Police have arrested and charged two men with fraud in connection to allegations against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie who has been charged with a similar offence. The men are not racing industry participants but are associates of Currie who was charged with fraud on Tuesday in relation to allegations of… Read More »
Bonny mare Invincibella has provided jockey Jason Collett with his first Group One winner and enabled champion trainer Chris Waller to break an all-time record by winning the Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Collett held his nerve when Invincibella ($10) was bumped by runner-up Pohutukawa ($5) in the straight… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has reinforced he is the king of Ascot with a memorable double highlighted by Crystal Ocean in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. It was the ebullient jockey’s 62nd career winner at the Royal Ascot meeting, after he had opened his account for 2019 on Raffle Prize in the… Read More »
Resident tipster Adam gives his betting strategy for Wednesday’s (19/6/2019) racing. Note that the prices quoted were available at the time of writing, which was 7pm Monday. Betting Strategy Outlay: $41810 Betting Strategy Return: $43458 Futures Outlay: $2565 Futures Return: $2391 Canterbury $100 Win Papal Warrior R1 @ $3 (TAB)… Read More »
Nash Rawiller has ridden trackwork at Rosehill as he starts the road back to reclaiming his career after serving a lengthy disqualification. The multiple Group One-winning jockey was banned in April last year for 15 months by Hong Kong authorities for accepting gifts or money in exchange for tips. With… Read More »
Country trainer Paul Preusker has worked on getting recent acquisition Marcel From Madrid to switch off but will not know if he has been successful until the gelding races at Sandown. Having started his career with Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra at Flemington, Marcel From Madrid was transferred to Preusker’s… Read More »
Japanese star Almond Eye headlines the Moonee Valley Racing Club’s wish list of invited runners for the Cox Plate. The MVRC has issued 11 invitations from four jurisdictions for the $5 million Cox Plate on October 26. Almond Eye, a five-time Group One winner, is one of five Japanese horses… Read More »
The MVRC searched far and wide in issuing Club invitations for the world’s best middle-distance Weight-for-Age stars to contest the $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley on October 26 in Melbourne, Australia. Invitations for the 99th running of the W.S. Cox Plate, sponsored by Ladbrokes, include horses from four… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has steered Anapurna to a thrilling victory in the Oaks at Epsom, 25 years after his first win in the Classic. Trainer John Gosden fielded two runners in a bid to win the fillies’ Classic for the third time, with impressive Cheshire Oaks winner Mehdaayih the 11-4 favourite… Read More »
Enable’s long-awaited return has been delayed and she will miss Royal Ascot and make her comeback in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. The John Gosden-trained dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner has been kept in work as a five-year-old, with the chief aim to become the first horse to win… Read More »
High-profile racehorse owner Damion Flower used coded messages about sport to let a baggage handler know where to find bags of cocaine coming into Sydney Airport, a court has been told. The man best-known for his stake in Australia’s most in-demand stallion Snitzel applied for bail on Wednesday as he… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club has announced plans for a $300 million redevelopment of Caulfield racecourse that includes a second turf track. Redevelopment plans also include a new grandstand and raceday stalls and a relocation of the mounting yard. The MRC recently secured a 65-year lease on the crown land that… Read More »
The racing career of an impressive stakes winner from last Saturday, is over. And connections couldn’t be happier. The rising star called Clearly, who triumphed in the Listed Centaurea Stakes in Adelaide last Saturday, at just her 3rd start in Australia, has been retired to stud. The decision ends a… Read More »
Enable will make her much-anticipated return at the Royal meeting at Ascot after being taken out of the entries for the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Despite enduring a troubled preparation last year, the John Gosden-trained mare successfully defended her crown in an epic edition of the the Prix de l’Arc… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick as completed a big week by being named the trainer for a new venture aimed at ready-to-run sale horses. Kendrick has had six winners in the past week including the Listed Dalrello Stakes winner Jagged Edge. The new venture called R2R Club has melded six experienced… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell has been buoyed by the lead-up performances of three-year-old Star Missile and believes the gelding is ready to make his mark in the Group One South Australian Derby. Star Missile heads into Saturday’s SA Derby (2500m) at Morphettville at the fifth run of his campaign which began… Read More »
The Lloyd Williams-owned Irish Derby winner and Mackinnon Stakes runner-up Latrobe has run third in his first start for the year in the Group Three Alleged Stakes at Naas. The race was won by the Aidan O’Brien-trained Magical, winner of the Group One British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at… Read More »
There’s one question Hugh Bowman has been asked over and over again about Winx. Could the greatest racehorse of our time have won the Melbourne Cup? And it’s a question the star jockey can only answer with another question. “I believe she would have won it, but would she still… Read More »
Ron Quinton knows exactly what he needs to do when two of his favourite mares, Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms, leave his stable for the final time. “I’ll have to find another couple of girlfriends,” Quinton said. The bonny mares have been a mainstay of Quinton’s stable for the past… Read More »
Almond Eye storms away from the field then under persuasion, she hangs on to impressively win the Gr 1 Dubai Turf over 1800m on Sunday morning. Everyone raved about it and yes, it was outstanding, probably even awesome. The time was good, the way she won was grand sitting 3-deep… Read More »
