Potential. We see and hear about it all the time in horse racing. From pub talk to racing experts raising their eyebrows as they speak like they know, they alone see the future saying such prose as – “Oh this horse has the potential to be anything.” And this, “He’s… Read More »
The prospect of Winx returning for an autumn campaign is tantalisingly closer with the mare in pre-training and soon to return to Chris Waller’s stable. Waller said although the final decision had not yet been made, the likelihood was the champion would have one final campaign. After she won her… Read More »
Boom 3YO filly Smart Melody has sadly died after battling a colic related illness. Smart Melody won her first five career starts including the Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude before jumping as the short priced favourite in the Thousand Guineas where she finished seventh behind Amphitrite. Trained by Kris Lees, Smart… Read More »
It’s been a great year of racing. Winx confirmed her status as the undisputed queen of the turf. A new star in The Autumn Sun announced himself on the national stage. Redzel did what champions do and defended his Everest title. And Willie Pike just kept winning in the last… Read More »
The father-and-son training partnership of Peter and Paul Snowden has been fined $7000 by Racing NSW stewards after a Newcastle winner returned a positive urine sample to a banned substance. California Concorde returned a positive to phenylbutazone, oxyphenbutazone and gamma hydroxy phenylbutazone following a win on September 29. A hearing… Read More »
The role of jockey managers is again under scrutiny, with Racing NSW stewards concerned by the activities of Josh Parr’s agent John Walter. Parr was grilled after his ride on beaten odds-on favourite Roheryn in the first race at Rosehill on Saturday, with stewards believing he did not move forward… Read More »
A jockey in Ireland has been left red faced after a frightening near-miss that could have ended in disaster for the teenage hoop. Evan Daly, 18, had been jogging the track at Navan completely oblivious to the fact the field in the novice hurdle race was heading straight towards him. Daly… Read More »
Cross Counter has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for the powerful global stable Godolphin by winning Australia’s greatest horse race. On a rain-affected track and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy for trainer Charlie Appleby, Cross Counter defeated Marmelo and A Prince Of Arran in an all-northern hemisphere finish. One… Read More »
The race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup (3200m) is fast approaching. It’s the best known race on the Australian calendar and is starting to become the race that stops a world given the significant international increase in recent years. Cup Field 🏆: View the 2018 Melbourne Cup Field… Read More »
Punters have found another way to do their dough after an incredible turn of events in the fourth race at Doomben today. The well-tried Button Pusher appeared to have the race sewn up after kicked clear of her opponents in the home straight. However things quickly turned sour when Button… Read More »
We cover today’s Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw live from 11am with the draw set to commence at 6:30pm following today’s Victoria Derby day meeting at Flemington. Check back here at 6:30pm to get the latest news around the 2018 Melbourne Cup including the barriers for each of the horses in… Read More »
With the Melbourne Cup closing in we take a look at the likely field a week out from the race with a majority of the field already cemented. The race is dominated by international horses and it looks a very hard race to dissect in which Yucatan Ire heads the… Read More »
The Darren Weir-trained Tosen Basil is not expected to be among the final acceptors for Tuesday’s $7.3million Melbourne Cup. Connections of the Japanese import are believed to have decided against running in the Melbourne Cup after reports of another underwhelming gallop at Warrnambool on Friday morning. The ommision of Tosen Basil now… Read More »
As punters found out in the Bendigo Cup on Wednsday, things don’t always to go plan for the favourites which seem to have the form on their side. With so many good horses in big fields as well as hidden overseas form or unraced 2-year-olds, sometimes rank outsiders have claimed… Read More »
