The standalone Gosford meeting, the inaugural edition, will be run at Randwick this Saturday, with the feature being the Gosford Cup (2000m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit. Gosford Cup 🏆: View the Field for the… Read More »
The Brisbane Winter Carnival warms up this Saturday at Doomben where it is BRC Sprint Day. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit. BRC Sprint 🏆: View the Field for the BRC Sprint
A bumper nine race card will be run and won at Morphettville on Saturday where it is SA Derby Day, keeping in mind that the first three races will be on the Parks track. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft will seek an internal review of a three-month suspension he has received on a handling charge. Stewards reopened an inquiry on Thursday into Nothdurft’s ride on Vega One at the Sunshine Coast on April 25. Nothdurft rode Vega One when the gelding finished fourth in… Read More »
Peter Moody is set to have his first runner in his comeback to training ranks with Shepard listed to run at Ballarat. Shepard is an acceptor in the Hertz Ballarat Handicap (2000m) on Sunday and will be ridden by Luke Nolen who had a long association with Moody, in particular… Read More »
Legendary jockey Darby McCarthy, a trail blazer for aboriginal sports people, has died at the age of 76. McCarthy was one of 13 children raised in Cunnamulla in western Queensland and rose to be among Australia’s top jockeys in the 1960s. In one golden period McCarthy won the Stradbroke Handicap… Read More »
Lindsey Smith has spent his first Warrnambool carnival in isolation having recently returned from Perth. But it has not stopped the trainer him being an influential figure at the famous meeting. The traditional three-day carnival was cut to two this year because of coronavirus with an all-jumps program on Tuesday… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has landed a fifth victory in Australia’s longest race with Ablaze winning the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. His win on Tuesday is shared with training partner David Eustace and comes on the back of Maher’s earlier wins with Al Garhood (2010 and 2011) and Regina Coeli (2015… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien says exciting colt Russian Camelot could not be better going into the Group One South Australian Derby and is adamant missing a planned lead-up race will be no excuse. The 2500m SA Derby for three-year-olds will be Russian Camelot’s biggest test but it has been a long-range… Read More »
Favourite Dalasan will have 13 opponents in his bid to win the Group One South Australian Derby at Morphettville. Locally trained by Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas, the colt has drawn barrier nine in Saturday’s 2500m SA Derby in which he will be ridden by Jason Holder. Market 💰: View… Read More »
Sangster Stakes winner Bella Vella is heading for a spell and will miss South Australia’s biggest sprint race, The Goodwood, at Morphettville. Trainer Will Clarken said Bella Vella had pulled up in great order following Saturday’s Group One victory against fillies and mares. “Although the temptation is high to push… Read More »
Group Two-winning sprinter Cosmic Force has joined the list of new season stallion prospects and will stand at Newgate Farm. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, the colt won three of his 11 starts including the Pago Pago Stakes at two and the Roman Consul Stakes at three, beating Standout… Read More »
After passing a serious staying test with his narrow defeat in the VRC St Leger, Saint Eustace is on target for a Classic race in Adelaide. Trained in Victoria by Mick Price and Mick Kent jr, Saint Eustace is returning to Adelaide on Saturday to contest the Group One South… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Will Clarken has achieved a milestone first Group One win with bargain-buy Bella Vella who has capped a stunning rise in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Bella Vella was bought online for $22,500 last year and she has won six of her 11 starts since joining Clarken’s… Read More »
Chris Waller has pulled off another Group One training coup with Toffee Tongue breaking her maiden in style in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. The filly had been runner-up at her four starts leading into Saturday’s Adelaide feature, twice to Colette in the Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) and the Australian… Read More »
After going close to winning a Group One in Sydney earlier this year, Xilong has again shown her quality to score a determined win in the Group Two Euclase Stakes at Morphettville. Only 40 minutes after her stablemate Shrouded In Mist led to win the Group Two Queen Of The… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida admitted he might have to aim a little higher in the winter with his smart three-year-old The Odyssey after the gelding’s impressive win at Doomben. The Odyssey ($1.65) was left with only three rivals and gave apprentice Stephanie Thornton a treble for the day with an easy… Read More »
Shrouded In Mist has exceeded her trainer Tony McEvoy’s expectations with an upset front-running win in the Queen Of The South Stakes in Adelaide. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, admits Shrouded In Mist’s owner had been the one who had been keen for the five-year-old to… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell has staying options in mind for Hezafox after the three-year-old landed a betting plunge when successful on a rain-sodden track at Sandown. The winner of only one race previously, a maiden on the synthetic track at Pakenham, Hezafox relished the heavy ground to win the Honouring Victoria… Read More »
A patient ride by Hugh Bowman has helped Rocha Clock land a brilliant come-from-behind win at Randwick and put herself back in the picture for a shot at the Inglis 3YO Guineas. The John O’Shea-trained filly disappointed first-up in stakes grade during the autumn carnival when she was ridden out… Read More »
