Jockey Glyn Schofield has been fined $50,000 for his involvement in the sale of Equita. View Glyn Schofield’s light hearted response to the fine Source: RAD Board fines @SchofieldGlyn $50K for breaching rule in relation to sale of Equita @G1X_RACING — adrian dunn (@adriandunn2) March 21, 2016 RAD Board chairman… Read More »
Peter Moody is expected to walk away from his training career in the wake of his six-month suspension for a cobalt offence. Moody, known internationally as the trainer of champion sprinter Black Caviar, is understood to be unhappy about the conditions put on the transfer of his horses and staff… Read More »
Jockey Glyn Schofield has pleaded guilty over his involvement in the sale of the unraced Brent Stanley-trained Equita to Hong Kong. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board heard Schofield was unaware of the rule that precludes jockeys from acting in the trading of racehorses without the written consent of the… Read More »
Premier Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has claimed his first international Group One win on Werther in the Hong Kong Derby. The victory came just a day after Bowman steered star mare Winx to her latest Group One win in Saturday’s George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. “This is my first Group… Read More »
Leading Melbourne apprentice Jye McNeil is to undergo surgery on a broken leg following a pre-race fall at Bendigo. McNeil suffered a fracture to his lower left leg and a dislocated ankle in the fall from Preemptive before the VOBIS Gold Rush on Saturday. After leaving the mounting yard, Preemptive… Read More »
Jockey Aaron Bullock will get the chance to ride in the Country Championship final at Randwick after all. Bullock rode Pera Pera to win a heat of the series last week but the Mack Griffith-trained gelding will be ridden by premier Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman in the final. Justin Stanley,… Read More »
The Quarterback is likely to have his next Group One start at Moonee Valley despite his trainer’s fears he may not be suited by the track. The gelding, who gave Robbie Griffiths his first Group One success in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on March 12, will be among nominations… Read More »
The odds are shortening about Winx’s bid for the Doncaster Mile/Queen Elizabeth Stakes double last completed by another great mare, More Joyous. Winx added the George Ryder Stakes to her Group One record on Saturday, firming from $8 to $2.30 favourite for the Doncaster during the afternoon. After her fifth… Read More »
Awesome Rock will run in a Group Three race in either Sydney or Melbourne before he is given a shot at Group One redemption. The four-year-old was first past the post in the Australian Cup but relegated to second behind Preferment after shifting out and bumping the eventual winner. The… Read More »
Former New Zealand filly Risque will be given her first test beyond 1600 metres when she runs in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Saturday’s 2000m-Group One race for fillies at Rosehill will determine whether Risque steps up to the 2400 metres of the ATC Australian Oaks or comes back to 1600… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Tony Sears has increased his winter carnival firepower with the addition of stakes-winning Melbourne sprinter Hard Stride. Sears trains Pillar of Creation, who has won more than $150,000 since being moved to Queensland, for Hard Stride’s owners, David Moodie’s Contract Racing Syndicate. Hard Stride has won four races… Read More »
Victoria Pendleton intends to carry on riding in point-to-point races after her exhilarating experience when fifth in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. The dual Olympic gold medal winning cyclist was back riding out at Alan and Lawney Hill’s Oxfordshire stables on Saturday morning following her memorable afternoon… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been assembled for Sha Tin on Sunday where we see one of the premier race days in that part of the world; Derby Day. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3:… Read More »
Actor Rachel Griffiths thinks young people could learn a lot from the head-down, hard-working life that led jockey Michelle Payne to be a Melbourne Cup-winning champion. Griffiths watched Payne win the 2015 “race that stops the nation” with her two daughters, aged six and 11, and was inspired by the… Read More »
Sultry Feeling has claimed back-to-back Group Three wins, adding the Birthday Card to her win in the Triscay Stakes. The James Cummings-trained Sultry Feeling, the $4.60 favourite, was the only horse to win from a double-digit barrier on Saturday at Rosehill. She had to fight hard to beat Lucky Can… Read More »
David Brideoake has snatched his second Group One victory, as Peter Moody tries to get approval to transfer horses to his fellow Victorian trainer. Brideoake pulled off a smash-and-grab victory at Rosehill on Saturday, with his only runner on Golden Slipper day Griante pulling off an upset win in the… Read More »
A Golden Slipper win has been a long time coming for Blake Shinn who has savoured every moment of his win on Capitalist. In 2008, he missed the winning ride on Sebring through suspension and, although later that year he won the Melbourne Cup as a 20-year-old, the Slipper was… Read More »
John Singleton was quick to identify the flaw in the perfect story that would have been a win for his and Gai Waterhouse’s feud-ending horse in the Golden Slipper. “It was all too good to be true,” the millionaire media man said after colt Kiss And Make Up finished second… Read More »
Andrew Noblet has major plans for Silent Sedition after the filly graduated from a maiden win to stakes company at Bendigo. The lightly raced daughter of War Chant showed Noblet ability at her debut campaign last spring but it was the benefit of a spell that has allowed her to… Read More »
WHAT THE JOCKEYS SAID AFTER THE GOLDEN SLIPPER AT ROSEHILL BLAKE SHINN (Capitalist) 1st: “We got a great run in transit, they went fast. I let Flying Artie cross me and was three back the fence and he settled so well. I was waiting for my options around the 600… Read More »
