With the Magic Millions at the Gold Coast fast approaching, the good racing begins and with that, the door for 2023 will be properly shut. Looking back, it was a great year of racing, particularly with some outstanding wins right across the calendar year. Down below is what we feel… Read More »
With the Magic Millions at the Gold Coast fast approaching, the good racing begins and with that, the door for 2023 will be properly shut. Looking back, it was a great year of racing, but with great racing comes unlucky runs, some of which are tattooed on the brain. Down… Read More »
Star jockey Jamie Kah has made a flying visit back home to trial an unraced two-year-old filly at Murray Bridge. The Clarken racing team could have uncovered a star two-year-old on Thursday morning after Jamie Kah rode the unraced daughter of Written Tycoon named Kuroyanagi to an easy win in… Read More »
South Australian jockey Alice Lindsay has been slapped with an eight-meeting suspension following her improper riding incident at Naracoorte last week. The 30-year-old rider was charged by stewards for her actions during the third race on Friday, December 29, when she struck rival horse Valkur on the head with her… Read More »
Sprint form reins at the top of Australia’s top-rating winners for 2023 with the four standout performances coming in races of 1400 metres of shorter. Sydney’s autumn sprint crown, the Group 1 T J Smith Stakes, produced the premier race for the year under the Racing And Sports Rating model… Read More »
Retired jockey Damien Oliver concluded his remarkable career with a $500 fine for a pre-post salute on Munhamek at Ascot’s Damien Oliver Gold Rush. Oliver’s third consecutive win marked a memorable retirement moment, riding in his 20,329th race. Despite initial challenges from a wide draw, he secured victory by punching… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has had a fairytail finish to his illustrious riding career riding three winners at his last three rides. Oli had a good book of rides at Ascot but had to wait until race seven to get his first winner steering favourite Devine Belief to win before… Read More »
Boom colt Amazing Eagle was one of the biggest draw cards on today’s Randwick meeting although the horse failed to live up to the hype from his barrier trial and was well beaten as long odds on favourite. Amazing Eagle was sent out as the short priced favourite ($1.40) with… Read More »
Champion Perth jockey Willie Pike has pulled off a bit of magic aboard exciting mare Yonga Lass at Ascot. Yonga Lass was sent out as the heavily backed short priced favourite with online betting sites in the Schweppes Handicap at Ascot and punters would have been ripping up their tickets… Read More »
In an unusual turn of events, a race at Kanazawa Racecourse in Japan was disrupted last night due to a lighting system failure. The course lights went out unexpectedly just before the home turn during a 1400-meter race, leading to confusion and the eventual cancellation of the race and the… Read More »
A WA three-year-old has scored a win in a Listed race at Ascot which needs to be seen to be believed. A stakes winner asa two-year-old the Luke Fernie trained Ripcord has come from an unimaginable position to take out the Place Ark Stakes on Saturday. Ripcord sat at the… Read More »
Golden Ticket/Win And You Are In races have become more and more popular over time, especially when it comes to races like the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, and the whole idea of ballot exemption races are in the spotlight this week with news The Gateway, which was a golden… Read More »
The race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup (3200m) is fast approaching. It’s the best known race on the Australian calendar and is starting to become the race that stops a world given the significant international increase in recent years. Cup Info 🏆: View the latest 2023 Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Japanese Galloper Equinox has once again proven himself as a dominant force on the track, securing his fifth consecutive Group 1 victory in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo on Sunday, October 29. Under the skilled guidance of jockey Christophe Lemaire and training by Tetsuya Kimura, Equinox, the highest-rated… Read More »
A dramatic incident unfolded at Carlisle during the 2m4f handicap hurdle when a ground staff worker narrowly avoided injury. The staff member had been preparing the starting tape but, as the race began, attempted to cross the track and was knocked over by the horse Euchan Falls, trained by Mike… Read More »
The best race Australia has to offer is the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Regarded as the ‘best two minutes in sport’, the 2040m contest brings together the best of the best Australia has to offer and in recent years, it has also brought in an international flavour. The Cox… Read More »
The Caulfield Cup has probably lost its place as one of the elite races on the Australian racing calendar at a time where pop up races and prizemoney are running rampart. But that said, the 2400m contest has a long and proud history and is part of the ‘Grand Slam’… Read More »
Golden Gate in the United States on the weekend was the scene of another added chapter to ‘Unusual Racing Events’ with Morning Addiction recording one of the more remarkable wins you’ll see. The six year old mare, who started favourite, found the lead quite comfortably and it looked to be… Read More »
At a race meeting in Killarney, Ireland, confusion reigned as the third race’s $4.5 favourite and initial ‘winner’, Ano Manna—trained by John Feane and ridden by Leigh Roche—was subsequently identified as Indigo Five, a horse slated to run later in the day. The mistaken identity and human error led to… Read More »
Horse racing. Known as the ‘Sport Of Kings’, an industry worth billions, a very serious business…but to some, it’s a great chance for a piss take and a laugh. A good way of doing that is via horse names, some a play on words, some on the risque side and… Read More »
