Bjorn Baker cannot fault the free-wheeling Samadoubt ahead of the gelding’s quest to win a third feature race at Randwick in as many months. Samadoubt led all the way to cause a boilover in the Group One Winx Stakes (1400m) in August and showed the performance was no fluke when… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander sees the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield as the ideal VRC Oaks trial for lightly raced filly Gamay. Saturday’s Group Three Ethereal Stakes over 2000m for three-year-old fillies will be Gamay’s fifth race start and will go a long way to determining her upcoming program. Gamay’s first three… Read More »
Trainer Trent Busuttin’s outward demeanour on race day is that of someone who is calm and relaxed. But recently Busuttin has been a little on edge as the Caulfield Cup, run on Saturday with a winner’s cheque of $3 million, draws closer. Busuttin trains with partner Natalie Young and prepares… Read More »
The fate of Nature Strip’s Everest quest will be determined in the first few hundred meters of the race, according to his jockey Tim Clark. The horse brings an X-factor to Saturday’s $14 million The Everest with opinion divided whether his raw speed can be harnessed to run out a… Read More »
Victoria Police acted lawfully when it gave racing authorities evidence from a raid on Victorian trainer Jarrod McLean’s stables, a judge has ruled. McLean had argued Victoria Police did not having the right to give Racing Victoria information about items seized during the January 30 raid at Yangery, near Warrnambool…. Read More »
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys has labelled the cruel fate of some racehorses shown on a television program as “sickening” but says it is unfair to tarnish an entire industry for the actions of a few. A report on the ABC’s 7.30 program on Thursday said the number of… Read More »
The second emergency for Saturday’s Caulfield Cup has been scratched from the St Leger Stakes in Sydney in hope the horse will get a run in the $5m handicap. Neufbosc is the second emergency for the 2019 Caulfield Cup but had also accepted into the field for the St Leger… Read More »
Veteran Sydney gelding Testashadow makes another trip to Brisbane to run at Eagle Farm as his trainer Gary Portelli searches the east coast programs for suitable races. Testashadow looks well placed in a field of nine in Saturday’s Clayfield Jewellery Open Handicap (1600m). It is the second time in recent… Read More »
More must be done to ensure thoroughbred racehorses are tracked and accounted for after their careers, a peak body says. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia says those governing the industry must act along with participants to reinforce the post-racing programs which include rehoming retired horses. On the eve of the showcase Caulfield… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Garry Newham has won the Wayne Wilson Medal for an outstanding training performance in Queensland racing. Newham trained Winning Ways to win the Queensland Oaks which was the only Group One victory for the season by a horse trained in the state. It was an emotional win… Read More »
Racing Australia has made a public statement in response to ABC’s horse racing welfare segment that was aired on Thursday night. Read the media release from Racing Australia below. Media release: The provision of appropriate care and attention of Thoroughbred horses is a critical priority in the administration of racing… Read More »
We take a look at Friday nights Singapore meeting as we head into a massive weekend of racing around the country. View our Singapore tips and bets below. Race One: 8 Paperback Trooper Race Two: 10 Kimitonara Race Three: 3 Autumn Assault Race Four: 2 Qiji Diamond Race Five: 1… Read More »
New Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor will have to be re-examined on the eve of the Caulfield Cup as Neufbosc prepares for a float trip for a Racing Victoria veterinarian inspection. RV reported the Stephen Marsh-trained Crown Prosecutor is lame in his right foreleg and will come under further scrutiny… Read More »
The Kosciuszko will run as race five at 2.50pm (AEDT) at Randwick on Saturday. THE KOSCIUSZKO 1200m, $1,300,000, three-year-olds, set-weights plus penalties CONCEPT * Modelled in part on the $14 million Everest but for country-trained horses * Fourteen runners picked by winners who bought $5 tickets * Slot holders negotiate… Read More »
It has been seven extraordinary years since Michelle Payne last rode at Randwick and when she returns on Everest day, it will be in a unique role as trainer and jockey of Sydney Stakes contender Kaspersky. Payne reckons her last ride in Sydney was aboard Yosei when she finished third… Read More »
The Everest will run as race seven at 4.15pm (AEDT) at Randwick on Saturday. WHAT IS IT? * A $14 million The Everest over 1200m at weight-for-age offering a $6.05 million first-place prize purse, down to $400,000 for seventh to 12th * A dozen slots are sold at $600,000 a… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is happy to pit VRC Oaks favourite Miami Bound against the colts and geldings in the Group Three Caulfield Classic and the trainer is expecting the filly to relish racing over 2000m for the first time. Miami Bound is the only filly in Saturday’s $350,000 Caulfield Classic for… Read More »
Tim Clark hopes to make the perfect start to Everest day at Randwick when he rides favourite Postcode in the opening event on a bumper 10-race card. Clark, who partners Nature Strip in the $14 million feature, has nine rides on Saturday’s program and Postcode shapes as one of his… Read More »
Wolfe clinched a Caulfield Cup spot with victory in the Coongy Cup but the up-and-coming stayer still has work to do to make the Melbourne Cup field. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Wolfe earned a ballot exemption into Saturday’s Caulfield Cup with his Coongy win on Wednesday and he… Read More »
It takes a bold trainer to try to beat Chris Waller in his own backyard but that is precisely what Archie Alexander is hoping to do with Gallic Chieftain in the St Leger Stakes at Randwick. The imported stayer almost got the job done last start when he narrowly went… Read More »
