Trials in the three racing codes have been given the green light to resume in Tasmania as the state eyes a return to the track next month. The state banned thoroughbred, greyhound and harness racing in early April, the only jurisdiction in Australia to do so, as part of coronavirus… Read More »
Much-travelled mare Krone has pleased new trainer Tony Gollan as she starts her push for a Stradbroke Handicap start when she makes her Queensland debut. Krone could give Gollan at least three runners in the Stradbroke Handicap on June 6 if she races well in the Silk Stocking (1200m) at… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Ryan Maloney will reunite with Tarzan as the gelding fights off challenges to his crown as the king of the Sunshine Coast. Tarzan will be attempting to win his second Listed race when he resumes in the Chief De Beers Handicap (1000m) on Friday night. The 1000m… Read More »
The new Queensland breeding season is taking shape with Sun City, the first son of top sire Zoustar to stand in the state, joining the Telemon Thoroughbreds roster. Sun City, a Group Three winner, will stand for $7,700 this coming season beside another young stallion in Sidestep who has already… Read More »
John Gosden has every faith that being on a racecourse will prove to be a “great deal safer than going to the petrol station or the supermarket” should racing be able to resume as hoped on June 1. Racing has been suspended in Britain since the fixtures at Wetherby and… Read More »
Joining the now rapidly growing number (it’s almost like a class action suit) of countries wanting to ‘Be like Australia and Hong Kong’s racing industries’, Canada now has a relaunch date. Woodbine is back operational 6 June. And across the country Assiniboa Downs in Winnipeg is going live a few… Read More »
Australia’s first female racing editor and an institution at the country’s big race meetings, Caryl Williamson, has died. The racing editor for Australia’s national news agency AAP for 24 years, Williamson was one of the lucky ones whose passion became their job. And whose words became as legendary as the… Read More »
Trainer Gordon Richards initial thought after the barrier draw for favourite Gytrash in The Goodwood at Morphettville was it was not an ideal starting position. But on reflection gate 12 is not disastrous and will not deny Gytrash his chance of winning Adelaide’s time honoured Group One sprint on Saturday…. Read More »
The disappointment of missing a guaranteed start in the Caulfield Cup has swung the connections of Skelm to look at a richer race instead. Skelm is one of 15 horses nominated in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday, a race that provides the winner a ballot… Read More »
Returning jockey Michael Rodd cannot wait for his isolation period to finish allowing him to get out and start earning a living again. Riding in Singapore since 2015, Rodd made the decision to return to Melbourne when racing was shut down because of a spike in coronavirus numbers in the… Read More »
The SA Fillies Classic in Adelaide is the target for Sydney trainer John Sargent with Stick ‘Em Up which has also been nominated for the Andrew Ramsden Stakes in Melbourne. Sargent has confirmed Stick ‘Em Up will head to Adelaide for Saturday’s Group Three SA Fillies Classic (2500m) at Morphettville,… Read More »
A field of 15 has been declared for the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville with favourite Gytrash drawing wide in barrier 12 while another leading contender, The Inevitable, has the outside draw. Field 🏆: View the Fieldfor The Goodwood Saturday’s 1200m sprint is the final Group One race of this season’s… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Mott has returned in style after riding a winner at Sale in his first ride since suffering from two broken legs in a fall at Cranbourne in November forcing him out of riding for the past six months. Jamie Mott suffered two broken legs as the result of… Read More »
The talented three-year-old Sacramento is set to miss the Spring Racing Carnival after the horse required surgery to remove a small fragment from his knee. The Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott trained stayer won the VRC St Leger at Flemington at his last start and was being targeted at the feature staying… Read More »
Victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington will take a lot of pressure from the winning trainer heading towards the Melbourne Cup. Success in Saturday’s Listed race over 2800m provides the winner a ballot exemption into November’s Melbourne Cup. Last year was the first time the Andrew Ramsden provided… Read More »
Patrick Moloney is the second of three Singapore-based riders to return to Melbourne and has landed rides in two races at Sandown. Singapore racing has been halted because of a spike in coronavirus cases in the country and Moloney along with Daniel Moor and Michael Rodd have returned to Melbourne… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp will try something different with Fighting Teo as the equine giant heads to his main target this winter. Fighting Teo will drop back in distance when he tackles the Listed Wayne Wilson Memorial Mile (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Friday. As is the case with… Read More »
Tony and Calvin McEvoy have resorted to travel in a bid to reinvigorate Sunlight ahead of The Goodwood at Morphettville. Sunlight has been working at Flemington before she returns to the McEvoy’s South Australian base ahead of Saturday’s Group One contest. Tony McEvoy reasoned the mare had become complacent in… Read More »
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 »
