Grade One-winning handler Colm Murphy has made the shock announcement he’s retiring from the training ranks. Murphy, based in County Wexford, Ireland, has enjoyed a stellar career since taking out his licence in 2000, with the hugely popular Brave Inca winning 10 Grade One prizes, including the 2004 Supreme Novices’… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Jeremy Smith has been disqualified for six months after being found guilty of two separate charges. On Friday, Racing NSW stewards reconvened an inquiry and found Smith guilty of assaulting another trainer, Michael Dwyer, in April this year. After handing down a four-month ban, stewards then outed Smith… Read More »
An unfortunate stable accident that put a staff member in hospital had Perth trainer Simon Miller hoping he might have a potential star. Miller trains Whispering Brook, a winner of five of her six starts, who is having her second Melbourne start in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield on… Read More »
He Or She has been no match for Underwood Stakes favourite Black Heart Bart twice this campaign but gets another chance to upset his former stablemate at Caulfield. He Or She was seventh to Black Heart Bart first-up in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield before finishing third behind… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd might find it hard to repeat his five-win haul of a week ago but trainer Toby Edmonds is convinced he has a couple of Eagle Farm runners to help the cause. Edmonds and Lloyd have formed a successful partnership over the past two years since the jockey came… Read More »
NSW trainers Jim Delaney and Cliff Bashford have both lodged appeals against animal cruelty charges in which Delaney was banned for five years and Bashford for three years. Dates are yet to be set for the appeals with the pair free to train on a stay of proceedings until further order of the Panel…. Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has two colts attempting to mirror Vanbrugh’s jump from midweek winner to Group Three victor in the Gloaming Stakes. Waller is looking for back-to-back wins in the race after Vanbrugh won last year’s Gloaming on his way to winning the Group One Spring Champion Stakes. High Mist… Read More »
Three-year-old Yu Long Sheng Hui has been put on notice ahead of the Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude. The Mick Price-trained colt won at Wodonga and Caulfield as a late-season two-year-old but turned in a below-par performance when he beat one runner home in a Listed 1400m race at Flemington… Read More »
Under The Louvre’s trainer Robert Smerdon will wait until race morning before making the final call whether the horse runs in the Rupert Clarke Stakes. On Thursday, Smerdon made it known he intended to bypass the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and look at an alternative in Sydney after the top-weight… Read More »
A Melbourne Cup contender will miss the remainder of the Spring Racing Carnival after suffering a tendon injury. Tall Ship who was still in Melbourne Cup 2016 contention as a $201 shot has suffered a tendon injury and will require a lengthy spell ruling him out of the Spring. Disappointing… Read More »
While First Seal is the clear Golden Pendant favourite even the roughest hope is unlikely to start at big odds. Bookmakers are reluctant to rule any horse out of Saturday’s Group Two race at Rosehill, with Ammirata and Zanbagh the longest priced at $21. While Ammirata’s trainer Joe Pride admits… Read More »
In the moments after Voodoo Lad’s recent last-to-first Moonee Valley win, a stunned Chris Parnham was glowing in his praise of the in-form gelding. The 19-year-old suggested Voodoo Lad was up to Group One standard after his fast-finishing Listed win and on Saturday the horse gets the chance to prove… Read More »
Melbourne Cup contender Signoff has again been scratched this time in the Harry White Classic at Caulfield. Signoff was a $5 chance in betting before coming out of the market. Signoff was the equal Melbourne Cup favourite but scratchings in both the Hill Stakes and now the Harry White Classic… Read More »
Connections of Under The Louvre may have had a change of heart whether or not their galloper will line-up in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Connections had notified the public that Under The Louvre will be scratched from the race due to drawing a wide barrier however he was not… Read More »
