Te Akau Shark has opened favourite for the Chipping Norton Stakes as he attempts to record his second Group One win in two summer starts. Runner-up in the Epsom Handicap and third in the Cox Plate, Te Akau Shark claimed a first Group One win in the BCD Sprint at… Read More »
The lure of set weights has swayed trainer Rex Lipp to start Gem Of Scotland at Doomben rather than Toowoomba. The winner of six of her nine races, Gem Of Scotland easily won a trial on her home track at Toowoomba last Tuesday. The filly’s immediate aim is the $300,000… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Luke Currie is expected to be sidelined for months recovering from a spinal injury suffered in a fall. Currie came off Yulong June in an incident past the winning post in the final race at The Valley on Friday night, suffering two fractured ribs and a… Read More »
Brisbane sprinter Zoustyle is likely to have only one trial before heading south for a Sydney campaign. Zoustyle missed the Brisbane summer carnival after a disrupted southern states spring when he ran well without winning. After finishing less than five lengths last in a star-studded Concorde Stakes in Sydney, Zoustyle… Read More »
There are sooooo many things happening in North American racing as we head towards the Kentucky Derby in a few weeks, that an occasional massive story just gets overlooked. In New York, one is developing that could be of interest globally. You probably don’t remember, but in 2011, New York-based… Read More »
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 »
