Premier trainer Tony Gollan’s decision to miss the Magic Millions Classic with well-bred filly Isotope looks set to pay dividends in the winter after she scored a runaway debut win at Doomben. Isotope was backed from $2.40 to $1.75 before scoring by 10 lengths in the Lexus Two-Year-Old Plate (1110m)…. Read More »
Racing in Ireland will remain on hold following the Irish government’s extension of lockdown restrictions. Last month, all sporting events in Ireland were cancelled until at least April 19 because of the coronavirus outbreak, including those behind closed doors. A number of race meetings had taken place without spectators in… Read More »
Shout The Bar has already shot to prominence with her Group One win in the Vinery Stud Stakes, but the filly’s first racing preparation is not done yet. The three-year-old will be out to add Saturday’s Group One ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick at her fifth start and her… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training team has been hit with a $4500 fine after one of the stable’s horses returned a positive result to the anaesthetic lignocaine. A post-race blood sample from Madeira Bay, who won a maiden at Wagga on February 13, was found to contain the substance which is… Read More »
The decision to add another string to their bow is paying dividends for syndicators Australian Bloodstock and the evidence is at Randwick on Saturday. Traditionally, directors Jamie Lovett and Luke Murrell have sourced stayers from Europe to target the major local races, specifically the Cups. But a few years ago… Read More »
For the first time in four years there will be no Winx in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick but trainer Danny O’Brien believes the showpiece of The Championships has delivered a stellar cast. Champion Winx has dominated the 2000m weight-for-age Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick over the past three… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training team has been hit with a $4500 fine after one of the stable’s horses returned a positive result to the anaesthetic lignocaine. A post-race blood sample from Madeira Bay, who won a maiden at Wagga on February 13, was found to contain the substance which is… Read More »
The Stradbroke Handicap, Brisbane’s signature race, is one of two Group One events reinstated in Racing Queensland’s revised list of 26 winter black-type races. Racing in Queensland has continued during the coronavirus pandemic with no crowds and strict biosecurity. The state has been divided into five regions with city standard… Read More »
Exciting three-year-old Russian Camelot has come through his effortless victory at Pakenham well and remains on target for the Group One South Australian Derby. Trainer Danny O’Brien was forced to go to plan B and run Russian Camelot in a 1600m benchmark-64 on Thursday night after the colt played up… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett has serious doubts over the international participation in this year’s Melbourne Cup and says the clock is ticking for Europe’s stayers. Overseas horses have increasingly made up a large part of the Melbourne Cup field and invariably make their presence felt. But with the coronavirus shutting… Read More »
Randwick trainer John Sargent will give Al Sahara the chance to make a quantum leap and upset her more fancied rivals in the Listed Fernhill Mile. The Sargent-trained Foxborough finished second in the 2019 Fernhill at her second start and stablemate Al Sahara will also be racing for just the… Read More »
Mark Newnham’s plans to run Splintex on Golden Slipper day were scuppered but the speedster can collect a decent consolation prize at Randwick. Splintex will contest Saturday’s Group Two Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) after proving his fitness with a recent barrier trial fourth to star sprinter Nature Strip. Newnham originally… Read More »
Bam’s On Fire has been knocking on the door of a first stakes win and gets her latest chance at Caulfield. The mare runs in Saturday’s Group Three Elvis Thurgood 40th Anniversary Cup named for the jockey who suffered serious brain and spinal injuries in a fall in the 1980… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross is finding it hard to split stablemates River Racer and Mishani Hustler who both return at Doomben. The Ross pair will meet in Saturday’s Racecourse Village Open Handicap (1200m) at Doomben in the first step to some type of winter campaign. Ross is waiting for Racing Queensland… Read More »
Nettoyer’s penchant for junk food is becoming the stuff of folklore but it is her lack of self preservation, rather than her diet, that keeps trainer Wendy Roche up at night. That and the hundreds of text messages Roche has received since the mare’s stunning Doncaster Mile win last weekend…. Read More »
Durable filly Away Game will be out to cap a memorable juvenile season when she fronts up again in the Group Two Percy Sykes Stakes. Away Game has raced at six different tracks across three states so far during her two-year-old season and will run at Randwick for the second… Read More »
Talented two-year-old Dusty Tycoon will make her return at Doomben without her usual cheer squad. The filly is raced by a MiRunners syndicate which has 1000 shares meaning whenever she runs several hundred owners usually are on hand. But with crowd-free racing because of the coronavirus pandemic protocols, Dusty Tycoon… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is hoping a good barrier can help overcome an unsuitable distance for sprinter Guard Of Honour at Doomben. Guard Of Honour will be having his first run since February 22 in Saturday’s Racecourse Village Open Handicap (1200m). Schweida had hoped to find a 1000m or 900m race… Read More »
A drive-in coronavirus testing centre is to open at Haydock racecourse as part of the British government’s drive to increase testing for thousands of National Health Service workers. The site is part of a network of testing centres being set up around Britain, and will operate on an appointment basis… Read More »
Plans for a resumption of racing in Britain will be reviewed by the board of the British Horseracing Authority next week. Racing has been suspended until at least the end of April amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the last meetings in Britain at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both… Read More »
