Talented Victorian apprentice Brandon Stockdale has been handed a six month suspension for misconduct and false evidence charges. Stockdale was given a six month suspension by Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday following an incident at a Cranbourne property where he stole goods before damaging a CCTV camera. Stocksale… Read More »
Benbatl is unlikely to return to Australia this year – with targets in Canada and America mooted, his trainer has said. Saeed bin Suroor’s globetrotter won the G1 Caulfield Stakes in Australia last year before having a crack at Winx in the Cox Plate at Melbourne. The Godolphin-owned ultimately came… Read More »
Dual Group-winning colt Dubious is on target to resume in the Vain Stakes at Caulfield but his connections will monitor the weather and track condition as they do not want it too wet. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Dubious made his mark during his juvenile season with three… Read More »
Talented sprinter Nature Strip will be given every chance to stake a claim for a berth in the $14 million Everest. Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller is in full swing heading to the spring and has a host of horses ready to return to the track. He has been working… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney has taken on board a recommendation from jockey Damien Oliver in deciding to run import Mr Marathon Man in the weight-for-age PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Mr Marathon Man has had a freshen up since he failed in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) at Flemington… Read More »
Racing Victoria has tweaked some of the entry conditions for next year’s All-Star Mile. The 2020 $5 million All-Star Mile will be held at Caulfield on March after Tasmanian-trained filly Mystic Journey won the inaugural race at Flemington earlier this year. The core structure of the All Star Mile remains… Read More »
Mask Of Time is likely to bypass the Premier’s Cup Prelude at Randwick to instead run in a country Cup a day later. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Mask Of Time is among 21 nominations for Saturday’s $125,000 Premier’s Cup Prelude over 1800m on the Kensington track but Eustace… Read More »
Having defeated a subsequent city winner when breaking her maiden at Echuca, lightly raced filly Acting will return to town chasing her own metropolitan victory at Sandown. A homebred for Waikato Stud, the three-year-old Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Acting is by Savabeel out of Hollywood and is a grand-daughter… Read More »
A horse rated one of the better older stayers in Ireland has figured in a sale to Australian interests and will be set for a spring Cups campaign. Prominent syndicator Australian Bloodstock has bought a controlling interest in Mustajeer, a seven-year-old to southern hemisphere time who has been sparingly raced… Read More »
Blue Diamond winner Lyre is set to make her season return in the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield but dual stakes winning colt I Am Immortal will be held back and bypass the Vain Stakes. Lyre headlines the 19 nominations for Saturday’s Group Three Quezette Stakes (1100m) for three-year-old fillies which… Read More »
Kate Grimwade, an integral part of Godolphin’s Australian racing stable for the past 12 months, will leave the global operation’s Melbourne yard. Grimwade will return to England after arriving in Australia last August to run Godolphin’s Carbine Lodge at Flemington for head trainer James Cummings. She has cited family reasons… Read More »
Rising star Queensland-based sire Mahisara has been euthanised after suffering an inoperable twisted bowel. Mahisara counted the Group Three Sandown Stakes and the Listed Tatt’s Australia Stakes among his seven race wins for trainer Paul Messara. A son of champion sire More Than Ready, Mahisara has been standing at Wattle… Read More »
Unbeaten Queenslander Zoustyle has stamped himself as a potential Everest contender with a nine length Doomben trial win this morning. Zoustyle, who is unbeaten in six starts, was having his first public outing since winning at Doomben on May 18. He cruised to the lead in his trial but when… Read More »
The Everest bound former WA mares Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star both looked good in their easy gallops at Rosehill on Tuesday. The two former WA mares will embark on campaigns headlined by the $14m Everest in which both have secured slots. The Bob Peters owned mares who are now… Read More »
Despite a relatively disappointing trial on Monday trainer Pat Webster has said it is still full steam ahead for his stable star Happy Clapper to make a return in the Winx Stakes. The multiple Group One winner finished sixth in his trial at Randwick on Monday which Webster labelled as… Read More »
Talented filly Villami will be held over for a week rather than run at either Randwick or Caulfield. Trainer Gerald Ryan entered the three-year-old for Saturday’s Quezette Stakes in Melbourne and a benchmark race in Sydney on the Kensington track, both over 1100 metres. But he has decided she is… Read More »
Anthony Cummings has taken the wraps off Baller and Libertini with both winning barrier trials at Randwick as they step up another gear heading to spring. Cummings plans to start both on August 24 when black-type racing gets into full swing at Randwick with the meeting featuring the Group One… Read More »
Lindsay Park will begin to unveil its extensive array of spring prospects with four runners in the P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey heads the 15 nominations for Saturday’s race and has been installed the $1.75 favourite from Godolphin’s Hartnell at $5.50. Ben Hayes, who… Read More »
Striking up a friendship with star Australian jockey Damian Lane has landed a Japanese apprentice Akatsuki Tomita the chance to ride for Flemington trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra on a three-month loan. Lane was also apprenticed to Ellerton and Zahra when he arrived in Melbourne from Perth. Lane, who… Read More »
The cancellation of a set of barrier trials at Tatura has forced trainer Lindsey Smith to look at alternatives with two of his stable’s Group One performers. Black Heart Bart and Malaguerra were scheduled to trial on Monday ahead of possibly running in Adelaide on Saturday in the weight-for-age Spring… Read More »
