A mid-winter card isn’t normally flush with horses boasting world-class pedigrees, but two superbly related gallopers are set to compete at Sydney’s final metropolitan meeting of the season. The Bjorn Baker-trained Rupertaar and Tazaral from the Peter and Paul Snowden yard have been accepted for races on Saturday, the pair both hailing from internationally… Read More »
Horse racing icon John Singleton has decided to part ways with his illustrious horse racing empire. Singleton, who has dedicated five decades to the industry, is selling his renowned Strawberry Hill Stud along with more than 100 prized horses for a staggering sum exceeding $100 million. Singleton had long maintained… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Rose Hammond’s 21st birthday took an unexpected turn when she found herself recovering from a race fall at Donald on Friday. Sustaining a concussion after falling from the veteran galloper Pravro soon after the start of the sixth event, Hammond spent the night in Bendigo Hospital. Despite the… Read More »
Nick Ryan’s potential spring stayer, Urban Oasis, is set to make his return to the racetrack at Moonee Valley this Saturday. The former Irish galloper will compete in the Benchmark 100 Handicap over 1600 meters. Urban Oasis has an impressive record, with four wins from seven starts, including a victory… Read More »
James Mcdonald has given Nature Strip his seal of approval after partnering the champion sprinter in a course proper workout at Rosehill. The $20 million earner stretched his legs on Tuesday morning with McDonald reporting via Chris Waller Racing’s Twitter account that the rising nine-year-old felt great. “He seems in good form, he’s… Read More »
A new version of Interpretation is expected to make his reappearance ahead of the Spring Carnival at Moonee Valley. Highly fancied for the Melbourne Cup last year, Interpretation failed to live up to the expectations placed on him by trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace along with the punting public. Interpretation came to Australia to join Maher and Eustace and… Read More »
It wasn’t Gavin Bedggood’s intention to have Diamonds Inthe Sky at the races this season, but an inviting opportunity at Sandown this Wednesday prompted the Cranbourne trainer to give her one last run as a five-year-old. The former Peter Moody-trained mare will have her first start for Bedggood in the… Read More »
After eighteen months of frustration, connections of Masked Crusader believe they have finally identified the issue that been hindering their Group 1-winning sprinter, giving them cause for optimism this spring. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes said extensive testing had revealed the rising seven-year-old to have a throat issue, which has subsequently been rectified through… Read More »
Kiwi trainer Graeme Rogerson has an audacious plan for Sharp âN’ Smart’s Melbourne Cup campaign. The legendary trainer will accompany the super stayer to Australia, aiming to replicate Efficient’s 2007 victory. While other trainers might opt for a conventional approach, Rogerson will bring a few trotters over as well, making… Read More »
Dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien is gearing up for a triumphant return to Melbourne this spring with at least two Spring Carnival contenders. Buckaroo and Valiant King, owned in part by Australian interests and Sheikh Fahad’s Qatar Racing, are set to enter quarantine, preparing to vie for top honors… Read More »
Racing Victoria has officially confirmed that Saturday’s new 10-race cards will only extend the race day by 20 minutes. Last month, Racing Victoria had announced its plans to trial an extension to the Saturday metropolitan race day, expanding the meetings from nine to 10 races during the 2023/24 racing season…. Read More »
Right You Are has kicked off his Caulfield Cup program with a jump-out at Cranbourne with the effort surprising one of his co-trainers. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper is assured of a start in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October, courtesy of his win in the Listed Mornington Cup… Read More »
The Hayes family will have another member operate under the Lindsay Park banner from the start of the 2023/24 racing season with Will Hayes to join his brothers in a training partnership. Lindsay Park announced the appointment on Monday morning with the 28-year-old will join his twin JD and their… Read More »
Ken Keys would have liked to have given Scheelite more time in the spelling paddock, but the Cranbourne trainer is happy with the way the most exciting member of his stable is tracking as his return to racing nears. The unbeaten colt will trial at Cranbourne on August 7 ahead of a… Read More »
Champion trainer Peter Moody is facing an investigation by Racing Victoria stewards after one of his runners, Brereton, tested positive for banned substances in a pre-race blood sample taken at Flemington on May 13. The substances detected in the sample were Phenylbutazone and Oxyphenbutazone, which are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and… Read More »
Jockey Blaike McDougall has received a clean bill of health from his doctors and is set to make a return to trackwork this week. The 29-year-old jockey had been sidelined for the past four months following a race fall at Geelong in late March, where he sustained a C7 vertebrae… Read More »
Moonee Valley is gearing up for a bustling schedule, commencing with its return on Saturday. To ensure optimal track conditions for upcoming race meetings, track manager Martin Synan has implemented a new policy. With three meetings in a month and an additional August race, Synan plans to restrict the number… Read More »
Kyneton trainer Neil Dyer is eagerly anticipating the upcoming Darwin Cup (2000m) on August 8, an event that holds immense sentimental value to him, having secured victory three times in the past. However, this year, uncertainty clouds his participation with one or possibly two runners. Among his hopefuls, Mohican Heights,… Read More »
Having put the disappointment of Fireburn’s controversial Queensland Oaks scratching behind him, Gary Portelli is looking to the spring with renewed enthusiasm. The filly was a short-priced favourite for the Oaks after sweeping to victory in The Roses, but two days out from her grand final, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission veterinarians… Read More »
A jump-out at Casterton will determine whether Flying Mascot will have the addition of blinkers when she has her next race start at Flemington. Trainer Tom Dabernig was disheartened with Flying Mascot’s first-up performance in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on July 8 and has called for a jump-out in headgear on… Read More »
