Just hours after the Victorian Racing Tribunal decided that Jamie Kah was lying to them, she has taken steps to fight them at the Supreme Court. On Friday morning the Tribunal increased her already hefty ban from three months, which effectively costs her thousands and thousands of dollars from missing… Read More »
Jeff Penza has capitalised on the absence of Sydney’s top jockeys to plunder all three feature races at Newcastle, highlighted by his Cup win aboard the Chris Waller-trained Great House. With Sydney’s leading hoops unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions, Penza dominated Friday’s showcase races. Heading to the track for… Read More »
Te Akau stable star, nine-time Group 1 winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock – Asavant, by Zabeel) has been retired after suffering a tendon injury. At nine Group 1 wins, Avantage is the record-holder for her champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock (Danehill). The former Champion Two-Year-Old and Karaka Million winner, who has… Read More »
The George Main Stakes has been a bogey race for Verry Elleegant but Sydney’s pin-up mare gets the perfect chance to right that record at Randwick. Market đź’°: View the Odds for the George Main Stakes Verry Elleegant finished fourth to Avilius in the corresponding race two years ago and filled the… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is learning a little more each day about imported stayer Amade who has his return run at Caulfield on a path to the Melbourne Cup. Amade runs in the Group 3 MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) on Saturday, the same course and distance he started his Australian career in when fourth… Read More »
TAB punters continue to come for Rothfire in the Shorts with the Queenslander firming $7 into $5.50 quickly after the Final Field market was posted. The TAB Everest contender opened at $8.00 in Monday’s All-In market before being swiftly backed into $5.00. TAB’s Everest slot holder Lost and Running has… Read More »
Now that the paperwork has been done and the final deal done and dusted, there is not much time for the connections of Rothfire to stop and enjoy the feeling of relief at gaining a slot in the $15 million The Everest. Sure, the securing of a run in The… Read More »
Had Incentivise bypassed the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington, he would have received less weight in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. As favourite for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup, Incentivise was the horse that created the most interest ahead of the release of weights on Tuesday. Incentivise has 55.5kg for the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on… Read More »
It goes without saying that Jamie Kah’s punishment for her involvement in the Airbnb scandal goes way beyond a three month suspension. The blow to her reputation, her mental anguish over her own actions as well as having to cope with the response of her peers to her indiscretion and… Read More »
The countdown to The Everest will begin in earnest when several leading contenders kick off their respective campaigns in the Group 2 The Shorts at Randwick. While trainer Les Bridge has delayed the planned return of Classique Legend to work on his fitness levels, Gytrash, Eduardo, Lost And Running and Queensland sprinter… Read More »
Anamoe has firmed into even money favouritism for the Golden Rose after making a stunning start to his spring, downing a high-quality field to claim The Run To The Rose at Kembla Grange. The Godolphin colt suffered a well-documented setback in the lead-up to his return when he missed some… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES  GOLDEN ROSE Ranch Hand $51-$26 (after winning Poseidon Stakes @ Flemington) Giannis $26-$21 (after winning Dulcify Stakes… Read More »
Imported mare Turaath has provided trainer Maddie Raymond with her first stakes race victory while at the same time opening up the prospects of a $1 million bonus. Success in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday gives Turaath the chance to race for the bonus in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m)… Read More »
Apprentice Brock Ryan has continued his heady start to the spring, following his breakthrough Group-race win on Jamaea with a Theo Marks Stakes victory aboard outsider Chat. Big Parade was a heavily supported favourite for Saturday’s 1300m feature but wanted to overdo things in front and he was a spent… Read More »
Three-year-old Giannis has broken his maiden in spectacular style, getting the better of Tiger Of Malay in the Dulcify Stakes after a stirring two-horse dual. The victory gave premier trainer Chris Waller his third winner from five races and a two-state stakes race double after Ranch Hand earlier won the Poseidon Stakes at Flemington…. Read More »
New Zealander Entriviere has staked her claims for selection in the $2 million The Invitation with a strong return in the Sheraco Stakes at Kembla Grange. It was a belated spring kick-off for the Jamie Richards-trained mare, who was scratched from the Toy Show Quality last month due to a… Read More »
Ciaron Maher believes the sky is the limit for Crystal Bound after her return win at Flemington, her first time on the straight course. The daughter of Not A Single Doubt was having her third race start when she accounted for a good quality line-up of three-year-old fillies in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) on Saturday…. Read More »
The Chris Waller stable made the right decision in electing to send Ranch Hand to Melbourne with the Fastnet Rock colt scoring at Flemington. Ranch Hand was also an acceptor in the Group 2 Run To The Rose at Kembla Grange on Saturday, but Waller chose to send the three-year-old south for the Listed… Read More »
Mr Mozart may have earned himself a short at the Caulfield Guineas after a hard-fought victory at Flemington. The outsider of two Hawkes Racing-trained runners, Mr Mozart led home the field in the Listed Exford Plate (1400m) on Saturday with the more fancied Hawkes runner Hilal filling third place. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes, who prepares the three-year-olds in partnership with his father John… Read More »
Trainer Les Bridge believes Classique Legend needs to boost his fitness levels before he heads to the races and the gelding will not resume in The Shorts as scheduled. The reigning Everest winner narrowly won a barrier trial at Randwick on Friday but after conferring on the performance, Bridge and… Read More »
