Dual Group One winner Scales Of Justice has made a winning return in the Group Two Australia Stakes at The Valley in a race marred by a fatal fall in the home straight. Last year’s Group One C F Orr Stakes winner Manuel, with Barend Vorster aboard, came down in… Read More »
The feature race at Moonee Valley the G2 Australia Stakes has been marred by the fatal fall of Group One winner Manuel who fell in the straight. The Australia Stakes was taken out by the Lindsey Smith trained Scales Of Justice but the race was tainted after the fatal fall… Read More »
A media release sent under QRIC’s banner regarding Danny Nikolic’s riding application has been found to be fake. An announcement sent out using QRIC’s letter head on Friday afternoon which indicated that former jockey Danny Nikolic’s riding application was approved, worked out to be a hoax with his application still… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Natalie McCall has a chance of winning her hometown Cup but it is one of her younger horses which is earning plenty of attention at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. McCall elected to keep Spectroscope at home for the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup and will have Better Ethics… Read More »
Bricks And Mortar has had a perfect year, and the Eclipse Award voters have given his team an historic sweep of top honours. After going six for six – all on the turf – at six tracks last year, Bricks And Mortar and his connections swept all eligible categories on… Read More »
Racing Queensland believes the decision to increase prize money for the Group One Doomben 10,000 to $1 million has been vindicated with the race receiving a world top 100 ranking. Australia had 20 races rated in the top 100 and the 10,000, which will be run on May 9 this… Read More »
Gimcrack Stakes placegetter Ticket To Ride is showing all the right signs on the training track but co-trainer Michael Freedman knows her ultimate test will come on race day. The filly resumes in Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium in 14 Days Handicap (1000m) at Randwick, her first start since closing… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is set to go down as the best horse the country has ever seen but siblings of the champ have failed to live up to her ability. Breeder John Camilleri confirmed during the week Winx’s half sister by Snitzel will likely head to the breeding barn without… Read More »
Special fund-raising initiatives will be in place at the Randwick meeting to assist rural communities and participants in NSW affected by recent bushfires across the state. Money raised on Saturday will help towards the care of livestock and other animals where feed and other commodities are in short supply. There… Read More »
The autumn carnival is still a few weeks away but Tommy Berry will head to Randwick with a spring in his step as he prepares to test two young horses with untapped potential. All but one of Berry’s eight rides on Saturday are at single-figure odds, including Gaulois in the… Read More »
Yulong January has taken all before him during a summer winning spree and his co-trainer Ciaron Maher is confident the progressive gelding can continue his rise in the John Dillon Stakes. After finishing fourth at Kyneton in the first start of his current campaign in early November, four-year-old Yulong January… Read More »
Sentimental favourite Ringo’s A Rockstar returns after a lengthy break to his favourite track and distance. Ringo’s A Rockstar will be having his first start since December, 2018 in Saturday’s Coastal BMW Open Handicap (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast. The gelding was the last open company performer trained by the… Read More »
Peter Snowden is banking on Tom Marquand’s first ride aboard Napoleon Solo giving the jockey the tools to get the horse back on the winner’s list at Randwick. The visiting Englishman partnered Napoleon Solo for the first time last start, with the gelding third behind Man Of Peace after chasing… Read More »
Isn’t Australian racing about to receive the greatest shot in the arm it’s ever had. Which is a big call given what Phar Lap did for us, Shannon also when he won in the US, Black Caviar in England, Takeover Target in Japan and more recently Japanese superstar Lys Gracieux…. Read More »
Robbie Griffiths will put four of his stable’s two-year-olds to the test in Blue Diamond Previews at Caulfield to determine if they are contenders for Victoria’s premier juvenile race. The Blue Diamond series kicks off on Saturday with the colts and geldings Preview over 1000m and the fillies Preview over… Read More »
Toowoomba sprinter-miler Niccanova’s track work indicates he is poised to carry a record weight and complete a treble of feature summer carnival wins at the Sunshie Coast. Niccanova has already won the Listed Brisbane Handicap and Listed Bernborough Handicap this summer and is being aimed at the Listed Sunshine Coast… Read More »
The great Aussie callers tradition continues. News has just filtered back to Australia that the folk at the Hong Kong Jockey Club want the same tone they’ve had for years calling their English version of the races. So Sky Channel’s brilliant announcer Mark McNamara has just been given the coveted… Read More »
The annual National Jockeys’ Trust charity cricket match has again proven a success, with this year’s event raising more than $100,000 for wildlife and livestock affected by the bushfire crisis. Some of the stars of Australian racing swapped the racecourse for the cricket field in Monday’s eighth annual NJT T20… Read More »
Equilateral has opened up his options with an impressive win in the Dubai Dash Listed Handicap at Meydan in his first start as a gelding. The Charlie Hills-trained five-year-old has not quite lived up to the expectations of connections in his career to date, but that looks to change for… Read More »
Triple Group One winner Happy Clapper has had a pipe-opener in a Randwick barrier trial when fourth in a heat won by the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. Happy Clapper worked to the line in the 900m-heat on the course proper on Thursday, pleasing trainer Pat Webster with his effort and… Read More »
