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 »
The Christmas Cup at Kilcoy has been abandoned after a three-horse fall with their riders all taken to hospital. The race was the main feature on a dual code gallops-harness racing meeting on Saturday at Kilcoy, 80km north-west of Brisbane. Chief steward Allan Reardon said stewards had spoken with staff… Read More »
Former high class racemare Angelic Light has died at Widden Stud as a result of a bout of colic. Trained by Robbie Griffiths, Angelic Light almost gave the Cranbourne horseman with his first Group One win when she was narrowly defeated by Lankan Rupee in the 2014 Manikato Stakes at… Read More »
The racing career of Brian Cox appears to be over with the Wodonga trainer handed a 3-1/2 year disqualification relating to the use of steroids in his stable, Cox was last week found guilty on eight of 13 charges laid against him by Racing Victoria stewards with the Racing Appeals… Read More »
Hall Of Fame jockey and one of the best jockeys New Zealand has seen ‘Bill Skelton’ has passed away at the age of 85. He remains the most successful jockey of the 20th century in New Zealand as well as becoming the first New Zealand jockey to ride 2000 winners…. Read More »
Victorian trainer Matt Cumani has confirmed an outbreak of strangles at his Ballarat training complex. A horse at Matt Cumani’s Ballarat stable has been diagnosed with the contagious upper respiratory tract disease strangles. Cumani says the horse has been isolated and he has shut down the stable block where the… Read More »
The first of Black Caviar’s foals is almost ready for the hustle and bustle of a major training centre as she progresses towards her first race start. Oscietra could be seen as early as Friday week if Lindsay Park decide she is forward enough to take part in a Flemington… Read More »
There has been a key scratching in today’s G1 Railway Stakes with the early market favourite coming out of the race. Rageese who had been backed from $8 into the $6 favourite in betting has been scratched due to a hoof injury. Zarantz earns a start in the Group 1… Read More »
An alleged bet of $1,000 could cost jockey James McDonald his million dollar yearly contract with Godolphin. McDonald voluntarily stood himself down from riding on Tuesday after stewards charged him for having an interest in a bet on Godolphin runner Astern in December last year. It is reported by Fairfax… Read More »
Godolphin’s retained Australian rider James McDonald has stood himself down after being charged with a betting offence. Racing NSW stewards interviewed and charged McDonald on Tuesday with having an interest in a bet on Astern who he rode to win his debut on December 5 last year. Astern was backed… Read More »
Melbourne Cup – winning owner Luke Murrell has been fined $5000 over a social media post which questioned whether Chris Waller-trained runners were using team riding tactics. The Australian Bloodstock director pleaded guilty to a charge of conduct prejudicial to the image and interests of racing levelled at him by Racing… Read More »
The whip rule has again been brought to the fore at Sandown on Saturday with the winning jockey of the Zipping Classic ‘Glyn Schofield’ receiving a $1,000 fine for overuse of the whip. Schofield rode Beautiful Romance to a narrow victory over Almoonqith in the feature at Sandown with a… Read More »
A runner having its first start at Moonee Valley tonight has died after collapsing post race. Dunamite a first starter from the Ciaron Maher stable was sent out as the odds on favourite but failed to beat a runner home in the small field. Post race stewards announced the horse… Read More »
