Singapore will host a good quality meeting at Kranji racecourse on Friday night for punters to bet on whilst also watching the Canterbury and Moonee Valley meetings. Race One: 2. Pioneer Seven Race Two: 11. Knight Love Race Three: 8. St Alwyn Race Four: 1 Qiji Diamond Race Five: 1…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir and others accused of torturing horses and corrupt betting have won a bid to move their case to regional Victoria. Weir, together with his ex-foreman Jarrod McLean, and stablehand William Hernan, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday. A fourth alleged conspirator, stablehand Tyson Kermond,… Read More »
Luke Nolen has cherished memories of his association with Black Caviar and the jockey marvels at the condition of the retired champion almost seven years after her last race. Nolen has been reunited with the great mare in the past two days, with the now 13-year-old Black Caviar in Melbourne… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Michael Cahill has been given the all-clear to return from a long injury break and hopes to be back race riding by the end of the month. Cahill has not ridden since October 25 when he has found to have a fractured right foot. He had been… Read More »
In-form Impasse will make his open company debut at Eagle Farm despite weights for the race being lifted. Impasse was accepted in Saturday’s Family Raceday Open Handicap and the Class Six Plate, both over 1400m. When the original topweight Hallelujah Boy did not accept in the open handicap, weights were… Read More »
A wet track could be the key to delivering talented mare Lashes some valuable black-type when she rises to stakes grade for the first time at Randwick. A week after her Matt Smith-trained stablemate Fierce Impact narrowly missed landing his third Group One win in the C F Orr Stakes… Read More »
Royal Ascot recruiter Nick Smith has already seen what Nature Strip can do and is looking forward to the star sprinter’s return in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Saturday’s weight-for-age Lightning Stakes (1000m) will be the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip’s first race since he dominated the VRC Sprint… Read More »
A conversation with rival jockey James McDonald has given Tim Clark confidence quirky mare Verry Elleegant can run a race when she resumes in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. McDonald is the mare’s regular rider but he will be in Melbourne on Saturday to partner top sprinter Nature Strip in… Read More »
Tony Gollan is the first to admit Snitch has had a disappointing campaign with one placing from five starts. But Brisbane’s leading trainer believes Snitch can turn his form around in Saturday’s Family Raceday Open Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The new look Eagle Farm track is developing a reputation… Read More »
For a trainer predisposed to patience, Peter Snowden is the first to acknowledge he is stepping outside his comfort zone by pitting Sangria against some of the country’s best fillies. The decision to run her in the Light Finger Stakes has been anything but rash and is a sign of… Read More »
The talented Cruze gets the chance to return to the winners’ list when he runs over his favourite course and distance at Eagle Farm. Cruze’s summer campaign has been hamstrung by an unsuitable distance options but he gets back to 1400m in Saturday’s Open Handicap. The gelding set a 1400m-course… Read More »
The Taree race meeting is the latest to be affected by heavy rain in NSW and Queensland. Friday’s meeting has been postponed with several sections of the track causing concern. The Gunnedah program has been transferred to Scone with Racing NSW stewards to monitor other meetings over the weekend. The… Read More »
Just weeks after bushfires swept through east Gippsland, the track at Canni Creek is ready to host the 133rd Buchan Cup. Locals have worked feverishly to get the track fit for racing with double the usual crowd expected at the meeting on Saturday. The annual picnic meeting was given the… Read More »
Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy is hopeful Pretty Brazen can carry her spring form over to the autumn when she returns at Flemington. After two less than flattering runs in Sydney to start her spring campaign, Pretty Brazen returned to Melbourne to win three of her next four starts, culminating in the… Read More »
The Triscay Stakes has been a happy hunting ground for jockey Tim Clark who will bid for a hat-trick of wins aboard emerging mare Reelem In Ruby. Clark first won the Group Three sprint 11 years ago aboard the brilliant Hot Danish and has added the past two editions on… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster has made key gear changes to two of her runners at Eagle Farm as she looks to build on her great start to the new year. Forster has won six races in the past three weeks from a team of a dozen horses. She has a genuine… Read More »
Peter Moody says he has learned a lot during his absence from training and will be taking a different approach in his comeback. The former leading Victorian trainer has reapplied for his licence and also made an application for a stable complex at Pakenham. Moody says he does not want… Read More »
Having learned to harness her brilliance, talented filly Akari is being given a shot at Sydney’s benchmark fillies, starting in the Group Three Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick. Trained by Brad Widdup, Akari faces a first-up stoush with star filly Libertini, along with Group One winners Kiamichi, Lyre and Flit…. Read More »
Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are revving up the Golden Slipper campaigns of three of their top contenders with Dame Giselle the first to step out at Randwick. Boasting a victory over reigning Golden Slipper favourite Cellsabeel, Dame Giselle resumes in Saturday’s Listed Lonhro Plate (1000m), a race that will… Read More »
Alligator Blood’s growing popularity is evidenced by his lead in the voting for the All-Star Mile and his trainer David Vandyke says it is a privilege to have the budding star in his care. The winner of eight of his nine starts, Alligator Blood is back in Melbourne for a… Read More »
