Australia’s shambolic performance on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test is serving as inspiration to Blake Shinn to perform well in the Shergar Cup. Shinn and countryman Kerrin McEvoy were confronted with the disastrous performance as they helped launch this year’s Shergar Cup – Ascot’s international jockeys challenge… Read More »
He’s about to begin his seventh season as the star of Tony Gollan’s stable and Temple of Boom shows no signs of stepping down from his pedestal. The nine-year-old lines up in Saturday’s Group Two Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick as the starting point to another spring campaign. In the… Read More »
Lilly Dazzler and Monica Croston are looking for back-to-back Flemington wins now they have tasted city success. Lilly Dazzler won over 1800m at Flemington on July 18 and steps to 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Leanne Sanderson & Denis Hansen Handicap for fillies and mares. “I’m super excited… Read More »
Come Sunday, it won’t be a surprise if legendary jockey Ruby Walsh has piloted home star hurdler Bashboy in the Grand National Steeple and online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au is offering some additional incentive for the Irishman to do all he can to ensure he’s first past the post. On top of… Read More »
Large sections of turf in the straight at Warwick Farm racecourse have been ripped up by a car. Staff will scramble to repair the track ahead of the next scheduled meeting at the course on August 26. “At this stage it is too early to say if the next meeting… Read More »
Group One winners Happy Trails and Go Indy Go will kick off their spring campaigns in the Group Three Spring Stakes at Morphetville on Saturday. Both horses are being aimed at the W.S. Cox Plate and for Happy Trails it’s a case of hoping he can win it on his… Read More »
Gary Nickson only has a small stable at Warwick Farm and much of it is filled with the progeny of the late Beneteau, who left just two crops. Group Two-placed Voilier leads the pack and will have his second run of the campaign in Saturday’s Listed Rosebud (1200m) at Randwick…. Read More »
Sue Jaensch is hoping the five hour drive from the South Australian country town of Naracoorte to Flemington won’t be a waste of time. On Saturday Jaensch has Caulfield Cup hopeful Albonetti engaged in the Julie Aldridge & Cynthia Norton Handicap (1700m) with stablemate Letmedowngently to run in the 1400m… Read More »
Tony McEvoy has weight on his mind in electing to run in-form sprinter Shiraz at Flemington. The trainer considered running Shiraz, unbeaten in two runs this campaign, in the Group Two Missile Stakes at Randwick on Saturday but has instead headed south for the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Noel Doyle has trained some of the best horses to come out of Queensland but believes if not for injury, Le Val could have been the best. As always, Doyle will have his fingers crossed when injury troubled Le Val continues his comeback to racing in the Queensland X Ray… Read More »
Kiwi jockey Michael Walker will spend more time on the sidelines after receiving a seven-meeting suspension for careless riding at Seymour on Thursday. He is free to ride at Flemington on Saturday where he has three rides, but will miss next week’s Group Two P.B. Lawrence Stakes meeting at Caulfield…. Read More »
Trainer Nigel Blackiston believes Desert Jeuney finds himself in the most suitable race so far this campaign in Saturday’s 1400m open handicap at Flemington. And the trainer has opted to use a barrier blanket on the gelding for the first time after he was slowly away in the All Victorian… Read More »
Trainer Trevor Thomas has warned punters to take no notice of Ellawisdom’s seemingly poor record at Doomben. Ellawisdom, who has won her past two starts in great fashion on the big Sunshine Coast circuit, takes on open company in Saturday’s 1350m Brisbane Centre For Pain Management Handicap . The mare… Read More »
Melbourne Cup hopefuls Big Orange and Dubday will take different paths as they press their claims for the trip to Australia. Trainer Michael Bell has identified the Group Two Lonsdale Cup at York’s Ebor meeting on August 21 as the next port of call for Big Orange while Dubday will… Read More »
A day before he gets married, jockey Tommy Berry fancies his chances of a feature race double when he teams up with Hawkes Racing at Randwick. Berry will marry Sharnee Nisbet on Sunday but there will be no honeymoon with the jockey unwilling to let anyone else get aboard Golden… Read More »
The Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington signals spring is just around the corner. In previous years horses of the calibre of Cox Plate winner El Segundo have used the 1200m-race as the starting point for a spring campaign. Trust In A Gust is the headline act in Saturday’s Group Three… Read More »
Mark Kavanagh and Danny O’Brien have appealed a stewards ruling to freeze their prizemoney percentage earned in Group and Listed races until their cobalt charges are heard. Kavanagh and O’Brien are among five trainers in Victoria facing charges relating to elevated levels of cobalt. Peter Moody and the partnership of… Read More »
The man who treated Midsummer Sun on the day he won the Gosford Cup says he gave the horse a drench containing beetroot and aspirin but not cobalt or caffeine. Mitchell Butterfield was commissioned by harness racing identity John Camilleri to drench horses at Rosehill on January 7, at a… Read More »
The start will be the key to the finish for Tulloch Lodge mare Echo Gal when she strives to regain the confidence of punters at Randwick. Echo Gal was sent out a well-backed favourite at Canterbury last month when she made an awkward getaway and failed to get into the… Read More »
Bashboy will have a superstar of jumps racing in the saddle when he faces nine rivals in his attempt at winning a record third Grand National Steeplechase. A field of 10 has been declared for Sunday’s Grand National (4500m) at Ballarat and champion Irish jumps jockey Ruby Walsh is looking… Read More »
