This years Golden Slipper winner Estijaab will not be seen again this year after a training set back put a halt to her Spring campaign. “Estijaab has got a problem and is out until the autumn,’’ Hawkes told the DailyTelegraph. “We are taking no risks with her, she’s too valuable… Read More »
Horse racing in Melbourne could be headed to the CBD with a crazy idea seriously being considered by the local government to host a horse a race or multiple races in the streets of the city. Victoria’s Minister for Racing Martin Pakula says it’s too early to be getting excited… Read More »
The racing future of former champion sprinter Chautauqua is in jeopardy after he again refused to jump in a barrier trial at Rosehill. Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel says he will talk to connections later on Tuesday to discuss their intentions. Van Gestel says stewards now have to… Read More »
A jockey has cost a bookmaker over $4,428,250 AUD after riding four winners overnight at a combined odds of $655/1. Punters cleaned up on Betfred overnight when jockey Silvestre de Sousa rode four winners at Pontefract in England costing the bookmaker $2.5million pounds ($4,428,250 AUD). ✅ Michele Strogoff✅ Big Country✅… Read More »
There are two Everest slots remaining in this years $13m edition of the race and with Kementari all but guaranteed one of those slots, two in form sprinters look to fight it out to gain the remaining spot in the race. Both horses were on show on Saturday with both… Read More »
Central Queensland jockey Tasha Chambers has been disqualified for nine months after she admitted to providing a fake urine sample. Chambers was stood down on June 28 when the sample she gave during no-notice testing at the Rockhampton races on June 24 was found to be inconsistent with human urine…. Read More »
Senior part-owner Rupert Legh has not given up hope Chautauqua can run in the world’s richest turf race, The Everest. But Chautauqua has a few obstacles to clear after he again failed to jump in a Rosehill barrier trial under Tommy Berry on Monday. Racing NSW chief steward Mark Van… Read More »
Queensland Derby winner Dark Dream has reportedly been sold to Hong Kong with the Group One winner set to leave Australia next month. Rumours began to spread after owners transferred Dark Dream away from trainer Kerry Parker’s stables in Kembla Grange. Dark Dream will join Ruthven (2017) and Eagle Way (2016) as… Read More »
A former New Zealand Group 1 winner has sadly passed away after suffering an injury mid race at Morphettville today. The Archie Alexander trained Survived wen’t around in the 2500m contest in the first on today’s Morphettville card but sadly suffered a fatal injury mid race. Survived won the Group… Read More »
Menari is the latest horse to secure a spot in the $13 million Everest with slot holder Max Whitby confirming he will run for him and partner Neil Werrett. Whitby supported Vega Magic in the inaugural running last year but has taken a gamble with Menari who has not raced… Read More »
With more slots being filled for the Everest, there is plenty of talk around who will win the world’s richest race on turf. At the other end of the scale however the worlds most sought after maiden is also upon us, but where are last year’s participants now? We have… Read More »
US Navy Flag has won the July Cup at Newmarket to confirm a trip to Australia to contest the $13 million Everest. Coolmore says the sprinter will take its slot in the 1200m-race at Randwick on October 13. Having failed to establish himself as a miler this season following defeats… Read More »
One of the more amazing wins you will see happened at Cowra after jockey Akira Kajiya lost his irons mid race but wen’t on to steer home the winner. Akira Kajiya was aboard It’s Business Time who lost it’s irons during the race but an amazing show of horsemanship saw… Read More »
Top-class racehorse and stallion Naturalism has died at Meringo Stud on the NSW south coast aged 29. “He retired from racing in 1993 and stood at Segenhoe Stud before relocating to Meringo Stud,” Kylie Mercer from Meringo said. “Naturalism served mares up until 2010 and had been enjoying his retirement… Read More »
Chautauqua has passed the first of two barrier tests in his bid to be reinstated to race. The multiple Group One winning sprinter came out of his gate cleanly at Flemington on Friday morning and sprinted past his rivals at the finish of his trial under jockey Tommy Berry who… Read More »
A criminal investigation has been launched after drug samples taken from horses that raced at South Africa’s biggest race meeting, the Durban July, were stolen in a brazen hijacking. The samples were stolen when a courier service vehicle, which was transporting the post-race equine specimens, was pulled over on the… Read More »
Pivotal information in Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s case against Ben Currie and four of his stable employees has emerged. CCTV Footage obtained by The Courier Mail allegedly shows Ben Currie’s father, Mark Currie, illegally treating horses on raceday at Ben Currie’s Hursley Road stable in Toowoomba. The footage published on The… Read More »
An international Group One winner looks set to take on Winx in the 2018 Cox Plate with confirmation that Godolphin-owned Benbatl has accepted an invitation to contest the $5 million race. Benbatl has won five of his 12 starts including the Group One Dubai Turf (1800m) at Meydan earlier this year…. Read More »
Michelle Payne has been fined over comments she made about the state of the Sandown track on Wednesday. The Melbourne Cup winning jockey was slapped with a $500 fine after suggesting on Twitter that racing on such a firm Good 3 surface was being ‘cruel’ to horses. “Track looks like… Read More »
Disgraced former Australian horse trainer John Nikolic has been charged by Fijian police just days after he made a miraculous recovery from a drug-induced coma. Nikolic has been charged with one count of illicit importation of drugs, one of unlawful possession of illicit drugs and one count of failure to… Read More »
