Sam Slick will have to defy his handicapper rating in the VOBIS Gold Bullion but trainer Greg Eurell believes the in-form gelding is up for the challenge in the $150,000 race. Four-year-old Sam Slick has won four of his past five starts including two from two this preparation at Yarra… Read More »
Star South Australian jockey Jamie Kah has a chance to win successive Brisbane Handicaps for trainer Ben Currie. Kah will be in Brisbane for the Origin Jockey Series at Doomben on Friday and Saturday. She rode in the series last year and won the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) on Cantbuybetter… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings has the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington on his radar for dual Group One winner Alizee. Alizee has not raced since winning the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick in April. The mare missed the spring while she served a three-month… Read More »
Sydney is to have a $7.5 million race called the Golden Eagle as part of Racing NSW’s bid to further strengthen the spring carnival. The Golden Eagle over 1500 metres at Rosehill will be restricted to four-year-olds with the inaugural running on November 2, 2019, the same day as the… Read More »
Talented mare Sold For Song needs only a dry track to help trainer Kevin Kemp achieve the second of two stable goals in the space of a week. Sold For Song gets her chance to continue her strong 1600m form in stakes races in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Doomben…. Read More »
Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club today announced the launch of a unique, new race – The Golden Eagle – to be run at Rosehill Gardens that will spearhead an expansion of the Spring Carnival in Sydney. The Golden Eagle, carrying prizemoney of $7.5 million, will be run over… Read More »
International Week at Hong Kong kicks off on Wednesday night at Happy Valley where we will see the International Jockey Challenge, four races including some of the best riders in the world. Race One: 10 Lucky Storm Race Two: 4 Super Euro Star Race Three: 12 Harbour Century Race Four:… Read More »
Sydney is expected to get at least one more multi-million dollar race as Racing NSW continues to build on the success of The Everest and to bolster the spring carnival. The governing body will announce plans on Wednesday for a new race or races to reportedly be held on Cox… Read More »
Apprentice Michael Poy is the latest apprentice to weigh in light causing his mount to be disqualified after running a place. Poy’s mount Dame Vassa carried in excess of a half-kilogram less than her allotted weight when second in a benchmark 58 class race at Hamilton on Tuesday. Under the… Read More »
Father and daughter training partners Terry and Karina O’Sullivan have lodged an appeal against their cobalt convictions. The O’Sullivans were last week hit with a disqualification until 2020 after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board found them guilty of administering or causing to be administered a prohibited substance. They had… Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran has cantered on the all weather track at Sha Tin ahead of his bid to win the Hong Kong International Vase. The Charlie Fellowes-trained gelding had three Australian starts during the spring, running third in the Herbert Power Stakes before winning the Lexus Stakes… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Craig Phelan has come to Victoria with a plan he hopes culminates in Pakenham Cup success. Our Big Mike lines up in Saturday’s race having his first try at 2500m with Noel Callow replacing Michael Dee in the saddle. The gelding worked his way up the ladder… Read More »
Striking grey Albumin stands out because of his colour and his trainer hopes he will also be conspicuous when he returns at Rosehill. The four-year-old won three of his four starts last campaign and Gerald Ryan is pleased with how he has come back ahead of a summer preparation. Among… Read More »
Victorian apprentice jockey Jack Martin has injured his shoulder after suffering a fall in a trackwork gallop at Mornington on Tuesday. Jack Martin was transferred to Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital with concussion and complaining of a sore shoulder although scans showed no fracture. Martin was sidelined for several months in the latter… Read More »
Group one winning mare Viddora will not head to Queensland early in the new year to defend her Magic Millions crown. After a disappointing finish in Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes in Perth, connections have opted to spell the star mare ruling out any chance she will race at the Gold Coast… Read More »
Trainer Pat Carey has high hopes for Alexandria who will continue her race day education against her own age and sex at Sandown. Alexandria scored an impressive debut victory at Bendigo last month and will line up for her second start in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Handicap (1600m). It’s the same distance… Read More »
The new Eagle Farm racing surface has passed its first major test with horses galloping on the course proper. Eagle Farm, the state’s major track, has been out of operation for most of the past four years because of problems during its redevelopment. A new base and grass were laid… Read More »
Damien Oliver has been booked to ride Trap For Fools in the Kingston Town Classic in Perth and will jump aboard the last-start Mackinnon Stakes winner in a track gallop before the Group One race. Trainer Jarrod McLean has confirmed Oliver’s booking for Trap For Fools after several other names… Read More »
Sydney trainer Chris Waller has made a lightning trip to Hong Kong to check on Comin’ Through ahead of the Group One winner’s bid to topple local star Beauty Generation in the International Mile. Runner-up in the Doncaster Mile before his success in the Doomben Cup (2000m), Comin’ Through is… Read More »
Retiring trainer Bill Prain’s 50-year career in racing is to be celebrated at the midweek meeting at Warwick Farm, his home track. Prain announced his retirement last week with his major supporter, Fred Peisah scaling back his racing and breeding business at Lomar Park Stud. The Australian Turf Club has… Read More »
