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 »
Former Singapore champ The Inferno could be running for a berth in The Everest when he lines up in the Group 1 Moir Stakes at The Valley on Friday night. Trainer Cliff Brown has fielded a couple of enquiries, nothing definite, about The Inferno obtaining a potential berth in The Everest (1200m) at… Read More »
The spring maybe over for Ayrton as he recovers from a bacterial infection that may have been brought on by a spider bite. Mick Price, who trains the highly regarded galloper in partnership with Michael Kent Jr, said the four-year-old was on “a super anti-biotic” and responding well to it. Price said Ayrton’s lameness had come down to being one-out-of-five after starting out… Read More »
Form jockey Nash Rawiller believes High Supremacy can go on with the job after resuming with an impressive first-up win at Randwick. Rawiller only returned to the saddle earlier this month after suffering a displaced fracture to his foot in a race day mishap in August and he has been quick to… Read More »
A champion mare won her ninth Group l, Daniel Moor celebrated his birthday in style while The Everest picture took shape. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Verry Elleegant Wins George Main Champion mare Verry Elleegant won her… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 6 Fairy Floss Race Two: 5 Master Aqua Race Three: 1 El Valiente Race Four: 2 Courageous Knight Race Five: 6 Robot Warrior Race Six: 5 Beauty Spirit Race Seven:… Read More »
Nine races have been set down for Te Aroha on Sunday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the nine races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Te Aroha. Race One: 3 Vanguard Race Two: 3 Amazing Az… Read More »
Daniel Moor could not have asked for a better 37th birthday present than riding Sierra Sue to victory in a Group 1 race at Caulfield. After winning the opening race on Saturday’s program, Moor was moved to tears when Sierra Sue provided him with his first win at the highest level taking out the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m). Landing a knockout blow… Read More »
Classy mare She’s Ideel has broken through for an elusive black-type success with a comfortable victory in the Kingston Town Stakes. Despite a brace of placings at Group 1 level, She’s Ideel hadn’t managed to win a stakes race. But the $2.80 favourite rectified that anomaly at Randwick on Saturday, taking… Read More »
Eduardo has lifted himself off the canvas to defeat archrival Nature Strip in the Shorts as Gytrash finished on their heels in an epic preview to the $15 million The Everest. Featuring a clash between six Everest contenders, the Shorts (1100m) was billed as a ‘mini Everest’ and it didn’t disappoint. Old foes… Read More »
