Connections of Ancestry are sticking with a winning combination despite the in-form three-year-old being lumped with a big weight for his attempt at a fourth consecutive victory. The Phillip Stokes-trained Ancestry has 61.5kg in Saturday’s Salute Frontline Workers Handicap (1200m) for three-year-olds at Sandown having won at Pakenham, The Valley… Read More »
The frustration of self-isolation will be worth it for Zac Spain if he can break through for a maiden Group One win in Adelaide. Coronavirus protocols in South Australia require anyone entering the state to undergo two weeks’ isolation. While fellow Victorian jockeys John Allen, Ethan Brown and Dean Holland… Read More »
Sending a horse on their first interstate assignment without any of its regular handlers can be an unsettling experience. Not just for the horse but also the trainer and strapper. Ballarat-based trainer Dan O’Sullivan has Affair To Remember heading to Morphettville on Saturday to contest the Australasian Oaks, chasing a… Read More »
Three-year-old Gone Bye is likely to remain in Sydney to run on the Kensington track at Randwick in preference to the MTC Guineas at Wagga. Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has accepted for the gelding in Friday’s $72,000 race at Wagga, in which he has 62kg, as well as Saturday’s Kensington… Read More »
This years Cox Plate will be run under lights if the AFL decides to hold the AFL Grand Final on the day. Moonee Valley Racing Club CEO Michael Browell said the 2020 Cox Plate would run under lights if the AFL decided to host their Grand Final on the same… Read More »
Giant gelding Fighting Teo can confirm his claims to being Queensland’s best hope of ending a southern domination of the state’s staying contests when he races at the Gold Coast. Fighting Teo, who stands more than 17 hands, has won seven races but has been a work in progress for… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club will support moves to broadcast its meetings on free-to-air television during the winter. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have been underway in recent weeks for a free-to-air deal where Sky Racing’s premier Thoroughbred Central station would be shown. Channel 7, which already shows Sky’s rival Racing.com’s Victorian and South… Read More »
There will be additional chances in coming weeks for horses to gain a start in the Stradbroke Handicap, one of two Group One races in the revamped Brisbane winter carnival. Vega One is already guaranteed a berth via his win in The Gateway in December while the winners of the… Read More »
Top jockey Robbie Fradd returns to riding after two weeks of self-isolation with a strong book of rides on Friday. Fradd has not ridden since scoring a double at the Sunshine Coast two weeks ago. He won will have six rides at the Gold Coast metropolitan meeting including several likely… Read More »
Central Queensland jockey Chris McIver has been disqualified for seven months after admitting he hit his horse on the head in a Mackay race on Tuesday. McIver rode Absolute Bonza in the last race and was seen to strike the horse’s head as the field was pulling up. Watch 📺… Read More »
New Zealand Bloodstock’s air freight division has successfully undertaken a test flight from Auckland to Sydney with a small group of horses. With new regulations and plans in place for grooms, NZB says it can confidently begin to work on limited flights for the backlog of horses requiring trans Tasman… Read More »
South Australia’s best races have special significance on more than one level for jockey Dean Holland. After starting his riding career in Adelaide, Holland has forged a successful career in Victoria. But it is in his former home town where Holland has landed some of his biggest wins. His solitary… Read More »
A small cut put paid to Bandersnatch’s Hawkesbury Guineas bid but trainer Gerald Ryan says it looked a lot worse than it was. Well supported into favouritism leading up to Saturday’s Group Three race at Rosehill, Bandersnatch was scratched at the barrier when he was found to have a wound… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan had some anxious moments before learning his filly Affair To Remember had scraped into the field for the Group One Australasian Oaks. Affair To Remember was among 12 horses on Monday night that had already accepted for the three-year-old fillies Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. By Tuesday morning,… Read More »
Racing Victoria will ask for the hearing into Ben Melham’s alleged betting activity to be held at the earliest possible date. Melham was issued with seven charges by stewards on Monday relating to betting on thoroughbred races between March and September last year and for giving false or misleading evidence… Read More »
John Moore is looking forward to the challenge of setting up a stable with his brother Gary in Sydney after reaching a compulsory retirement age in Hong Kong. Moore, 70, is a seven-time leading trainer in Hong Kong and has applied for boxes at Rosehill and is set to join… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams has big spring plans for Harbour Views but first the lightly raced import needs to get his rating up to warrant those lofty targets. Williams had planned to run Harbour Views first-up from a spell on his home track at Warrnambool next week. But when the… Read More »
Star sprinting mare Sunlight has drawn a wide barrier in a capacity field of 16 plus two emergencies for the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. A three-time Group One winner, four-year-old Sunlight has drawn barrier 16 for Saturday’s 1200m feature for fillies and mares while star two-year-old Away… Read More »
Outstanding bush jockey turned recent celebrity trainer, Robert Agnew, has won another race. When CHILLIE COD went on by ‘em all at Grafton yesterday, punters cheered and so did the Agnew family. That’s two now with two individual horses from a stable of just three! The other one is unraced,… Read More »
WATC Derby winner Tuscan Queen has suffered what could potentially be a career-ending tendon injury. Early reports suggest that the Grant & Alana Williams-trained filly will be out for a minimum of 12 months, should she make a return to racing at all. Tuscan Queen recently blitzed rivals when starting… Read More »
