Trainer Chris Anderson has inked in winter plans for one of his star three-year-olds but is monitoring interstate travel arrangements for another. Anderson has two of the best three-year-olds in Queensland with Profit and Ballistic Boy. Profit will have his second run back from a break in the Chairman’s Club… Read More »
Trainer Steve Tregea believes Prioritise is a perfect example of statistics not always telling the true story. Prioritise will be having his 12th start for the season when he tackles Saturday’s Open Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm. Prioritise finds himself in the unusual situation of carrying top weight after originally… Read More »
The depth of trainer Tony Gollan’s three-year-old ranks is again emphasised as he prepares four runners for the Ascot Green Handicap at Eagle Farm. The three-year-old races in Brisbane have been competitive in the off-season and Saturday’s Ascot Green (1000m) is no different. Gollan accepted with Le Palmier, Air Spirit,… Read More »
The British Horseracing Authority is formulating a plan for financial assistance to participants with the closure of racing. BHA chief executive Nick Rust has promised the sport “will not be beaten” by the shutdown which has been instituted during the coronavirus pandemic. Rust’s reassurance came in a BHA progress report… Read More »
The United Arab Emirates has suspended all sporting events to prevent the spread of coronavirus, raising doubts about whether the Dubai World Cup will go ahead this month. Many professional and amateur sporting events across the country have already been cancelled because of the deadly virus. Dubai World Cup organisers… Read More »
A group of 25 jockeys has agreed to enhanced biosecurity measures to ensure the continuation of racing in Victoria. The 25 will abstain from trackwork, jump-outs and barrier trials and only ride on race days in a bid to minimise the chances of a jockey contracting covid-19 and to keep… Read More »
Two scratchings from the Golden Slipper have paved the way for jockey Daniel Stackhouse to get a career-changing opportunity in the $3.5 million race on Minhaaj. The second emergency’s place in Saturday’s race was confirmed when Cellsabeel was withdrawn on Thursday morning, a day after the Chris Waller-trained Global Quest… Read More »
Kris Lees has secured a third runner for the Provincial Championship Final with Asharani winning a qualifying heat at her home track of Newcastle. The 1200-metre race was scheduled to be held at Gosford last Saturday but was washed out and added to Thursday’s Newcastle program. Starting the $3.60 favourite,… Read More »
James Cummings believes Avilius is on target for his defence of the Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill but the Godolphin trainer is wary of a well-performed international visitor. Avilius returned to Sydney after running fifth in the Group One Australian Cup on March 7 and the six-year-old will be chasing back-to-back… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney reckons jockey Michael Dee will be out to make amends in the Group One Galaxy on Tofane after a luckless unplaced run in the Newmarket Handicap. Tofane finished seventh in the recent Group One Newmarket (1200m) but Moroney believes the mare should have finished closer after striking… Read More »
A 10-hour, one-way road trip with a rival jockey is not the Golden Slipper preparation either Hugh Bowman or Tommy Berry would choose. But Bowman figures there are worse people to spend a long-haul journey with than the affable Berry. “If you can’t get on with Tommy Berry then you’ve… Read More »
Mornington Cup day is special for local trainer Tony Noonan who is hoping to rekindle some good memories when Manolo Blahniq runs in the feature sprint. Noonan won three successive Cups with Gunnamatta but is yet to win the day’s feature short-course race, the Listed Hareeba Stakes. Manolo Blahniq lines… Read More »
John Thompson will have one runner in the Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill but he reckons his stable can produce the trifecta. Thompson will saddle up Dreamforce in Saturday’s feature but can also lay some claim to two key rivals. The Randwick conditioner is hosting the Te Akau… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani needs to be careful in his planning and placement of Future Score who has an allergy to grass. If left untreated, Future Score breaks out in hives and under those circumstances Cumani will not race the horse. Presently free of the skin condition, Future Score is right… Read More »
As a jockey Chris Munce shared Group One glory with syndicator Shelley Hancox and he is planning to do the same as a trainer. Munce won the Group One Goodwood Handicap on Sword who was raced by one of Hancox’s syndicates. Hancox has been one of Australia’s most successful syndicators… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is looking to the most successful modern-day trainer in Golden Slipper history to deliver him a coveted win in the world’s richest two-year-old race. Bowman partners second favourite Farnan for Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in Saturday’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper showpiece. The meeting will… Read More »
Racing Queensland has followed other states and agreed to lift minimum riding weights for all TAB and non-TAB meetings across the state. In a media statement on Thursday, RQ said weights would be temporarily raised by one kilogram during the COVID-19 pandemic. The direction will be applied across the board,… Read More »
Two campaign defeats have not lessened Richard Litt’s faith in Castelvecchio and he remains adamant the colt is thriving ahead of the Group One Rosehill Guineas. Runner-up to Japanese champion Lys Graciuex in the Cox Plate last year, the three-year-old is under the microscope this autumn. He finished out of… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings says the time has arrived for Bivouac to take the next step and announce himself as a future weight-for-age star. Having shown off his qualities under handicap conditions in the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on March 7, Bivouac gets his weight-for-age chance in Friday night’s… Read More »
WILLIAM REID STAKES 1200m, $500,000, Group One, weight-for-age at The Valley, run under lights NOTABLE WINNERS * Gothic (1929); Comic Court (1951); Flying Halo (1952/53/55); Dual Choice (1972); All Shot (1973/74); Manikato (1979/80/81/82/83); Vo Rogue (1988); Hareeba (1995); Cape Of Good Hope (2005); Apache Cat (2008/09); Silent Sedition (2017); Hellbent… Read More »
