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 »
Jockey Jacob Opperman must have thought being a jockey was simple after his first race ride won by 50L before it was declared a non race. Opperman was riding the heavily backed Miss Gatsby in the race and she jumped to the front and led all the way to an… Read More »
Here’s another good thing beaten video. And this just may be the best one you’ve seen. To set it up before you watch, look at the opening of the video. You’ll see a horse named STRAWB (Fastnet Rock-Joy Toy) being loaded into the extreme widest gate. She is the last… Read More »
Four horses have died in a truck accident near Lindsay Park at Euroa in a scene co-trainer Tom Dabernig has described as devastating. Three Shadwell Stud-owned fillies, all trained by Lindsay Park, and an unnamed broodmare were killed in the accident on Monday night soon after leaving the training property… Read More »
Punters will be licking their wounds at the Gold Coast today after what was one of the sickest beats you’ll see this year. It was an eventful race from the beginning with jockey Glen Colless dislodged from his mount as they left the barriers. The Michael Costa-trained La Pulga was… Read More »
These outstanding runs are starting to bob up all over the racing spectrum, and I’ll keep finding them. Watch this win. It was achieved on Thursday at Wyong and I’m tipping gave birth to a staying career we will hear a LOT more about. The horse is trained by John… Read More »
Just stop what you’re doing for 58sec please, and have a look at this. It’s the barrier trial of a 2YO named WISDOM OF WATER (Headwater-Regal Tier) and he’s trained by Team Edmonds. Now, yes I know it’s only a trial and most of the others weren’t pushed out or… Read More »
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia is withholding Maximum Security’s winning prize money for the $20 million Saudi Cup, after trainer Jason Servis was indicted on federal charges in the United States. The trainer is one of 27 people indicted by the District Attorney for the Southern District of New… Read More »
Daring Tact has extended her unbeaten record to three from three with victory in the Oka Sho, the Japanese 1000 Guineas, at Hanshin. Trained by Haruki Sugiyama, Daring Tact is a daughter of 2014 Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia. The filly produced produced an extraordinary burst of speed from back in… Read More »
Champion racehorse Might And Power has sadly passed away on Sunday morning due to colic complications. The Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup winner who was a resident of the Living Legends retirement home near Melbourne was rushed to Werribee Equine Centre on Saturday night but could not be… Read More »
Racing fans saw one of the most dominant wins they will ever see at Doomben today with first starer Isotope winning by the length of the straight. The Tony Gollan trained Isotope was sent out as the very heavily backed favourite after being backed from $4.00 into $1.75 with Sportsbet… Read More »
How fast does a year fly by? Last year, this Saturday, we said good bye to the greatest equine athlete we’ve ever seen and perhaps the best globally of all-time when WINX retired….after winning the Gr 1 Queen Elizabeth. She has since tested positive in foal to I Am Invincible… Read More »
Plenty of ignorant social media play over past two days once it was revealed Glen Boss will replace little Aussie battler, hoop James Innes Jnr, on Nettoyer this Saturday. Innes, who doesn’t get many Saturday rides, picked up the mount at the 11th hour when pretty much everyone else was… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner trainer Danny O’Brien has unearthed another star galloper at Pakenham on Thursday night. Russian Camelot was having his fourth career start where he was sent out as the heavily backed $1.35 favourite with Sportsbet and he made it a very easy watch for anyone willing to take… Read More »
I’m not saying this filly will scale any great heights, and no doubt there will be comments below after reading this, stating, “oh she beat nothing.” Which may all prove to be correct. After all, this was only a bush maiden 2YO. But, I think you’ll agree this was some… Read More »
One of the things we prize about Australian racing is just how accurate, swift, and diligent the Stewards are. Perhaps rivalled by those in Hong Kong, but substantially better than most other racing jurisdictions on earth. And I for one am a fan of the Aussie Stewards. So when you… Read More »
Those racegoers who regularly listen to Sydney’s metro caller, Darren Flindell, have probably come to know he likes to play with horse names during his call. I say probably because I think in the heat of the call most listeners simply miss his quirky, clever, Darrenisms. Which is a shame… Read More »
There are many reasons a horse could get scratched ahead of a race but a Bjorn Baker runner set to go around at Wellington could take the cake for most unusual. The Bjorn Baker trained Twilight Sun was scheduled to run in Race Three at Wellington on Sunday although it… Read More »
Syndicator OTI Racing announced Tom Melbourne’s retirement after the nine-year-old gelding finished unplaced in Saturday’s Listed Old Comrade Stakes in Perth. Tom Melbourne won six of his 51 starts and more than $1.4 million prize money. His best performances include the 2016 Listed Albury Cup and 2019 Listed Carrington Stakes…. Read More »
