Unbeaten Toowoomba gelding Command’n’conquer will be on a look and learn mission when he travels to the Gold Coast. Command’n’conquer, who stands well over 17 hands, has won his only three starts at Toowoomba, his home track, and Doomben. At his latest he beat top three-year-olds Vanna Girl and Stampe… Read More »
Legendary jockey Darby McCarthy, a trail blazer for aboriginal sports people, has died at the age of 76. McCarthy was one of 13 children raised in Cunnamulla in western Queensland and rose to be among Australia’s top jockeys in the 1960s. In one golden period McCarthy won the Stradbroke Handicap… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced amendments to its coronavirus protocols that keeps different riding groups separated. RV has separate groups for jockeys that ride in jumps and highweight races. With the Casterton and Coleraine race clubs unable to appropriately segregate jumps and Flat jockeys, RV has decided to make programming changes…. Read More »
Five-year-old gelding Greyworm is the favourite to claim successive black-type victories at Randwick when he runs in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes. Saturday’s Takeover Target (1200m) is one of two stakes races on the Randwick program with Greyworm $3 favourite on Wednesday in a field of 10. The Hawkes Racing-trained… Read More »
Lindsey Smith has spent his first Warrnambool carnival in isolation having recently returned from Perth. But it has not stopped the trainer him being an influential figure at the famous meeting. The traditional three-day carnival was cut to two this year because of coronavirus with an all-jumps program on Tuesday… Read More »
Order Of Command has added another stakes victory to his record with a fighting win in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. The Danny O’Brien-trained sprinter, under the urgings of Damien Oliver, fought back after being headed in the straight to claim Wednesday’s 1200m Listed race. To add merit to the… Read More »
After being tested in Group company earlier this year, two-year-old filly September Run has begun her latest campaign with a narrow win at Canterbury that star jockey Hugh Bowman believes had plenty of merit. A $380,000 yearling purchase for Hermitage Thoroughbreds, September Run was unplaced in the Inglis Nursery in… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick wondered where the years had gone after he celebrated winning his 900th race. It was apt Kendrick reached the milestone at the Sunshine Coast because he has been the premier trainer at the beachside track for the past seven seasons. His gelding Superare ($5) scored an… Read More »
Trainer John Sargent is convinced Elizabeel has a bright future and hopes the filly can secure a city win as a two-year-old before turning attention to her three-year-old season. Elizabeel is set for her third start in Saturday’s Central Coast Mariners 2YO Handicap (1200m) at Randwick having finished fifth on… Read More »
Brent Stanley is a Victorian trainer that in previous seasons has been keen to head north for the Brisbane carnival. However the closure of interstate borders because of coronavirus protocols means those trips require a significant amount of planning, although Stanley has not completely ruled out sending three-year-old It’s Kind… Read More »
Stakes-placed filly Celestial Falls is set for a return to racing on a day when her elder half-sister Greysful Glamour chases victory in the Listed Gosford Gold Cup on the same Randwick program. Trained by Mark Newnham who also prepares Greysful Glamour, three-year-old Celestial Falls has not raced since last… Read More »
In a phone call with Prime Minister Scott Morrison Queen Elizabeth II expressed her delight that racing in Australia was able to continue running during the COVID-19 crisis. Scott Morrison mentioned in social media posts on Tuesday night he had a phone call from Queen Elizabeth II with the avid… Read More »
Promising two-year-old The Drinks Cart resumes at the Gold Coast to lead a strong two track assault by the in-form Toby and Trent Edmonds stable as it rolls out more of its winter team. Group One JJ Atkins hopeful The Drinks Cart resumes in the 2YO (900m) and will be… Read More »
Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham is hoping Victorem can become the next winner to live up to a strong form reference out of a recent barrier trial. Victorem will be having his first run since finishing second in the Kosciuszko at Randwick in October in the Group Three BRC Sprint… Read More »
Top jockey Jim Byrne has made it back from injury in time to partner one of his favourite horses in Outback Barbie at Doomben. Byrne hasn’t ridden since finishing second on Shogun Sun at Eagle Farm on March 23. He had only been back riding for a week after suffering… Read More »
Just days after his younger sister won the Group One Australasian Oaks in Adelaide, seven-year-old Gobstopper has claimed another feature win of his own in the Galleywood Hurdle at Warrnambool. By Tavistock out of Bagalollies, Gobstopper is a brother to last Saturday’s Oaks-winning three-year-old filly Toffee Tongue and former Hong… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has landed a fifth victory in Australia’s longest race with Ablaze winning the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. His win on Tuesday is shared with training partner David Eustace and comes on the back of Maher’s earlier wins with Al Garhood (2010 and 2011) and Regina Coeli (2015… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien says exciting colt Russian Camelot could not be better going into the Group One South Australian Derby and is adamant missing a planned lead-up race will be no excuse. The 2500m SA Derby for three-year-olds will be Russian Camelot’s biggest test but it has been a long-range… Read More »
Getting Leggie has relished a return to jumps racing at Warrnambool taking out an incident-packed Brierly Steeplechase to post his third win at the track. An awkward leap at the second fence in Tuesday’s mini-feature by Zataglio dislodged his rider Bill Gleeson which in turn brought down the Tommy Ryan-ridden… Read More »
After bypassing the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup with Greysful Glamour, trainer Mark Newnham has turned his attention to the Gosford Gold Cup. Greysful Glamour had been the early favourite for last Friday’s Listed 2000m race at Wagga Wagga but Newnham withdrew her because the track was heavy. “It was too… Read More »
