Jockey Daniel Ganderton’s latest brush with racing officialdom will continue with confirmation he will appeal a two-month suspension. As expected, Ganderton has lodged an appeal against the long ban for his ride on a recent Sydney midweek runner. Suspended over his handling of the two-year-old Bennetta at Canterbury, Ganderton can… Read More »
Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags has been retired with a tendon injury and his owner Phyllis Wyeth is considering stud offers. His retirement came just weeks after Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another was retired to stand at stud in Japan. I’ll Have Another was found to have… Read More »
Greg McFarlane, who is currently training on a stay of proceedings, will have his appeal against a four-month suspension heard next month. McFarlane’s appeal against the severity of his ban over a positive swab for one of his runners has been set down for August 10. The Rosehill-based trainer was… Read More »
Australian champion mare Black Caviar has commenced the final leg of her trip home from England with her Cathay Pacific Cargo flight departing Hong Kong for Melbourne on Tuesday. Black Caviar, whose Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes win at Ascot made it 22 from 22 starts, is due back in… Read More »
Popular racehorse owner and breeder Geoff White has died in Sydney aged 81 after a short illness. A prominent engineer who was honoured with the Order of Australia Medal in 1998, White and his wife Beryl have been familiar faces at racetracks for many decades with their distinctive purple and… Read More »
So You Think has been officially retired to stud and will return to Australia for the southern hemisphere breeding season. The 10-time Group One winner was found to have pulled a muscle in his hind quarter forcing him out of this weekend’s Eclipse Stakes which was to be his last… Read More »
With the 2012 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival just around the corner, we take a look at the dates for each Group race starting with the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield on the 28th to the Ballarat cup on the 25th November. View the full Spring Racing Carnival 2012 race dates. Saturday… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) today announced the appointment of global executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates to assist in the formal process of CEO succession, following the announcement Mr Dale Monteith will be leaving the Club at the end of 2012. VRC Chairman Mr Michael Burn said with the… Read More »
Walter Haefner, founder and owner of the famed Moyglare Stud in Ireland, has died in Switzerland at the age of 101. Dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer Dermot Weld was his principal trainer for almost 40 years during which Haefner’s horses were successful on the world stage. His wins included the… Read More »
The Black Caviar camp has deflected talk of the mare’s retirement as she prepares to return home following her narrow win at Royal Ascot. Amid an air of shock that she only won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes by a bare margin with jockey Luke Nolen shouldering the blame, talk she… Read More »
Leading trainer Chris Waller could rush Tromso back from Brisbane in a bid to claim back-to-back Civic Stakes wins at Rosehill. Tromso made his only Brisbane winter carnival appearance on Saturday, finishing just behind the Healy Stakes placegetters at Eagle Farm. The stable’s racing manager Liam Prior said the recent… Read More »
2:40pm (11:40pm AEST) – Unfortunately the indications are here that the server is about to collapse. Therefore, we have to end this live blog prematurely. Head over to my Twitter feed, @AndrewNJHawkins, for continuing coverage of this (hopefully) historic day. LISTED CHESHAM STAKES 1. THA’IR 2. CRUCK REALTA 3. LOVELY… Read More »
Australia’s superstar mare Black Caviar is set to take on the world tomorrow morning at 12:50am at Ascot racecourse during the Royal Ascot carnival. It is expected that more than 5,000 Australian’s will be on course to cheer her own in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes but Just Horse… Read More »
Australia’s champion mare will have to overcome barrier 15 to win Saturday’s Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes and cement herself as the best sprinter in the world. The Diamond Jubilee Stakes is run over 1207m down the Ascot straight. Australian’s will have their fingers crossed that the outside will benefit… Read More »
Welcome to Just Horse Racing’s news and discussions for Day 1 of the Royal Ascot racing carnival. Join Morgan Payne and Andrew Hawkins live from Ascot racecourse to share and talk about today’s racing which includes two Australian runners ‘Ortensia’ and ‘Helmet’ as well as England’s best racehorse ‘Frankel’. Join… Read More »
Queensland’s top juvenile Sizzling had to produce something special to win Saturday’s Group One TJ Smith at Eagle Farm. The Kelso Wood-trained colt, perfectly ridden by Chris Munce, looked to be in trouble halfway down the straight but pulled out all stops to reel in the Gai Waterhouse-trained Kabayan to… Read More »
I’ll Have Another has been retired due to a tendon injury on the eve of his bid for the US Triple Crown. The colt was found to have a swollen tendon on Friday, the day before the Belmont Stakes in New York. “It’s a bummer. It’s not tragic, but it’s… Read More »
Australian sensation Black Caviar has arrived safely in Britain ahead of her intended run at Royal Ascot. The five-year-old mare is unbeaten in 21 starts for trainer Peter Moody and is a firm favourite for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at the Royal meeting. Black Caviar landed at Heathrow airport late… Read More »
Consistent Mare Let’s Be Happy will return to racing in tomorrow’s $100,000 Pooles Golden Topaz at Swan Hill. Let’s Be Happy this day Last year would have been running at Hamilton in 0-72 and been beaten 11.4 lengths but since then she has earnt the title of Australia’s most improved racehorse… Read More »
I’ll Have Another will have to overcome barrier 11 in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes if he is to win the Triple Crown which includes the Kentucky Derby the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. The last Triple Crown winner was in 1978 by a horse called Affirmed. Information on I’ll Have… Read More »
