Pam O’Neill has received yet another well-deserved honour when being inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall Of Fame at a function held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. ‘Pioneer’ is almost a prefix to the Pam O’Neill name and never has that description been more aptly used in the… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the evening. Race One: 5 Virtus Star Race Two: 4 Play Wise Race Three: 9 Rewarding Together Race Four: 3 Jazz Steed Race Five: 1 Loving A Boom Race Six: 1 Regency Master… Read More »
Popular trainer Udyta Clarke has shown some positive signs on Wednesday morning as she fights for her life following a bleed to her brain. Udyta Clarke was rushed to hospital on Monday night after suffering a sudden bleed to her brain and was put into intensive care. There has been… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been confirmed as the new trainers for Alligator Blood after his owners split with former conditioner David Vandyke. The four-year-old has been prepared by Vandyke to win nine of his 15 starts, highlighted by the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington in February. However,… Read More »
In yet another body blow to owners of racehorses, the Canadian Provincial Govt of Ontario has suspended horse racing in that province. Which means the thousands of horses in work at Woodbine cannot race. It comes as a knee-jerk reaction to the second wave of COVID-19 positives in the greater… Read More »
If you look on social media, the dust has yet to settle on the breakup between trainer David Vandyke and the owners of Alligator Blood with many people still seemingly keen to weigh in on the matter. But that story is well and truly over. Apart from the fact that… Read More »
Viridine has been allotted 61kg for the Starlight Stakes but the $1 million prize money earner looks well tuned for a big run fresh following two recent trials. Viridine’s likely opposition will come from stablemate Varda, who won four straight on heavy tracks over the winter before finishing fourth behind… Read More »
Angela Davies has an eye on the Villiers Stakes for Through The Cracks but her stable star will need to perform well when he lines up in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. The ultra-consistent Through The Cracks is among 20 horses nominated for the $160,000 Group Three Festival Stakes over… Read More »
Trainer Udyta Clarke is fighting for life after she suffered a medical episode at her house on Monday night. The popular trainer was found unresponsive at her Cranbourne stables on Monday night and was rushed to the emergency department at the Monash Hospital where doctors have detected a hypertensive brain… Read More »
This Saturday at Rosehill, the Class Two TAB Highway (1200m) was won by Noble Boy two years ago before he went on to win the Country Championships. Come this Saturday, a talented three year old from Wagga is looking to follow an identical path. Gary Colvin has Another One lined… Read More »
The fact is he has always had his license. Birchley has confirmed that he never actually relinquished or lost his license during those most trying of times when he was handed a one year suspension … which he then had overturned on appeal so many months later … but he… Read More »
The booking of top jockey Craig Williams has given Joe Pride a confidence boost ahead of the return of Royal Witness in the Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Sydney trainer pinpointed the 1000 metre sprint as an ideal campaign starting point for the speedster and was thrilled to snap… Read More »
An exciting stayer from the Matt Cumani yard has been the latest horse to be sold to Hong Kong interests. The Matt Cumani trained Hit The Shot has been sold to Hong Kong interests and will do the rest of his racing overseas. “He is a horse that’s shown a… Read More »
Thoroughbred racing in South Australia will benefit from a return to pre-COVID prizemoney levels in a series of funding decisions announced today by the Board of Thoroughbred Racing South Australia (TRSA). The new prizemoney levels – which come into effect on 1 December – also include an increase equal to… Read More »
Patrick Ryan Junior is approaching the Jericho Cup with a degree of confidence knowing Golden Flag has already proven he can handle the distance of Australia’s longest flat race. Last year, Golden Flag finished second to classy stayer Ablaze in the second running of the 4600 metre event at Warrnambool… Read More »
Purple Sector was not able to give John Thompson the perfect spring carnival ending in the The Gong but the trainer has still enjoyed an impressive innings. The rejuvenated five-year-old, who was well-fancied in Saturday’s $1 million The Gong, finished seventh to Archedemus after settling handy to the speed and… Read More »
Talented sprinter Scallopini will be given another chance to halt the Jonker juggernaut in the George Moore Stakes. Co-trainer Matt Hoysted said Scallopini will line up in the Group Three George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben on December 5 after losing round one against Jonker in the Keith Noud Quality… Read More »
Sometimes in life you just have to acknowledge death can work for you. And today at a tight little bush racetrack in northern NSW called Ballina, we see a moment in time that may be meant to be. Let me explain. Former popular, talented horse-breaker and Warwick Farm trainer Rick… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke will not be the trainer of star Queensland galloper Alligator Blood when the horse returns. David Vandyke will no longer train for owner Allan Endresz after he told him “he doesn’t want to train for him any more” last week. There has been rumoured tension between the… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained Pancho has won the feature on Sunday at Kilmore the Kilmore Cup. The form for Pancho was franked on Saturday when Irish Flame won the Ballarat Cup and it continued with the son of Dissident winning the feature event at Kilmore on Sunday. Jockey Craig Williams… Read More »
