Protectionist has made a successful comeback in Germany to claim his first win since the 2014 Melbourne Cup. At Dusseldorf on Sunday, Protectionist ran out an easy 3-1/4 length-winner of a ratings race over 2000 metres. The six-year-old stayed in Australia with trainer Kris Lees after his Melbourne Cup win… Read More »
Any jockey looking to ride a three-year-old filly in the Cox Plate is on notice to start the diet now. Trainer David Vandyke has Cox Plate 2016 ambitions for Yankee Rose but wants a strong rider, not one who is struggling in the days leading up to the race in October…. Read More »
Brad Rawiller has put his Brisbane Cup mount Real Love through a solid work-out at the Sunshine Coast. The Darren Weir-trained mare galloped between races on Sunday with her stablemate Howard Be Thy Name, the Queensland Derby equal favourite. Rawiller will ride both horses at Eagle Farm on Saturday with… Read More »
Australasian Oaks winner Abbey Marie is responding to treatment after being struck down by a mystery illness. Trainer Mick Kent said the filly spiked a seriously high temperature in the spelling paddock but it has now come down after an anxious couple of weeks. “If she could have five days… Read More »
New Zealand filly Provocative is guaranteed a start in the rescheduled Queensland Oaks but could instead run in the Derby on the same day. Tony Pike-trained Provocative was promoted into the Oaks field as the first emergency with the scratching of Beluga Blue. After the wash-out of the Eagle Farm… Read More »
A strong ten race card has been assembled for Sha Tin on Sunday, and while there are no feature races, the depth once again looks very strong, especially later in the program. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Cecily Eaton has continued the good record of Australian jockeys in an international series for female riders. Eaton returned home on Friday after finishing third aboard Tabasco in the Rome heat of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR) for Arabian horses. The 10-event series… Read More »
Queensland racing officials have defended the decision not to transfer the washed-out Oaks day program in its entirety. Eagle Farm was submerged after a morning deluge on Saturday which made it impossible for the meeting to go ahead. It was to have been the first at Eagle Farm for 22… Read More »
Irish trainer Dermot Weld has ticked off a glaring omission on his glittering CV with Harzand giving him his first Epsom Derby. Weld has won many races around the world including two Melbourne Cups. He became the first northern hemisphere trainer to win Australia’s most famous race with Vintage Crop… Read More »
Harzand, ridden by Irish jockey Pat Smullen, held off favourite US Army Ranger, to win the Epsom Derby on Saturday. Coming under pressure in the final sprint to the line, Smullen eased his mount clear to take the victory. “I spotted the white face of US Army Ranger, but this… Read More »
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While apprentice Koby Jennings has shone at Rosehill with four winners, the star of the show has been the track. After heavy rain on the eastern seaboard on Saturday, the feature meeting at Eagle Farm in Brisbane was one of many meetings called off. Rosehill went ahead with the wettest… Read More »
Victorian Jockeys Association chief executive Des O’Keeffe has described the whip rule an embarrassment after apprentice Ben Allen incurred a second suspension in the space of a week at Sandown. Allen was outed for eight meetings by Racing Victoria stewards on Saturday, his first day back riding after incurring a… Read More »
Koby Jennings’ potential was on full display as the young jockey rode a remarkable four winners on a heavy track at Rosehill. The 21-year-old apprentice who came to Sydney from Victoria via Darwin and Canberra, steered Ravi, King’s Officer, Kellyville Flyer and the Chris Waller-trained So Willie to victories on… Read More »
In the absence of most of Sydney’s top 10 riders, apprentices have had a day out at Rosehill. The premiership leaders were in Brisbane where Saturday’s Queensland Oaks meeting was called off because of storms. The weather in Sydney was also wet but all nine races were run, with Koby… Read More »
Victorian Jockeys Association president Des O’Keeffe has lashed out at the current whip rules saying they are an “embarrassment to the industry” after Ben Allen received an eight meeting ban at Sandown. Do you agree? Read more: Victorian Jockeys Association chief executive Des O’Keeffe has described the whip rule an embarrassment… Read More »
One trainer not complaining about the transfer of the Moonee Valley meeting to Sandown was Quinton Scott. His six-year-old mare Forgeress broke an 11-month drought when taking out the Ladbrokes Odds Boost Handicap on Saturday. Ridden by Jessica Payne, Forgeress ($5.50) scored a three-quarter length victory from A Lotta Love… Read More »
King’s Officer’s affinity for wet tracks has come to the fore as the gelding produced a dominant finish to break through for his first Highway handicap win in seven attempts. The Terry Robinson-trained gelding sprinted away late for a four-length win ahead of Attainment in Saturday’s 1400m TAB Highway Handicap… Read More »
Turnitaround has extended his winning sequence to four with a narrow victory at Sandown. After scoring on firm ground at Flemington last month, Turnitaround proved himself just as at home on rain-affected going with victory in the Ladbrokes Bet Better Handicap on Saturday. Ridden by apprentice Ben Thompson, Turnitaround was… Read More »
The east coast’s big wet has washed out at least half-a-dozen race meetings, with tracks from Brisbane to the NSW/Victoria border deemed too dangerous and visibility poor. Meetings at Kembla Grange, Albury, Gilgandra and Lismore in NSW and Queensland’s Gold Coast and Goondiwindi were abandoned on Saturday. In Brisbane, a… Read More »
