The Stocks Stakes is a Group 2 race for mares four years old and over. Taking place at Moonee Valley Racecourse, this 1600 metre event has a long and proud history in Australian racing. Like many races held during this time of the Spring carnival, the Stocks Stakes is a… Read More »
The Sebring Sprint, also known as the Theo Marks Stakes, takes place on Saturday September 15, 2012 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. This Group 2 event has a long and rich history in Australian racing, with the first race taking place in 1946. This 1300 metre race is for horses three… Read More »
The Golden Rose Stakes is a big event each year in Australian racing. Because it is the first Group 1 race of the spring racing carnival, this race attracts a lot of attention from the racing community. Run over 1400 metres, the Golden Rose Stakes attracts horses that are keen… Read More »
The Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes is an open race for weight for age held at the Monnee Valley Track in Melbourne. This 1600 metre event offers prize money of $500,000 and is an important indicator for Group 1 races later in the season. The Dato Tan Chin… Read More »
Multiple Group winning mare Sister Madly has been retired just days after disappointing in a barrier trial. The superbly related six-year-old, a half-sister to champion Hong Kong sprinter Silent Witness, pulled up with a sore foot following the trial on Monday. Subsequent tests showed she was also suffering from a… Read More »
The hearing of charges against Melbourne jockey Danny Nikolic has been postponed due to a legal issue. Nikolic had been scheduled to answer charges involving incidents at last week’s Seymour race meeting involving alleged threats made against Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey. But the hearing before the Racing Appeals… Read More »
Prominent NSW jockey Mathew Cahill has been banned for 12 months as stewards completed an inquiry into his ride on a beaten favourite at a country racetrack. Cahill was disqualified over his running and handling of first starter Astronomer in a race at Goulburn on June 16. He was found… Read More »
Leading jockey Nash Rawiller dominated Wyong Gold Cup day on the racetrack but also fell foul of stewards with his second fine in three days. Racing NSW steward Marc Van Gestel said Rawiller was fined $500 at the Wyong meeting after being found guilty of improper conduct towards an official… Read More »
The Tramway Quality Handicap is a Group 3 race for horses three years and over. This event is run over 1400 metres at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, on the same day as the Group 2 Furious Stakes and Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes. With a history that stretches back to… Read More »
The Makybe Diva Stakes is a Group 2 horse race held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. Formely known as the Craiglee Stakes, this weight for age event is run over 1600 metres. Taking place on Saturday the 8th of September, the 2012 Makybe Diva Stakes is worth $300,000 in prize… Read More »
The Furious Stakes is a Group 2 horse race run over 1400 metres, for 3 year old fillies under set weight conditions. Taking place at Randwick Racecourse, this year’s edition is being run on Saturday the 8th of September, 2012. The Furious Stakes has been held since 1986, as a… Read More »
The Danehill Stakes takes place this weekend, Saturday the 8th of September, 2012. This 1200 metre race is a Group 2 event for three year old horses, with prize money of $250,000 up for offer. The Danehill Stakes has been going since 1982, with a number of well known horses… Read More »
The Concorde Stakes is a Group 3 quality handicap horse race in Australia, open to horses three years and over. The 1100 metre Concorde Stakes is run at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, with the 2012 edition taking place on Saturday the 8th of September. There has been a number of… Read More »
The Chelmsford Stakes have a long and rich history in Australian racing, going back all the way to 1895. During this time, a lot of famous horses have won this race, which is a weight for age event run over 1600 metres. The Chelmsford Stakes is a Group 2 race… Read More »
The Bobby Lewis Quality is a VRC Group 3 handicap race for horses four year olds and upwards. This race is run over a distance of 1200 metres, taking place each year at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. This year’s edition is being run on Saturday the 8th of September, with total… Read More »
James McDonald is set to miss the first two Group One meetings of the season in Sydney after he was suspended for weighing in light after a race at Canterbury on Wednesday. The leading New Zealand rider, who has just made the permanent move to Sydney, had his winning double… Read More »
The Victorian racing industry has copped a battering in recent weeks but on Wednesday it was the weather that inflicted the damage. The midweek meeting at Sandown was abandoned after just one race when jockeys expressed safety concerns over fierce winds which lashed the course. Racing Victoria deputy chairman of… Read More »
Jockey Danny Nikolic has been banned from riding following a verbal clash with Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey at the Seymour race meeting. A trainer with a runner at Seymour said an incident occurred between the two before the running of race seven. The trainer, who did not want to… Read More »
Shane Scriven, the Queensland jockey who made it to the top despite a constant struggle with his weight, has announced his retirement. Scriven says he decided to call an end to his 33-year career during a Father’s Day gathering with his family. “After all these years I haven’t got it… Read More »
Christian Reith has narrowly avoided missing the biggest day of his career through suspension. Reith was outed for careless riding at Rosehill on Saturday with his seven-meeting ban reduced to six because it incorporates upcoming stakes meetings. That allows him to return in time to partner Golden Rose favourite Nechita… Read More »
