With Singapore jockey numbers down due to suspensions, Victorian-based Patrick Moloney is set to join the ranks on a short-term licence. Moloney heads to Singapore on Monday to commence riding trackwork ahead of his first meeting at Kranji on August 2 with his licence to expire on August 31. The… Read More »
David Brideoake is in no rush with dual-purpose galloper Self Sense who kicks off his spring campaign at Caulfield. Self Sense, who has campaigned successfully over hurdles and on the flat, has a ticket into the 2019 Caulfield Cup courtesy of his win in the Mornington Cup in March. The… Read More »
Champion jockey Nash Rawiller has returned to race riding with a winner at Kembla Grange. Rawiller returned to race riding at Kembla Grange today after receiving a fifteen month ban in Hong Kong after he was found guilty of receiving gifts or money in exchange for tips. Despite the long… Read More »
The weather forecasts played a big part in Grahame Begg’s decision to keep Romancer closer to home to run at Caulfield rather than travel him interstate. Begg had also nominated Romancer for Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge in Sydney at Rosehill to keep that option open but with rain on Tuesday… Read More »
In the short time Bandipur has been with Richard Laming, the gelding has shown the trainer a sign of his toughness. A former member of the Godolphin team, Bandipur was purchased by a client of Laming’s last month on the Gold Coast and will line up for his second run… Read More »
There isn’t much the Cummings family hasn’t achieved in racing and in the opening event at Rosehill they are set to create their latest slice of history. Anthony Cummings and his sons Edward and James will each have individual runners in the same race for the first time when they… Read More »
Clare Cunningham has learned a lot about Cradle Mountain this preparation and while the campaign hasn’t gone to script, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Expectations for the five-year-old were high after he underlined his promise with back-to-back wins last spring and a placing at his first attempt at… Read More »
Trainer David Murphy’s theory his gelding Bel Burgess is better at 1400m than 1600m will be put to the test at Eagle Farm. Bel Burgess has turned in good efforts at his past two runs at 1600m finishing fourth at the Sunshine Coast and then third at Doomben. He drops… Read More »
After a highly successful stint in Japan and a short holiday, star jockey Damian Lane will return to Melbourne racing on the opening weekend of the new season. Lane has not ridden in Australia since April 20 after which he went to Japan for a two-month riding stint. The 25-year-old… Read More »
A change in race day gear and a sharp drop in class are expected to help Torgersen return to top form at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller-trained pair of Torgersen and Araaja are set to back up from last week’s Listed Tattersall’s Mile in the TAB Handicap (1800m). Torgersen has… Read More »
Smart three-year-old Red Chase will be given a final chance to chase a QTIS bonus when he backs up from last week at Eagle Farm. Red Chase was second at Eagle Farm last Saturday and trainer Desleigh Forster believes he can go one better in a similar race this week…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Subzero continues his battle for his life on Thursday morning with the next two or three days critical to his survival. Subzero was only hours away from being euthanised although he has started to respond to treatment which has seen him recover marginally in his battle with… Read More »
Ric Chapman takes us through every race on the Thursday morning Woodbine card and finds these are the best chances in each event. Good luck folks. Race 1 2000m Turf – 8.45am Dual acceptors work in any racing jurisdiction and HOLYANNA fits that bill here. She was entered in a… Read More »
Tony McEvoy will long remember the opening of the new Murray Bridge racecourse in South Australia, with the trainer dominating the first meeting at the venue with six winners on the eight-race program. Combining with stable jockey Barend Vorster for five of his six wins, McEvoy said Wednesday’s meeting was… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham has celebrated the birth of his third child by guiding Ghodeleine to victory at Sandown. Daughter Piper was born on Tuesday and Melham reported he’s taking advantage of a few good night’s sleep before starting a holiday courtesy of a suspension in Singapore on Sunday. “I’ve been… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes has some thinking to do with Sansom after the improving gelding made it three straight victories with a city success at Sandown. Sansom backed up his two wins on the Pakenham synthetic track at the start of his preparation with an all-the-way win in heavy conditions on… Read More »
With star filly Mystic Journey bypassing the Bletchingly Stakes because of the weather, dual Group-winning colt Sesar has assumed short-priced favouritism for the weight-for-age sprint at Caulfield. And while Sesar’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes says the race will still not be a pushover for the three-year-old against older horses, he admits… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Gillian Heinrich made a successful return to Brisbane racing when her promising gelding Liability won at Doomben. Liability was posted an odds-on favourite in early markets but blew in betting to $3.50 following heavy backing for Keppel Island who started $1.65. However, Liability went straight to the… Read More »
Nash Rawiller has received a vote of confidence from some of NSW’s biggest stables with six rides in his return to Sydney racing at Rosehill. Rawiller, who was disqualified for 15-months in April last year for tipping horses he was riding in Hong Kong, will make his comeback at Kembla… Read More »
The start of the new racing season will herald a new way that charges laid against licensed people are dealt with in Victoria. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board across the three racing codes in Victoria will be replaced by the Victorian Racing Tribunal from August 1. Jamie Stier, Racing… Read More »
