The 2012 Newmarket Handicap barrier draw and final field will be released tomorrow and it’s likely the field will include star sprinter Hay List, Bel Sprinter, Rain Affair, Foxwedge, Lone Rock and last weekends Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim.
A decision on whether racing at Eagle Farm goes ahead will be made following an early morning track inspection by Racing Queensland stewards on Wednesday. Eagle Farm is already rated a heavy (10) but a low situated off southeast Queensland is causing some concerns despite only drizzling conditions prevailing for… Read More »
High-profile jockey Blake Shinn was taken to hospital for X-rays on an ankle injury after a fall at Tuesday’s Rosehill barrier trials. Fellow top jockey Kerrin McEvoy was able to walk away from a separate incident but stood himself down from the remainder of the trial session with sore ribs… Read More »
Leading jockey Glyn Schofield will appeal a suspension over his Hobartville Stakes ride on star three-year-old Manawanui. Schofield was suspended for nine meetings after he was found guilty of careless riding in a controversial finish to the Group Two race. He is due to start the suspension on Sunday, a… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra has had a small win after appealing the severity of 27-meeting suspension for failing to ride out a horse at Ballarat. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Monday shaved off five meetings after taking into account the extenuating circumstances surrounding Zahra easing up on the Robert… Read More »
Jockey Steven King will miss next week’s Super Saturday meeting at Flemington after he was suspended for an incident which could have resulted in Damien Oliver suffering his second fall in as many days. Racing Victoria stewards found King guilty of careless riding in Saturday’s PFD Food Services Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
An inspection of the Rosehill track will take place on Saturday morning with the surface a heavy (9) on the eve of the important Silver Slipper Stakes meeting. The Australian Turf Club’s racecourse manager Lindsay Murphy said a further 8mm of rain had fallen at Rosehill on Friday on top… Read More »
Mark Zahra will appeal a 27-meeting suspension for failing to ride out a horse at Ballarat. Zahra rode the Robert Smerdon-trained Cue Sea in Thursday’s ACE Insurance 3YO Maiden Plate (1600m) and, after setting up a commanding lead in the home straight, was beaten in a photo finish. The Mick… Read More »
Popular jockey Marlon Dolendo has made a triumphant return to race riding with a winner at Taree on Friday, his first meeting since undergoing a kidney transplant last year. Dolendo, 39, had two rides at the Taree meeting and scored aboard the Jenelle Butler-trained Can Be Silly in his second… Read More »
When Nathan Berry saw Lionel Cohen’s number appear on his mobile phone a couple of weeks ago, a big grin appeared on his face. Cohen trains Aeronautical, the gelding Berry rode four times last preparation including in the $1 million Golden Rose after he won the Listed Rosebud Quality aboard… Read More »
Victorian trainers are busy rescheduling race dates for their horses after Racing Victoria called off another two meetings following this week’s heavy rain across much of the state. Friday’s meeting at Sale and Sunday’s Wangaratta Cup meeting have been abandoned after the racecourses received 45mm and more than 100mm of… Read More »
Torrential rain in recent days and a bleak forecast has forced Racing NSW stewards to transfer Saturday’s provincial meeting from Kembla Grange to Gosford. Kembla Grange, to the south of Sydney, received more than 80mm of rain up until Wednesday afternoon and with more rain predicted, stewards made the decision… Read More »
Kidney transplant recipient Marlon Dolendo will make a remarkable comeback to race riding at Taree on Friday. The popular jockey has two mounts at the NSW north coast track, Gold Vision for Neil Godbolt in the opening race and Can Be Silly for Jenelle Butler in the third event. It… Read More »
Some facts about the Group One $750,000 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. * First run in 1986 as a Group Three event and won by True Version. * Group One from 1987. * For three-year-olds under set weight conditions. * Race conducted over 2000m as the final leg… Read More »
Helmet’s chances of claiming Saturday’s Group One Australian Guineas strengthened on Wednesday when he drew well in barrier five. However, filly Mosheen’s prospects dived when she came up with the outside barrier in 20. A final field of 16 and four emergencies was paid up for the 1600-metre Flemington feature… Read More »
Trainer John McNair has fired a broadside at the handicapping of Hay List in next month’s Newmarket Handicap and will strongly recommend to the owners that the star sprinter not run in the Group One feature. Racing Victoria handicapper Neil Jennings gave Hay List 58.5kg for the time-honoured Flemington sprint… Read More »
A bronze statue commemorating champion New Zealand mare Sunline will be unveiled at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland next week. The permanent memorial, which will stand beside her grave just outside the entrance to the stables, honours the mare who won Group One races in three countries and was named Horse… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready has displaced Raceway as favourite for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper following her brilliant win in Victoria’s premier two-year-old race. But Raceway’s trainer Gai Waterhouse has more ammunition than most being aimed at the Group One race on April 7, among them Pierro who is… Read More »
Horse Racing heads to Caulfield racecourse today for the 2012 Blue Diamond Stakes day with a nice very good races. We take a look at the race scratchings. Blue Diamond Stakes day Field’s & Form Guide Race 1: 6 Martinka Race 2: No scratchings Race 3: 4 Canonized Race 4:… Read More »
Heavy rain has forced the cancellation of Saturday’s Eagle Farm races. The meeting, which was to feature the Listed Falvelon Handicap (1200m), was called off after the track was declared unsafe following 60 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours. Racing Queensland chief steward Wade Birch inspected Eagle Farm… Read More »
