Trainer Ben Smith has been outed for 4-1/2 years after being found guilty of cobalt and conduct charges. The Group One winning trainer was convicted of a raft of charges emanating from a raid on his Newcastle stable in September last year. The charges against him included race day treatments,… Read More »
Country trainer Paul Preusker has worked on getting recent acquisition Marcel From Madrid to switch off but will not know if he has been successful until the gelding races at Sandown. Having started his career with Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra at Flemington, Marcel From Madrid was transferred to Preusker’s… Read More »
Jockey Ryan Maloney has made a winning return at Doomben after being sidelined for several weeks by injury. Until Wednesday, Maloney had not ridden since April when he was injured in a fall at Caloundra. Maloney led all the way on Musical Genius ($2.50) to win the Class Three Plate… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg does not see a longer than initially planned gap between races as a problem for lightly raced mare Global Sanction who will be chasing back-to-back victories at Sandown. Four-year-old Global Sanction finished strongly to win a 1500m benchmark 64 race on the Sandown Hillside track and she… Read More »
Talented stayer Yogi will add some X-factor to the Winter Cup meeting at Rosehill where he begins a surprise off-season Cups campaign. After just missing a Melbourne Cup start last spring, Yogi went on to claim the Sandown Cup in November to put himself on a path towards the higher… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp’s decision to take Fighting Teo to Sydney last year has proved the catalyst for the horse to develop into a stakes class runner. Kemp’s belief in Fighting Teo’s ability will get another test when the gelding tackles the $175,000 Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. One… Read More »
Connections of Australian sprinter Houtzen say they have not travelled to England to make up the numbers and are upbeat about her Royal Ascot chances. The four-year-old continued her build-up to next week’s King’s Stand Stakes with a rousing 800-metre gallop alongside travelling companion Acqume on Wednesday. Jamie Spencer warmed… Read More »
Queensland bush champion Fab’s Cowboy will get a big money chance to regain his title as the winner of the most Australian races for the season. Fab’s Cowboy was pushed into second place on the list when Mr Quickie won his ninth race for the season in Saturday’s Queensland Derby…. Read More »
Jockey Beau Appo has been unsuccessful in an internal application into a four-week suspension for weighing in light on a winner at Toowoomba. Appo rode Pieridae who won the last race at Toowoomba on April 22. He was suspended for four weeks and the horse disqualified after Appo weighed in… Read More »
Jockey Corey Brown has no plans to retire despite revealing how close he came to not being able to walk again following his fall from Lord Arthur in the Queensland Derby. Brown underwent surgery in Brisbane on Sunday to repair an unstable fracture to his T7 vertebra and is also… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club is keen to change the winter carnival schedule so the Queensland Derby is run before the Queensland Oaks. Eagle Farm will host three straight meetings next season with the Kingsford Smith Cup, Queensland Oaks and Stradbroke/Queensland Derby scheduled to be run in that order. This year… Read More »
Jockey Corey Brown has said he could be out of the saddle for over a year following his fall on Saturday at Eagle Farm. The Melbourne Cup winning jockey was taken to a Brisbane hospital after his mount, Lord Arthur, broke a back leg and fell in the Queensland Derby on Saturday…. Read More »
Eight races will be run and won on the Sha Tin dirt this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth does look decent enough. Race One: 1 Splendid Timing Race Two: 5 Touch Of Luck Race Three: 2 Enjoyable Success Race Four: 4 Lucky Thought Race… Read More »
New Zealand’s racing is headlined by the meeting at Te Teko on Wednesday. We take a look at each of the nine races on the card and give our tips and bets. Race One: 6 Figeameout Race Two: 1 Darci’s Tune Race Three: 5 Pango Race Four: 3 Beauty Star… Read More »
Trainer Jim Conlan hopes the predicted rain in Melbourne does not eventuate for German import Beau Balmain who is scheduled to have his second Australian start at Sandown. Beau Balmain is weighted on the minimum of 54kg in the fifth heat of the Banjo Patterson Series (2100m) on Saturday with… Read More »
The gloves have come off in the battle between NSW and Victoria over the latest spring racing initiatives which include the expansion of the Everest carnival in Sydney. Amanda Elliott, chairman of the Victoria Racing Club which hosts the Melbourne Cup carnival, has labelled Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys… Read More »
Leading jockey Craig Williams will continue pushing to the end of the season chasing an eighth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. A treble at Mornington on Monday has Williams on 70 winners for the season, a healthy 15-win advantage over 10-time champion Damien Oliver. Mark Zahra is third on 41 just ahead… Read More »
Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott made a swipe at Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys during a press conference in which she announced that the Melbourne Cup would now carry a prize pool of $8 million. During her press conference the VRC Chairman Amanda Elliott took a swipe at… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is looking to expand his Pakenham operation as success brings more horses to the stable. Earlier this year, South Australian Stokes set up a new base at Pakenham which has produced a steady stream of winners and the trainer also has a property at nearby Garfield where… Read More »
Three-time winners Kerrin McEvoy and Damien Oliver will both be part of this year’s Melbourne Cup Tour, with the champion jockeys set to accompany the famous Cup to their respective home towns. Sydney-based McEvoy, who won his third Cup last year on Godolphin-owned English horse Cross Counter, will travel to… Read More »
