Moby Dick will not contest a feature race at Bendigo this Saturday, but it will not surprise Michael Kent Jnr if he one day he ends up a headline act. That hasn’t always been the case, though. The son of Toronado is the raging favourite for the $150,000 Balgownie Estate… Read More »
The very smart four-year-old mare Chinny Boom will look to land her ninth career win in only her fourteenth start when she contests a Quality Open Handicap over 1200m at Doomben on Saturday. For the Clinton Taylor trained daughter of Spirit Of Boom, Saturday’s result, and more particularly how she… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club is on the lookout for a new chief executive officer after announcing on Thursday that Steve Rosich had resigned. The former Fremantle Football Club CEO has been the boss at Flemington since 2020. A new destination for Rosich was not revealed in the announcement, but he… Read More »
Zac Purton celebrated a significant milestone at Happy Valley on Wednesday by securing his 1,700th win in Hong Kong, joining the elite ranks alongside Douglas Whyte. The Australian jockey, chasing his seventh championship, widened his lead in the current standings with a treble, bringing his seasonal tally to 91 victories…. Read More »
Jackson Matthews, a former jockey turned behavioural data analyst, celebrated his first training victory at Gawler on Wednesday with Pandarus, his only horse in work. The Nicconi gelding, ridden by Alan Lai, defied odds of $44 to claim the win in his fourth start. Matthews, who has just two horses… Read More »
Trainer Neville Parnham is banking on Zipaway’s resilience to deliver him a first Schweppes-WATC Derby (2400m) success at Ascot on Saturday. The WA Guineas winner returned to Parnham ‘s Ascot stable on Monday night, following a Melbourne campaign. The three-year-old finished third in the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) and Group… Read More »
It had been just a month-and-a-half shy of two years since Vlad Duric last rode a winner in Australia … but he reset that statistic at Ipswich today when he guided the Jennifer Fraser trained grey mare All Stashed Up to victory in the last race on the card, saluting… Read More »
Racing NSW Stewards have today spoken to trainer Annabel Neasham regarding video footage which has been publicly circulated of a horse being loose on Warwick Farm train station. Ms Neasham explained that on the evening of Friday, 5 April 2024 an unknown person gained access to one of her stable… Read More »
A $3 million race at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day is the long-range target for Zouatica, who has taken his record to six wins from twelve starts with a stylish frontrunning display at Gosford. The four-year-old was being aimed towards the Country Championships Final (1400m) on the opening day of… Read More »
Trainer Thomas Sadler called on some beach training methods of a former Melbourne Cup winning trainer to extract the best out of Commando Drift at Sandown. Commando Drift provided Sadler with his first metropolitan victory when taking out the Sportsbet Fast Form Handicap (2100m) on Wednesday. Ridden by Rhys Mcleod, Commando Drift… Read More »
The best advertisement in selling the last few remaining shares of a racehorse is to land a victory. That is what the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr- rained debutant Our Sassy Lady achieved in taking out the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Plate (1400m) at Sandown on Wednesday. Ridden by Jye Mcneil,… Read More »
An untimely setback derailed Annabel Neasham’s Golden Slipper aspirations for Castanya, but a victory in the $1 million Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick would be a handy consolation. The winner of the Listed Lonhro Plate in February, Castanya’s carnival was interrupted by a foot abscess, putting Neasham on the back… Read More »
The presence of bold frontrunning rival Pride Of Jenni has fuelled Tommy Berry’s hopes that Place Du Carrousel can score a breakthrough Australian win in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The former French mare made an encouraging local debut when runner-up to Via Sistina in the Ranvet Stakes (2000m), but she was no match… Read More »
Damian Browne has many memories of his race riding career, from the pleasure of his multiple Group 1 victories … who will ever forget Browne’s international success on Buffering in the Group 1 Al Quoz in Dubai … to the despair of severe injuries, one of which resulted in him… Read More »
Queensland has been a hot bed of emerging riding talent in recent seasons with the likes of Angela Jones and Cejay Graham making merry in the Sunshine State as they climbed the ladder of success to be ready and able to mix it with the top tier of riding talent… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable will unveil one of their latest international acquisitions in a benchmark race at Bendigo. Goldenstatewarrior is set to run for the first time for Maher in the IMMIX, Metal Recycled Right Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. The gelding, by Golden Horn, started his career with Johnny Murtagh before joining… Read More »
The trainers of Derby winner Major Beel have employed a little equine psychology in order to reinvigorate the Group One winner for his Sydney Cup bid. Disinterested in his training at the start of the preparation, Major Beel was sent to Melbourne for a change of scenery, and a major shake-up… Read More »
Lindsay Park will have two chances at registering back-to-back wins in the Golden Mile at Bendigo. Ben, Will and J D Hayes will saddle imported gallopers Makram and The Summit in the Listed 1600m contest on Saturday. Last year the stable won the race with Here To Shock when only Ben and J D… Read More »
Sirileo Miss is set to return to racing at Bendigo on Saturday after a 12-month absence. Racing Victoria stewards had banned her, along with four others, for testing positive for prohibited substances Formestane and 4-Hydroxylestesterone. While stewards continue to investigate the positives, three of the five horses, including Sirileo Miss,… Read More »
Debbie Kepitis, known for co-owning Winx, secured the champion mare’s $10 million yearling at the Easter Yearling Sale. With a 33.3 percent share in Winx, Kepitis’s ownership mirrored her stake in the Pierro filly before Monday’s sale. Initially not planning to repurchase the filly, Kepitis developed a strong bond with… Read More »
