Overnight Godolphin’s superstar BENBATL just etched his name into the record books when he brilliantly and easily won the Gr 2 Al Maktoum Challenge on the dirt. Just watch the replay. Oh he is a star! Benbatl scoots home on dirt debut for @CSoumillon, Saeed bin Suroor and @godolphin… #DWCCarnival… Read More »
On Saturday at Caulfield, a massive and rather impressive milestone will be reached by everybody’s horse they love to hate: SO SI BON. Or will it? So Si Bon, who right from when he was a 2YO promised sooo much as a racehorse, faces his 11 rivals in the Gr… Read More »
Star colt Yes Yes Yes has been retired with a tendon injury ending his career. The winner of the $14 million Everest in the spring, Yes Yes Yes was found to have heat in his near foreleg on Saturday morning. While the injury is not considered too serious, veterinary advice… Read More »
One of the biggest boom horses in recent years Royal Symphony has been sold cheap in an online auction and will stand at stud. The son of Domesday recently sold online in Inglis’ January sale to Claremont Thoroughbreds’ Greg Daffey for $42,500 where he will stand at stud for a… Read More »
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-winning jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot has strongly denied allegations of rape made against him. Boudot, 27, who won Europe’s premier middle-distance race in October aboard Waldgeist, was at a police station in Chantilly on Thursday, where he voluntarily spoke to investigators. The allegations are believed to concern… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is set to go down as the best horse the country has ever seen but siblings of the champ have failed to live up to her ability. Breeder John Camilleri confirmed during the week Winx’s half sister by Snitzel will likely head to the breeding barn without… Read More »
Punters were on the floor after the first at Tamworth on Thursday after a massive plunge on a Paul Messara trained first starter was beaten in a photo. Total Recall a son of Animal Kingdom was having his first start at the races and punters thought he was a good… Read More »
In a three-way tie, Enable, Crystal Ocean and Waldgeist have been named as the top-rated horses in the world. The John Gosden-trained Enable just failed in October to become the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe three times. The horse who denied her a special place… Read More »
A track invader at Cranbourne on Friday night was narrowly missed by horses in the last race on the card. The invader jumped the fence in the straight and ran towards the horses before being tackled by a security guard. Luckily the horses were not bothered by the incident and… Read More »
If you backed Wanaasah at Wolverhampton overnight you couldn’t have had an easier watch with the tear away leader never sighting another horse to win by lengths. Apprentice jockey Dylan Hogan may never ride a horse to an easier win than he did on Wednesday night (AEDT) leading throughout to… Read More »
South Australian race caller Terry McAuliffe has teamed up with AFL club the Adelaide Crows to call their 2km pre season time trial. Terry McAuliffe hung up the binoculars last year after more than twenty years calling Adelaides feature race meetings but he returned to call the Adelaide Crows’ 2km… Read More »
Trainer Mick Ruis is suing the California Horse Racing Board alleging it intentionally failed to discharge its public duty when it hid and subsequently dismissed Justify’s positive drug test in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. Ruis trained and owned Bolt d’Oro who finished second in the race, the West Coast’s… Read More »
Boom Kiwi galloper Catalyst has beaten a quality field in his impressive trial win this morning. The star 3YO colt won his trial easily beating another exciting NZ galloper Te Akau Shark in his trial at Matamata this morning. Catalyst is set to target Australia’s rich Autumn races including the… Read More »
In The United states overnight, many things happened. Mostly concerning the speech the President gave re the jet going down in Tehran and the strikes on Iraq. But also, quite quietly in the grand scheme of things, the sudden, impossibly unpredicted death of a US racing icon in X Y… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been named Japan’s Horse of the Year, receiving 271 votes from a possible 274. The mare won three Group One races in 2019, the Takarazuka Kinen, Cox Plate and Arima Kinen, all with Australian jockey Damian Lane aboard. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, Lys Gracieux… Read More »
A black cat has caused a bit of a stir during a race at Sha Tin on Sunday. The cat had perched itself about 100m into the 1800m Class Two Caroline Hill Handicap at Sha Tin and was only narrowly missed when the horses went past. Black Cats are notorious… Read More »
It was a pretty low rated maiden over the mile but the sixth event at Stawell through up a pretty impressive last to first winner in the way of Flirting Wolf. Flirting Wolf who was the heavily backed $2.70 favourite with Ladbrokes in the race was dead last at the… Read More »
Boom WA filly This’ll Testya has been well beaten at Ascot where she started as the long odds on favourite. This’ll Testya was sent out as the $1.30 favourite with Ladbrokes in the Western Racepix Handicap at Ascot on Saturday but she never gave her backers a sight sitting outside… Read More »
Australia’s biggest bookmaker Tabcorp are set to roll out a nation wide installation of artificial intelligence-powered video cameras in their TAB betting outlets to prevent underage gamblers. The TAB has been trialling the cameras in outlets across Melbourne over the past three months and have been satisfied with the results…. Read More »
Leading English vet, Pete Ramzan, has absolutely slammed the Racing Victoria stewards who scratched MARMELO from the Melbourne Cup, last month. You may recall, last year’s runner up was sensationally withdrawn a few days prior to this year’s race, and it created a firestorm, with Marmelo’s connections, particularly his trainer… Read More »
