Black Caviar will have just eight rivals in Saturday’s Group One Goodwood in Adelaide as the champion mare shoots for her 21st consecutive victory. The Peter Moody-trained Black Caviar came up with barrier eight for the $500,000 feature at Morphettville. Black Caviar, with Luke Nolen to ride, will carry topweight… Read More »
Racing Forum, who are behind radical proposals to raise levy from bookmakers, are to promote their plans at a dinner at York racecourse on Friday. The group, supported by owners, trainers, breeders, racecourses, journalists, punters and racegoers, will bring together racing’s political leaders with members of the betting industry to… Read More »
Windsor Palace caused a huge upset by holding off his esteemed stablemate St Nicholas Abbey to clinch the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh. Trainer Aidan O’Brien landed this Group Three prize for the past two seasons with proven top-class performers Fame And Glory and So… Read More »
Robert Heathcote expects his already potent BTC Cup hand to be strengthened after Eagle Farm trackwork on Tuesday morning. The trainer will put the finishing touches on pre-post favourite Buffering’s lead-up to the Doomben Group One sprint while assessing Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim for Saturday’s race. “They will work together… Read More »
David Payne has thrown his support behind an initiative to hold an 1800-metre race for two-year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday. The trainer has nominated three juveniles for the race and says it is vital to give the youngsters a go over the distance with a view to longer races in… Read More »
Races in Sydney and Melbourne are options for Victorian sprinter Adamon as tyro trainer Nathan McPherson tries to parlay a country race feature win into more city success. McPherson, a former roof tiler, confirmed he was a young horseman on the rise when Adamon produced a whirlwind finish to claim… Read More »
Mark Kavanagh will play a double hand against champion Black Caviar after deciding to run Catapulted and We’re Gonna Rock in the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. While 30 horses were entered for Saturday’s time honoured Adelaide sprint, it is likely the unbeaten Peter Moody-trained mare who is chasing her… Read More »
Ron Quinton never managed to win the Lord Mayor’s Cup during a decorated career as a jockey but he is well placed as a trainer to claim the off-season feature race. Quinton will saddle up Crafty Irna in this year’s edition at Rosehill on Saturday, confident the mare can end… Read More »
Super sire Zabeel is closing in on the record of his own sire Sir Tristram with Zabeelionaire becoming his 42nd individual Group One winner. The Leon Corstens-trained Zabeelionaire held off Sabrage to win Saturday’s South Australian Derby with Zabeel now just three short of Sir Tristram who also stood at… Read More »
Multiple stakes-placed sprinter Eight Bills will have his first start at Caulfield for rookie trainer Troy Portelli who is trying build his own stable under the Portelli Racing banner. In recent years Troy has been the Melbourne foreman for his Sydney-based brother Gary but is keen to distinguish the Flemington… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club has been recognised for its pioneering use of mounted security. The club has been given a “highly commended” for its horseback security patrols at the Australian Security Industry Association Limited (ASIAL) awards. The ATC became the first in the Southern Hemisphere to use mounted security when… Read More »
The South Australian Jockey Club is expecting a Sell-Out crowd for Black Caviar’s final appearance in Autralia before heading to the U.K for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. Just 3,000 of the 30,000 tickets remain for the Goodwood Handicap meeting which will end South Australia’s Group 1 Saturdays. Black Caviar is… Read More »
Champion Irish steeplechaser Florida Pearl has died aged 20. Trained by Willie Mullins, the Violet O’Leary-owned gelding won the 2001 King George VI Chase at Kempton and a record-breaking four Irish Gold Cups. Florida Pearl had spent his last five years at the Irish National Stud which he had to… Read More »
Homecoming Queen gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a remarkable English Guineas double when she romped in the 1000 Guineas by nine lengths at Newmarket on Sunday. The race had been delayed by half an hour after Gray Pearl went down in her starting stall and was trapped under the gate. She… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody seems likely to have to settle for a one-horse assault on Britain’s most prestigious race meeting following the failure of his runner King’s Rose in Hong Kong on Sunday. Moody had hoped King’s Rose would accompany the champion mare Black Caviar to next month’s Royal Ascot meeting,… Read More »
Black And Bent will have four more jumps races this campaign including a crack at the Grand National Hurdle-Grand National Steeplechase double. Managing part-owner Mike Symons outlined the remaining races of the preparation for the star jumper who is yet to qualify for steeplechasing. Black And Bent will shoot for… Read More »
As he looks forward to turning Invest into a dual Oaks winner in Brisbane next month, trainer Clarry Conners has even bigger aspirations for Dear Demi next season. Invest’s win in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville broke a five-year Group One drought for Conners. The trainer’s ambitious plans for Dear… Read More »
Frankel’s younger brother Noble Mission did his Classic prospects no harm with a gutsy display to take the Newmarket Stakes. Tom Queally had nowhere to go at one stage on the 7-4 favourite in what developed into a tactical five-horse affair. Despite being temporarily trapped in a pocket, the Sir… Read More »
Adebisi’s mystery failure at Eagle Farm last week hasn’t caused any sleepless nights for trainer Desleigh Forster ahead of the sprinter’s assignment in the Group One BTC Cup at Doomben. Adebisi sent a scare through the Forster stable when he compounded to finish a long last behind Buffering in the… Read More »
The weather will determine if trainer Tim Martin gets an early shot at Group One glory in Brisbane this winter. The trainer has Queensland carnival aspirations for handy mare Fibrillation, who has raced in career-best form this autumn, and last start Gosford Guineas winner Pampelonne. After posting back-to-back wins in… Read More »
