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 »
Betting giant Tabcorp believes its subsidiary UBET was entitled to withhold an alleged $11 million in fees from Racing Queensland last year as an offset to the state’s new wagering tax. Tabcorp, which was served with a damages claim from the administrator in June, said details revealed in the Supreme… Read More »
Few people in Queensland racing circles are surprised Caloundra gelding Victory Eight has been the quiet achiever of the winter carnival. After all, his trainer Trevor Miller has been a a key player in the state’s racing industry with no fuss for decades. Victory Eight, who has won his past… Read More »
Bundaberg is one of the smaller race clubs in Queensland but it has again secured some big names as special guests for its Cup day on Saturday. The club, in the Burnett region north of Brisbane, was struggling for survival about five years ago when the committee decided to be… Read More »
Queensland trainers will ask for more clarity regarding the new rule governing arrival times for runners in feature races. New Racing Queensland board member Graham Quirk will be joined by representatives from RQ, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission and Brisbane Racing Club at the meeting on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Subzero has fought off a bout of colic but remains seriously ill. The 1992 Melbourne Cup winner has been transferred to the Bendigo Equine Hospital as vets deal with a kidney problem. Subzero was trained by Lee Freedman but has been in the care of Graham Salisbury… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey’s comeback to racing has been put on hold because of the weather. The filly had been entered for Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield but with rain in Melbourne and more forecast, trainer Adam Trinder says she will not run. Mystic Journey will instead have a… Read More »
Current Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey will not take her place in this weekends Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Mystic Journey’s connections have opted not to race her in this weekends feature Group 3 event at Caulfield due to the weather forecast thus the filly is set to start her 2019… Read More »
We saw a late season potential star 2YO emerge in Sydney at Wyong on Tuesday. His name is PANDEMIC and not surprisingly, he is a Godolphin baby. That’s not surprising because Godolphin pretty much own all the best babies this year from Kiamichi to Microphone to Lyre to Tenley et… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner and much loved horse Subzero is battling a severe case of colic but luckily looks to be recovering well from treatment. The Victorian Equine Group said on their Facebook page: “Subzero gave us all a scare yesterday (Sunday) when he suffered from a severe bout of colic…. Read More »
Caulfield Guineas winner Mighty Boss has sadly died from colic. The former Mick Price trained galloper took out the Group One Caulfield Guineas as a three year old at big odds but was unable to win another race with his last being in the CS Hayes Stakes at Morphettville in… Read More »
True Excelsior is scheduled to make her return on Bletchingly Stakes day at Caulfield but co-trainer Troy Corstens plans to kick off the stakes-placed mare’s campaign in a race against her own sex rather than in the feature event. Rising five-year-old True Excelsior is nominated for Saturday’s weight-for-age Group Three… Read More »
After almost two weeks in hospital, Victorian apprentice jockey Tahlia Hope has returned home. Hope contracted viral meningitis and was initially in ICU at Frankston Hospital on July 11 before being moved to another ward the following day. The Victorian Jockeys Association said on Tuesday, the apprentice had returned home… Read More »
