A horse at Redcar races in North Yorkshire, England overnight was not happy with her own efforts and was ‘hungry for more’ after her race. Grey filly Rosamaria was not happy with her efforts when finishing fourth in her race so she was ‘hungry for more’ on the way back… Read More »
A jumper at Hexham (UK) overnight has shown an incredible turn of foot to win. Captain Sharpe won Race 2 Handicap Chase on the Hexham card overnight but it was in the style he did so that caught the eye. Watch the replay below. Unreal! Check out the one with… Read More »
James Cummings has been officially announced as the successor of John O’Shea as the head trainer for Australia’s biggest racing operation ‘Godolphin’. James Cummings started his training career as foreman for his grandfather and Champion trainer Bart Cummings before going it alone in 2015 after the death of Bart. The 29-year-old has… Read More »
Victorian trainers Mark Thomas and Shannon Hope face conduct charges over two separate altercations with each other. Thomas has been charged for an incident on October 9 last year with stewards alleging he went to the Seymour stables of Lee and Shannon Hope and engaged in a verbal altercation with… Read More »
Irish jockey Oisin Murphy has copped scathing reviews for his ride on Sir Pass I Am at Chepstow overnight. Despite winning the race punters are furious that Murphy had eased down Sir Pass I Am with over 100 metres til the finishing post. Murphy had a commanding 7-length lead with… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has joined an elite band of racehorses to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame. The Chris Waller-trained mare, unbeaten at her last 17 race starts, was one of 11 inductees from the ranks of horses, jockeys, trainers and associates announced on Wednesday. Winx joins… Read More »
The emerging training career of Matt Cumani has hit a hurdle with the 36-year-old suspended for the rest of the season and fined $20,000 for failing to notify stewards for almost a month of a strangles infection in his Ballarat stables. Cumani faced the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on… Read More »
Grafton trainer Daniel Want has been disqualified for 15 months after being found guilty of a cobalt offence. A post-race sample taken from the Want-trained I Too Can Dance after he won a maiden at Grafton in February was found to contain a higher than allowable concentration of cobalt. Want… Read More »
Former Racing Victoria chief executive Bernard Saundry is to take up the equivalent position as head of New Zealand’s administrative body. NZ Thoroughbred Racing announced Saundry’s appointment on Monday to replace another Australian, Greg Purcell, who leaves at the end of the season. Dr Alan Jackson, chairman of NZTR, said… Read More »
Horses in a race at Golden Gate Fields in the US have come within centimetres of hitting an employee of the racecourse. The below video shows how close horses in Race 5 of the card came to hitting the employee working on the electronic timing system. Track management said the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Heartbreak City has had to be euthanised after breaking a leg during a racecourse gallop at The Curragh. Owned by a group of Irishmen, Heartbreak City earned his place in last year’s Melbourne Cup with victory in the rich Ebor Handicap. Darren Dance’s Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock bought… Read More »
Godolphin have confirmed the departure of head trainer of their Australian operation a week after news broke that he would be stepping down. Read Godolphin’s press release: After three years, John O’Shea has stepped down as Head Trainer of Godolphin’s Australian racing team. Henry Plumptre, Godolphin’s Managing Director in Australia thanked… Read More »
Strange scenes at Bendigo on Friday afternoon which has seen the result in Race 5 overturned in bizarre circumstances. As the race came to it’s final moments three horses were all in contention and to the naked eye the result was too close to call. The judge went to the photo… Read More »
Unbelievable scenes in the last race at Cessnock on Tuesday when a Kangaroo appeared along the inside rail towards the back straight. Skippy copped an almighty fright when the field turned the bend and took evasive action splitting the field of 10 runners. Stewards reviewed the footage following the race… Read More »
Trainer Brent Stanley and connections of Violate will take legal action over the result of the Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Stanley’s galloper Violate ran second in the race to Dreams Aplenty who’s jockey Tiffani Brooker was suspended for over use of the whip in the race. Brooker… Read More »
John O’Shea has reportedly resigned as head Australian trainer for international thoroughbred racing power Godolphin. O’Shea is believed to be in the process of negotiating a severance package, three years into a five-year contract. He took over the high-pressure role from Peter Snowden in May, 2014 and has trained 10… Read More »
An angry Gai Waterhouse has lashed out after being found guilty and fined for substituting three horses in a televised track gallop. Waterhouse and training partner Adrian Bott were found guilty of breaching the rule regarding conduct prejudicial to the image or interests of racing. The training partnership was charged… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been fined $5000 after being found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the image or interests of racing. The training partnership was charged by Racing NSW stewards earlier this month after substituting three horses listed for a televised track gallop during the Breakfast With the… Read More »
Melbourne Racing Club has stated that the 2017 Caulfield Cup will remain at Handicap conditions but they have not ruled out looking at all options moving forward to enhance the races stature. The MRC however wants Racing Victoria to look at increasing the prize money on offer for the Caulfield… Read More »
Just in case anyone missed it the first time, English visitor Polarisation has won the re-run of the Sydney Cup at Randwick to the relief of his jockey and the jubilation of his stable. Charlie Appleby’s assistant trainer James Ferguson admitted it was not an easy decision to delay the… Read More »
