Despite it being late in the two-year-old season fans may have witnessed one of the best at Scone on Friday. The Kris Lees trained The Bopper was the short priced $1.45 TAB favourite for the Inglis Challenge at Scone and he didn’t let punters down winning with a leg in… Read More »
News in from Lexington, Kentucky is that The Breedersâ Cup has launched Cup branded face masks, currently available for preorder at BreedersCupShop.com. Featuring the Breedersâ Cup signature horsehead profile printed with its traditional purple background, with all proceeds donated to Breedersâ Cup Charities, the official charity outreach program for COVID-19… Read More »
Australiaâs latest wonder horse, RUSSIAN CAMELOT, is worth $45million, should he go and win the Kentucky Derby. And being Northern Hemisphere bred, plus, now thanks to the pandemic, the great race has been pushed back to 5 September, winning is highly possible. But unlikely,â said one of his part-owners, Dan… Read More »
Last Monday, we were the first ones to break the story that WA apprentice Chris Graham was facing a holiday on the sidelines for not trying too hard on his mount PUSHINâ SHAPES. Last night those stewards met with the lad. They questioned him at length, he said his saddle… Read More »
This horse may not amount to anything, but Holy Killing Cane Toads Is Necessary Batman, this was some sort of a run. The horse is named TALES OF THE HEART (Show A Heart-Tail Of A Diva). And the race is a maiden at Dalby. He opened at $1.55, blew to… Read More »
Trainer Mick Bell has gotten a little more crazy during isolation and has released a song about his stable star Jungle Edge. Jungle Edge is set to line-up in Saturday’s G1 The Goodwood at Morphettville after the DC Mackay Stakes in Adelaide at his last start. Trainer Mick Bell performs… Read More »
Punters at Quirindi have been left reeling after a deceptive finish. The heavily backed Wrongfully Wrong looked to have won quite easily in the sixth race at today’s Quirindi meeting but punters were left confused when the race was resulted and the finishing numbers were announced with Schemer declared the… Read More »
Hmmmm, this is fascinating. A WA apprentice is facing time following a ride at Ascot last Saturday that is causing some angst among racing folks. Before we get to that, last week the Qld stewards, after enquiry, suspended star Brisbane apprentice Baylee Nothdurft for 3 months because, in their view,… Read More »
The enigma that is So Si Bon has made it back to back wins at Caulfield. The team at Lindsey Park have worked So Si Bon out and he has made it back to back wins for the first time in his rather long racing career. So Si Bon was… Read More »
Boom three-year-old Masked Crusader has stamped himself as a horse to watch ahead of the Spring after a dominant win at Randwick. Masked Crusader went to Randwick having won two of his three career starts and was sent out as the odds on favourite and backers were never in trouble… Read More »
The return date for racing in Tasmania has been announced subject to a risk assessment. All three codes of racing are set to return in Tasmania on June 13th but will be subject to a risk and public health assessment. More to come…. Racing in Tasmania will resume on the… Read More »
When JOEYâS GIFT (Pluck-Special Order) saddles up on Saturday in the Open 2YO race at Caulfield, a lot more people than normal will be watching her. Thatâs because this pint-sized filly, who was passed-in at an online auction as a 2YO, then sold outright from her paddock at the farm… Read More »
In a phone call with Prime Minister Scott Morrison Queen Elizabeth II expressed her delight that racing in Australia was able to continue running during the COVID-19 crisis. Scott Morrison mentioned in social media posts on Tuesday night he had a phone call from Queen Elizabeth II with the avid… Read More »
A barrier attendant has shown his commitment to his job saving the day for a runner at Tampa Bay Downs this morning. The attendant was able to keep ahold of a horse who brok through the starting gate preventing the horse from bolting causing both a delay and the likelihood… Read More »
Hands up if you remember the still magnificent finishing burst HAURAKI displayed in the winning the 2016 version of the Gr 1 Epsom Hcp. To recap, and this is important, he came from stone-motherless in the spread-out field of 13 on the bend, yet flashed down the Randwick straight to… Read More »
High profile Melbourne jockey Ben Melham faces charges relating to bets totalling thousands of dollars made through his partner’s account. Racing Victoria stewards on Monday issued seven charges against Melham over bets made during a six-month period last year. One of the charges is for giving false or misleading evidence… Read More »
The coronavirus has sent the world into a spin, as we know, and has become the platform for really weird, strange things on social media. Especially on Twitter. We had Post a Racing Pic without any comment which thousands of people all over the world did. And now we have… Read More »
Queensland stewards are questioning the ride of jockey Baylee Nothdurft on Vega One at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Vega One was a luckless fourth in the race won by stablemate Just Orm but it was Nothdurft’s ride that sparked the most attention out of the race with the leading… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan’s belief star filly Isotope was more than a speed horse was confirmed in a come-from-behind-win at the Sunshine Coast. At her first run Isotope won a Doomben two-year-old over 1050m by 10 lengths after racing in the lead. Sent out a prohibitive favourite, Isotope sat fourth,… Read More »
Hours of extra work with two-year-old Eelloh paid off for trainer Desleigh Forster when the filly gave her first $151 winner at the Sunshine Coast. As much as $151 was bet at the TAB about Eelloh before she got up in the last bound to beat Batangas Lad ($5.50) by… Read More »
