Trainer Lindsey Smith is weighing up advice from jockey Jarrod Fry and assistant-trainer Shane Jackson as to whether Tuvalu will resume in blinkers. Tuvalu is set to have his first-up run in the Group 1 C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on February 11 and Smith is toying with the idea of running… Read More »
Promising juvenile Steel City is Melbourne-bound with co-trainer David Eustace revealing the stable is keen to target the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. The filly has had the misfortune of bumping into a pair of above-average two-year-olds in Sydney, finishing runner-up to subsequent Canonbury Stakes winner Red Resistance on debut and filling… Read More »
Co-trainer Adrian bott has confirmed that the Waterhouse-Bott stable has been officially notified by Racing NSW stewards that the ban imposed on Alligator Blood racing in New South Wales has been lifted. This comes on the back of Alligator Blood’s tremendous run of performances in 2022, which included three Group… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 9 Heavenly Thought Race Two: 5 Loyal Ambition Race Three: 5 Kung Fu Tea Race Four: 6 Legion Of Merit Race Five: 9 Top Top Tea Race Six: 4… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Zac Lloyd has received a two week ban for placing a multi bet which included a Thoroughbred race in New Zealand. Racing NSW Stewards today finalised an inquiry into the conduct of licensed apprentice jockey Zac Lloyd following an investigation being carried out by Racing NSW Investigators into… Read More »
Patience, they say, is a virtue. In theory it is an easy enough philosophy to embrace … and cost free … but, in practise, particularly when you are dealing with a racehorse that you want to see in action, it is another matter all-together. For owner-breeder Tamara Rickert though, patience… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck appears spot on for his return to racing following a Geelong trial victory. The Mick Price and Michael Kent-Jnr-trained galloper won the opening heat of Tuesday’s Geelong trials over 1000m under Jamie Kah. I’m Thunderstruck ⚡️😳 He’s in for a huge year. pic.twitter.com/5JqVXOtYIN — Racing Previews (@Racing_Previews) January 30, 2023… Read More »
He’s back! Top British jockey Tom Marquand will ride in Australia for the next ten weeks, kicking off at Randwick on Saturday. It is a safe bet that Marquand will once again make his presence felt during his time here as he has done many times before … having already… Read More »
Jockey Damian Lane will miss three Group 1 races at Sandown on February 25 … the Blue Diamond, the Oakleigh Plate and the Futurity Stakes … in favour of making the trip to the Saudi Cup Carnival meeting at the King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh where he will once again… Read More »
It hasn’t been the easiest of paths for Blaike McDougall, but the fact that the rider overcame a major hiccup in his career and continues to put his best foot forward stands to his credit. McDougall won the New South Wales State Jockey’s Premiership in the 2020/21 season with 185… Read More »
Mark Zahra has had his first sit aboard Charm Stone ahead of the filly’s return at Sandown. Entered for the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) on Saturday, Charm Stone is likely to be saved for the Group 2 fillies division of the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Sandown on Saturday week. Zahra will be… Read More »
The search is on to find a stud farm to stand triple Group 1 winner Hitotsu after the curtain was officially drawn on the four-year-old’s racing career on Tuesday. The son of Maurice, who has not started since winning the ATC Derby at Randwick in April last year, sustained a leg… Read More »
Co-trainer Ken Kelso has confirmed that the very promising Legarto will head across the Tasman to contest the Australian Guineas at Flemington. The three-year-old tasted defeat for the first time in the Karaka Million in her last start, where she had no clear passage for much of the home straight… Read More »
Less than three weeks out from I Wish I Win’s return to the races, Peter Moody stumped up for a half-brother to one of his stable stars when the 2023 Karaka Yearling Sale continued on Monday. Moody went to NZ$375,000 for the colt by Ocean Park out of Make A Wish,… Read More »
Ryan Maloney’s win aboard the Tony Gollan trained Skirt The Law in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic earlier this month was another significant notch on the feature race winning record of the rider whose life has seen a dramatic, favourable, hard-earned and well deserved turnaround over the last four… Read More »
With racing flowing through his veins, it’s no surprise that riding in races was a personal ambition. And after being given the approval by stewards last Friday, Zephen Johnston-Porter’s dream has turned to reality. After 89 trial rides, the 17-year-old is the latest addition to Western Australia’s riding ranks and… Read More »
Nature Strip turned in a trademark performance at Monday’s Warwick Farm trials, but there was no shortage of connections happy with what they saw behind the world champion sprinter. Annabel Neasham was particularly buoyant after seeing Zaaki cruise into fourth position in the star-studded 824-metre trial on Good ground. The four-time Group 1… Read More »
“I’m pretty speechless, it’s been a very special day. I’ve had such a great experience here with some beautiful horses I have ridden. I was speechless after and I got goosebumps – it’s hard to make me speechless, it was a very exciting day.” Fair to say Hong Kong is… Read More »
John O’Shea is keeping an open mind on autumn carnival plans for Benaud, whose opening campaign runs will be pivotal in determining which races he targets. The talented four-year-old had his foot on the till in the spring, finishing just behind the placegetters in the Winx and Chelmsford Stakes and runner-up… Read More »
Sydney trainer Mark Newnham is looking to make a statement early in Melbourne’s Festival Of Racing with a couple of former Hong Kong gallopers. One is already well known in Melbourne, having won during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington while the other is Melbourne bound following a recent trial win. Joyful Fortune is heading… Read More »
