Jockey Jye McNeil hopes having had a previous ride aboard Declares War will serve him well when they reunite at Flemington. McNeil will be legged aboard topweight Declares War in Saturday’s Mahogany Challenge (2000m). The Mahogany Challenge is a seven-race series exclusive to three-year-olds and will culminate in a 2500m-final… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie has been fined $7500 and given a wholly suspended 12 months-suspension after pleading guilty to two race day administration charges. Currie had originally been disqualified for two years on 16 charges but had appealed to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The decision for him to… Read More »
A different training regime has put some speed into the legs of French import Mr Marathon Man who runs for the second time in Australia at Flemington. Mr Marathon Man made his debut for the Mike Moroney stable when 10th in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool earlier this month. Moroney… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has failed in an application to the Supreme Court for a temporary order preventing Racing Queensland from refusing his nominations. RQ invoked a recently revamped Australian Racing rule AR55 which it says allows it to refuse Currie’s nominations. It meant a large number of horses have… Read More »
Bart Cummings is racing’s undisputed Cups King, but ageless stayer Destiny’s Kiss is surely the sport’s Cups Prince. The 10-year-old will line up in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, the 47th time in his 95-start career that he has contested a ‘Cup’ race. It is… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn fears one of the three-year-olds could upset his hopes of breaking his duck in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Having cut his teeth in Adelaide before riding in Hong Kong and then Melbourne, Dunn has won most of South Australia’s biggest races, the exception being The Goodwood. On Saturday… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker’s patience has given him a genuine chance to make it back-to-back wins in the Group One Doomben Cup. Walker has picked up the mount on the imported Fierce Impact who was 26th in order of entry when he took the ride. Trainer Matthew Smith was being frustrated… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss has confirmed he is returning to Australia permanently after three years riding in Singapore. Boss has made sporadic trips back to Australia to ride at the major carnivals, including the Sydney autumn when he won his seventh Group One Doncaster Mile, this time aboard… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds hopes in-form jockey Blake Shinn can spark of change of luck for Betaima and Tyzone at Doomben. But first Shinn will need a clearance before he can ride Betaima in the Listed Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) and Tyzone in the Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m)… Read More »
Racing NSW Stewards have fined NSW trainer Mike Petrovic for the presentation of the three-year-old filly Create Some Magic in lieu of Stolen Gift which was set to run in race seven on the card. Stolen Gift was withdrawn by order of the Stewards at 3:48pm on Sunday, 12th May… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss is set to return to Australia to continue his riding career after a lengthy stint in Singapore. Boss returned over the Autumn Carnival in Sydney where he rode Brutal to win the Group One Doncaster Mile which has prompted the Melbourne Cup winning jockey to return… Read More »
Co-trainer Ben Hayes is expecting Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time to relish a step up in journey as he continues his most recent comeback from injury. Boom Time runs for the third time following the enforced break in Saturday’s Vo Rogue Hall Of Fame Trophy (2000m) at Flemington. It was… Read More »
Enable will make her much-anticipated return at the Royal meeting at Ascot after being taken out of the entries for the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Despite enduring a troubled preparation last year, the John Gosden-trained mare successfully defended her crown in an epic edition of the the Prix de l’Arc… Read More »
Apprentice Chelsea MacFarlane received a belated birthday present with her first metropolitan double at Sandown. MacFarlane, who turned 23 on Monday, took out the final two races on Wednesday’s program for trainer Tony McEvoy. A $26 chance, Despacito took out The Big Screen Company Handicap before the $2.70 favourite Aristocratic… Read More »
James McDonald has ridden his 100th Sydney metropolitan winner for the season on the anniversary of his comeback to the saddle after a ban for betting. Capping an almost seamless return since rebooting his career at the corresponding Warwick Farm meeting last year, McDonald brought up his milestone on the… Read More »
Connery may be diminutive in stature but he possesses a big heart as he followed a first-up Warrnambool victory with success at Sandown. Trainer Archie Alexander wishes the four-year-old was another hand taller following his win in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap. With a pre-race handicap rating of 69, Connery… Read More »
OTI Racing will be represented by a quarter of the field in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill, a significant but not unique achievement for the syndication and racehorse management company. “We’ve had four in a Melbourne Cup, funnily enough,” said OTI’s director Terry Henderson. “That was probably about… Read More »
One of Queensland’s oldest races, the Weetwood Handicap, is to have its first date change in its 120-year history. The Weetwood in Toowoomba was for many years run in conjunction with the annual agriculture show in late March or early April as was the case this year. In a media… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has plenty of options for his impressive filly Intrigue after her easy Sunshine Coast win. The win boosted Intrigue’s prize money to a level where Pike can consider running Intrigue in the Queensland Oaks, Queensland Derby or both. Pike missed the Group Two The Roses… Read More »
Searching for a tough, two-year-old type at the Magic Millions yearling sale, trainer Mark Newnham found a colt by Dawn Approach who ticked all the right boxes. The only problem was, he proved a shade too tough to handle as a colt. “His first start he absolutely went to pieces… Read More »
