South Australian racing officials have decided to push back a pre-Christmas race meeting at Morphettville because of extreme heat. A twilight race meeting was scheduled for Morphettville on Friday but the seven races have now been moved to Monday afternoon. A meeting at Dubbo in NSW on Saturday has been… Read More »
Barrier trials are usually a good guide to first-up performances which means trainer Steve O’Dea should play a key role at Eagle Farm. O’Dea has Scallopini resuming in Saturday’s Listed Falvelon Stakes (1200m) and Gotta Kiss is also first-up in the $125,000 QTIS Two-Year-Old Plate (1000m). Both went for short… Read More »
Last night, former Champion jockey turned outstanding Queensland trainer Chris Munce, was interviewed by two other hoops. Ryan Wiggins and Ronnie Stewart, entrepreneurs in their own right, have started their own recorded podcasts called Out The Gap. You can find the full interview below. And they do a pretty good… Read More »
Having made an exceptional start to the juvenile season, Peter and Paul Snowden are looking to consolidate their Magic Millions Classic team with two of their leading hopes stepping out at Randwick. Recent debut winner Sancy was expected to head the stable’s Gold Coast arsenal but Peter Snowden confirmed the… Read More »
Promising two-year-old The Drinks Cart has put a slight setback behind him and worked strongly as he prepares to resume his Magic Millions Classic quest. The Drinks Cart rocketed into Magic Millions calculations when an impressive winner at the Gold Coast last month. He was sent for a short break… Read More »
Trainer Brent Stanley had been hoping to pinch a good spring race with Violate who returns after a short break at Flemington. Violate runs first-up at Flemington on Saturday over 1400m in the Yuletide Handicap, a course and distance he has been successful at fresh in two of his past… Read More »
A return to set weights and a step up to a middle distance on the big Eagle Farm track are expected to help three-year-old Don’t Waiver end a frustrating run of minor placings. Don’t Waiver goes into the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) on the back of a second… Read More »
Racing Queensland says it was not viable to split its two-year-old race at Eagle Farm . Some trainers are upset Saturday’s $125,000 event is not being run in two divisions but instead has 10 starters and six emergencies. The race could be vital to qualify horses for the Magic Millions… Read More »
Leading Queensland jockey Jim Byrne will miss the rest of the summer carnival and possibly the season after breaking a leg in a race fall. Byrne was scheduled for surgery after the fall on Wednesday but doctors decided to delay the operation until swelling went down in his leg. His… Read More »
Jockey Jim Byrne has broken his leg in a fall following the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes which was rescheduled onto today’s Doomben meeting. Jim Byrne was aboard Kavak who ran second in the Phelan Ready Stakes but was dislodged past the winning post. Byrne was taken to hospital following the… Read More »
Jockey Luke Currie bounced back from a fall to steer Away Game to victory in the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes. Away Game ($2.10) gave the Ciaron Maher-David Eustace training partnership a feature double for the day and also ensured the stable would have two runners in the Magic Millions 2YO… Read More »
Expensive colt Rathlin has ensured a place in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a win at Doomben in which three jockeys came to grief at the winning post. In a four-horse Phelan Ready Stakes, Rathlin ($2.40) raced away to beat Kavak ($2.50) by three lengths with War Memorial ($4.20)… Read More »
Trainer Peter Gelagotis is facing three charges over an elevated TCO2 level taken in a pre-race blood test from Strong Influence at Sandown. Racing Victoria stewards allege that before Strong Influence raced on June 26, Gelagotis administered, or caused to be administered, a prohibited substance for the purpose of affecting… Read More »
Melbourne trainer John Sadler believes he has Usain Bowler going better than ever as he prepares the gelding for two interstate assignments. Usain Bowler will be sent to Sydney on Thursday night to run at Randwick on Saturday on his way to his main summer target, the $1 million Magic… Read More »
Sydney apprentice Jean Van Overmeire has suffered a double blow with confirmation he has a fractured left shoulder and broken right wrist. Overmeire fell when his mount knuckled over at the start of a barrier trial at Rosehill on Tuesday. He was found to have a fractured left scapula and… Read More »
Hard work is paying off for trainer Joseph Waldron who landed his first Caulfield winner at Caulfield since moving from New Zealand. The one-time travelling foreman for leading trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Waldron set-up a training base at Mornington in November 2018. Victory by outsider Break My Stride… Read More »
The John Symons-Sheila Laxon training partnership rarely have early-season two-year-olds but they have produced a good one in Thunder Mania at Doomben. Thunder Mania was backed from $8.50 to $4 before sitting at the tail of the field and then storming home to beat Cosmic Gossip ($2.25) by 1-1/2 lengths… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is reconsidering his support for the early part of the Brisbane summer carnival after his plans to qualify horses for the Magic Millions carnival were again stymied. McEvoy accepted with King And King and Lopez in the $125,000 QTIS Two-Year-Old (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. They were… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is set to unveil his latest import, with lightly raced Aktau to make his Australian debut at Flemington. Aktau was bought in the hope he will develop into a Melbourne Cup prospect. The four-year-old English gelding, who has one win from four starts in England, arrived in… Read More »
Mrs Beckham still has a lot to learn to be the complete racehorse but co-trainer Simon Zahra liked what he saw from the filly in her maiden victory at Caulfield. Zahra, who trains in partnership with Mathew Ellerton, said Mrs Beckham could reach greater heights after a dominant display in… Read More »
