’s premier jockey James McDonald will face a stewards inquiry later this week after being charged over his ride on Threeood in a recent race at Randwick. Racing NSW’s chief steward Marc Van Gestel has confirmed McDonald has been charged under Australian Racing Rule 129 (2) for failing to take… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has split his forces for Saturday, but still has a strong chance to secure a complete set of Queensland’s staying races. Waller has won 17 individual staying feature events in Queensland though he has never won the Group Three Premier’s Cup, which is run at Doomben… Read More »
Classy mare Krone has had no luck in three runs over 1600m, but she’s earned another opportunity to conquer the distance for the first time in the Group Three Sapphire Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. The Sapphire Stakes was originally run as the Glenlogan Park Stakes and has been won… Read More »
Queensland stewards have charged 15 people, including 13 trainers, with buying unregistered substances after a state wide investigation over the past two months. In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission said it had informed 13 thoroughbred trainers, one stable hand and one jockey they had been… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald is set to be hit with a a running and handling charge by stewards for his ride on favourite Threeood on Saturday. News Corp have reported that Racing NSW stewards will charge McDonald under Australian Racing Rule 122, relating to “taking all reasonable and permissible… Read More »
