A racegoer at Newcastle races on Saturday has gone close to being hit by the field of horses in the straight. In the last event at Newcastle on Saturday a ‘imbecile’ racegoer has gone close to being hit by the field of horses as they stormed down the straight. Watch… Read More »
The horse KING OF HEARTS (Sebring – Eloping) started at $26 so many people weren’t on it, but those who were were left scratching their heads. Probably even swearing. The big flashy chestnut gelding was beaten into 3rd spot at Canterbury, less than a length by the winner ELECTRIC (Kermadec… Read More »
Adrian Bott was sheepish while being very, very happy when the 2YO CONVERGE stormed home to be a runaway winner of the Gr 1 JJ Atkins over 1600m. The race was worth $1million. The winner received $600,000 taking his prize money to $961,000. Everyone was happy, even punters who backed… Read More »
Those advocates all over the world who want the use of whips to be banned in the home straight, may just have been given a leg up last night at Canterbury Park. That’s Canterbury Park in the U.S. not in Sydney. This Canterbury is in Minnesota, a northern state of… Read More »
The babies of the champions have long held appeal with race goers. And, today at Flemington, the youngest offspring of the great Black Caviar raced. It was her first start and she is a 2YO. Her name is INVINCIBLE CAVIAR (I Am Invincible – Black Caviar) and she went into… Read More »
A look of incredulity was still on Bobby El-Issa’s face when he brought Greyt Intentions back to scale after the running of the second race at Gatton … not because the grey had just won his first race at his thirty-seventh start, but because, like everyone else at the track,… Read More »
Champion sprinter Black Caviar may have produce a future star after her daughter Invincible Caviar scored an impressive win at a Pakenham jump-out on Tuesday. The two-year-old by I Am Invincible is trained by Peter Moody and was ridden by jockey Brian Higgins, both were keen to keep a lid… Read More »
Oh, this just has to be seen to be believed. Sadly, actually, you won’t get to see a great deal but I’ll set the scene so when you do click on and watch the run, your mind’s eye will see the mountain this filly just climbed. It was at Balaklava… Read More »
South Australian jockey Stacey Metcalfe has received a two month suspension for her ride aboard Exalted Maxine at Murray Bridge on Wednesday. Metcalfe was charged with failing to ride her mount out which cost the horse the win prompting stewards to hand the apprentice the hefty suspension. The SA apprentices suspension… Read More »
Punters who backed Exalted Maxine at Murray Bridge on Wednesday will be furious of the ride of Stacey Metcalfe. Exalted Maxine had what looked to be an unbeatable lead at the 100m mark but jockey Stacey Metcalfe decided to take it easy on her mount in the concluding stages of… Read More »
Who doesn’t love seeing sports people celebrate? All of us, right? Hmm, think again. The stewards at Warrnambool of Day 1 of the big Bool Three Day Carnival became unhappy when they saw winning rider Darry Horner stand high in the irons and scream out his joy as his mount… Read More »
Plenty of big names are flocking to Warrnambool today as day 1 of the three day carnival kicks off. The Brierly, run over 3450m and worth $150k highlights the racing card which features runners from all the top stables. On day 3, the main feature of the carnival, the $350,000… Read More »
Gee, these jockeys are tough. At Ballarat races last Wednesday, top rider Jarrod Fry was on his way to the gates for a ride on the unraced 4YO EQUALLY (Equinao – Hayley’s Image). When they left the birdcage the Clerk-Of-The-Course had hold of Equally, but the horse broke free once… Read More »
It is the bizarre case of Daniel Jack Smith. Smith was disqualified for eight years after being found guilty of betting offences. Many people will recognise Smith’s photo, but not the name. Smith plied his trade as a jockey in New South Wales and Queensland as Terry Treichel before relocating… Read More »
It is an old chestnut … but it keeps getting roasted. The race won by Real Sensation at Flemington on Sunday perhaps provided a one stop shop in showcasing what is wrong with the current whip rule. Jockey Billy Egan got the $13 chance home by the narrowest of margins… Read More »
The Francis Lui trained Golden Sixty stretched his unbeaten run to fourteen straight victories with a magnificent effort at Sha Tin to take out the HK$20 million G1 FWD Champions Mile. The son of Medaglia d’Oro is undefeated since July 2019. Golden Sixty is now just three wins off Silent… Read More »
Star 3YO ZINGALONG (Falvelon – Magic Symphony) was grabbed in the shadows of the post in Doomben’s main race of the day the Mick Dittman Plate over 1110m. And he got dirty with that. As the winner LORD OLYMPUS (Olympic Glory – Lady Zabelia) drew level with him then poked… Read More »
Wendy Roche speaks on Nettoyer after the mare claimed her second Group 1 victory in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Randwick last Saturday. How’d she get into your stables? “John Crowley and I bought her together as a yearling at the Easter sales, I think it was the… Read More »
Coolmore Stud in NSW will stand the only ever unbeaten American Triple crown champion in JUSTIFY (Scat Daddy – Stage Magic) this year but they may well have an eye out for his little bro now too. That’s because, as you can see in the video, he just ploughed through… Read More »
Wow! If that performance by 3YO filly KIKU (Zoustar – Atotori) doesn’t have, “I’m going to win a Gr 1 race soon” written all over it, then nothing else in life is ever going to improve. Simply put, she shouldn’t have won the 1600m Gr 3 Carbine Club Stakes over… Read More »
