Trainer Tony Gollan admitted the best thing he had done for a while was to take blinkers off the race day gear of The Actuary who won her first stakes race at Doomben. The Actuary ($4.80) came from well back in the field to beat Toscanini ($10) by 1-3/4 lengths… Read More »
Persan will be given the chance at a proper staying journey after registering a second consecutive Flemington victory. Co-trainer David Eustace said Persan would return to Flemington on July 4 for the Mahogany Challenge Final over 2500m after taking out the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap on Saturday. The victory was… Read More »
A promising two-year-old gelding with family links to former champion Tie The Knot has maintained an unbeaten start to his career at Flemington to give trainer Patrick Payne his 100th winner for the season. Cherry Tortoni, who races in the famous red colours with a white cap worn by a… Read More »
Tony Gollan has become the first to train 100 Queensland metropolitan race winners in a season after Howwonderfullifeis won at Doomben. Gollan has his seventh consecutive metropolitan title sewn up and had already set a record for the most wins which he previously held at 90 from two seasons ago…. Read More »
Brothers Richard and Michael Freedman have continued an outstanding season with two-year-olds and iced a memorable week with Exhibition’s gutsy win at Randwick. Having just his second start, the $6.50 chance was under stern urgings from jockey Andrew Adkins around the home turn but responded and lifted late to edge… Read More »
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Nine races will be run and won at Flemington on Saturday where it is Creswick Stakes Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out eleven metres for the entire circuit. Creswick Stakes 🏆: View the Field for the Creswick Stakes
A nine race card has been assembled for Randwick on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Saturday metro racing in Brisbane returns to Doomben this Saturday, headlined by The Phoenix (1600m) for the juveniles. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is out 2.5 metres for the entire circuit. The Phoenix 🏆: View the Field for the Phoenix
Top Sydney trainer John O’Shea has been charged by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission after one of his horses tested positive to the recreational drug ice. Pretty In Pink returned a positive swab to the substance after winning the Group Two Moreton Cup at Doomben in June last year. Queensland… Read More »
Thoroughbred owners are set to be welcomed back to Victorian racetracks to watch their horses compete for the first time in just over three months. Since mid-March only essential personnel have been allowed on course in Victoria as part of the strict protocols while racing has continued during the COVID-19… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards may have lost one of his stars Te Akau Shark but he still has a strong contingent gearing up for the spring. Te Akau Shark remained in Sydney after the autumn carnival with stablemates Melody Belle and Probabeel but requires surgery for an eye injury…. Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has confirmed two of his best young horses will leave his stables. The Drinks Cart, who ran third in the Group One JJ Atkins two weeks ago is headed for Hong Kong. Wisdom of Water, who was unplaced in the JJ Atkins after winning two… Read More »
A rare eye condition that needs surgery will delay the return to training of two-time Group One winner Te Akau Shark. Trained in New Zealand, Te Akau Shark has been spelling in NSW since a successful autumn that netted elite-level wins on both sides of the Tasman. “Whilst spelling, we… Read More »
Queensland jockey Luke Tarrant has been granted a stay on his six-month disqualification for allegedly assaulting another rider in the weigh-in area at Doomben. Tarrant has missed riding in the winter carnival after being disqualified on April 22. An internal review confirmed the stewards decision last month but Tarrant lodged… Read More »
Two months after his starring role during the Sydney autumn carnival, English-trained Addeybb is ready to take on the best at Royal Ascot. Addeybb is among a final field of seven that has been declared for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday. Trained out of Newmarket by William Haggas,… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s head of integrity Jamie Stier says if ever a protest is to be upheld for a breach of the whip rules, it would most likely come as the result of a dead-heat. However, Stier said there was many complexities surrounding those whip rules. Jockey Billy Egan was suspended… Read More »
After an off-season cameo at Flemington, Schabau is set for another short break before trying to cement a Melbourne Cup berth this spring. Schabau resumed from 14 months off the scene recovering from a tendon injury and finished midfield in a 2000m handicap at Flemington last month, beaten 3-1/2-lengths. It… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop will be racing for his career when he returns to the track as a 10 year-old in the spring. The $4.4 million prize money earner, a winner of 13 of his 37 starts, has returned to work with Matthew Williams, however any sign shown… Read More »
A big believer in following proven templates, Chris Waller will stick to a tried-and-tested formula for Nature Strip’s Everest quest. The first horse confirmed for a slot in this year’s $15 million October sprint, Nature Strip is due back in Waller’s Rosehill yard at the end of the month. Waller… Read More »
