Cox Plate placegetter Highland Reel could return to Australia after claiming his first European Group One win in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. The much-travelled four-year-old won the Secretariat Stakes in North America in August and the Hong Kong Vase after running third to Winx… Read More »
Melbourne Cup champion Americain has sired his first winner in Canada this morning. Americain who won the 2010 Melbourne Cup was retired in 2012 to stand at stud at Calumet Farm in Kentucky. Melbourne Cup winner Americain wins with his first starter as a stallion @WoodbineRacing as Folk Magic impressed… Read More »
A colt that was bought for a whopping $1.8million dollars will step out at Hawkesbury for trainer Gerald Ryan today. The regally bred America who is out of the champion mare Alinghi and sired by Snitzel will have his race debut in the second on the card where he is the… Read More »
The premiership hopes of Craig Williams remain intact despite a careless riding suspension at Flemington. He was outed for six meeting after pleading guilty to careless riding aboard Black Tomahawk at the 150m mark in Saturday’s Bitalli Handicap. Stewards deemed the interference in the low range and took Williams’ good… Read More »
Long-shot debut winner Astro Castro has given trainer Alan Hunter his first winner at Flemington. Astro Castro was sent to the barrier as a $201 outsider in Saturday’s VRC Recognition Handicap. Ridden by Jason Benbow, Astro Castro defeated Tyrannize ($9) by a half-neck, with Badajoz ($4.80) 1-1/2 lengths away at… Read More »
While Slots’ days in racing are numbered, she has shown what makes her special to trainer Grant Marshall. Slots ($15) won a 1250m benchmark handicap at Canterbury on Saturday, edging out Powerline ($4.40), with Allez Chival ($9) third. Bought as an unraced filly for $1700 at Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm… Read More »
Darren Weir has added another two wins to his season tally at Flemington but concedes Lee Freedman’s metropolitan record in Victoria is safe. Wins to stayer Au Revoir and Royal Rapture on Saturday took Weir to 105 metropolitan wins in Melbourne for the season, and moved him past David Hayes’… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Ciaron Maher will be asked to leave Akavoroun in Brisbane after the gelding broke his long winning drought at Doomben. Akavoroun ($5) scored his first victory in 741 days when he beat Brettan ($8) by 1-1/2 lengths in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) on Saturday. The gelding was… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price has been pleasantly surprised by the first-up win of Mighty Like at Flemington. The Caulfield-based horseman was expecting the gelding to need the run in Saturday’s Bruce Gadsden Handicap (1200m). “I thought he was pretty fat in himself but I had to run him somewhere first up… Read More »
Any fears Kerrin McEvoy might have had about Redzel doing too much early in the race have been allayed by the three-year-old’s dominant win in the July Sprint at Canterbury. Although the plan was to lead in Saturday’s 1100m dash, McEvoy worried he had gone out of the gates too… Read More »
Ben Thompson has denied his good mate Beau Mertens in a close finish to the Rising Stars Final for apprentices at Flemington. But Mertens’ second placing on Khutulun was still enough for him to clinch the overall series win. Saturday’s Rising Stars Final over 1800m was the culmination of a… Read More »
Talented city galloper Pyrrolic has been retired following a bleeding attack at Flemington today. Despite this being Pyrrolic’s first bleeding attack trainer Mick Price has told stewards the gelding will now be retired. Veterinary Information: 23-07-2016 Flemington R6 – No.3 Pyrrolic – bled both nostrils — RVStewards (@RVStewards) July 23,… Read More »
Heavily backed Flemington runner Four Sisters was very disappointing to the eye however a post race veterinary report has found her to have had bleeding in her lungs. EIPH = Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage, also known as “bleeding” or a “bleeding attack”, refers to the presence of blood in the… Read More »
A day after the anniversary of his son Jay’s death, Jim Litt has trained Song And Laughter to an emotional win at Canterbury. With Litt in his native New Zealand, stable representative and Litt’s son Richard said it had been a tough year for his family. “We lost my brother… Read More »
Wet winter tracks and a routine of swimming have brought out the best in King’s Officer, who has stretched his winning sequence to four at Canterbury. His affection for water is somewhat surprising to trainer Terry Robinson given the gelding’s early experience when he went swimming at the beach near… Read More »
Londehero has again been in top form for new best friend jockey Robbie Fradd, with the pair combining to land a betting plunge at Doomben. Backed from $6 into $3.80, Londehero made it two wins in a row when he beat The Monstar ($6.50) by 1-1/4 lengths in the Tattersall’s… Read More »
A late decision by trainer Mathew Ellerton to switch plans with Pin Your Hopes has been rewarded at Flemington, with the in-form gelding adding to his winter winning streak. Ellerton had been planning to start Pin Your Hopes in Saturday’s 1600m benchmark 90 but instead opted for the Henry Bolte… Read More »
Name The Day has provided his connections with a long-overdue return to winning form at Flemington. His victory in the KA Morrison Handicap on Saturday was the lightly-raced six-year-old’s first since October 2013. But injury has restricted Name The Day to just nine starts since that Geelong victory. Providing the… Read More »
Australian Racing Hall of Fame jockey Robert Thompson could have had six rides at Newcastle but instead has headed to Sydney to ride Lasszou for his close friend, trainer Jeremy Sylvester. The five-year-old gelding ($11) won the Highway Handicap by half a length on the heavy 8 track at Canterbury… Read More »
Bukzel has made a winning debut at Newcastle to put her sire Snitzel in rare company. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly is the 30th individual two-year-old winner for Snitzel this season, equalling the record set by Without Fear in 1975-76. Bukzel started the $1.55 favourite in Saturday’s Maiden Plate… Read More »
