She might not reach the heights of her Group One-winning half-sister Duais, but Amiche is showing promise in her own right, as well as a few of the family’s character traits. Older than Duais by a year, the five-year-old will line up for just her eleventh start in the Smithfield RSL… Read More »
The Kevin Corstens stable has plans of chasing a bigger prize on the Gold Coast early in the New Year after the win of Pilote at Geelong. The heavily backed Pilote took out the Bet365 Odds Drift Protect Handicap (2200m) on Wednesday in emphatic fashion. Sent out the $1.65 favourite under the guidance of Billy… Read More »
Fresh from a successful spring carnival, trainer John O’Shea is already turning his attention to the next phase with designs on having a major hand in some of the biggest races of the summer. O’Shea is planning to take a young team to the Gold Coast for next month’s Magic… Read More »
The Racing Victoria veterinary department will have the final say on whether Future Score takes his place in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on Saturday. The Matt Cumani-trained stayer was scratched from the Melbourne Cup after presenting with lameness in his off-foreleg. Cumani says Future Score presents with lameness most mornings before being fully warmed… Read More »
Ellsberg has come through his Festival Stakes win in top order and will press on to the Group 2 Villiers Stakes where he will chase his first win over a mile. Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou flagged the summer feature as a likely target after Ellsberg’s comfortable victory at Rosehill on… Read More »
After missing a potentially lucrative Spring Racing Carnival through suspension, Jamie Kah is set to make her return to race riding. Kah was one of five jockeys suspended for attending an Airbnb party in August which resulted in her being outed for three months. She was then given a further two-month suspension for allegedly… Read More »
Ryan Hill is set to launch a new chapter in his racing career with his first runner as a trainer at Northam on Thursday. Hill will saddle It’s It’s Just A Gift in the Mane Event CafĂ© Maiden (1300m), a week after announcing his retirement from riding. The former English horseman rode… Read More »
In being a race in four, it’s the aptly named Black Cat Back who’s looking for back-to-back victories in The Duke of York Cup to be run at Champs de Mars Racetrack in Mauritius on Sunday. With Black Cat Back returning to form in a first-up second in the Lions… Read More »
Udyta Clarke, who suffered a life threatening medical issue last November, is set to return to the races for the first time in just over a year. The seventy-four-year-old is hopeful of making the trip to watch La Marita, a mare she previously trained, race at Flemington on December 11…. Read More »
The saying to ‘kill two birds with one stone’ has never encapsulated a horse race more than the feat achieved by Cooma trainer David Kelley and his son Matthew on Friday at Canberra. Kelley’s stablemates Super View ($31) and Lady Animalia ($61) were friendless in the market when lining up in the 1300m maiden… Read More »
Here we go … it could be a big summer season on the Polytrack at the Sunshine Coast. A second meeting in six days has been switched from its originally scheduled track to the Sunshine Coast Polytrack with the announcement that tomorrow’s meeting at Doomben has also fallen victim to… Read More »
Fiorente gelding Wise Dragon has been a very consistent conveyance since joining the Mitch Beer stables only missing the top four once in nine starts, and he feels there’s no better time than now to tackle the riches that the Highway handicap offers. The four-year-old has a win and four… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable is undecided whether last start Cranbourne winner Mankayan will head to the Listed Pakenham Cup. Mankayan was posted the $3.50 favourite with TAB after entries closed for the $300,000 race over 2500m on Saturday. Final acceptances are taken on Wednesday ahead of the barrier draw. Mankayan was successful over 2550m on November 13 in… Read More »
There have been a rash of retirements from the jockey ranks in the past week. Robert Thompson and Glen Boss have called time on their respective riding careers on their own terms, deciding their own future at a time and in a manner convenient to themselves … but Raquel Clark’s… Read More »
Glen Boss may not have had the fairytale finish to his riding career in Melbourne, but the three-time Melbourne Cup winner will get another chance in the New Year. Boss has accepted an invitation to ride in an International Jockeys’ Challenge at the rich Saudi Cup meeting at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh on… Read More »
It is indeed a tribute to Robert Thompson that, although he has won more races than any other jockey in Australia, his elevated standing in the sport has as much to do about the type of person he is than it has to do with his achievements on the track…. Read More »
The racing world was rife last week of rumours that co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams and leading owner-breeder Bob Peters were set to split after the Ascot Masters. Peters and the Williams’ are on the verge of creating an historic treble on Saturday with Western Empire the raging favourite to… Read More »
With wet weather predicted to sweep across Sydney’s west, last Saturday’s bottomless Heavy 10 Rosehill surface looks bound to re-emerge. The expected downpour has impacted total nominations (149) with the deadline being extended to Tuesday, 11am. While there is no stakes racing on offer at Rosehill on Saturday, the competitive… Read More »
The Kurt Goldman-trained Hokahey has only missed a drum once in seven starts to date, including winning her past two, and the Goulburn-based trainer is asking her to take the next step when she tackles the Highway Handicap at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday. After shedding the maiden tag over the mile… Read More »
Even as they count down the days to what would be an historic victory if Western Empire wins the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic in Perth on Saturday, it has been announced that the current, all-conquering relationship between trainers Grant and Alana Williams and millionaire owner Bob Peters will change… Read More »
