New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has announced it would be implementing the next step in the on-going whip-rule reform process ⊠with the whip not to be used in consecutive strides at any stage of the race. This new ruling will have a particular impact on jockeys use of the… Read More »
James Mcdonald has picked up the plum mount on Silver Shadow Stakes favourite Four Moves Ahead after Nash Rawiller failed in his bid to get a medical clearance to ride. Rawiller suffered an undisplaced fracture of his foot, with an open wound over the fracture, in a race day incident… Read More »
The Ebor Festival at York has its penultimate meeting on Friday night Australian time, headlined by the Group l Nunthorpe Stakes (1005m). Nunthorpe Stakes đ: View the Field and Odds for the Nunthorpe Stakes
The 2021 Ebor Festival at York wraps up this Saturday, headlined by the showpiece event of the Carnival, the Ebor Handicap (2787m). Ebor Handicap đ: View the Field and Odds for the Ebor Handicap
“For me, it’s going to be an achievement just to be back riding,” Those were the words of jockey Michael Walker ⊠when talking to Racing.com ⊠as he put his long rehabilitation and recovery process in perspective following the severe leg injury he sustained in a fall back in… Read More »
In building new traditions for one of Canadaâs oldest traditions, we host the 162nd $1m Queenâs Plate at Woodbine on Sunday,â boasts the Woodbine Entertainment Group. âAs the first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown its North Americaâs oldest continually run stakes race, showcasing Canadaâs top 3yo Thoroughbreds in… Read More »
Former jockey Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood has died peacefully in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on Thursday night, aged 62. Thurgood suffered a catastrophic brain injury when Taras Regent suffered a fatal heart attack during the running of the 1980 Easter Cup at Caulfield. His parents, Noel and Doris, spent the past 41 years caring for their son after doctors… Read More »
At some time in their lives almost every trainer will have days where they feel the racing gods are against them, but there are also those days where they cannot deny that everything comes together for them in a way that they could not have scripted any better themselves. Trainer… Read More »
Trainer Nick Ryan has been looking for a reason to spell Mahamedeis, but has been unable to find one. For that reason, Mahamedeis will contest the Ranvet Handicap (2040m) at The Valley on Saturday, the gelding’s 11th start of the campaign. Mahamedeis started his current preparation in February over 1400m at Flemington and it has included a trip to Brisbane for a potential Winter Carnival… Read More »
Xtremetime can give trainer John Thompson his fourth win in the Silver Shadow Stakes. John Thompson reckons his Silver Shadow Stakes contender Xtremetime is like a Formula One racing car. She isn’t built to idle. Thompson made the analogy after the filly wanted to over-race for Brenton Avdulla in two lead-up trials, but… Read More »
Adam Durrant admits The Front Bar has been a surprise packet for his in form stable and he has high hopes she can extend her winning form at Belmont Park on Saturday. The Sessions filly is chasing a hat trick of wins in the Free Entry To Belmont Park Plate… Read More »
James Cummings is bullish about the spring prospects of Doncaster Mile winner Cascadian, who makes his seasonal return in the Group 1 Winx Stakes at Randwick. The former French galloper has been competitive in stakes grade since arriving in Australia two years ago but came of age in the autumn with… Read More »
Stay Inside has tuned up for his return in the San Domenico Stakes with a quiet barrier trial at Randwick that got the thumbs up from co-trainer Michael Freedman . It was the Golden Slipper winner’s second trial after he won a heat at Randwick last month and Freedman said Friday’s hitout… Read More »
The new racing season is not yet three weeks old and Godolphin and James Cummings have already made a statement with their three-year-olds. Paulele and Ingratiating have returned to claim ‘black type’ victories and on Saturday it will be the turn of Athelric to attempt to improve his record in the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
Phillip Stokes is banking on the unbeaten record of Ancestry at The Valley as being beneficial to the chances of the sprinter in his first-up run from a spell. Ancestry makes his return in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m), the first time the sprinter has run over the trip. The five-year-old son of The Brothers War has raced at The Valley… Read More »
A hit-and-run raid on Melbourne didn’t produce the desired result but it did teach connections of smart mare Villami an important lesson. The daughter of Foxwedge resumed with a Group 3 placing in the Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield, a race co-trainer Gerald Ryan had been confident she could win…. Read More »
ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Anamoe has suffered a setback with Godolphin confirming the colt has spiked a temperature which will force him to miss some work. Trainer James Cummings said he remained hopeful Anamoe would be back on track after a few days rest. “We advise that Anamoe threw a temperature… Read More »
Top jockey Nash Rawiller has suffered a major blow on the eve of the spring carnival, fracturing his foot in a freak incident at Hawkesbury’s Rowley Mile meeting. The injury was inflicted when Rawiller dismounted from Fine Ruby prior to the first race on Thursday and his leg became wedged between the… Read More »
The Darley Yorkshire Oaks is usually won by a smart filly but this year it was won by a filly that is fast becoming a superstar. The Aidan OâBrien trained Snowfall was well enough thought of as a two year old to have connections aiming her at Group 1 prizes… Read More »
Mishriff added to his reputation as the worldâs most versatile racehorse at York when running away with the 2021 renewal of the Juddmonte International. The all-aged Group 1 race lost some of its lustre when the ante-post favourite St Markâs Bailica was withdrawn but that horseâs connections provided an able… Read More »
