Originally cleared of injury, Luke Currie will be sidelined for a minimum six weeks with a fractured vertebra. Luke Currie’s dream start to a stint in Hong Kong has been halted with news of a fracture in a vertebra following a fall at the trials on Friday. Currie was dislodged from the David… Read More »
Craig Williams has been the beneficiary of Damien Oliver missing the Caulfield meeting with a well-judged front-running ride on Godolphin filly Minouche. Oliver missed Saturday’s meeting being unfit to ride despite being cleared of neck fractures following a barrier incident at Warrnambool on Thursday. An 11-time Scobie Breasley Medialist, Oliver had precautionary scans at Warrnambool on Thursday night before standing down… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have added another layer of depth to their autumn two-year-old arsenal with well-bred filly Cythera making a winning debut in the Lonhro Plate at Randwick. An I Am Invincible half-sister to Group 1 placegetter Thronum, Cythera ($5.50) made the perfect start to her career with a… Read More »
This would have to go into the ‘and now for something completely different’ category. What are the odds that you would get a dead-heat in a two horse race … and then have to wait for a possible protest hearing in the stewards room before the result was made official…. Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been cleared of major injury following a barrier mishap at Warrnambool on Thursday. While Oliver has stood down from riding at The Valley meeting on Friday, the 11-time Scobie Breasley Medialist is hopeful of riding at Caulfield on Saturday. Oliver had precautionary scans on Thursday night after Erekwini flipped over in the… Read More »
What Rose Quartz may lack in race experience, she certainly makes up for with ability. The Grahame Begg-trained daughter of Written Tycoon will be aiming to make it three straight victories when she runs in the Quayclean Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Rose Quartz has faced the starter on only five occasions, registering three… Read More »
Tony Gollan has made the Brisbane Trainer’s Premiership his own ever since he first put his name at the top of the leaderboard in the 2013/14 season. Gollan has won that Premiership every season since then … eight times in all … and now, just halfway through the 2021/22 season,… Read More »
Trainer Bryce Stanaway has been disqualified for three years by the Victorian Racing Tribunal. The verdict was handed down yesterday. The disqualification is a sequel to a series of misconduct charges that were levelled at Stanaway. It all stemmed from an incident back in October 2020 which involved Moorabool, a… Read More »
Will class or fitness have a bearing on the result of the Group 3 Manfred Stakes at Caulfield. Ciaron Maher and David Eustace has a couple of three-year-olds representing the stable in Saturday’s 1200m contest, one that has a class edge while the other is race fit. Generation is a previous winner in Group 3… Read More »
A week after producing Overpass for an upset win in the Expressway Stakes, Bjorn Baker will unveil two more three-year-olds he hopes can play a role during the Sydney autumn carnival. Maurice’s Medad and War Eternal will both resume in Saturday’s Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) and while Overpass had the speed to outpace his… Read More »
Mark Minervini enjoyed great success with Vormista on the racetrack, now he is hoping to do the same with one of her relations. Mark Minervini wasn’t particularly shopping for a son of first season sire Hellbent when he went to last year’s Inglis Classic Sale, but he found a compelling reason… Read More »
Cheerful Days’ emergence as one of Hong Kong’s most consistent performers elevated sharply at Sha Tin on Thursday (3 February) when the under-rated gelding provided Francis Lui and Alexis Badel with Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) triumph. Stereotyped as a Happy Valley 1650m specialist after four of… Read More »
Trainer Russell Stewart oozes confidence with his top gelding Street Parade going into the Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. A $40,000 Magic Millions Perth yearling, Street Parade made an outstanding winning debut last November before Russell Stewart tipped him out for a break. Hoping to follow in… Read More »
The former Fremantle Dockers forward is lapping up the pressure as he prepares to win the Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (1200m) with top hope She’s Greysful. Three years after retiring from the AFL and turning his hand to training, Hayden Ballantyne says winning a major two-year-old race on Saturday will… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been taken to hospital for precautionary scans following a barrier incident at Warrnambool. Oliver, an 11-time Scobie Breasley Medalist, made a rare trip to Warrnambool on Thursday to ride for Rosemont Stud who had horses racing at the meeting in the care of Danny O’Brien along with Anthony and Sam Freedman. After filling a… Read More »
Legendary New Zealand horseman Murray Baker has announced his retirement from training with his business partner Andrews Forsman to take over the operation. Baker, who is the father of Sydney-based trainer Bjorn, has enjoyed tremendous success plundering some of Australia’s best races with horses like Dundeel, Lion Tamer and Nom De… Read More »
Godolphin youngster Spacewalk will be chasing a sentimental win when he lines up in the race named after his champion grand sire and one of Darley’s most successful stallions, Lonhro. The colt, one of two runners for James Cummings in Saturday’s Lonhro Plate (1000m) at Randwick, is by Exosphere, a son of… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is looking for a bold first-up performance from Malkovich ahead of an ambitious interstate raid. The trainer, who produced Overpass for an upset win over boom colt Anamoe in last week’s Expressway Stakes, will use Saturday’s Ranvet Sprint (1000m) at Randwick as a stepping stone towards the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m)… Read More »
Tom Dabernig has one of the best strike rates going around on the Victorian country circuit and is hoping that can parlay into a metropolitan win at Caulfield. Prior to Thursday’s Warrnambool meeting, Dabernig had started 45 horses on country tracks, registering 17 wins for a winning strike race just shy of 38 per cent to sit inside the… Read More »
Jason Collett heads into the $2 million Inglis Millennium with an important advantage – not only does he have the plum mount on favourite Sejardan, but he has ridden one of the colt’s key rivals. The top jockey is enjoying an incredible season with 40 city wins and counting, trailing… Read More »
