Mounting yard watchers would recognise Velocita as the horse with the strange leg action but for connections, her exaggerated gait is just part of her uniqueness. The mare suffers from a condition known as Stringhalt, which causes the sudden flexion of one or both hind legs when a horse is… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan’s young stars have been on show this week but it will be some of his old hands who can help continue his top start to the new season on Saturday. Gollan won his sixth straight metropolitan premiership last season and has begun the season showing… Read More »
Recently retired champion jockey Jeff Lloyd will be among the family members trackside at Wangaratta in country Victoria to support his son Jaden when the apprentice begins his own riding career. Jaden Lloyd will have his first race ride on Saturday with the 17-year-old booked for three-year-old filly Fortyfivedegrees in… Read More »
Here’s something you don’t see in racing…anywhere really. Race 3 at Caulfield on Saturday is a $125,000 Open Handicap over 1600m and boasts a truly international field. For instance, there are 2 Aussie-bred gallopers in the field of 11. Other nationalities are: Great Britain with 2 runners; New Zealand with… Read More »
Singapore will host another good quality Friday night meeting as we head into a quality weekend of racing around the country headlined by the Caulfield meeting. View our Singapore tips and bets. Race One: 5 Golden Thunder Race Two: 4 Golden Kid Race Three: 5 Lim’s Shot Race Four: 1… Read More »
Champion Winx has again been celebrated as the NSW horse of the year for her final season during which she was again unbeaten. The mare has been named the NSW miler and middle distance horse of the year in addition to the top honour at the NSW Racehorse Owners event… Read More »
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has dangled a big carrot to lure the winner of the Juddmonte International to the Cox Plate. Besides the Cox Plate first prize of $3 million, a bonus of $2 million is on the table if the Juddmonte International victor takes out the Cox Plate… Read More »
Matt Cumani is not getting ahead of himself but hopes comeback galloper Duretto could be a horse that boosts his stable’s profile in some of Melbourne’s big spring staying races. Duretto ran fourth in last year’s Caulfield Cup (2400m) in his first Australian start when he was prepared by English… Read More »
Victorian trainer Mitchell Freedman is under investigation after one of his stable’s horses returned an illegal cobalt level in a pre-race urine sample taken in June. Racing Analytical Services Limited reported that a test taken from Pearl de Vere at Geelong Racecourse on June 28 detected cobalt at a mass… Read More »
As nine-year-old Hartnell prepares to launch his latest preparation in a familiar weight-for-age race, trainer James Cummings is convinced the grand campaigner retains his zest for racing. Hartnell resumes from a spell in Saturday’s Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield, the same 1400m weight-for-age race Cummings has used to… Read More »
The favourite for Saturday’s Quezette Stakes at Caulfield is set to be scratched after her scope did not come back 100%. Trainer Jason Warren announced on twitter his horse Brooklyn Hustle will be scratched from the Quezette Stakes where she was the $4.60 favourite with Sportsbet. Brooklyn Hustle will not… Read More »
Racing Victoria has moved a set of jump schools from the Cranbourne training complex to ensure it will be fit to hold an important set of race trials. Friday’s jumps trials have been rescheduled and transferred to Coleraine on Monday as Cranbourne hosts 30 flat trials that day. Victoria’s recent… Read More »
Fundamentalist launches a spring campaign at Caulfield that the Lindsay Park operation hopes can lead to an elusive Group One victory. A two-time winner from 18 starts with seven minor placings, Fundamentalist returns in Saturday’s Listed Regal Roller Stakes with Mark Zahra riding for the first time. Among Fundamentalist’s seven… Read More »
Jockey-turned-trainer Peter Robl is tongue in cheek when he talks about making a riding comeback, but there is no doubt he is enjoying being back in the saddle at trackwork. Robl was forced to retire from riding five years ago after suffering a serious neck injury in a race fall… Read More »
A lightly raced European import with form around one of the world’s best racehorses will add to the spring carnival flavour at Randwick when he makes his Australian debut. Wren’s Day finished second in last year’s Group One Prix Ganay in France under the care of trainer Andre Fabre, beating… Read More »
The first of last season’s Group One-winning juveniles is set to step out as a three-year-old in what shapes as an intriguing Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. Blue Diamond winner Lyre makes her season return in Saturday’s 1100m Group Three Quezette Stakes for three-year-old fillies, her first start since finishing third… Read More »
A week after ticking off a bucket list item, jockey Jamie Kah is back at Caulfield to ride one of her favourite racehorses. Kah partners Harlem in Saturday’s feature, the Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at weight-for-age. The Lindsay Park-trained Harlem is the horse which provided her with a breakthrough… Read More »
Kim Waugh has enjoyed success with a couple of Macedon Lodge cast-offs so it’s no surprise she has happily welcomed another into her stable. Lightly raced Galileo six-year-old Venezuela is the latest imported horse Waugh and her former Test cricketer husband Mark have purchased from leviathan owner Lloyd Williams. They’re… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa welcomed a baby son this week and he hopes the good news continues on Saturday. Costa is one of the up-and-coming trainers in Queensland having already got nearly 200 winners in his five-year career. He has built a strong team on the back of some… Read More »
Trainer Steve O ‘Dea and apprentice Stephanie Thornton hope they can transfer their form at the barrier trials to race success at Eagle Farm. Thornton is one of Melbourne’s best apprentices who will try her luck in Brisbane during the spring. She has ridden 145 winners but still has a… Read More »
