Two NT jockeys remain in hospital 18 days after they were involved in a three-horse fall in Darwin, with veteran jockey Brendan Sweeney still in an induced coma. Kevin Ring of the Australian Jockeys’ Association said on Wednesday that 51-year-old jockey Sweeney had recently undergone further surgery to aid his… Read More »
A colt out of Australian mare Yankee Rose by Japanese sire Lord Kanaloa has sold for a breathtaking $4.49 million AUD in Japan. The colt was purchased by Danox Co. Ltd, the owners of star galloper Danon Premium who ran third in last year’s G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 8 Righteous Win Race Two: 11 Shanghai Power Race Three: 3 Ice Legend Race Four: 4 Happy Profit Race Five: 3 Super Fast Race Six: 3 Golden Spectrum Race… Read More »
Ellie Asphar swapped codes after her riding career ended abruptly and all too soon. The only clue to Asphar’s previous role is the riding bag and jockey silks she has stashed away at home. Reluctantly, Asphar couldn’t plan her own exit from racing, her fate sealed after copping nasty facial injuries… Read More »
Gosford-based trainer Adam Duggan is set to saddle-up his first runner in the Midway, with Miss Fox nominated for the Benchmark 72 (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Midway was introduced in early July for small to medium-sized provincial and metropolitan stables and boasts $100,000 in prizemoney. Miss Fox has built a… Read More »
Mack Griffith trains a small team of horses as a hobby, yet two of them are set to return to racing at Randwick on Saturday. Griffith, who has three horses to his name, has Rule The World and Amicus Curiae engaged on the 10-race card this weekend. Amicus Curiae is nominated… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes will be keeping a keen watch on the weather ahead of the meeting at Caulfield. Stokes has Kermy engaged in the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1440m) on Saturday but does not want the track too wet for the in-form three-year-old. Kermy has won two of his past three starts on the synthetic… Read More »
Exosphere, our newly acquired stallion, also produced a Group 3 winner on the very same racecard. 3YO gelding, Ocean, was successful in the Group 3 Prix De Ris-orangis over 1200m, making it three on the trot. That is Exosphere’s first European stakes winner and his third overall. “We are very… Read More »
Victoria’s longest race for two-year-old’s is set to see the debut of the Phillip Stokes-trained Think Bold. The son of Written Tycoon is likely to run in the Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday, a race that provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Victoria Derby… Read More »
After 25 years with Lindsay Park, Tom Dabernig is set to saddle his first runner from his new home at Warrnambool it has not taken long for Tom Dabernig to have his first runner since leaving the Lindsay Park operation. With Ben and JD Hayes now in charge at Lindsay Park, Dabernig decided… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has enjoyed plenty of success at the Queensland Winter Carnival over the years … and the stable’s campaigns in the Sunshine State have not necessarily been all about winners, but also about gathering in the benefits of having horse’s winter in the more favourable Sunshine… Read More »
Impressive debut winner Mynumerouno could be bound for a stakes race in Adelaide if he performs up to expectations at Sandown. Victorious at Swan Hill last month, Mynumerouno will line-up in the Ladbrokes Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday. Trainer Nick Ryan said if the two-year-old son of Vancouver was to win, or run well, then the Listed Lightning… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller, who is so often the beneficiary when good horses move stables, has one heading out of the door this time after it was confirmed that Senor Toba, who finished second to Kukeracha in the Group 1 Queensland Derby, will be heading to Hong Kong to join… Read More »
Yes, 2021 is the year of Spendthrift Australia in linking with MyRacehorse, purchasing the $1.2m Written Tycoon yearling colt, and now standing Dirty Work, the Schillaci Stakes winner. “I said it when we bought him as a yearling, you have to buy the best-looking sons of the best stallions, and… Read More »
It’s been nearly two years since Mr Hussill last raced, but he’s set to return in the TAB Highway Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. The five-year-old last raced in October of 2019, winning a benchmark 58 at Dubbo. Since his win it’s been one injury after another, with his… Read More »
Having recorded his first Australian win, South Pacific will chase a second in the Flemington Cup 1849. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is set to again have a strong hand in a staying race at Flemington. The Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m) on Saturday will be the latest instalment… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman trained King Of Hastings ($9.50) completed a clean sweep for visiting trainers of the three feature races on the card at the Sunshine Coast when he outgunned the Maher / Eustace trained Charleise ($5.50) and the David Vandyke trained $3.60 favourite Desert Lord to win… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent trained Our Playboy, who was easy to back at $9 in an open betting race, turned in the performance of the meeting at the Sunshine Coast when he annihilated his opposition in the Group 3, Winx Guineas. If the winning margin of 5.80 lengths… Read More »
The Listed Caloundra Cup was duly taken out, as expected, by the Joe Pride trained Stockman. The New Zealand bred son of Tavistock dominated the betting to start at the restrictive odds of $1.45, but he had to work a lot harder for victory that those odds indicated might be… Read More »
Jockeys Neil Farley and Lachie King have both suffered heavy falls on Sunday with both jockeys requiring medical condition. Neil Farley has been taken by ambulance to Ballarat hospital where he is suspected to have suffered a broken collarbone. Lachie King is faring a bit better and is being treated… Read More »
