Numbers have been cut after second declarations for the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate closed on Tuesday. The Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 16 has 72 horses still in contention while there 40 remaining to chase honours for Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 23. Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Verry Elleegant remains in contention… Read More »
The final field and barriers have been confirmed for Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Rose with race favourite Anamoe drawing barrier 8. Sydney’s Group 1 three-year-old feature event for the spring has attracted a field of 13 headlined by the James Cummings-trained Anamoe. The Street Boss colt has drawn barrier 8… Read More »
The Lindsay Park operation of Ben and JD Hayes will be hoping Excel And Fly has learned a lot from his one and only experience down the Flemington straight. Excel And Fly is among the eight two-year-olds that are set to make their debut in the Darley Spring Preview (900m) on Wednesday. The… Read More »
Group One winner Converge has been ruled out for the remainder of the spring carnival after suffering from a virus. The J.J Atkins winner was ruled out of Saturday’s Group One Golden Rose (1400m) last week, with co-trainer Adrian Bott informing stewards he had been treated with antibiotics. The three-year-old was around… Read More »
The Victorian State Government Roadmap out of COVID lockdown will not enable any spectators on course for the Cox Plate at The Valley. The Moonee Valley Racing Club announced on Tuesday that the Manikato Stakes and Cox Plate double-header meeting to be held on October 22 and 23 will go ahead without… Read More »
More than $600,000 is to be won by thoroughbred owners and breeders in the first Westspeed Platinum Race Day at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, 18 December 2021. Races are restricted to Westspeed Platinum horses only, as part of the Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) commitment to support the local… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas sees debut maiden winner Inverell as a potential Victoria Derby contender and hopes to learn a bit more about the gelding at Flemington Wednesday. A winner at Sale last month, Inverell runs in the Victoria Derby Preview (1800m) with Douglas believing the son of Shocking will only get better when he steps out further in… Read More »
Champion jockey Craig Williams has been booked to ride European galloper Spanish Mission in two of the spring staying features. The Andrew Balding-trained stayer is due into Melbourne on the weekend to run in both the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 16 and the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 2…. Read More »
The Australian Turf Club’s efforts to persuade the NSW state government to allow 15 000 people to attend the 2021 edition of The Everest has not been successful. After a cabinet meeting late yesterday (Monday), the NSW government handed down the decision that The Everest crowd would be capped at… Read More »
Another top jockey is on the move and she is about to further boost the riding ranks in Queensland. Samantha Collett, a Premiership winning jockey in New Zealand in 2018, has confirmed that she will now head for Queensland on October 16 and will thus miss the last day of… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is experiencing mixed fortunes with two of his stable stars. The unbeaten Orbisyn has been ruled out of race action until the autumn while, on the other side of the coin, Weona Smartone continues on his merry way after making it seven straight wins at the Gold Coast on… Read More »
The Victorian State Government Roadmap out of COVID lockdown has left the Melbourne Racing Club with little alternative but to run the Caulfield Cup without spectators. The State Government announced on Sunday that crowds at public events cannot be held in metropolitan Melbourne prior to October 26, well after the… Read More »
For the second consecutive year the 2021 Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup Carnival will proceed without spectators the Melbourne Racing Club has announced today. The confirmation comes as the indicative dates specified in the State Government Roadmap yesterday do not allow for public events to be held in metropolitan Melbourne prior… Read More »
Four Pillars hopeful Cream Rises will be out to make a winning start to his campaign on Wednesday, as the midweek metropolitan card heads to Gosford. The four-year-old is only lightly raced, winning two of his three starts, including a 4.85 length demolition job at Gosford on debut. The son of… Read More »
Racing Victoria has brought forward the starting times for the first month of night racing commencing with the Moir Stakes meeting at The Valley. With attendance currently prohibited on Victorian racetracks because of COVID-19 restrictions, RV has elected to bring forward the start of the meetings to finish an hour earlier than the previously agreed 9.45pm. The opening… Read More »
Starting slots in 2021 The Kosciuszko line-up are close to being finalised, just less than a month out from the big race for NSW or ACT country trained horses which will take place at Randwick on October 16 (the same day as The Everest). Among the horses already selected by… Read More »
The first set of barrier trials for the babies each year is always a morning of interest. And they were on under glorious sunshine at Randwick today with COOLANGATTA (written Tycoon – Piping Hot) looking the pick of them and already firming up to be a short-priced fav in the… Read More »
It would be fair to say that Queensland Racing’s judicial system has long been ridiculed for its inefficiency to deal with matters in a swift and telling manner … ie one which would be for the greater good of all, not least including the good name of racing. The first… Read More »
The honours keep coming for the Tony Gollan stable with Vega One picking up the prestigious Queensland Horse Of The Year title for the 2020/21 season at the TAB Queensland Thoroughbred Awards. Vega One won the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup in thrilling fashion over the Queensland racing winter carnival before… Read More »
Read the latest racing updates and information out of Western Australia for their race meetings on Saturday, September 18th. 1 – LUKE FERNIE If Luke Fernie needed validation from Iseered Iseered in the Nicopolis Stakes before plotting an Ascot feature carnival path then he got it. Arguably his peak performance… Read More »
