Care To Think has worked well in the lead-up to his comeback but trainer Matt Dunn is wary about the sprinter’s winning chances. Care To Think will be having his first run since being unplaced in the Stradbroke Handicap in June when he tackles the Group Three George Moore Stakes… Read More »
Viddora has drawn an inside barrier in her bid for successive wins in the Group One Winterbottom Stakes. One of Australia’s best sprinting mares, Viddora secure gate five for the $1 million race, the premier sprint during Perth’s summer carnival. She scored from barrier seven last year in a breakthrough… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, where the feature race is the St Andrews Challenge Quaich, a Class Four event over 2200m. Race One: 5 Keep Going Race Two: 7 Le Pegase Race Three: 1 Helene Charisma Race Four: 9 Spring Win Race… Read More »
Tye Angland remains in a serious but stable condition after unspecified surgery following a Hong Kong race fall. Angland was injured when his mount Go Beauty Go knuckled after the start at Sha Tin on Sunday night. The Hong Jockey Club (HKJC) reported Angland was conscious and responding to medical… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards have elected to take no action against three trainers following investigations into positive test results to banned substances. Robbie Laing, along with father-and-son training duo Russell and Scott Cameron, each had one horse show traces of an anabolic androgenic steroid in blood samples. The Laing-trained Little Indian… Read More »
2018 ORIGIN JOCKEY SERIES RIDERS New South Wales Corey Brown, 42 Career Highlights – 2 x Melbourne Cup winner (2009, 2017) Brad Stewart, 40 Career Highlights – Queensland Champion Apprentice (1998), Winter Stakes (2005). Victoria Luke Nolen, 38 Career Highlights – Rode Black Caviar to 22 of her 25 wins… Read More »
Australia’s longest Flat race has attracted a capacity field of 12 plus four emergencies for its inaugural running at Warrnambool. The Jericho Cup will be run over 4600m on Sunday and raced on the course proper and through the paddocks that form part of May’s Grand Annual Steeplechase course. Sunday’s… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Beer is leaving open options with Gwenneth who holds nominations for races at Moonee Valley and Rosehill. Beer said he would accept with Gwenneth in a 1000m fillies and mares benchmark race at the Valley along with the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. A move to… Read More »
In-form jockey Brad Stewart will turn back the clock when he rides for NSW in the fourth State of Origin series at Doomben. Stewart has been among Brisbane’s leading jockeys for more than a decade but was born in the northern rivers which makes him eligible for NSW in the… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Brian McGrath gets the chance to break his city maiden when Yatta Izu runs at Sandown. McGrath commenced training in 2016 and has prepared 11 winners on country tracks in Victoria and South Australia. But in town, his team has netted only two third placegetters. McGrath is hoping… Read More »
Mark Newnham concedes winning a race during the next month can be just as important as carnival success for a new trainer trying to get a foothold in Sydney. Newnham has already achieved the latter, training his first Group One winner when Maid Of Heaven won the Spring Champion Stakes… Read More »
A later start to Oaks Day with fewer races is being investigated by the Victoria Racing Club and Racing Victoria. VRC chairman Amanda Elliott said the board was looking at a range of options for the meeting, the third day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. “This desire to… Read More »
Sinndar, the winner of two Derbys and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at three, has died aged 21. He won seven of his eight starts including the Irish and Epsom Derbys in 2000 and capped his career with victory in the Arc for trainer John Oxx and his owner/breeder,… Read More »
Super-jock William Pike has spoken on Perth radio this morning following his Railway Stakes heroics over the weekend, and may have given punters the best indication yet of which horse he’d prefer to ride in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on December 8. “I’m just going to wait… Read More »
Talented New Zealand sprinting filly Melt is to be tested in Australia and will join Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller at Rosehill. The three-year-old is having a short break after her spring campaign which netted two wins including the Group Three Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) for trainer Nigel Tiley. “She is… Read More »
Wangaratta trainer Dan McCarthy is looking forward to having his first runner in a Group One race with stable star Ashlor set for the $1 million Winterbottom Stakes in Perth. McCarthy has had Saturday’s Winterbottom (1200m) at Ascot in mind for Ashlor for months and a win in a 955m… Read More »
Stable star Trapeze Artist has returned to Rosehill to get ready for the autumn but more immediately trainer Gerald Ryan is looking forward to Group-winning sprinter Deploy getting back to the races. Deploy heads the field for the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill where he will make his long-awaited return from… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is keeping a cap on the public expectation about unbeaten three-year-old Zoustyle who faces his biggest test at Doomben. Zoustyle made it three wins from three starts when he won a three-year-old handicap over 1050 metres at the track on November 17. The gelding steps up to… Read More »
With a host of feature race wins during the Victorian spring racing carnival, Irishman John Allen has confirmed his emergence from jumps jockey to big-race rider on the flat. He now sits at the top of the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership on 20 winners, one ahead of reigning champion Craig Williams…. Read More »
Drought-affected racing participants in NSW can now apply for grants from the Australian Turf Club’s newly established ATC Foundation. The ATC Foundation was announced in October to oversee collections and programs for charitable organisations to enhance the club’s support of racing in its communities. The initial grants are from money… Read More »
