Ciaron Maher’s exciting youngster In’kantosstar has stamped himself as a horse to follow after a dominant maiden victory at Ballarat, with jockey Ethan Brown confident the full brother to Jimmysstar has a bright future. The son of Per Incanto produced a commanding display over 1200 metres, charging down the centre… Read More »
Italian-born apprentice Sebastiano Deriu has been suspended for 15 days after easing up before the winning post and surrendering victory at Le Lion D’Angers in France. Deriu, who is in his third season riding in France for trainer Christopher Head, was aboard Palais Byzantin in a 1400m juvenile event after… Read More »
The well-related Charlie Appleby trained Fortitudine put his name on everybody’s watch-list by posting a debut win by a 21 length margin at Kempton on Wednesday night. Any horse doing something like that will get at least their fifteen seconds of fame, but when that horse is a full brother… Read More »
Rossa Ryan will be free to ride at York’s prestigious Ebor Festival after successfully appealing the severity of the suspension he received for his controversial ride aboard Thunder Home at Sandown. The jockey’s original 28-day ban was reduced to 10 days after an appeal panel ruled it was not satisfied… Read More »
Want to see a quite amazing win … well, have a look at Venting’s win in the Metric Mile at Darwin. Venting, the lesser fancied of the two Kerry Petrick trained runners at $17 with online betting sites, not only provided a boilover result in the Metric Mile, but he… Read More »
Jockey Rossa Ryan has been handed a 28-day suspension after stewards ruled he failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures aboard Thunder Home in Thursday’s Martin Densham & Peter Deal Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes at Sandown. Ryan appeared to ease his mount down too early in the closing… Read More »
It is never over until the fat lady sings … so the saying goes. Well, the ninety race veteran Lady Shenanigans proved a point about the value of perseverance when she stepped out for her ninety-first race assignment at Hawksbury and duly saluted for the tenth time in her career,… Read More »
American-based jockey Edgard Zayas has escaped serious injury after a dramatic fall at Belmont overnight. The incident occurred shortly after the start of the eighth race when Zayas was dislodged from his mount Glint in alarming fashion. Wow…I have never a jockey thrown in the air SO HIGH from a… Read More »
Punters have been left fuming after a controversial start at Toowoomba, where a horse appeared to gain a clear advantage — only for stewards to declare it a fair start. Social media lit up following race five on Saturday night, when eventual winner Drums Of War broke through the barriers… Read More »
Punters have erupted in anger and are demanding refunds after jockey Eliseo Ruiz was accused of deliberately preventing his mount Bailout Billy from winning Race 7 at Parx in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning. Social media quickly lit up in the aftermath of the race, with many labelling the ride “unacceptable”… Read More »
In a bold move aimed at regaining the upper hand in the ongoing battle with New South Wales racing, Racing Victoria has confirmed it will trial a radical “reverse racing” concept later this year. With prizemoney increases and scheduling clashes intensifying the rivalry between the states, officials believe innovation is… Read More »
There are times when perhaps it would be best just to let your horse do the talking … particularly when that is horse is as capable, charismatic and inspiring as the Ciaron Maher trained Pride of Jenni, whose heroics in a nerve tingling, oh so narrow defeat in the Group… Read More »
Controversy closed the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival after Stephen Connor appeared to ease up prematurely aboard Royal Hillsborough, allowing Moonverrin to snatch victory in the final strides. Connor and the Stuart Crawford-trained Royal Hillsborough, sent out at 9-1, looked set to record a first win under rules… Read More »
It was a win for the bookies but the finish on Tsarevich in the fifth race at Kembla Grange on Wednesday has to be seen to be believed. The three-year-old son of Cox Plate placegetter Russian Camelot was all but beaten until the 150m mark where he made up an… Read More »
It’s only the second day of the year but we may have just witnessed what will be the worst beat of the year. Overnight at Riyadh the well tried at odds runner Mohit Albahr was 10 lengths ahead of all other runners in the race with 200m to go before… Read More »
One of the most expensive horses at last years yearling sales has failed to fire on debut at Randwick on Saturday. Nations League the second foal of imported US juvenile stakes winner Fashion Faux Pas (USA) proved a major highlight at the sales, with the Snitzel colt knocked down to… Read More »
Chaos erupted after Race 5 at Tamworth, with a finish so messy it left punters furious and officials scrambling. Short-priced favourite Oakfield Utah appeared to have claimed the win on the available footage, but uncertainty set in almost immediately. Concluding stages of Tamworth R5. They actually interviewed the inside horses… Read More »
Punters were left furious after a controversial finish in the third race at Turfway Park overnight, with many adamant the wrong horse was declared the winner. The inside runner #2 Can’t Hush This appeared to have won the race clearly on the line, only for the result to be awarded… Read More »
Hong Kong racing’s biggest star once again etched his name into the history books on Sunday night, with Romantic Warrior producing a dominant performance to claim his fourth consecutive Group 1 Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin. While the achievement itself was extraordinary, celebrations were briefly overshadowed by an alarming… Read More »
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh secured his fifth Group 3 Jennian Homes Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki on Sunday with emerging talent Ammirati, though this victory proved unlike any other in his impressive resume. Marsh had previously won the three-year-old feature with Lucia Valentina (2013), Crown Prosecutor (2018), Scorpz (2019) and… Read More »
