The race meeting at Kilmore has has been abandoned amid safety concerns after metal pegs were found on the track. Racing Victoria stewards called off Thursday’s meeting before the first race was scheduled to be run. During a routine inspection of the track, two star metal pickets were found to… Read More »
A snake has interrupted track work at Cairns racecourse this morning with some amazing photos taken of the invader. View the photos of the snake heading to the races below.
Get your blackbooks out as we identify 9 of the countries best maiden gallopers. Frustrating for punters taking the short odds, even more frustrating for owners and connections, these are some that are ‘bound to win one soon’. 10. Aristocratic Miss Record: 7-0-2-3 Prizemoney: $110,640 The @HawkesRacing-trained Irukandji puts on… Read More »
Hong Kong galloper Pakistan Star will once again have to trial to the satisfaction of stewards before being allowed to race again despite storming home to finish fourth in the Chairman’s Trophy at Sha Tin on Sunday. The cult horse has had a troubled history after refusing to race on a… Read More »
Veteran NSW trainer Bob Milligan is making progress in hospital after an early morning accident. Milligan is believed to have been kicked in the face by a horse on Saturday morning at the Taree track. The 76-year-old’s wife Margaret told Racing NSW, Milligan had been taken out of an induced… Read More »
Veteran Taree trainer Bob Milligan is in an induced coma in Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital after being struck on the head by a horse he was leading at track work. Milligan has suffered multiple fractures to his skull and face from the incident on Saturday morning. Racing NSW doctor David… Read More »
Good Friday and Christmas day have long been the two race-free days on the Australian calendar, at least that was the case up until just last year when Western Australia decided to break the trend and stage an 8-race-card at Ascot on Good Friday. Have Your Say 🗣: Should we have… Read More »
Punters have taken to social media to vent their anger after an odds-on favourite was mistakenly deemed the runner-up in a race at Kempton in the UK last Friday. Oregon Gift jumped as the $1.91 favourite in Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap (2400m) and the judge was required to… Read More »
An overseas trip for champion racemare Winx has been ruled out to concentrate on another Australian spring campaign. Have Your Say 🗣: Did connections make the right decision? – Comment below Trainer Chris Waller ended months of speculation on Wednesday when said the world’s best thoroughbred would race on in Australia… Read More »
A number of runners have emerged as possible Everest contenders after recent standout performances none more so than weekend Group 1 winners Hellbent, Estijaab and In Her Time. With speculation about the 2018 race beginning to take place after the completion of the Newmarket Handicap, Moir Stakes, Golden Slipper and… Read More »
There has been a controversial finish at Naracoorte today with stewards giving the all clear on a result which saw the second placed jockey dismounted before he crossed the finishing line. Jockey Lewis German fell from his mount prior to crossing the line in second place but has he had… Read More »
Cult horse and crowd-favorite Tom Melbourne has placed 2nd a total of 9 times in 27 career starts, amazingly 4 consecutive times towards the end of 2017. In fitting style, the 7-year-old gelding again finished 2nd in his most recent start, holding in tact his impressive 1 in 3 strike… Read More »
As we close in on the world’s richest race for 2-year-olds, we take a look at the class of 2017 and what may be in store for this year’s runners. Last year’s field includes plenty of talent with Group 1 winners and genuine competitors on the world’s biggest stage. Golden… Read More »
A strapper at Geelong races on Saturday was involved in a shocking accident in which she was kicked in the face by a horse her partner trainers. Trainer Matthew Sykes’s partner Vicki was strapping Altro Mondo when she was kicked in the head by the horse. Races were delayed whilst… Read More »
Along with our talent that has been typically proven abroad, are the foreign sprinters and stayers that have been tested down under. With 2 runners tried abroad in this weekend’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic, we take a look at some of the best-performed visitors in recent times. 10. Ventura Storm… Read More »
Winx is officially on top of the world, sharing the No.1 spot with American horse Gun Runner in the latest rankings. In the first ratings for the year, the two were on 129, five points clear of another United States horse, West Coast. Winx earned her rating for her outstanding… Read More »
We take a look at some of the horses in which bookmakers simply got it completely wrong which saw punters cash in with massive overs on some serious horses. View our list below of recent horses in which bookies just got it wrong. Catchy – $2.45 (2017 Blue Diamond Prelude)… Read More »
Notable bad boy So Si Bon has once again tried to bite another horse in today’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap which will see him banned from racing until he completes two satisfactory trials. So Si Bon who was lining up for the Lindsay Park team for the first time tried… Read More »
A former Victorian trainer and Olympic wrestler will spend six months behind bars after starving twelve horses to death on his farm. Bruce Akers who represented Australia at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games as well as training horses out of Geelong will spend the next six months in jail… Read More »
The first Australian woman to ride in the Melbourne Cup has announced her retirement. Clare Lindop who rode Dolphin Jo in the 2007 Cup, will continue riding through Adelaide’s May carnival. The announcement came on the eve of next Monday’s Adelaide Cup which Lindop won 12 years ago on Exalted… Read More »
