Sydney Cup runner-up Vengeur Masque will be missing from the spring carnival after suffering an injury in a paddock accident. The Mike Moroney-trained imported stayer won the Geelong Cup and Queen Elizabeth Stakes during the 2017 Victorian spring carnival while his spring preparation last year included unplaced runs in the… Read More »
Victorian Racing Minister Martin Pakula believes the racing industry needs to be judicious in determining the rate of Victoria’s Point Of Consumption Tax. Victoria currently has the lowest POC in the country at eight per cent which the government says it will revisit in 18 months. The POC was introduced… Read More »
Like a number of his fellow trainers, Robbie Griffiths is hoping the rain has stopped in Melbourne and the Sandown track can dry out. Griffiths’ sole representative at Sandown on Saturday is Igniter in the Ladbrokes $101 Odds Handicap, a heat of the Mahagony Challenge over 2100m. Igniter was on… Read More »
Jockey Jessica Eaton has come out relatively unscathed from her fall on the way to the barriers prior to race three at Ballarat today. Eaton was dislodged from Doctor Timor on the way to the starting barriers at Ballarat today but luckily only suffered a cut above her eye which… Read More »
Victorian Racing officials might not like Racing NSW’s recent spring carnival initiatives, but trainer Mark Newnham is convinced the competition will benefit the sport. As the in-form Newnham prepares to saddle up a trio of talented horses at Rosehill on Saturday, he has thrown his support behind the revitalisation and… Read More »
Defending titleholder I’m A Rippa will back up from defeat in the Stradbroke Handicap to head trainer Tony Gollan’s four-handed assault on the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich. Gollan will also saddle Coldstone, Natch and Snitch in the $175,000 Eye Liner Stakes over 1350 metres. I’m A Rippa led… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Roger James has seen encouraging signs from Group One placegetter Hypnos in Melbourne in the lead-up to the three-year-old’s second Australian start at Sandown. James, who trains in partnership with Robert Wellwood, nominated Hypnos for three races on Saturday’s program before opting for the $75,000 Ladbrokes Odds… Read More »
Tim Clark is confident he will be fit to ride at Rosehill after injuring his thumb in a post-race incident at the Queen’s Birthday meeting on Randwick’s Kensington track. While X-rays have cleared the jockey of any breaks, Clark will need the final tick of approval from his doctor and… Read More »
Racing authorities have warned racehorse trainers to be alert after a confirmed case of the Hendra virus in the NSW Hunter Valley. Racing NSW confirmed it had been advised of the isolated case of a 25-year-old unvaccinated mare on a property near Scone. “At this time, advice is that there… Read More »
Adelaide gelding Waging War will press his Winter Championship claims in Melbourne when he runs in a heat of the series at Sandown. Waging War is the early favourite for Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1600m) and co-trainer Leon Macdonald expects the five-year-old can make his presence felt off the… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup has received another prize money injection, with the 2019 edition of Australia’s most famous race to be worth $8 million. Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott made the announcement on Tuesday, with the prize money increasing by $700,000 from the $7.3 million last year. The connections of… Read More »
Apprentice Jag Guthmann-Chester has been rewarded for a piece of brilliant horsemanship by retaining the ride on smart mare Manaya at Ipswich. A last-start winner in spectacular fashion at the Gold Coast, Manaya is set to confirm her ability in Saturday’s Listed Gai Waterhouse (1350m). Guthmann-Chester is the leading Queensland… Read More »
Tony Pike’s two winter Group One performers are heading home but the New Zealand trainer still plans to have a hand in the rest of the Queensland carnival. Pike has been a major Group One player during the winter carnival with The Bostonian winning the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford Smith… Read More »
The Ballarat Turf Club has been forced to transfer another meeting from the turf track because of heavy rain. After 30mm of rain fell on the track on Wednesday, taking the total over the past month to more than 160mm, Sunday’s meeting has been transferred to Echuca. Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
High profile West Australian owner Bob Peters is hoping to know in the coming weeks whether he will have at least one runner in the $14 million Everest. Peters recently announced two of his best horses, Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star, would be transferred to champion trainer Chris Waller for… Read More »
A mare on a property in the upper Hunter Valley near Scone has been euthanised after the deadly Hendra virus was detected. The DPI (Department of Primary Industries) said the horse developed neurological signs late last week and was euthanised. NSW Health said it was undertaking a risk assessments of… Read More »
Ipswich is on course for a record crowd at its Cup meeting with the club buoyed by news its redevelopment will be completed on schedule. There has been unparalleled early demand for tickets for Saturday’s Ipswich Cup meeting despite some redevelopment delays leaving parts of the course as a work… Read More »
A decade after breaking new ground at Royal Ascot, American trainer Wesley Ward is returning with a team of eight as hungry as ever. The trainer was not well known in England when he first brought horses to Britain’s summer showpiece meeting but it did not take him long to… Read More »
On May 28, I reported that Iād seen a very, very powerful debut run. It came from a horse called NOSTRO RE (Not A Single Doubt-Card Queen) who is trained by Jason Deamer at Newcastle. I watch an enormous amount of racing, and while yes the win was achieved only… Read More »
In-form jockey Josh Parr will spend the next couple of days nursing an injured knee suffered in a fall as he was about to celebrate a victory at Warwick Farm. Parr came off the Rebecca Dunn-trained On Her Word past the winning post after Wednesday’s first race, an 1100m-maiden. The… Read More »
