A toddler is fighting for life after she and her family were hit by a metal starting gate at a harness race track north of Brisbane. The family, believed to be a harness racing family from the Lockyer Valley, were spectators at the Redcliffe Paceway when the gate on a… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Stephen Marsh will rely on Ardrossan for the rest of the Sydney autumn carnival with the stable’s two three-year-olds to head home. Marsh has pulled the pin in the Australian Derby for NZ Derby winner Crown Prosecutor and Vernanme after both failed to shine in Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Group One winner Nakeeta Jane is set to spearhead trainer Mark Newnham’s assault on the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. Newnham plans to have three runners in Saturday’s 2000m Group One Vinery Stud Stakes for fillies, with Nakeeta Jane joined in the entries by last-start Kembla Grange Classic third placegetter… Read More »
Newly crowned Group One winner Avilius has been nominated for another top level race at Rosehill, heading the entries for the Tancred Stakes. The Godolphin stayer won Saturday’s Ranvet Stakes and heads 19 entries for Saturday’s Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill. Dual Group One winner Ace High, who finished nine… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander has a second-straight Bendigo Guineas in his sights with Saccharo who is on target for the Listed race for three-year-olds. Alexander won last year’s edition of the 1400m-race with filly So Far Sokool, who scored by four lengths, and the trainer is optimistic about the prospects of… Read More »
Former racing administrator Martin Talty has been appointed the new chief executive of the Australian Jockeys Association replacing Paul Innes who is retiring. Talty began his career as a racing journalist in Sydney and later held positions as Dubai Racing Club International racing manager and Victoria Racing Club executive general… Read More »
It generally goes in breeding that siblings race the same way. You know, if one can sprint, they all can sprint. If one likes to stay all day, the others have staying powers too. Well, read on, as this is a story that defies all that. We all watched the… Read More »
Apprentice Maddy Wishart has shown she is good under pressure and she will get another chance to prove it in the fourth round of the National Apprentices’ Challenge. Wishart, who is indentured to Group One-winning trainer Paul Butterworth at Eagle Farm, has ridden 46 winners, 27 this season. She is… Read More »
Last years Doncaster Mile winner Happy Clapper will not take his spot in this years edition of the race. Trainer Pat Webster has announced that his star galloper Happy Clapper will bypass Saturday weeks Doncaster Mile and will head straight into the Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes where he is… Read More »
Well that’s now 36 wins, 32 of them in a row and 24 at Gr 1 level for a grand total of $24,016, 675 in prize money. Trainers from here and abroad for the past four years have been pulling their best Houdini impression when it comes to Winx (Street… Read More »
Noble Boy has been the ruling favourite to win the Country Championship final since before the series began but it has taken him until the last moment to get into the field. Trained by Todd Blowes at Queanbeyan, Noble Boy won his first four starts but faltered when fourth in… Read More »
As the clock winds down on the brilliant career of Winx, time may also be against her stablemate The Autumn Sun. Both won Group One races at Rosehill on Saturday with Winx claiming her fourth successive George Ryder Stakes win and The Autumn Sun his third Guineas. While trainer Chris… Read More »
David Brideoake has high expectations for Princess Jenni who is Sydney-bound for the autumn carnival. The lightly raced filly scored at stakes level at The Valley on Friday night under Damien Oliver, circling the field to win the Alexandra Stakes. Brideoake said the filly would now travel to Sydney for… Read More »
First Crush is set to go into the $150,000 Toowoomba Cup with a month between runs after trainer Chris Munce elected not to start him at Doomben. First Crush won the Grafton Cup and was second in the Ipswich Cup and Caloundra Cup last winter. He showed he was back… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing and jockey Hugh Bowman will attempt to win another feature staying three-year-old race when they team with Stars Of Carrum in the Australian Derby. They combined to win the 2013 Victoria Derby with Polanski while their only other Derby pairing was in the 2016 Victoria Derby when… Read More »
The Golden Slipper win of Godolphin filly Kiamichi will prove a great boost to the Queensland breeding industry. KIamichi is by Sidestep out of Ouachita and is a dream result for the Queensland based Telemon Thoroughbreds operation. Sidestep, by Exceed and Excel, stood last season for $7700 at Telemon Thoroughbreds… Read More »
One of the true characters of racing in recent times, trainer Mick Burles has died aged 70 after suffering from emphysema for many years. Burles and The Cleaner garnered a cult following and put the Tasmanian town of Longford on the map for their deeds in high class Melbourne races… Read More »
Joe Bowditch is adamant Viddora is going as well as ever as she prepares for her first international assignment. Viddora arrived in Dubai last week ahead of the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan on Saturday night with jockey Bowditch and trainer Lloyd Kennewell due in on Monday. Bowditch, who moved… Read More »
Top Brisbane mare Tumbler is set to be retired after sustaining another leg injury. Tumbler’s career has been littered with injury and hard luck stories but she still won eight of her 18 starts and nearly $300,000 prize money. She ran second in the Group Three W J Healy Stakes… Read More »
Godolphin capped off their remarkable season with their two year olds, a “myth” finally got his major and a certain mare went okay. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Godolphin 1-2-3 In Slipper The Godolphin operation has dominated… Read More »
