Restrictions on where NSW-based jockeys can ride across the state are soon to be lifted with a further easing of COVID-19 protocols. Racing NSW announced on Tuesday that effective from July 1 the jockey zones in NSW would be removed, allowing all NSW-based jockeys to ride at any meeting across… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams is planning to give Cox Plate hopeful Harbour Views one more start this winter in a bid to improve his rating ahead of a spring campaign. Harbour Views raced to an impressive win over 2040m at The Valley on Saturday in a test of his spring… Read More »
Purchased to be a major player in the spring, import Ventura Storm has made the transition to jump racing by scoring at his first run over hurdles at Ballarat. The Irish-bred galloper did his early racing in Europe and came to Australia in 2017 as a potential Melbourne Cup, Caulfield… Read More »
Training partners Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have been fined $7500 by the Victorian Racing Tribunal after one of their horses returned a positive swab following a victory at Sale. Piccatric won a maiden race on February 28 before returning a positive test for Furosemide, a diuretic. Furosemide is permitted… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards may have lost one of his stars Te Akau Shark but he still has a strong contingent gearing up for the spring. Te Akau Shark remained in Sydney after the autumn carnival with stablemates Melody Belle and Probabeel but requires surgery for an eye injury…. Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has confirmed two of his best young horses will leave his stables. The Drinks Cart, who ran third in the Group One JJ Atkins two weeks ago is headed for Hong Kong. Wisdom of Water, who was unplaced in the JJ Atkins after winning two… Read More »
Two stayers well known to Australian racing fans will try to deny Europe’s star stayer Stradivarius a hat-trick of wins in the Royal Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday. The field of eight for the Group One Ascot Gold Cup (4014m) includes 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and dual Melbourne… Read More »
A rare eye condition that needs surgery will delay the return to training of two-time Group One winner Te Akau Shark. Trained in New Zealand, Te Akau Shark has been spelling in NSW since a successful autumn that netted elite-level wins on both sides of the Tasman. “Whilst spelling, we… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Mick Kent is gradually getting a team of racehorses back together but exciting staying prospect Kinane won’t be one of them. Having started his career with Kent, Kinane transferred to Chris Waller’s care for an autumn campaign when his former trainer headed overseas for a trip of a… Read More »
Queensland jockey Luke Tarrant has been granted a stay on his six-month disqualification for allegedly assaulting another rider in the weigh-in area at Doomben. Tarrant has missed riding in the winter carnival after being disqualified on April 22. An internal review confirmed the stewards decision last month but Tarrant lodged… Read More »
Craig Williams has his sights set on another Melbourne jockeys’ premiership and is banking on a return to trackwork to increase his chances. Waking up early is what Williams is hoping will get his eye in while improving his fitness. “I was personally delighted to get up and ride trackwork… Read More »
Two months after his starring role during the Sydney autumn carnival, English-trained Addeybb is ready to take on the best at Royal Ascot. Addeybb is among a final field of seven that has been declared for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday. Trained out of Newmarket by William Haggas,… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s head of integrity Jamie Stier says if ever a protest is to be upheld for a breach of the whip rules, it would most likely come as the result of a dead-heat. However, Stier said there was many complexities surrounding those whip rules. Jockey Billy Egan was suspended… Read More »
A spring program for dual Group One winner Fierce Impact is taking shape and while it is yet to be set in stone, one thing is certain. Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is excited. The biggest races on the calendar are most often the domain of the major stables, or… Read More »
After an off-season cameo at Flemington, Schabau is set for another short break before trying to cement a Melbourne Cup berth this spring. Schabau resumed from 14 months off the scene recovering from a tendon injury and finished midfield in a 2000m handicap at Flemington last month, beaten 3-1/2-lengths. It… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop will be racing for his career when he returns to the track as a 10 year-old in the spring. The $4.4 million prize money earner, a winner of 13 of his 37 starts, has returned to work with Matthew Williams, however any sign shown… Read More »
A big believer in following proven templates, Chris Waller will stick to a tried-and-tested formula for Nature Strip’s Everest quest. The first horse confirmed for a slot in this year’s $15 million October sprint, Nature Strip is due back in Waller’s Rosehill yard at the end of the month. Waller… Read More »
Globetrotting Magic Wand, the Irish-trained mare who left her mark on the 2019 Melbourne spring carnival, has made a triumphant return to racing on home soil. Taking on three rivals at her first start in Ireland since spending the past nine months competing around the world, Magic Wand won the… Read More »
Ipswich Turf Club’s troubled racetrack has been declared safe to hold its next meeting on Wednesday. The track was closed for five months for an upgrade in October and resumed racing in early April. No meetings have been lost since then but on several occasions there have been disruptions due… Read More »
Veteran jockey Glen Colless was his usual easy-going self despite winning his biggest race in four years on Love You Lucy in the Dane Ripper Stakes at Eagle Farm. Colless has several nicknames, including Joe Cool, which best suited him after the win in the Group Two race. Love You… Read More »
