Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has called on his long-term “go-to-man” Jeff Lloyd to get a progress report on his Melbourne-bound galloper Tyzone. Lloyd retired from race riding in July but has been riding some trackwork as well barrier trials. Edmonds called on him to ride Stradbroke Handicap runner-up Tyzone… Read More »
A race on this weekend’s Makybe Diva Stakes program at Flemington will be named in honour of former trainer Russell Cameron, who has died aged 61. Cameron died on Tuesday, having relinquished his trainer’s licence last season because of the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease. A third-generation trainer, Cameron was first… Read More »
Australian Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes will return to the Hong Kong ranks for the start of the 2020-21 racing season. The senior trainer for Lindsay Park in Australia, Hayes spent a decade in Hong Kong from 1996, winning two premierships. His nephew Tom Dabernig and son Ben Hayes… Read More »
A NSW racehorse trainer has been banned for possession of EPO after the prohibited substance was found during a raid on his provincial stable. Kembla Grange-based Mick Tubman was disqualified following a Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry. Analysis of substances in two bottles found in a fridge at Tubman’s home revealed… Read More »
Trainer David Hayes has released a statement regarding his move to Hong Kong to train. Watch Champion trainer David Hayes’ announcement regarding his move to Hong Kong to train.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Kew Gardens has been given top weight of 58kg in the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter will have to carry an extra 6.5kg if he is to repeat last year’s feat. He sits second in the weights at 57.5kg along with the… Read More »
Racing NSW has announced the winning numbers for this years The Kosciuszko. The Kosciuszko gives everyday racing fans the chance to share in the big prize pool on The Everest day at Randwick. Market đź’°: View The Kosciuszko odds View the winning numbers and where they were bought below. Congratulations… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman has suffered a broken finger this morning which will require surgery. Bowman came off during routine work on Tuesday and immediately went to hospital. He was treated at Prince of Wales Hospital for the break to the little finger on his right hand. Racing NSW’s Dr… Read More »
New Zealander Te Akau Shark remains favourite for the Epsom Handicap with 83 nominations taken for the famous Randwick mile. Te Akau Shark is at $5 after finishing second to Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce in Saturday’s Tramway Stakes. Dreamforce is at $6 with the TAB for the Epsom Handicap (1600m)… Read More »
Progressive sprinter Classique Legend and veteran Happy Clapper have starred in barrier trials at Randwick. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, The Everest contender Classique Legend circled the filed nearing the turn in his 1000m-heat on the course proper on Tuesday and comfortably beat Home of The Brave by 2-1/4 lengths. Carmel… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman has been taken to hospital. Update đź“ť: Hugh Bowman to have surgery on hand He was just finishing trackwork on Tuesday morning, and getting ready to ride a few at the Randwick trials, including glamour galloper Happy Clapper, when disaster struck. He isn’t badly hurt, but… Read More »
Promising South Australian sprinter Gytrash will miss Saturday’s Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington after suffering a setback that could see him miss the entire Spring Carnival. The Gordon Richards-trained gelding is suffering from a knee injury which is reportedly in the same area as the injury he injured last spring…. Read More »
Some of Queensland’s leading veterinarians and scientists have stepped up their campaign to get Australian racing regulators to implement an immediate moratorium on prosecutions for alleged misuse of cobalt. The move follows the nine-month suspension handed to veteran Toowoomba trainer Harry Richardson on cobalt charges last week. In Queensland alone… Read More »
Racing Victoria Stewards on issued twenty charges against registered owner Lester O’Grady, under Australian Rules of Racing for neglect of his horses. RV Stewards allege that up to and including 18 March 2019, Mr O’Grady failed to provide his horses, Catalan Miss, Diamond Tathagata, Secord, Alphabetic, Divine Destiny, Laker’s Lass,… Read More »
David Hayes is expected to confirm he will return to the Hong Kong training ranks. The senior trainer for the Lindsay Park operation which includes his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, Hayes spent a decade in Hong Kong from 1996, winning two premierships. The Hong Kong Jockey Club has… Read More »
Champion trainer Murray Baker has been recognised with two of New Zealand’s highest honours but has no intention to slow down. Baker was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame last year and on Sunday he was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Racing at the NZ Horse… Read More »
Perth trainer Lindsey Smith says if he had a little more courage he would have started Scales Of Justice in the Feehan Stakes at The Valley. Victory in that race would have assured Scales Of Justice a start in next month’s Cox Plate along with the opportunity for a $1… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Scott Brunton has abandoned plans to tackle a Group One handicap in Melbourne with The Inevitable. Saturday’s impressive winner at The Valley has returned to Brunton’s training complex at Seven Mile Beach in Tasmania to recover and prepare for his next assignment. The Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at… Read More »
Queensland Horse of The Year contender Tyzone is ready to take his first steps towards a Melbourne campaign when he runs in a Gold Coast barrier trial. Tyzone has been one of the most consistent horses in Queensland, winning 16 of his 32 starts for more than $900,000 prize money…. Read More »
Senior Brisbane riders Matt McGillivray and Dale Smith will remain sidelined after an inquiry into their failure to give urine samples at Eagle Farm. Stewards stood the pair down on Saturday and ordered them to provide samples at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and then front an inquiry on Monday…. Read More »
