Australian-bred Golden Sixty has overcome a health scare to win the Hong Kong Classic Cup at Sha Tin on his way to the Derby. Golden Sixty has now won the first two of the three legs in the four-year-old triple crown, the Classic Mile and Sunday’s Classic Cup at Sha… Read More »
Champion British jumps jockey Richard Johnson expects to be back riding soon after an injury which has almost certainly cost him another title. Johnson has been on the sidelines since breaking his arm in a fall at Exeter on January 21. He underwent surgery on the injury and has been… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols is likely to tinker with the headgear on Futurity Stakes winner Streets Of Avalon ahead of the $5 million All-Star Mile. Streets Of Avalon was not nominated for the All-Star Mile but his upset win in Saturday’s Group One Futurity (1400m) at Caulfield guaranteed him a start… Read More »
Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham has the chance to win a second Country Championship with Magnalane winning his way into the final. Ridden by Sam Clenton, Magnalane had to overcome a wide gate and the challenge from Casino Mondial in the $150,000 qualifying heat at Taree on Sunday. Graham won… Read More »
Leading trainer Ciaron Maher has been fined $300 for not wearing a safety vest when riding a horse at the beach. Racing Victoria stewards censured Maher when the matter came to their attention via a Twitter video posted on February 14. Maher was mounted on a horse at Mordialloc Beach… Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Il Paradiso is scheduled to make his first appearance for Sydney trainer Chris Waller in a barrier trial at Rosehill. Formerly trained by Aidan O’Brien, the Irish horse remained in Australia after the Melbourne Cup and has been in work for several weeks. Il Paradiso was promoted… Read More »
Stablemates Fifty Stars and So Si Bon are set to clash again in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington after running the quinella a year ago. Saturday’s Group Two race over 1600m guarantees the winner a wildcard entry to the $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 14 which… Read More »
Alabama Express has already upstaged the older horses to win the C F Orr Stakes and will now take on the star three-year-olds in the Australian Guineas. After considering all options trainer Mike Moroney has confirmed a clash with Alligator Blood and Catalyst in Saturday’s Group One 1600m-race at Flemington…. Read More »
Classy Brisbane three-year-olds Profit and Ballistic Boy are still bound for the Sydney autumn but their departure will be delayed. Profit and Ballistic Boy were first-up at Eagle Farm on Saturday in a 1400m three-year-old handicap won by $41 chance Naval Strike. Profit ran second beaten half a length while… Read More »
There was something divinely rewarding for Linda Meech as she steered PIPPIE home to win the Gr 1 Oakleigh Plate. Remember, this was the jockey who was sensationally sacked from the star 3YO THOUGHT OF THAT days prior to the Gr 1 VRC Derby because…. ‘she wasn’t a Gr 1… Read More »
Queensland jockey Chris Whiteley has been suspended for a month for his behaviour in a stewards hearing. A resumed inquiry heard Whiteley was before a stewards hearing into a minor whip infringement at the Rockhampton meeting on February 9. After considering evidence from Whiteley and written statements from the stewards,… Read More »
Dual Grand National-winning jockey Leighton Aspell has announced his retirement. The 43-year-old said on Saturday his last rides would be at Fontwell the following day. Aspell initially hung up his saddle in 2007, but returned made a comeback in 2009 – a move which proved highly lucrative with his best… Read More »
It was a day where that dreaded ‘B word’ was on the lips at Caulfield, a surprise of decent proportions in the Hobartville at Rosehill while the All Star Mile top ten and overall vote numbers were revealed. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, highlighted by the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), a key lead up towards the Hong Kong Derby. Race One: 3 All Best Friends Race Two: 7 Mission Smart Race Three: 14 Yee Cheong Express Race Four: 8 Above… Read More »
Jockey Damien Oliver will miss the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup meeting after being suspended for careless riding at Caulfield. Oliver was suspended for his ride on Harlem in the Peter Young Stakes (1800m) on Saturday after shifting in onto Regal Power near the 1600m mark. His suspension starts after… Read More »
Although he had weight of numbers on his side, trainer Mitch Beer has breathed a sigh of relief with Sky Call safely into the Country Championship final. The trainer had six runners in the Southern Districts qualifying heat at Albury on Saturday but after failing to win a race earlier… Read More »
Miss Siska has continued her path towards the Australian Cup with another fighting win at Caulfield to remain unbeaten for the campaign. After a first-up win at Caulfield on February 8, Miss Siska added Saturday’s Group Two Peter Young Stakes (1800m) to her record. Trainer Grahame Begg said the mare… Read More »
Hawkes Racing concede it might be tempted to pursue some lofty autumn goals with Master Of Wine after his dazzling return over a sprint trip at Rosehill. While the emerging staying star is on a long-range path towards the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in the spring, co-trainer Michael Hawkes… Read More »
Described by his trainer as a horse who just “eats and sleeps”, Brandenburg has also shown he is pretty good at galloping with a boilover win in the Hobartville Stakes. Up against a field boasting five Group One winners and some of the best three-year-olds in the country, Brandenburg defied… Read More »
Coming from New Zealand three-and-a-half years ago to set up a stable at Cranbourne, partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young were pigeon-holed as trainers of stayers. With a focus on sprinters in Australia, Busuttin and Young set about changing the belief they could only train distance horses by becoming buyers… Read More »
