The feature race meeting in NSW on Friday has been given the green light to go ahead after Tommy Berry’s and Hugh Bowman’s test results for coronavirus returned negative. Friday’s feature race meeting at Muswellbrook is scheduled to go ahead with the $150,000 Muswellbrook Cup headlining the meeting. Races in… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani and his staff have been workshopping ideas about what may happen if racing is shut down because of coronavirus. Apart from a lone meeting at Narromine in western NSW, racing in Australia is currently suspended with jockey Mark Zahra potentially exposed to the COVID-19 virus after travelling… Read More »
Local trainer, former rugby league star Terry Fahey, has struck in the first race at Narromine in western NSW, the only meeting being held in Australia. Racing was suspended in other jurisdictions on Wednesday pending the results of COVID-19 tests on Melbourne jockey Mark Zahra who may have been exposed… Read More »
Trainers have ramped up biosecurity measures in stables to ensure racing stays afloat for as long as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. The sport has been temporarily suspended in five states while officials wait for the results of a Covid-19 test on Victorian-based jockey Mark Zahra. Two Sydney jockeys who… Read More »
Racing Victoria is awaiting the results of a coronavirus test on jockey Mark Zahra in the hope the suspension on racing can be lifted. Racing was abandoned on Wednesday with only a meeting at Narromine in western NSW going ahead on Thursday. After being contacted by health officials, Zahra alerted… Read More »
Sydney jockeys Hugh Bowman and Tommy Berry have tested negative to COVID-19 after fears they may have been exposed. Racing around the country was suspended on Wednesday after Melbourne jockey Mark Zahra was told by health authorities he had flown on the same commercial flight on March 12 as a… Read More »
Irish authorities believe they are well-equipped to handle any restrictions when racing resumes. Horse Racing Ireland had hoped to continue racing behind closed doors during the coronavirus crisis until the government ordered a shutdown earlier this week in line with Britain. There were 10 meetings held in Ireland after Britain… Read More »
The Sydney jockeys who came in contact with Mark Zahra have all returned negative to their COVID-19 tests. Tommy Berry and Hugh Bowman both were tested on Wednesday for COVID-19 after coming in contact with Zahra at a Sydney race meeting with both jockeys returning negative test results. Mark Zahra… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra is awaiting a result for COVID-19 after he shared a commercial flight with someone who was positive to the virus. Racing as whole has almost been suspended with the only meeting in the country today being Narromine after Zahra was contacted by authorities on Wednsday alerting him… Read More »
Outstanding young stallion HALLOWED CROWN (Street Sense-Crowned Glory), himself also the winner of 6 races including a pair of Gr 1 victories, has been moved. He will find his way to Cootamundra in NSW where he will stand this year with Ollie Tait at Twin Hills Stud. The farm also… Read More »
Queensland has joined other states by suspending racing as authorities wait for results of coronavirus tests on a Melbourne-based jockey. Wednesday’s meetings at Sandown in Melbourne, Warwick Farm in Sydney and Ascot in Perth were abandoned mid-program because jockeys from those jurisdictions had been in contact with the the other… Read More »
Australian racing is in limbo pending the results of COVID-19 tests on a licensed participant, believed to be a jockey. Until Wednesday, racing had been the last major sport still standing with meetings conducted under strict biosecurity protocols and without spectators. That changed with Sandown called off after two races… Read More »
Missing a start in the All-Star Mile with Gold Fields forced his trainer Logan McGill to search for alternatives. While Gold Fields did run in a support race on All-Star Mile day at Caulfield on March 14, McGill was already planning an assault on another rich Victorian race, the VOBIS… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is pretty good across the evening. Race One: 1 Galaxy Racer Race Two: 1 Best Alliance Race Three: 4 Winning Ways Race Four: 11 Blooming Spirit Race Five:… Read More »
Victorian racing has been suspended pending test results on a licensed person for COVID-19. Racing Victoria called off Wednesday’s Sandown meeting after learning the person had been told by health authorities they were on the same commercial flight on March 12 as someone who has tested positive. The participant is… Read More »
Racing in Victoria and NSW has been suspended with a licensed person, believed to be a jockey, being tested after possible contact with COVID-19. Racing Victoria called off Wednesday’s Sandown meeting after two races when it learned the participant had travelled on the same plane on March 12 as a… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce is on tenterhooks as he looks to finalise a trip to a big money race in Rockhampton with his promising Eagle Farm winner Papaya. Munce’s apprentice Justin Huxtable had an armchair ride as Papaya ($1.65) cruised to a 4-1/2 length win in the Eva Air Two-Year-Old Plate… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has had a change of heart with three of the stable’s Sydney-based horses and decided to keep them racing. Pike called his two staff members home and sent The Bostonian, Sherwood Forest and Not An Option to a spelling farm believing racing would close down… Read More »
Victorian racing has been suspended pending tests on a licensed person for COVID-19. Racing Victoria pulled the plug on Wednesday’s Sandown meeting after learning the person had been told by health authorities they were on a same flight on March 12 as someone who has tested positive. The participant is… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Shout The Bar will face the toughest test of her short career when she strives to give the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable its third Group One win in as many weeks in Sydney. Shout The Bar is scheduled to run in Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m)… Read More »
