A race meeting scheduled for Yarra Valley in Victoria this week will begin in the morning in a bid to avoid the forecast hottest part of the day. Racing Victoria says because of the predicted 40 degrees, Friday’s Yarra Valley meeting will begin two hours earlier than originally planned with… Read More »
Brian McGrath hopes his recent success on country tracks carries over to give the Cranbourne-based trainer a maiden city win. McGrath began training in 2015 and has 19 winners to his credit, but from 36 city runners is yet to break through which he hopes to rectify with Inkslinger in… Read More »
NSW racing officials are keeping a close watch on conditions around the state with smoke haze in many areas and extreme temperatures forecast. On Monday, Racing NSW stewards transferred Saturday’ Warwick Farm meeting to Randwick which is expected to be around 10 degrees cooler than the predicted 46 deg in… Read More »
Waikato Racing Club chief executive, former New Zealand Test cricketer Ken Rutherford, is to take up the position in charge of Hawkesbury Race Club in north west Sydney. Rutherford has vast experience in the racing and wagering industry following his retirement from first class class cricket at the turn of… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club have announce a new look program for Stradbroke Handicap day which now includes a brand new race worth a whopping $1.5million. The BRC on Tuesday morning announced the introduction of a new race worth $1.5m the G2 Eva Air Q22. The Eva Air Q22 will be… Read More »
Yesterday, racing ended in Canada for the season. Snow has a way of stopping things over there. But not before the most amazing confessional ever heard was announced. And it came from Woodbine’s champion jockey for the past decade, Eurico da silva, whose on and off the track persona has… Read More »
Sydney apprentice jockey Jean Van Overmeire has been taken to hospital after suffering a fall at Rosehill this morning. Jean Van Overmeire was dislodged from his mount in trial eleven at Rosehill this morning and has been taken to hospital for further tests. Van Overmeire had complained of soreness in… Read More »
Prominent trainer Tony McEvoy is planning to kick off the careers of a pair of two-year-olds in Queensland with a view to giving them their chances to qualify for next month’s $2m Magic Millions Classic. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son, Calvin, has two-year-old filly Lopez and colt… Read More »
The Listed Bagot Handicap is the summer target for Secret Blaze who will first try to notch the third win of his preparation in a lead-up race at Flemington. Secret Blaze is coming off a last-start second as favourite in the Listed Pakenham Cup over 2500m on December 7 and… Read More »
The Victorian jumps racing program for 2020 has been released, with the same number of races scheduled as the previous season. A total of 61 jumps races are scheduled in Victoria – 39 hurdles races and 22 steeplechases – with prize money of more than $3.8 million. Racing Victoria said… Read More »
Gary Portelli’s hopes of a home track advantage have been dashed by the transfer of the Warwick Farm meeting to Randwick because of forecast high temperatures in western Sydney. Racing NSW acted swiftly on Monday to move Saturday’s races from Warwick Farm which is expecting a high of 43 degrees…. Read More »
A bookmaker has had $7,000 stolen from her bag at a Bendigo race meeting at the end of November. Bendigo police are calling for information after an on course bookmaker from Melbourne had $7,000 stolen from her handbag whilst working at the Bendigo races on the 27th November. The bookmaker… Read More »
Premier Sydney jockey James McDonald will spend Christmas with his family in his native New Zealand before chasing feature race success at the Ellerslie carnival. McDonald will ride Supera in the Group One Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day for long-time supporter, Sir Peter Vela, and the star jockey will… Read More »
The Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in Florida will have substantially reduced prize money from the previous three editions of the event with horses at the meeting to race free of medication. The Stronach Group, which operates Gulfstream, announced the significant changes on Sunday. Entry fees, which had been… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has had a big week and also unveiled another possible contender for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Dunn had five winners on Friday, four on at his home track of Murwillumbah, and one at Doomben on Saturday to give him six winners for the week…. Read More »
The forecast for hot weather in Melbourne has prompted racing officials to start a midweek meeting at Caulfield in the morning. Wednesday’s meeting was scheduled to be run in the twilight timeslot but Racing Victoria has announced the eight-race meeting will now start at 11am with the final race to… Read More »
The Kilcoy Race Club has unveiled plans to utilise its new million dollar facilities during the Christmas period with thoroughbred and harness meetings, and a professional foot race. The south-east Queensland club has been able to substantially upgrade its facilities and track after grants from the local Somerset Council and… Read More »
The prediction for extreme heat in western Sydney has prompted officials to transfer a rare Saturday meeting at Warwick Farm to Randwick. Temperatures are forecast to reach 43 degrees at Warwick Farm and the mid-30s at Randwick. All races bar one are the same distances and conditions with the Benchmark… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Mike Moroney has decided to target the $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast with promising sprinter Star Surprise. The three-year-old returned from a spell in a 1000m benchmark-70 race on the Pakenham Cup program eight days ago and came from last in the field… Read More »
Trainer Chris Meagher can hardly wait to get consistent Trevelyan to the $250,000 The Wave. The Wave (1800m) is one of several new races introduced in a revamped Brisbane and Gold Coast summer carnival. It is designed to bolster the January 4 meeting at the Gold Coast, a week before… Read More »
