The horse that could have easily cost Hugh Bowman a chance at winning another Sydney jockeys’ premiership has taken a major step towards redemption. Californian Man parted ways with Bowman when in a winning position in a race at Canterbury last month, earning a temporary bar from racing until he… Read More »
Three-year-old Our Harmony will be out to continue her rise through the grades when she chases a third-straight metropolitan win at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The David Brideoake-prepared filly has scored successive victories on her home track of Mornington in metropolitan-standard races and her trainer has been buoyed by the… Read More »
Mark Newnham subscribes to a popular consensus about the depth of a public holiday two-year-old race, declaring Dark Steel the best of Tulloch Lodge’s four Randwick runners on Saturday. Dark Steel started favourite before meeting his match with a minor placing behind Mogador at Rosehill last week but Newnham was… Read More »
Former top jockey Brad Pengelly is determined to make a more permanent return to metropolitan racing after scoring aboard Privlaka at Doomben on Wednesday. It was Pengelly’s fourth winner and first in the city since he returned to race riding last month. Pengelly rode with great success in Brisbane during… Read More »
Racing Queensland stewards have given permission for the trainers of three Tattersall’s Tiara runners to delay confirming riders for their horses. Chief steward Alan Reardon said the connections of Politeness, Diademe and Dublin Lass wanted to use jockeys who had been declared to ride emergencies. Tommy Berry has been booked… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark was adamant Warwick Farm couldn’t get any wetter after helping Fulfilled Promise through the mud on Wednesday. “It’s as heavy as you’d get,” Clark said. “It was very tough out there, especially for two-year-olds over 1400 metres. It was a real test for them.” Fulfilled Promise ($7)… Read More »
Desert Jeuney’s spring campaign ended on a disappointing note but the Group One placegetter is ready to make his return from an injury-enforced break at Moonee Valley. The Nigel Blackiston-trained five-year-old notched minor placings in the Group One Toorak Handicap and the Group Two Crystal Mile during a six-run spring… Read More »
The results of a blood test will determine whether Adelaide galloper Gris Caro makes an interstate trip to Melbourne on Saturday. The imported galloper has been paid up for the Health Science Planning Consultants Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley with apprentice Michael Dee booked for the ride. However, the expense… Read More »
Revitalised mare Solicit has thrived in the rural environment at trainer Gerald Ryan’s Hawkesbury complex ahead of her bid for a Group One win in the Tattersall’s Tiara on Saturday. Ryan believes the four-year-old is a great advertisement for his decision to invest in a 23-box satellite stable at Hawkesbury… Read More »
Australian trainer David Hayes has already had one memorable experience at Royal Ascot and is looking to Criterion to provide another in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. Hayes met The Queen on the first day of the carnival with the trainer to prepare her horse Bold Sniper for the Melbourne… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse stable has called for a review of Queensland’s balloting conditions with Najoom made second emergency for the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara. It is the second time an in-form Waterhouse runner has missed the field in a major race during the winter carnival. Pornichet did not get a… Read More »
Stradbroke Handicap winner Srikandi has drawn the outside barrier for the Tattersall’s Tiara at the Gold Coast, the final Group One race of the season. There are 20 fillies and mares declared for Saturday’s race which has a maximum field of 16. The highly fancied Najoom from the Gai Waterhouse… Read More »
The Royal Ascot carnival continues on Wednesday night with the feature race being the Prince Of Wales Stakes (2000m), with the race having an Australian touch thanks to Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) winner Criterion, with Chad Schofield to take the steer. BONUS BET #1: $501 BONUS BET at Sportsbet.com.au… Read More »
A strong card of racing has been assembled for Happy Valley on Wednesday night, and once again there are no feature races, but the depth is strong, in particular towards the end of the program. BONUS BET #1: $501 BONUS BET at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS BET #2: $500 BONUS BET… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse-trained Najoom will have to rely on two scratchings to make the field for the Tattersall’s Tiara at the Gold Coast, the final Group One race of the season. The highly fancied filly is the second emergency with 16 to run on Saturday. The early favourite for the… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn gets the chance to peg back Damien Oliver and Craig Williams in the Melbourne premiership when he heads to Ballarat with a full book of rides. Dunn starts Wednesday’s metropolitan meeting two wins behind the co-leaders with Oliver and Williams both in England this week to ride at… Read More »
Former Adelaide trainer Jeremy Gask has fallen agonisingly short of his lifetime ambition to win the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. England-based Gask’s veteran sprinter Medicean Man looked as though he might cause a 50-1 upset in the 1000m Group One contest, but Robert Cowell’s Goldream got up to… Read More »
Victorian trainer Robert Smerdon believes Shamal Wind deserved a better swang song after the mare finished a lacklustre 13th in the final race of her career at Royal Ascot. “She was plain, she’s a lot better than that, she wasn’t on her game today,” Smerdon said after Robert Cowell’s Goldream… Read More »
Sydney-born trainer John Moore has vowed to return to Royal Ascot in search of victory after Australian-bred Hong Kong star Able Friend finished a disappointing sixth in the opening race of the prestigious English race meeting. Second favourite Able Friend didn’t have the legs over the straight mile of the… Read More »
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