Decorated jockey and trainer Geoff Lane has died suddenly from kidney failure aged 80. Lane, whose career in the saddle was cut short by weight problems, enjoyed success at the highest level and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2013. He was apprenticed to the legendary… Read More »
Any concerns Begood Toya Mother might have missed a start in the Sir Rupert Clarke have been erased, with the favourite assured a place in the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman targeted the race a long way out but had an anxious wait until the gelding’s… Read More »
Pat Webster is an old school trainer and, while not afraid to try new things, he likes to keep his horses to the routines he has used for decades. So while many of his 2019 George Main Stakes opponents will step out at trackwork for a fast gallop on Tuesday,… Read More »
With just over a month until the $14 million The Everest, connections of the Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane are comfortable where the star sprinter is positioned for the rich race at Randwick. Santa Ana Lane was a dominant winner of the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes over the Randwick… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has had his charges on alleged fraud adjourned again. Currie’s case was Listed in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Monday but he did not have to appear. The case was adjourned until October 18 for a committal mention. Currie has been charged with aggravated fraud between… Read More »
Sir Anthony McCoy has rolled back the years to come out on top on Quizical in the Pat Smullen Champions Race For Cancer Trials Ireland at the Curragh. The race was part of a charity day organised by jockey Pat Smullen who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. The events… Read More »
Tom Dabernig is excited at the challenge on the horizon and believes he and the rest of the Lindsay Park team are ready to continue the famous racing operation’s success once David Hayes returns to Hong Kong. Hayes, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, announced last week he will return… Read More »
The Daniel Bowman-trained Begood Toya Mother has been installed the early favourite in an all-in market for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes after the release of nominations for the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Begood Toya Mother was posted as the $5 favourite in the TAB’s market on Monday before… Read More »
Melbourne spring carnival candidate Eric The Eel will make his return to racing at Doomben, more than a week later than expected. Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick had planned to run Eric The Eel in a 1400m-race at Eagle Farm on September 7 but decided to wait. Instead Eric The Eel… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has 10 of the 19 nominations for the Group One George Main Stakes but is likely to whittle that down to three or four. The weight-for-age George Main (1600m) is the feature race on Saturday’s Randwick card which also features the Group Two Shorts (1100m), an important… Read More »
Group One winner Castlevecchio will target the 2019 Golden Rose after an eye catching run in the Dulcify Stakes on the weekend. Castlevecchio hit the line strongly over 1500m in the Dulcify Stakes on the weekend which has prompted trainer Richard Litt to target the horse at the 2019 Golden… Read More »
Last years Melbourne Cup winner and current favourite for the 2019 Melbourne Cup ‘Cross Counter’ was just okay overnight in the Irish St Leger. Cross Counter went into the Irish St Leger as the $2.30 favourite with the TAB but could only manage a rather disappointing fourth with Search For… Read More »
Godolphin colt Pinatubo has produced an astonishing performance to land the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh by nine lengths. The Charlie Appleby-trained two-year-old was sent out the 1-3 favourite to maintain his unbeaten record at his fifth start on Sunday (Monday AEST). Always travelling sweetly for William Buick,… Read More »
The Frankie Dettori-John Gosden show has moved to France with Star Catcher taking out the Group One Prix Vermeille at ParisLongchamp. The duo struck with Logician in the St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday and victory on Star Catcher gave Dettori a 16th Group One win for the year, equalling… Read More »
The George Main Stakes looms as a campaign-defining race for Verry Elleegant with trainer Chris Waller to weigh up the mare’s options after the Group One event. Waller admits Verry Elleegant’s first run as a four-year-old when she beat just one runner home in the Group One Winx Stakes was… Read More »
Queensland trainers have requested stewards clarify the rules for the late replacement of claiming apprentices after a dispute at Doomben. Apprentice Baylee Nothdurft was stood down with illness after the first race and five replacement riders were needed for his mounts later in the day. Trainer Desleigh Forster wanted to… Read More »
A former member of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien’s operation will attempt to win a Group One race for a local stable at Caulfield. Spirit Of Valor will contest the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, his third run for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace partnership. The… Read More »
Having shown he is still in business for a third win in the Everest with his Concorde Stakes victory, Redzel faces his next challenge on the path to his spring grand final when he runs in The Shorts at Randwick. His trainer Peter Snowden says The Shorts is an important… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan believes he still has plenty of options for sprinter Zoustyle including a possible trip to Western Australia. Zoustyle tasted defeat for the first time in seven starts when he ran last of six in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick last week. Gollan has sent Zoustyle to… Read More »
This time next year David Hayes will be back in Hong Kong and a few meetings into a new racing season. He will be divorced from the training partnership he currently has with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig and sourcing his own stock to race in Hong Kong…. Read More »
