After a successful Melbourne Cup carnival, the show is rolling on for trainer Danny O’Brien who is looking for feature race success at Sandown. O’Brien won four stakes races during the four-meeting Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington highlighted by his first Melbourne Cup with Vow And Declare and first VRC… Read More »
Taking the more conservative path to the races with Panna Cotta may prove a wise decision if the Mark Newnham-trained filly makes a winning debut in the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle. Newnham toyed with running the daughter of Fastnet Rock in last weekend’s $1 million Golden Gift before deciding… Read More »
Moves are underway to improve welfare standards for racehorses in Western Australia, including creating a “passport” for each animal to track them after retirement, and subjecting knackeries and abattoirs to random inspections. The state government announced on Thursday a new ‘rule of racing’ whereby the industry must aim to rehome… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has cancelled the midweek race meeting at Happy Valley due to ongoing protests and political unrest. It is the second time in the past two months a Hong Kong race card has been called off because of the social turmoil gripping the country. The Jockey… Read More »
Talented Caloundra galloper Spectroscope will be on trial for a Sydney campaign if he performs well in the Mooloolaba Cup at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Natalie McCall has pencilled in the Group Two Villiers Stakes at Randwick on December 14 as Spectroscope’s target with the Mooloolaba Cup over 1600m, the… Read More »
Two popular jockeys have undergone surgery over the past few days. They are Victorian based Declan Bates and NSW hoop Adrian Layt. Both are ginger but recovering. Bates will not race ride until late January it is hoped after surgeons successfully operated on his fractured kneecap. If you are ever… Read More »
Now, I’ll open this right up by saying, I don’t know the answer. But gee, I’d bet it is. Ok, the question. At Moonee valley on Friday night, if CRAFTY CRUISER wins, will it be the first time in horse racing history that a racehorse has won a race (let… Read More »
Our Canadian racing expert, Ric Chapman, has had a good run of luck at these Woodbine midweek meets. Here’s his look at this week’s races. Good luck. Race 1 10:45am Synthetic 1700m Small field should suit ZOOLOGICAL. Drawn perfectly and does look to have too much finishing power for these…. Read More »
Enable has been named Europe’s Horse of the Year, becoming just the third horse to win the title twice. The John Gosden-trained five-year-old, who was first crowned champion in 2017, follows Ouija Board (2004, 2006) and Frankel (2011, 2012) as a dual winner of the prize following another exceptional campaign…. Read More »
The curtain has come down on Marmelo’s racing career, with the respected stayer retired to stand at stud in France after being denied a third shot at the Melbourne Cup. Marmelo, the 2018 Cup runner-up, was controversially withdrawn from this year’s $8 million Melbourne Cup after standing CT scans indicated… Read More »
Champion racemare Enable has been crowned the European Cartier Horse of the Year….again. She joins Frankel and Ouija Board as the only horses to ever win it twice. Enable’s was a little different as she won it in 2017 and now this year. The freakishly gifted mare, who never raced… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson was quick to thank Victorian trainer Jason Warren after Star Silk scored a tough win at Doomben. Anderson and Robert Heathcote recently dissolved their training partnership but it hasn’t stopped either training winners. Star Silk ($5.50) scored his fourth win and second for Anderson when he held… Read More »
It has been 14 years since a filly has won the Group Two Sandown Guineas but trainer Tony McEvoy is optimistic Pretty Brazen has the talent to break that drought. Pretty Brazen is one of two fillies in Saturday’s Sandown Guineas over 1600m for three-year-olds, with the Dan O’Sullivan-trained Affair… Read More »
NSW Racing has opted to play it safe as bushfires continue to burn across the state, cancelling Thursday’s Port Macquarie race meeting. Several fires are still burning on the NSW mid north coast, including two on the outskirts of Port Macquarie. With road closures and “heavy smoke” in the area,… Read More »
Four-year-old Prince Of Caviar, son of champion Black Caviar, has finished second as a short-priced favourite at Bendigo in his first start for more than a year. Trained by Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes, Prince Of Caviar is by Sebring out of Black Caviar, the mare who won all of… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Jason Deamer says Bon Amis has put an ill-timed virus behind him and is back to his best ahead of the $1 million Hunter. The six-year-old stable star has been carefully managed since his last-start third in the Group Three Show County at Randwick on August 24. Deamer… Read More »
Miss Siska is set to race for the third consecutive weekend while facing a distance test in the Group Two Zipping Classic at Sandown. The Grahame Begg-trained mare finished midfield in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last Saturday week before backing up seven days later, finishing… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan believes he has found the right formula to help sprinter Capital Connection make a winning debut in open company. Capital Connection will be chasing his third win in a row when he joins a field of top short-course sprinters in the $105,000 Swiss Ace Plate (1000m)… Read More »
Racing Queensland is monitoring bushfires on the Sunshine Coast but at this stage there is no threat to Saturday’s meeting. The Sunshine Coast will host a meeting with more than 120 horses including the feature Swiss Ace Quality and Mooloolaba Cup. In 2017 fire threatened Corbould Park and several near… Read More »
The popular Happy Clapper has a virus and will miss The Gong robbing the $1 million race of its star attraction. Trainer Pat Webster said the gelding developed a temperature over the past few days and had a slight virus. He had been scheduled to trial on Tuesday ahead of… Read More »
