Damian Browne believes Zennista is the benchmark stayer in the Caloundra Cup. Zennista finished third to Moriarty and Quintessential in the Brisbane Cup which Browne rates as the best form reference for Saturday’s Listed race. Most of Zennista’s rivals raced in either the Ipswich or Tattersall’s Cup in their lead-up… Read More »
The Group One Thousand Guineas is the spring aim for the promising Tango’s Daughter after her win at Sandown on Wednesday. Confirming an inglorious run on debut in January is now all but a distant memory, the Mick Price-trained filly made it back-to-back victories in the Equine Haven Racehorse Spelling… Read More »
An unconventional preparation for a horse with an unconventional name. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Reuben Percival will go into Saturday’s Listed Winter Cup (2400m) on the back of just one official barrier trial and a first-up run over 1400 metres. Despite the gelding’s lack of recent racing, Waterhouse’s stable foreman Mark… Read More »
Victorian racing officials are targeting Sydney stables to try to boost NSW interest in Melbourne’s feature races. Representatives from the Melbourne Racing Club have been in Sydney canvassing leading trainers and drumming up interest in its premier two-year-old race, ahead of next week’s deadline to nominate for the Group One… Read More »
Craig Newitt will not return to England to ride Shamexpress in the Group One July Cup. Newitt partnered the Newmarket Handicap winner to a midfield finish in last week’s Group One King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and was back in Melbourne on Wednesday, riding the first winner at Sandown…. Read More »
Trainer Marco Botti will consider a crack at the American St Leger with Dandino after he finished second behind the ill-fated Thomas Chippendale in the Hardwicke Stakes on Saturday. Botti sees the six-year-old, owned by Darren Dance’s Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, as the ideal type for the Melbourne Cup, but another… Read More »
Leading Irish Derby contender Sugar Boy has been sold to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. The Authorized colt secured a determined victory in the Sandown Classic Trial on his most recent appearance for trainer Patrick Prendergast, notably beating subsequent Epsom Derby second and third Libertarian and Galileo Rock. He… Read More »
Eddie Lynam’s two star sprinters Sole Power and Slade Power are set to clash in the July Cup at Newmarket. Proven top-class performer Sole Power secured a well deserved Group One haul in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot, his second victory at the highest level following his shock 100-1… Read More »
Racing is to set to be the first sport in Britain to hold a national student day. The six racecourses with fixtures on Saturday, October 26 will be making a uniform admission offer to young people, aiming to create the country’s biggest ever student attendance in one day. The venues… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown has been rewarded for his impressive Kranji form with another Singapore contract. Brown will ride in Singapore on a mini contract extension until July 14 before he returns for a four-month stay from September 1. In between, the Sydney premiership-winning jockey will ride in France…. Read More »
Bumper nominations for Rosehill on Saturday could result in a 10-event card with the Australian Turf Club poised to divide at least one race. ATC racing and wagering boss Col Tuck said the club would make a final decision on the make-up of the program when final acceptances are taken… Read More »
Scone trainer Greg Bennett is banking on a $200,000 race in Queensland lacking the depth of one in Sydney half its value as he confirms weekend plans for Kaypers. Bennett will run Kaypers in the Caloundra Cup in preference to the $100,000 Winter Cup at Rosehill. “I’m thinking the race… Read More »
They’re not all snipers, but for the most part they are a hit in the wet. And trainer Tracey Bartley is hoping that trend continues at Canterbury on Wednesday when he saddles up Slick Sniper in the Gabby’s Birthday Handicap (1900m). Bartley has put the polish on four horses out… Read More »
Midweek racing in winter is a long way from carnival competition but trainer Peter Moody believes Il Diamante can make the progression. The Moody-trained two-year-old filly Il Diamante heads to town for the first time in Wednesday’s Equine Haven Racehorse Spelling Plate (1000m) on the back of an impressive debut… Read More »
A Racing Victoria panel should have stood down jockey Damien Oliver sooner as it investigated his betting on a rival horse, the state’s racing integrity commissioner says.
Trainer Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles will be in “much better condition” for next month’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot following a disappointing return to action at Saint-Cloud. Officially the highest-rated Flat horse in training, having chased home the mighty Frankel in last October’s… Read More »
William Buick will retain the ride on the supplemented Libertarian in the Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday. The colt has recently been purchased by Godolphin and will be having his final start for Elaine Burke in Ireland this weekend before he joins Saeed bin Suroor in Newmarket. Unraced… Read More »
Wesley Ward has ruled out any chance of his impressive Norfolk Stakes winner No Nay Never running against his elders in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York. The American challenger looked head and shoulders above his rivals at Royal Ascot last week in the paddock and proved it out on the… Read More »
Rain has forced the cancellation of Tuesday’s Warwick Farm meeting but officials are hopeful Canterbury can go ahead a day later. Australian Turf Club racecourse manager Lindsay Murphy said he and stewards had inspected Canterbury after calling Warwick Farm off. “Canterbury looks quite good,” Murphy said. “We were more than… Read More »
Globetrotting star Dunaden is likely to have his last start in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October. The Mikel Delzangles-trained seven-year-old has picked up almost STG5 million ($A8.4 million) prize money during a fantastic career, winning a Melbourne Cup, a Caulfield Cup and a Hong Kong… Read More »
