Craig Williams expects the strength of Melbourne’s two-year-old form to stand up in the Golden Slipper. Williams, who won the 2006 Slipper on Miss Finland, will watch the race from the jockeys’ room – unless there is a scratching. He has been booked for Moqueen, the only emergency among the… Read More »
With a seemingly lack of opposition, Sportsbet.com.au punters are happy to take the short odds about Libran when he steps out in the Manion Cup (2400m) this Saturday at Rosehill. The Chris Waller trained runner gets back onto his home track, fitter and up to a more ideal trip, so… Read More »
Henry Dwyer insists there’s little between his debutantes in the VOBIS Gold Rush at Bendigo. And the Caulfield trainer will be disappointed if his two fillies – If Not Now When and Snitzelway – are not competitive in the $250,000 race. Snitzelway will jump from the outside barrier in the… Read More »
James Cummings will saddle up his first Golden Slipper runner 50 years after his legendary grandfather Bart won the race with his debut starter. Bart was 38 when won he his first of four Slippers with Storm Queen in 1966. Cummings, 28, will look to capture the $3.5 million race… Read More »
The Peter Moody cobalt case could drag on as stewards consider an appeal against the trainer’s suspension. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board outed Moody for 12 months on Thursday, but suspended half of his penalty. Moody’s galloper Lidari returned a higher than allowed level of cobalt after running second… Read More »
Once destined for a hurdle career, former French galloper Zimbali is set to make his mark on the flat in Brisbane. Zimbali is one of five stayers on a winter carnival path in the Titan Sheds Handicap at Doomben on Saturday. The gelding did his early racing in France where… Read More »
Speedy Kembla Grange galloper Skip Course has a solid barrier trial win under his belt as he ventures to Queensland for his second visit. Trainer Donna Grisedale has made only one other trip to Brisbane, winning at Doomben with Skip Course in September. She is confident Skip Course will be… Read More »
French star Solow has been ruled out of his defence of the Dubai Turf at the World Cup meeting with a minor injury. The six-year-old, unbeaten in his past 10 starts, won the nine-furlong (1800m) event last year and had been on course to defend his title until suffering a… Read More »
Ruby Walsh’s success on Black Hercules for trainer Willie Mullins in the Novices’ Chase has made him the first post-war jockey to win 50 races at the famous Cheltenham Festival. In 1998, Mullins and and an 18-year-old Walsh combined for the first time to score at Cheltenham when Alexander Banquet… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has failed to have a careless riding ban overturned. Payne, who was outed for 11 meetings for causing interference in a race at Ballarat on Tuesday, misses Saturday’s feature Bendigo meeting. Katelyn Mallyon has replaced Payne on Nevis in the $150,000 Listed Listed Golden Mile… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody says he was prepared for the ban that will see him have to sit out racing for the next six months. Moody was on Thursday given a 12-month suspension by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board after Lidari returned a high reading to cobalt. Six months of… Read More »
Peter Moody has described a six-month suspension as “a great disappointment” but declared it was unlikely to end his career in racing. Moody has been suspended from training racehorses for six months after being found guilty on two charges over a positive swab to cobalt. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody has been suspended for 12 months (six suspended) for his involvement with cobalt. The penalty is effectively a 6 month suspension which will start from March 24th. BREAKING: Peter Moody has been suspended for 12 months (six suspended) for his involvement in cobalt saga. @Racing — Tom… Read More »
G1 winner Hartnell has been ruled out of the Sydney Autumn Carnival with a hock injury. Trainer John O’Shea says a decision is pending on Brisbane Winter campaign. Source: Hartnell has been ruled out of the Sydney Autumn Carnival with hock injury. Trainer John O'Shea says decision pending on Brisbane… Read More »
Hucklebuck is poised to be Phillip Stokes’ first Sydney Group One starter and the Adelaide trainer knows the gelding has a tough assignment. The 2014 Group One Emirates Stakes winner Hucklebuck lines up in Saturday’s weight-for-age George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. It’s a headlined by Cox Plate winner Winx who… Read More »
Counsel for Racing Victoria stewards has asked the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board to impose a two-year ban on trainer Peter Moody. A hearing took submissions on penalty on Thursday after Moody was found guilty on charges involving Lidari returning a positive swab to cobalt after a placing in the… Read More »
There’s an important factor helping Hauraki’s bid for a Group One win – the absence of Australian racing’s best horse. Hauraki has finished third to Winx at both his starts this campaign and while the Cox Plate winner will start odds-on in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday,… Read More »
El Divino has emulated his famous big sister Winx in winning at his first race start. Trainer by Gai Waterhouse, the two-year-old is by leading sire Snitzel, making him a half-brother to turf glamour girl Winx. El Divino raced up to expectations in running away to win a metropolitan-class race… Read More »
All the Golden Slipper talk is how the colts will be too good for the fillies and why horses rarely win the race first-up. Try telling that to Yankee Rose’s owners. Her group of first-time owners can’t see a way Yankee Rose doesn’t win Saturday’s $3.5 million race. Darby Racing’s… Read More »
Craig Newitt has a spring in his step as he approaches Golden Slipper day. Having ridden two Group One winners in recent weeks, Newitt is riding the crest of a wave into the world’s richest two-year-old race. A trip to Sydney to ride Slipper favourite Extreme Choice in a Rosehill… Read More »
