Lindsay Park is hoping a float trip to Doomben to gallop on the course proper is the spark Fifty Stars is looking for ahead of the Doomben Cup. Noted for not being one of the flashier trackworkers, the Lindsay Park stable took advantage of using the course proper at Doomben… Read More »
Record wagering turnover in excess of $62 million has been achieved across the three-day Warrnambool carnival. Punters have shown their support for the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival with a record $62.12 million being wagered across the three days of racing. With COVID-19 restricting the 2020 to a two-day meeting, wagering… Read More »
Roma Cup winner Money Matters’ should be better suited in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint on 29th May 2021. Saturday’s Breast Cancer Research of WA â Roma Cup (1200m) victor Money Matters should be even better suited in the $200,000 Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) on May 29, according to jockey… Read More »
Trainer Dan Pearce is toying with the idea of testing 2019 Karrakatta Plate winner Dig Deep over a staying trip this campaign, following an impressive trial at Lark Hill yesterday. Dig Deep, with William Pike aboard, finished third behind Massimo in a 950m trial yesterday, as he prepares to launch his campaign… Read More »
The Goodwood at Morphettville did not pan out for Behemoth the way his trainer David Jolly had hoped and the gelding will now spell ahead of a spring campaign. South Australian trainer David Jolly is likely to follow a similar early Melbourne spring campaign with Behemoth to the one that… Read More »
Trainer prevented from entering horses in races and occupying stall space at Belmont Park, Saratoga & Aqueduct. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced on Monday the temporary suspension of Bob Baffert from entering horses in races and occupying stall space at Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course and Aqueduct Racetrack…. Read More »
Warwick Farm-based trainer Joe Pride has another quality three-year-old on his hands after Ballistic Lover won the Denise’s Joy Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. It was an impressive victory, and an equally impressive ride from Regan Bayliss, as the filly led from start to finish to claim the Listed feature…. Read More »
Up-and-coming star Xtremetime has been sent to the spelling paddock after her tough win in the Woodlands Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. The two-year-old is bypassing the Queensland winter carnival and will be targeted toward the Princess Series in the spring after her narrow 0.09 length victory. It was the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is not expected to push their novice jumpers to the top level too early in the season, preferring to keep them to restricted competition for the time being. With the next round of feature jumps races at Sandown on Sunday courtesy of the Australian Hurdle… Read More »
Dual South African apprentice champion and reigning champion jockey in Mauritius, Nooresh Juglall has died following a race fall. Jockey Nooresh Juglall has died following a race fall at Champ de Mars racecourse in Mauritius. The reigning champion jockey was riding in his third and final race of the first meeting back in Mauritius when… Read More »
Ayrton will be given the opportunity to settle into new surrounds in Brisbane before his next assignment in the Fred Best Classic. Mick Price hopes to have what he describes as potentially the best horse he has trained in Brisbane on Tuesday night to prepare for his next assignment. Unbeaten in… Read More »
After being forced to miss the Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast, Paradee is expected to resume in mares grade rather than the Doomben Cup. Paradee is expected to kick off her Queensland Winter Racing Carnival in a stakes race against fillies and mares rather than take on Group 1 company… Read More »
It has been seventeen years since two Sydney jockeys rode more than 100 winners in a season, but it is a feat that looks set to be achieved this year. James McDonald has already passed the century and sits on 102 victories while Tommy Berry has just nine more to go to reach… Read More »
The latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings have been unveiled and star Australian sprinter Nature Strip is at the top of the tree, an accolade that holds significance for his trainer Chris Waller. The rankings, which cover all performances between January 1 and May 9 this year, had Nature Strip the highest… Read More »
Itâs the Scone Horse Festival and no better time to finalise those who will be âwinning goldâ at the Australian Stud and Stable Staff Award, the SSSA, for 2021. Staged by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and Racing Australia, the Awards are sponsored by MRC Foundation, Australian Turf Club, Magic Millions, Inglis… Read More »
A horse beaten 10+ lengths in a Darwin Cup won a Group l, a top sprinter continued a stellar Autumn while a top rider counts his lucky stars. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Savatoxl Wins Goodwood Savatoxl… Read More »
A horse sent from the Northern Territory to win a provincial cup in South Australia has taken out Adelaide’s feature Group 1 sprint. Savatoxl, a former runner-up in the Darwin Cup (2000m), has shown his sprinting prowess to claim The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. After starting his career… Read More »
A late decision to roll the dice and run Albumin on a wet track at Rosehill has paid dividends with the ghostly grey grabbing victory in a photo finish. Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou were all but resigned to dodging Saturday’s Rosehill meeting with Albumin until the long-term weather… Read More »
The first part of a patient and painstaking plan to advertise Lost And Running as an Everest contender has come to fruition with the emerging star posting his most important win to date in the Listed Luskin Star Stakes at Rosehill. Now, trainer John O’Shea is hoping one of his… Read More »
Realm Of Flowers has won an all-important ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup with a decisive win at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) takes the pressure off trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman in plotting a path towards the Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. Realm Of Flowers broke… Read More »
