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 »
Group 1 winner Yankee Rose has been disqualified from her Flight Stakes placing with her trainer David Vandyke and vet David Garth pleading guilty. Yankee Rose’s trainer David Vandyke has been hit with a $25,000 fine and the horse has been disqualified from the Group One Flight Stakes after returning… Read More »
South Australian jockey Josh Cartwright has been stood down from riding pending the determination of a penalty for reckless riding at Morphettville. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge in the final race on Saturday when he shifted out in the straight and cannoned in to another horse which in… Read More »
An apprentice jockey in New Zealand has made an error that he nor his mates, will ever forget. Rafi Firdhaus was riding Locally Sauced at Hokitika on New Zealand’s south island on Wednesday when the jockey mistook the length of the race and went for home with a lap to… Read More »
Champion broodmare Helsinge, the mother of Black Caviar has died aged 15. Helsinge who never raced, foaled two Group 1 winners in the way of unbeaten mare Black Caviar and All Too Hard with another one of her foals Moshe also standing at stud. In tragic news… Helsinge the mum… Read More »
Connections and racing fans nation wide are mourning the loss of Shoot Out this morning after the five-time Group One winner passed away after suffering a torn diaphragm during surgery. Shoot Out won over $3.2million throughout his career after being purchased for just $15,000 at the 2008 Gold Coast Magic Millions… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud lost a potentially valuable stallion prospect when Weatherly had to be euthanised at Canterbury. The colt, a son of the deceased Arrowfield sire Beneteau, went amiss during Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap. Trained by Paul Messara, Weatherly was having his first start after making a favourable impression as a two-year-old… Read More »
James McDonald has been disqualified from riding for 18 months after pleading guilty to having an interest in a bet placed on Astern last December. Racing NSW had declared that McDonald had collected $4,000 from the bet that was placed on his behalf. McDonald, a leading jockey for the Godolphin… Read More »
Star jockey James McDonald has pleaded guilty to having an interest in a bet on Astern in a race in which he rode him to win. McDonald fronted Racing NSW Stewards on Thursday where his lawyer Matthew Stirling argued he should be given a two to three month ban and… Read More »
NSW trainer Con Karakatsanis has been disqualified for 6 months for giving false evidence in Racing NSW hearing on September 17th. Stewards report: Racing NSW Stewards today gave consideration to penalty relative to the following charges issued against trainer Mr Con Karakatsanis in respect to the Howmuchdoyouloveme Stewards inquiry opened… Read More »
The Victorian Government has announced it will amend the Racing Act to create an independent board for Racing Victoria. Minister for Racing Martin Pakula said in a statement on Tuesday he intended to introduce legislation next year to change the way board members are selected. It will ensure the RV… Read More »
Australian racing authorities are set to strip Group 1 winning mare Azkadellia of more than $1.5 million in prize money and are expected to impose bans on a Victorian racing figure over claims he concealed the ownership of the horse on behalf of fraudster Peter Foster. More to come….
New Zealand jockey Rebecca Black has tragically died following a race fall at Gore racecourse today. 40YO Riverton-based Black was riding Point Proven in the eighth race when the horse knuckled and fell near the 700m mark, New Zealand Racing says. Misscattlecreek and rider Terry Moseley also crashed with Moseley… Read More »
Champion racehorse Saintly, the winner of the 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for trainer Bart Cummings, has died aged 24. Cummings’ son Anthony announced the death of the gelding known as the “horse from heaven” via Twitter on Friday morning Saintly was retired from racing in 1997 with 23… Read More »
David Moodie has resigned as chairman of Racing Victoria despite a finding he was not the source of a leak over positive cobalt swabs in horses trained by Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh. Moodie was named during an appeal by the trainers over their disqualifications for cobalt use as the… Read More »
Warrnambool Cup winner and crowd favourite Akazar has died following a bout of colic. Akzar who was trained by Darren Weir had career earnings of over $600,000 in his 50 career starts with the most notable being a six length demolition in the 2014 Warrnambool Cup which was also his… Read More »
Winx, the superstar of Australian racing, is back in work as she looks to plunder more Group One races in the autumn. The champion mare defended her Cox Plate crown with a devastating eight-length win, her 13th-straight victory. Trainer Chris Waller said Winx returned to his stable on Friday for… Read More »
Jockey Douglas Whyte has received a one month riding suspension for failing to ride out Scales Of Justice in the Kingston Town Stakes. Douglas Whyte stopped riding Scales Of Justice in the final stages of the race which arguably cost the horse the race. He has been given a 1… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will host the inaugural Great Horse Raceday on Saturday 18 February 2017, the finale of summer racing at Flemington. Great Horse Raceday, featuring the $750,000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning, will combine the excitement of world-class thoroughbred racing and a taste of Asian culture. VRC… Read More »
All riders involved in a three-horse fall at Kilcoy have come through the incident without serious injuries. The horses came down entering the straight for the first time in the 1900m-Christmas Cup, the feature race on a dual code gallops-harness meeting on Saturday at the track 80km north-west of Brisbane…. Read More »
