Jockey Luis Saez is to appeal a 15-day suspension for causing interference in the Kentucky Derby which cost his mount Maximum Security victory. The decision by the Kentucky stewards was announced by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday, nine days after the race. A lawyer for Saez says the… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani has abandoned plans to take One More Try to Brisbane for the winter carnival and she will instead race in Melbourne. The four-year-old did not come to hand as quickly as Cumani hoped following a spring spell and she s nominated for Flemington on Saturday in the… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan has had to farewell talented sprinter Menari for a second time after the horse re-injured the suspensory ligament that forced his first retirement. One of the leading contenders for last year’s Everest, Menari joined the 2018 stallion roster at Newgate Farm. He was brought back into work… Read More »
The famous royal blue silks of Godolphin have been carried to victory for the 300th time at Group One level with the win of Castle Lady in France. Castle Lady won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, the French 1000 Guineas, at Longchamp on Sunday, just under 25 years after Balanchine… Read More »
Mathew Ellerton is hopeful rather than confident Booker is back to the form that carried her to a first-up win in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Ellerton, who trains in partnership with his cousin Simon Zahra, has Booker aimed at a first-up tilt at Adelaide’s premier sprint, the Group One… Read More »
In-form gelding Chapter and Verse takes a vital step towards the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he tackles the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben. Chapter and Verse made a brilliant return to racing when he easily won a Class Six Plate at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. It was… Read More »
Senior jockey Brad Rawiller has given the new Ballarat synthetic track the thumbs-up after it was called into action earlier than anticipated. Scheduled to hold its first meeting on Friday, the synthetic track held a transferred turf meeting on Sunday. Heavy rain late last week left Ballarat’s turf track sodden… Read More »
Out in the dusty central west of NSW, at the Parkes races to be exact on Sunday, many people rejoiced, a few broke into tears and everyone, either a winner or loser, felt some sort of divine justice had been metered out. The race meeting featured two events: the Parkes… Read More »
Group-winning sprinter Menari is to return to stud at Newgate Farm with his racing comeback thwarted by a recurrence of a suspensory injury. The four-year-old was put back in training with Gerald Ryan after he managed to get just 20 of the 70 mares he served in foal in his… Read More »
Well, it didn’t take too long for Australia to lay claim to another international success story. Former 5-star Eventer and multiple Australian representative, Crystal Conning, has now exploded into her new sport with a bang. As a jockey, representing Australia in the United States, Conning rode her first winner on… Read More »
Australian jockey Damian Lane has capped a big weekend in Japan with a Group One win aboard Normcore in the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse. Lane rode four winners on Saturday including Tower Of London in the Group Two Spring Cup and continued the form on Sunday with a victory… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida says he has no regrets about scratching two-year-old The Odyssey from the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben. The Odyssey has strong claims to being Queensland’s best juvenile having won four races and $557,550 prize money. At his last start he won the $500,000 Aquis Jewel at… Read More »
The career of international traveller Viddora is in limbo with the mare currently in England having a spell. Viddora has raced in Dubai and Hong Kong at her past two starts but has been prevented from returning directly to Australia, a cause of frustration for her trainer Lloyd Kennewell. The… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien is looking at an interstate Group One double with stable newcomer Iconoclasm beginning with The Goodwood at Morphettville. The Melbourne trainer is sending Iconoclasm to Adelaide for Saturday’s The Goodwood before taking him north to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 8. A… Read More »
Stewards have opened an inquiry into how two horses including the winner carried the wrong saddle cloths in a race at Toowoomba. Number five saddlecloth was first across the line in a race on Saturday night, but instead of being carried by Unimaginable, it was being worn by the horse… Read More »
Fan favourite The Candy Man will probably head to the Gold Coast after missing a run in the Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben. Trainer Barry Baldwin is keen to step The Candy Man up in distance and Saturday’s Chairman’s won by Le Juge was to be his first test at 2000m…. Read More »
Having decided to spell emerging star Libertini and sprinter Baller, Anthony Cummings will rely on a small team of young, progressive horses to fly the flag for his stable during the winter carnival in Brisbane. Libertini franked her promise with an impressive win in Saturday’s Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone… Read More »
Cool Passion will get her third chance to snare a Group One win when she lines up in The Goodwood in Adelaide alongside her emerging stablemate Despatch. Trainer Tony McEvoy, chasing a first Goodwood win, is planning to run both Cool Passion and Despatch in Saturday’s 1200m The Goodwood at… Read More »
A three-year-old race on the support program is set to steal some of the limelight from the Group races on Doomben Cup day with the likely clash of Zoustyle and Plague Stone. Trainers Tony Gollan (Zoustyle) and James Cummings (Plague Stone) have indicated the two will contest Saturday’s 1200m-race which… Read More »
Premier Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd is likely to appeal after being suspended for 16 days for his ride on Outback Barbie in the Doomben 10,000. As it stands, the ban rules Lloyd out of some major races during the winter carnival. Lloyd pleaded not guilty to causing interference to White… Read More »
