Blake Shinn will spend more time on the sidelines after being suspended for careless riding at Rosehill on Saturday. Shinn was given a four-meeting ban after contributing to interference caused to Leica Larrikin when he rode Nextanix in the ClubsNSW Spring Preview Handicap (1400m). The jockey’s suspension will start after… Read More »
The Starlight Stakes is a relatively new addition to the Spring racing circuit, with the inaugural race taking place in 1999. This 1100 metre race has prize money of $100,000 on offer, with horses three years old or more ready to fight it out this Saturday at Rosehill. $250 Starlight Stakes… Read More »
There is a lot of excitement surrounding the 2012 Regal Roller Stakes, with lots of quality horses making the trip to Caulfield this weekend. This 1200 metre race features 21 nominations, with a few horses having a good chance to make history and join the past winners list. The Regal… Read More »
The 39th Aust Infantry Vain Stakes takes places this weekend, 18th of August 2012. This $120,000 feature takes place over 1100 metres at Caulfield, where it is the third race on Saturday. Like many races this early in Spring, punters will be looking to the Vain Stakes as a way… Read More »
The Quezette Stakes takes place this weekend, the 18th of August 2012. Race 4 at Caulfied this Saturday, the Lister Quezette Stakes is a 1100 metre race for three-year old fillies with set weights plus penalties. The total prize pool is $120,000, with first getting $72,000, second $21,600, third $10,800,… Read More »
The early market Cox Plate favourite and Mark Kavanagh-trained mare ‘Atlantic Jewel’ has been ruled out of this years Spring Racing Carnival after reports she has hurt a tendon which has continued to cause the star mare issues. Atlantic Jewel is a 4YO daughter of Fastnet Rock who has won seven from seven… Read More »
Jockey Hari Singh is in a critical condition in Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital after suffering head injuries in a fall at Tamworth. Singh was reported to be conscious when attended to at the track on Tuesday and was taken to Tamworth Hospital. Racing NSW safety officer Maurice Logue said he… Read More »
The 2011 Australian Derby winner Shamrocker has become the latest spring carnival defector with trainer Danny O’Brien confirming the mare’s retirement. Shamrocker, who missed this year’s autumn carnival, had a spring comeback cut short after an indifferent performance in a Flemington jump-out earlier this month. News of her retirement comes… Read More »
Champion mare Typhoon Tracy has died while giving birth to her first foal at Vinery Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley. Vinery confirmed the 2010 Australian Horse of the Year had died suddenly, shortly after producing a healthy colt by Street Cry. “The family has been with us for a… Read More »
The world’s fastest racehorse, the man who trains her and the jockey who rides her have been named Victoria’s leading performers for the 2011-2012 racing season. As well as being named the state’s Racehorse of the Year, Black Caviar officially provided the season’s most memorable moment with victory, the 19th… Read More »
The winning streak of apprentice Tegan Harrison has come to an abrupt halt after she was suspended for the second time in a week for careless riding. Harrison, who is equal leader with Larry Cassidy in the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership, will be sidelined for three weeks after she pleaded guilty… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed has made a promising season return with a closing third in the Group Three Spring Stakes at Morphettville. The mare encountered traffic problems in Saturday’s feature and got going late but ran out of time to pick up the leaders over 1200 metres. The well-supported… Read More »
This year’s Missile Stakes is almost with us, taking place on Saturday 11th of August. This Group 3 weight-for-age event is the first group race in the Sydney spring racing carnival, and lots of people are anticipating an exciting start to the season. The Missile Stakes has a long and… Read More »
Retired stallion Carnegie has been put down at Darley’s Kelvinside Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley. Sheikh Mohammed’s first Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner in 1994, Carnegie was euthanased due to the infirmities of old age. Carnegie began his stud career for Darley in Japan and shuttled to New… Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Lucas Cranach has been ruled out of the spring and will undergo an operation for a bone chip. The German import was the early favourite for the Melbourne Cup and had also been nominated for the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup. While he will miss the major… Read More »
Moonlight Cloud, who almost beat Black Caviar at Royal Ascot, ran out an impressive winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest for the second successive year. The Freddie Head-trained filly, who came so close to being the first horse to beat the legendary Black Caviar in the Diamond Jubilee, absolutely… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd was a two-time winner at Doomben on Saturday but finished the day on the wrong side of stewards. Lloyd, who was successful aboard Congo and Startsmeup, was suspended for six meetings for causing interference aboard Shekinaar to Skating On Ice in the home straight. Stewards also suspended jockey… Read More »
Australian sprinter Ortensia has claimed a dominant Group Two win at Goodwood after a frustrating English summer to set up a tilt at the Nunthorpe Stakes. Thwarted by the wet weather when fourth in the July Cup at Newmarket and well below her best form in the King’s Stand at… Read More »
So You Think has arrived home in Australia from Ireland accompanied by newly crowned champion sire Fastnet Rock. After completing quarantine the pair will head to Coolmore’s Hunter Valley stud where So You Think will begin his new career and Fastnet Rock will continue where he left off last spring…. Read More »
As many of us expected the world’s best race horse ‘Frankel’ has eclipsed his three rivals in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood racecourse by over 6 Lengths. It’s not often a horse gets sent out at $1.04 and can be considered good value but punters who took the… Read More »
