The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will host Black Caviar, The Great Horse Raceday on Saturday 18 February 2017 – the finale of summer racing at Flemington. Black Caviar, The Great Horse Raceday, featuring the $750,000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m), will combine the excitement of world-class thoroughbred racing with… Read More »
Racegoers at Morphettville have been evacuated to behind the grand stand near the car park prior to Race 4 after a bomb threat on course. UPDATE 3:10PM: Patrons are returning to the course. New race times (Local Time): R4 3.17pm R5 3.43pm R6 4.23pm R7 5.03pm R8 5.33pm RT theTiser:… Read More »
The predicted extreme heat in Sydney has prompted racing officials to postpone the Apollo Stakes meeting at Randwick because of welfare concerns for horses and human participants. Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club have moved the meeting from Saturday to Monday and adjusted the race times with the Apollo… Read More »
Chris Waller has had his fine for a recent ice positive slashed from $30,000 to $5,000 after the champion trainer took the charge to the Racing NSW appeal panel. The fine was given after a horse in Waller’s care ‘Betcha Thinking’ returned a positive to the drug ice. It is… Read More »
Group 1 winning trainer Con Karakatsanis has been banned for 12 months for charges of administering a horse on raceday. Racing NSW stewards have handed the dual Group 1 winning trainer a 12 month disqualification for administering Howmuchdoyouloveme prior to racing at Randwick in September last year. Stewards had found… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner for 2017 and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and in 2017 the overseas are well represented numbers wise in the Sydney Cup (3200m). Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a preview of the key international runners that… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner for 2017 and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and this year the T J Smith (1200m) could potentially have international flavour. Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a preview of the key international runners that are indeed… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner for 2017 and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and this year the race of the carnival, the $4 Million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) is loaded with world class international raiders. Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a… Read More »
Country NSW jockey Jamie Quinnell has been disqualified for 18 months for using an illegal whip on a horse in trackwork at Port Macquarie. Racing NSW stewards acted on a report from trackwork supervisor Greg Wyndham that on January 7 Quinnell had an unapproved Bakos whip in his possession which… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner for 2017 and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and this year the Doncaster Mile (1600m) has attracted several strong nominations from overseas raiders. Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a preview of the key international runners that… Read More »
Sixteen horses have been entered to take on dual Cox Plate winner Winx when she makes her return in the Group Two Apollo Stakes at Randwick. Among the nominations on Saturday are five of her Chris Waller-trained stablemates along with star filly Global Glamour and Godolphin Group One winners Hartnell… Read More »
We take a look at a possible field for the Group One 2017 CF Orr Stakes to be run at Caulfield racecourse on Saturday. View our unconfirmed possible field for the CF Orr Stakes 2017: Malaguerra Jameka Awesome Rock Black Heart Bart He’s Our Rokkii Arod Palentino Lucky Hussler Turn… Read More »
Sydney will host the world’s richest sprint race on turf with the first $10 million The Everest set to be held during the spring carnival. The Everest will be run at Royal Randwick racecourse over 1200 metres for the first time on 14th October 2017 and thereafter on the second… Read More »
Apprentice Deanne Panya has undergone surgery on a deep laceration to her chin and is likely to require an operation to repair a broken collarbone suffered in a fall at Rosehill. The 24-year-old fell from Sebring Express at the 250m mark of the Widden Stakes on Saturday. Panya, who scored… Read More »
Apprentice Deanne Panya has been cleared of throat damage but has a broken collarbone and cuts to her face from a fall at Rosehill. Panya came off Sebring Express around the 250m-mark in the Widden Stakes on Saturday and was unconscious for a short time. Racing NSW doctor David Duckworth… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Deanne Panya is nursing a broken collarbone and a chin wound after a fall at Rosehill. The 24-year-old will spend Saturday night in hospital after falling from Sebring Express in the Group Three Widden Stakes at Rosehill. Further scans are expected to confirm that she has not fractured… Read More »
Sunshine Coast horse trainer David Ronald Gafa faces up to seven years in prison if found guilty of drowning a four month old thoroughbred foal. The charges placed by police against David Gafa are serious animal cruelty, breach of duty of care and wilful damage which has a maximum penalty of seven… Read More »
A deal reported to be worth in the vicinity of $8-$9million dollars has been completed for boom colt Winning Rupert with Newgate Farm securing his services. Trainer Bjorn Baker took to twitter to announce that the deal had been completed and his star sprinters racing career was over after suffering an… Read More »
Boom colt Winning Rupert who won his first five starts before being beaten in the Magic Millions Guineas as the long odds on favourite last time out is likely to be headed to stud after a lucrative deal has been received by his owners. In his short racing career Winning… Read More »
Dual Group 2 winner Don’t Doubt Mamma has had her career cut short after the discovery that the mare had a bone disease. Trainer Tony McEvoy noticed a change in her action early in her preparation and sent the mare for scans which subsequent revealed the bone issue. “We will… Read More »
