Injured English jockey George Baker has made a racetrack appearance as a spectator at Goodwood for the first time since suffering a bleed on the brain in a fall on the ice at St Moritz. Baker, who won the St Leger last September on Harbour Law, was riding Boomerang Bob… Read More »
It may be more than three weeks since the Group One Goodwood in Adelaide but trainer Tony McEvoy is still coming to terms with Hey Doc’s defeat. The three-year-old finished sixth in the 1200m-sprint at Morphettville on May 20, 2-1/2 lengths from the winner Vega Magic. Hey Doc began from… Read More »
Far from the glamour NSW tracks of Randwick or Rosehill, Col Hodges has been bringing NSW bush racing to city punters for almost 50 years, a feat that has been recognised with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). A race caller and journalist since 1970, Hodges is the… Read More »
The road to the winner’s circle in the Belmont Stakes ran through the Kentucky Derby, even if the Derby and Preakness winners skipped the final leg of the Triple Crown. Tapwrit overtook the favoured Irish War Cry in the straight to win by two lengths on Saturday (Sunday AEST), giving… Read More »
Two horses returning from knee surgery will spearhead Lindsay Park’s assault on the metropolitan meeting at Mornington. The training team of David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig notched its 100th Victorian metropolitan winner for the season at Flemington on Saturday with Bullish Stock. The next milestone in sight for… Read More »
The weather will play a major part in the make-up of the field for the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich. Several horses who failed to make the field for the $1.5million Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben on Saturday were expected to run a week later in the Eye Liner (1350m)…. Read More »
A holiday weekend Warwick Farm meeting would have been beneath Vaniloquio when he started his racing career in France. But his move to Australia has undeniably paid dividends after a fruitless experience in Hong Kong. The eight-year-old is enjoying a new lease on life at Clarry Conners’ Warwick Farm stable… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Brad Smith is hoping to quickly finalise a stewards’ inquiry after being stood down for failing to appear at an earlier hearing. Smith has not trained for the past two weeks after stewards suspended him for failing to attend an inquiry. The trainer had told stewards he was… Read More »
Tapwrit has overtaken favourite Irish War Cry in the straight to win the Belmont Stakes by two lengths giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third victory in the final leg of the Triple Crown. The colt finished sixth in the Kentucky Derby and skipped the Preakness emulating five of the past… Read More »
A victorian jockey has been stood down by stewards indefinitely after an irregularity urine sample was taken at the end of May. Jockey Mitch Aitken has been stood down by stewards after a urine sample taken at Seymour on 24th May returned an irregular reading. Source: RV Stewards advise Mitch… Read More »
Tom Sadler has had his joy at riding a winner at Flemington soured by a 12-meeting careless riding suspension. The jockey had only been back riding for two days following a suspension incurred at the last Flemington meeting on May 20. Sadler rode Urban Ruler to victory in the Comic… Read More »
Sydney jockey Tom Berry could miss the final Group One event of the Australian racing season after being suspended at Doomben on Saturday. Berry, riding Good Prospect in the Stradbroke Handicap, pleaded guilty to causing interference to Ulmann at the 150m. Stewards suspended him for 12 days, starting on June… Read More »
Darren Beadman missed the biggest moment of his fledgling training career when Impending won the Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben. Impending ($20) finished strongly down the centre of the track to beat In Her Time ($20) by a neck. The favourite Clearly Innocent ($4.80) was third a length back in the… Read More »
While Sydney’s leading trainers are focused on the Queensland winter carnival, Kelly Schweida sent Stella Ombra in the opposite direction and the gelding’s Randwick debut justified the trip. The four-year-old claimed the Leith Group Handicap to give Sydney premiership-leading jockey Brenton Avdulla belated success on Saturday. Eagle Farm-based Schweida stayed… Read More »
