Queensland’s Grandview Stud has announced a cut in the service fee for leading sire Whittington as the state’s breeders carefully watch the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Whittington is generally regarded as one of the best value stallions in Queensland, if not Australia. He is currently second on the… Read More »
Jockeys can expect things to look “very, very different” when racing eventually resumes in Britain, according to Professional Jockeys Association chief executive Paul Struthers. Racing has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak since the meetings at Wetherby and Taunton took place behind closed doors on March 17. Resumption planning… Read More »
The Danny O’Brien trained Order Of Command will head to South Australia this week to contest the G1 Goodwood following his impressive win in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. Order Of Command carried the big weight in the Wangoom to score a gallant win in the Warrnambool feature with trainer… Read More »
Santa Ana Lane will be trying to secure a rare feat when he returns to Adelaide aiming to win The Goodwood for a second time at Morphettville. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding won the Group One Goodwood (1200m) two years ago and would become the first horse in more than 100… Read More »
Michelle Payne has been fined $1,000 for negligence after a raceday bag containing medications was found in her float at Geelong last month. Payne faces stewards after a bag in one of her floats was found containing therapeutic products (Phenylbutazone, Acepromazine and Swelldown) as well as sealed syringes. The stewards… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is hoping to have a Stradbroke Handicap winner with his first runner in the iconic race. The Kendrick-trained Tambo’s Mate gained an automatic entry to the Group One Stradbroke when he won the Group Three BRC Sprint at The Doomben on Saturday. The trainer has had… Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell will have to watch from afar when expensive colt Kazuhiko runs for the first time. After scratching him from a two-year-old race at Caulfield on Saturday because of a wet track, Kennewell is sending Kazuhiko to Adelaide to run in the Group Three National Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
Racing will resume in France as scheduled despite a last-minute threat to the plan. A report on Friday suggested a late challenge may be made to the government’s decision to allow racing to return on Monday, with France Galop and its trotting equivalent confirming they had been in discussions regarding… Read More »
Peter Moody has made a winning return to the training ranks with Shepard at Ballarat. A four-time Melbourne trainers’ premiership winner and the man who prepared the champion Black Caviar during her 25-start unbeaten career, Moody had his first runner in more than four years on Sunday. Moody stepped away… Read More »
Trainer Steve O’Dea is weighing up the options for classy filly Gotta Kiss and could miss a much-anticipated return clash with top filly Isotope. The pair are considered Queensland’s best two-year-old fillies and have clashed once when Isotope beat Gotta Kiss into third place at the Sunshine Coast. However Gotta… Read More »
Is undefeated Arkansas Derby winner Charlatan heading for Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup glory for trainer Boib Baffer, with news that Hill’n’Dale has purchase the star colts ‘breeding rights.’ “Horses with Charlatan’s immense ability combined with superior pedigree and conformation are a very rare community,” said John G Sikura, President… Read More »
Racing will resume in France as scheduled on Monday despite a last-minute threat to the plan. A report suggested a late challenge may be made to the government’s decision to allow racing to return, with France Galop and its trotting equivalent confirming they had been in discussions regarding the resumption… Read More »
The youngest horse in the field has shown stamina and staying prowess beyond his years with Russian Camelot claiming the South Australian Derby. Bred to northern hemisphere time, Russian Camelot was giving away six months to most of his rivals in Saturday’s 2500m-Classic at Morphettville. Ridden by John Allen, the… Read More »
Having won the race earlier in the day named after his mentor Darren Gauci, apprentice Lewis German has recorded a metropolitan double at Caulfield. After recently transferring his indentures from the Lindsay Park stable to Enver Jusufovic at Cranbourne, German was delighted to land a Saturday city double. German scored… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn faces a dilemma with surprise packet Snitz who may yet convince connections to pay a late-entry fee for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. The sprinter has returned in career-best form, backing up a strong first up win in a benchmark race with a courageous victory in the… Read More »
An important win in court for a trainer, the revamped Warrnambool Carnival and the SA Derby at Morphettville. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Goodrich Finally Gets Justice It’s been a long battle for Kate Goodrich from a… Read More »
She will already command interest at the upcoming broodmare sale but Another Dollar’s price tag has gone up with her Listed Gosford Gold Cup win. The 2000m-race was part of the provincial program transferred to Randwick on Saturday amid coronavirus restrictions and protocols. Chris Waller trains the mare and has… Read More »
Stuart Kendrick’s decision to take a gamble with Tambo’s Mate completed a huge week for the trainer when the gelding earned a start in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Kendrick trained his 900th career winner on Wednesday and had a Gold Coast metropolitan winner on Friday. He also completed a… Read More »
John Allen is making a habit of winning the Adelaide Guineas at Morphettville. The Victorian-based jockey won the Listed 1600m race for three-year-olds for the third -straight time on Saturday, steering Game Keeper to an impressive victory. Allen won on Peaceful State in 2018 and So We Are in 2019…. Read More »
For the first time in his career, So Si Bon has strung two wins on end with an emphatic victory at Caulfield. Maligned throughout his career, So Si Bon followed a last-start victory at Caulfield on April 18 with success in Saturday’s Bert Bryant Handicap (1600m). Under a patient ride… Read More »
