Australian Horse Racing News

• Lindsay Gallagher to return to bookmaking

  Leading rails bookmaker Lindsay Gallagher is free to return to fielding at Eagle Farm on Saturday following a successful appeal against a suspension.

   
• Eagle to soar for food

  Danny O’Brien believes Impressive Eagle can reassert herself after struggling for consistency since joining his stable last spring.

   
• Peter Snowden to cash in on home ground advantage

  Peter Snowden is hoping to cash in on a rare home ground advantage when feature racing heads to Warwick Farm for the next two Saturdays.

   
• Hilton focuses on Poor Judge for the Doncaster Mile

  Trainer Norm Hilton will put aside the Bold Glance running and handling inquiry as he looks to gauge Poor Judge’s Doncaster Mile prospects when the five-year-old makes his comeback at Eagle Farm.

   
• 2011 Chipping Norton Stakes day Fields released

  The fields for the 2011 Chipping Norton Stakes have been released with the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes being the headline race with a further two group races also being run the Surround Stakes and the Liverpool City Cup at Warwick Farm racecourse. View the days race fields.

   
• 2011 Australian Guineas day Fields released

  The fields for the 2011 Australian Guineas have been released with the Group 1 Australian Guineas being the headline race with a group 3 race also being run the PFD Food Services Stakes at Flemington racecourse. View the days race fields.

   
• Michael Byers strong hand at Taree

  Nicko Star, orphaned at birth and blessed with a whirlwind finish, will head a three-pronged attack by local trainer Michael Byers at Taree on Friday.

   
• Clever Hans after another country Cup

  Affable Canberra trainer Rado Boljun oozes confidence that Clever Hans can break back into the Cup winners’ list in the Merimbula Cup at the Sapphire Coast on Friday.

   
• Backspin suffers suspected heart attack

  Backspin, who was due to run at the Cheltenham Festival, has died after suffering a suspected heart attack in his box at Jonjo O’Neill’s stables.

   
• Twice Over in Dubai prep run

  Connections of Twice Over are giving the dual Champion Stakes winner a prep run ahead of the Dubai World Cup at Meydan in the hope it will augur well for a better run than last year in the big race later this month.

   
• Jimmy Choux on track for unique Derby-Doncaster double

  New Zealand Derby favourite Jimmy Choux is on track for a unique double as he attempts to win his country’s richest race.

   
• Bullbars on track for Australian Guineas

  The Peter Snowden stable says in-form colt Bullbars is right on target to win Saturday’s Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington.

   
• Brenton Avdulla rides Melbourne winner

  Sydney-based jockey Brenton Avdulla has repaid his former master John Moloney with a successful hit-and-run raid on two-year-old debutante City Of Song at Sandown.

   
• Black Caviar gets top weight in 2011 Newmarket Handicap

  ‘Black Caviar’, the world’s highest-rated sprinter, will equal a modern-day weight-carrying record of 58 kg if she wins the million dollar Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday week.

   
• Charlton could be a winner under a different code

  The name of trainer Roger Charlton is more synonymous with the classic hosting tracks of flat racing, than it is with Cheltenham the home of National Hunt racing, but the Marlborough based handler will arrive on the Cotswolds with a very strong contender for the Festival Bumper.

   
• Australian Guineas likely field: We Can Say It Now, Under The Eiffel to battle for favouritism

  A capacity field is expected for this Saturday’s Group 1 $750 000 Australian Guineas (1600m).

   
• 26/2/2011 Racing Wrap Up – Caulfield, Rosehill

  Another Group One, another arrogant win by another superstar in Sepoy in the Blue Diamond Stakes. If he stays fit and healthy for the Golden Slipper, you can just about hail him as the winner.

   
• 26/2/2011 Rosehill Race Scratchings – Silver Slipper Stakes day

  There have been some very important scratchings at Rosehill today including scratchings in the Silver Slipper Stakes. View the full list of Rosehill Scratchings on Silver Slipper Stakes day.

   
• 26/2/2011 Caulfield Race Scratchings – Blue Diamond Stakes day

  There have been some very important scratchings at Caulfield today including scratchings in the Oakleigh Plate and the St George Stakes. View the full list of Caulfield Scratchings on Blue Diamond Stakes day.

   
• 2011 Blue Diamond Stakes speed map

  Looking at the Blue Diamond Stakes which is running tomorrow at Caulfield racecourse i have gone through and made what i thought will be the running positions of the field. View the 2011 Blue Diamond Stakes speed map.