Ken and Kasey Keys are looking at the bigger picture with their decision to take Scheelite to Flemington for his second race start. A debut winner at Sandown on April 29, Scheelite runs in the Parade Lounge Sprint (1200m) on Saturday as a prelude to potentially bigger targets during the spring. The… Read More »
Horse trainers are known for being a resilient bunch, but they don’t come much tougher than Tracey Bartley. Having already battled and overcome cancer several years ago, Bartley found himself facing another health battle in March when what started as a routine check-in on a couple of horses turned into… Read More »
Grahame Begg is confident he has made the right decision in giving Lunar Flare some extra time ahead of the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. It will be five weeks since Lunar Flare last raced when she lines up in the Listed 2800m race on Saturday which provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne… Read More »
Michelle Payne has been fined $5,000 after her horse Jukila tested positive for Dexamethasone during a pre-race urine sample taken at Bendigo last year. Dexamethasone is an anti-inflammatory agent used to treat a range of conditions. The presence of the substance was found before Jukila won a race on the… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver is keen to add to his Australian Group 1 tally of 123 winners. As part of his bid to claim the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday, Oliver made the trip to Cranbourne on Tuesday morning to partner his Mick Price and Michael Kent… Read More »
Evergreen sprinter Eduardo won’t chase a second Doomben 10,000 crown with trainer Joe Pride deciding to wait for another day rather than start him from an outside gate in the high-pressure race. An on-speed runner, Eduardo came up with barrier 11 at Wednesday’s draw, directly outside the pacy Overpass while… Read More »
Banju has surprised trainer Lyle Chandler once this campaign and he is hoping the gelding can do it again by equalling a modern-day weight-carrying record in the Scone Cup. Chandler set his sights on his hometown feature after Banju’s fighting second to King Frankel in the Listed Parramatta Cup (1900m) in February, freshening… Read More »
Dan Morton did not get to enjoy the success he felt Harpoon was capable of, which has only added to the satisfaction he is deriving from the achievements of She’s Fit. The three-year-old daughter of Pride Of Dubai, who is favourite for this Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse has been retired from racing and is set to embark on the next chapter of her journey. The daughter of Per Incanto, who triumphed in the 2022 Newmarket Handicap and the Champions’ Sprint at Flemington, will now begin her breeding career at Little… Read More »
Jean Van Overmeire has celebrated his first Sydney metropolitan win since returning to Australia with a deft frontrunning display aboard Tulloch Lodge youngster Azula at the midweek Kensington card. Van Overmeire followed former Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa to Dubai last year but with racing there currently in it’s off… Read More »
Concerns about the wet track conditions for British Columbia have been dispelled with the gelding registering a strong win at Sandown. Now trainer Grahame Begg may look to something a little more prestigious with the gelding following his win in the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday. The Winter Championship, with… Read More »
John Moloney may look to the spring with Hearcomesthestar after her Sandown debut victory. Trainer John Moloney is banking on a tough race day debut win at Sandown proving beneficial for Hearcomesthestar. The Cranbourne-trained two-year-old daughter of Zoustar took out the Ladbroke It! Plate (1000m) on Wednesday on a very heavy track. Sent out the $3.10 under Damien Oliver, Hearcomesthestar defeated Austmarr ($5) by a… Read More »
Whatever occurs between now and the end of the racing season in July, it’s been a successful 12-months in the saddle for Brad Parnham. Brad Parnham has ridden 52 city winners to date, easily surpassing last season’s career-best tally of 45 metropolitan victories. Although satisfied he broke new ground on… Read More »
Having recently farewelled stable star Icebath, Brad Widdup is heading to the two-day Scone carnival hopeful his next generation of horses can step up to the plate. A Group 1 winner with prizemoney earnings of more than $5 million, Icebath fetched $2.3 million at the recent Chairman’s Sale and will… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock had contemplated sending Aberfeldie Boy to Brisbane for a lead-up race to the Queensland Derby. But the logistics of getting the three-year-old north did not suit, so instead Aberfeldie Boy will head to Adelaide for the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday. While Aberfeldie Boy… Read More »
Aside from the fact he can now call himself a Group One-winning trainer, Clayton Douglas says Giga Kick’s breakthrough All Aged Stakes success has also allowed him some subtle shifts in mindset. Having officially ticked the Group 1 box, Douglas can now take the horse to Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 (1200m)… Read More »
In being a first, next yearâs 33rd Olympic Games in Paris will recognise all Thoroughbreds competing in the Equestrian disciplines of dressage, show jumping and eventing. Now recognised in the starting lists and results, all retired Thoroughbred racehorses competing were listed only as âbreeding unknownâ in past Olympic Games and… Read More »
Sometimes in racing events are beyond your control. That is what transpired for White Marlin who was beaten for the first time in his seven-start career at Pakenham on April 27. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained stayer will be out to rebound off that defeat in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on… Read More »
He resumed in great order with a slashing win in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford on the weekend and the Joseph Pride-trained Think About It will now head up north to tackle the Group One Kingsford Smith Cup and Stradbroke Handicap. Boasting an impeccable record of seven wins from… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will attempt to extend their Group 1 winning run in Adelaide with two runners in the South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville. Four Group 1 races are run in Adelaide each season and already this year Maher and Eustace have collected the Australasian Oaks with Affaire A Suivre and the Robert… Read More »
