Racing Victoria stewards have adjourned an inquiry into an alleged incident between a jockey and a trainer at Flemington. Stewards took evidence from retiring jockey Stephen Baster, trainer Glenn Thornton and Victoria Racing Club security officer Simon Ogden. Baster rode for the final time at the Melbourne Cup carnival which… Read More »
A drop in crowd numbers at this year’s Melbourne Cup carnival has continued on the final day, with the Stakes Day attendance of 57,268 the lowest for 15 years. With occasional showers during Saturday’s Stakes day program, the crowd figure was 10,000 less than last year and the lowest since… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan admitted his filly Outback Barbie gave him one of the thrills of his career when she won the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Doomben. Outback Barbie ($2.30) lived up to a brilliant trial win on Monday when she charged home to beat Tambo’s Mate ($4.40) by… Read More »
Courageous and competitive until the end, grand campaigner Hartnell has signed off from racing with a gallant third in the $2 million Group One Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The Godolphin team announced in the lead-up to Saturday’s Mackinnon that the 2000m weight-for-age race would be the final start of the… Read More »
Dropping sharply in distance after contesting the Melbourne Cup, Irish mare Magic Wand has landed her first Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The win by the Aidan O’Brien-trained mare denied Godolphin a fairytale ending with Hartnell finishing in third place after taking the lead early in… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have made a clean sweep of the feature races at Rosehill, coming away from the nine-race program with a perfect strike-rate. The father-and-son training partners saddled up horses in three races and won all of them, including the $1 million Golden Gift (1100m) with juvenile Dame… Read More »
Juvenile Dame Giselle has all but booked her spot in the Golden Slipper with an explosive performance in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill under comeback jockey Andrew Adkins. One of four Golden Gift runners for Peter and Paul Snowden, Dame Giselle ($13) turned the stables on Kirkham Plate… Read More »
A crack at two Group One races in Perth await the Lindsey Smith-trained Reykjavik after his hard-fought victory in the Group Three Chatham Stakes at Flemington. Five-year-old Reykjavik ($11) enjoyed a box-seat run from the inside barrier in Saturday’s 1400m race and he hit the front just inside the 300m… Read More »
Jockey Raquel Clark has suffered a fall at Morphettville. View the latest updates on Raquel Clark’s condition below. Just spoke to friends with Raquel Clark, her CT scans have just come back and cleared her of any neck fractures or breaks She is still being monitored but is in a… Read More »
Ready For Danger is Magic Millions bound after scoring a third Country Classic win in four years at Rosehill for Murwillumbah trainer Matthew Dunn. In an at-times scrappy 2000-metre test, jockey Jason Collett held his nerve on Dunn’s six-year-old runner to streak to an emphatic two-length triumph. “It was a… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Prince Of Arran’s trip to Japan has been canned with the stayer unable to wear his usual barrier blanket. Prince Of Arran was invited to the Japan Cup after his performance at Flemington on Tuesday in the Melbourne Cup but on Saturday trainer Charlie Fellowes said he… Read More »
Consistent Alward broke through for an overdue win to give champion trainer Chris Waller winners in three states on Saturday. Alward ($7) scored his first win since August when he wore down leader Kubis ($7.50) to score by a half neck in the Ascot Green Handicap (2000m) at Doomben. The… Read More »
Luck has finally gone the way of Oceanex with the mare fighting bravely to secure a first stakes race victory at Flemington. A winner over the course and distance in January, Oceanex took out the Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday which her trainers, Mick Price and Mick Kent… Read More »
A breathtaking performance from Nature Strip in the Darley Sprint Classic has captured the powerful sprinter his third Group One win for the year. The Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip made a one-act affair of Saturday’s $2 million weight-for-age race over the 1200m straight course at Flemington, leaving some established sprinters… Read More »
Known to each other side from the other side of the world, James Doyle and Humbolt Current have reconnected to win at Rosehill. The top English jockey rode Humbolt Current, then trained by William Haggas, to victory for Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor in July last year. The son… Read More »
Peter Snowden will consider raising the bar for California Longbow after the progressive stayer landed his fourth career win in the Ranvet Handicap at Rosehill. Rachel King ensured Saturday’s 1800-metre race was a true test when she took Foreign Territory to the front from a wide gate and set a… Read More »
True Self has provided Irish trainer Willie Mullins with his first win on Australian soil with a stylish victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington. The mare picked up a $200,000 bonus for her connections following Saturday’s win after being balloted from Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. Mullins, who first came… Read More »
Promising colt Banquo has added to a memorable Melbourne Cup carnival for trainer Danny O’Brien and highlighted his own potential with a Listed race win at Flemington. Three-year-old Banquo’s victory in Saturday’s Springtime Stakes (1400m) was the latest winner for O’Brien during this year’s Melbourne Cup carnival, with the trainer… Read More »
Given up ON by Australian billionaire Gerry Harvey, Hit The Target has repaid the faith of trainer and part-owner Stephen Jones. The Scone horseman sTuck fat with the Hit The Target and got his reward with a hard-fought Highway Handicap (1500m) victory at Rosehill. Jones stepped up to fill the… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and partner Natalie Young’s plans to target the back end of the spring campaign has paid off with Savvy Oak returning to winning form at Flemington. But Saturday’s Very Special Kids Pin And Win Plate over 2000m was not their original choice. A South Australian Derby placegetter in… Read More »
