Stuart Webb, who was embroiled in the Aquanita scandal that rocked Australian, racing has had his application for a trainers’ licence knocked back by Racing Victoria. Webb was disqualified for four years by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board in 2018 but had that reduced to an 18-month ban on… Read More »
Ventura Storm will be racing for his career on the Flat when he runs over a staying trip at Flemington. The Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner is one of four stayers Lindsay Park contesting the Paddock Plate on Saturday. Ventura Storm, who will be joined by Neufbosc, Valac and Sin… Read More »
A winner in the final race on the program at Happy Valley has edged Australian Zac Purton further ahead of Joao Moreira in this season’s Hong Kong Jockeys’ premiership. Purton started Wednesday night’s meeting with a four-win lead in the standings and with Moreira going winless on the night, Purton… Read More »
More than three decades after his father won a Stradbroke Handicap for Bart Cummings, jockey Taylor Marshall will bid to repeat the feat for the next generation of the famed racing family. Lightly weighted filly Exhilarates’ ability to back up in a week sees her rated a top chance to… Read More »
Dual-licence holder Jade Darose is hoping history can repeat when Parwan Prince runs in a sprint race at Flemington. Parwan Prince, who runs in the Jim Beam Hill Plate on Saturday, provided Darose with her first Flemington win as both a jockey and trainer when successful in the corresponding race… Read More »
One of the motivations driving jockey Jim Byrne during an injury-enforced absence was to get back in the saddle in time to ride Rothfire during the winter carnival. Hard work will see Byrne partner Rothfire in the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday and the gelding looks a strong… Read More »
Gerald Ryan originally had stakes race ambitions in Queensland for two-year-old filly Zoumist but with the carnival there truncated, he would settle for a Sydney metropolitan win. The youngster was on the small side when she first arrived at the stables yet showed ability on the track, prompting Ryan to… Read More »
The resumption of racing in New Zealand has been brought forward after trainers indicated they will have horses ready to race earlier than anticipated. A race meeting at Pukekohe on June 20 has been announced by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing as the new start date, two weeks earlier than intended…. Read More »
Jockey Michael Cahill has taken a sensible approach to his return to riding and has been rewarded with a chance at history in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Cahill will ride Godolphin galloper Trekking who is aiming to become the eighth horse to win Queensland’s greatest race two years in… Read More »
Trainer Michael Costa is sure Supergiant can underline his staying potential with another important Queensland winter carnival win. Supergiant has been in great form with a second in the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes and a win in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic at his past two starts. And Costa is… Read More »
Shatha has produced a 66-1 shock at Kempton to give Tom Marquand his first winner since the resumption of racing. Marquand enjoyed a fantastic spell in Australia while racing was on hold in the UK and Ireland, winning two Group One events on William Haggas’ Addeybb and is fancied by… Read More »
A thoroughbred industry panel has called for submissions on how to improve the welfare of horses leaving the racing and breeding industries. Chaired by former Victorian premier Denis Napthine, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Welfare Working Group (TAWWG), will build submissions into report due to be released later this year. The TAWWG… Read More »
Lost And Running has stamped himself as a promising young sprinter, easily handling the step up to midweek city grade at Randwick’s Kensington track to remain unbeaten from two starts. The John O’Shea-trained three-year-old gelding made an immediate impression with a 4-1/2-length win in quick time over 1000m on debut… Read More »
Peter Moody has registered his first city winner since his return to training ranks with Cernan successful at Sandown. After a four year break, Moody returned to training last month registering a winner with his first runner with Shepard scoring at Ballarat on May 10. Cernan was placed at Sandown… Read More »
Owners along with race club members will need to wait a little longer before being allowed back on course in Victoria. The Australian Turf Club on Wednesday announced it would allow owners back on track to watch their horses run at Randwick on Saturday under the first phase of a… Read More »
Promising gallopers The Actuary and Knight Mariner showed they are on course for belated big race stardom by helping trainer Tony Gollan set a record for Brisbane metropolitan wins at Doomben. Gollan held the record at 90 which he set in 2017-18 but the double on Wednesday lifted his total… Read More »
Racehorse owners have been given the green light to start returning to Sydney racetracks to watch their horses run. In the first phase of patrons being allowed back on course on race days in Sydney, owners with runners at Saturday’s Randwick meeting who pre-register with the Australian Turf Club will… Read More »
Mister Yeoh will forever remain in jockey Ben Thompson’s memory as the horse that provided the young rider an extended overseas riding stint. A trip to Singapore in November 2018 provided Thompson his first Group race win when he guided Mister Yeoh to victory in the Group Two EW Barker… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees is hoping the Randwick track can improve out of the heavy range which he believes would boost the chances of Tactical Advantage snaring another black-type win in the Listed Bob Charley Stakes. Tactical Advantage has won three times at Listed level in the past 18 months, including… Read More »
The coronavirus restrictions have provided a bonus for Queensland trainers and jockeys with many getting a chance to win their first Group One races. Racing Queensland has severely lopped the winter carnival with only two Group One races and half the usual feature races. It means the numbers and standard… Read More »
