A really strong nine race program has been assembled for Bendigo this Saturday where it is Golden Mile Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Golden Mile 🏆: View the Field for the Golden Mile
Mark Zahra says he has never received so many congratulatory text messages as he did after receiving the news of a negative test to coronavirus. “The phone blew up,” Zahra said. “I’ve been inundated with text messages after winning Group One races, but I think this takes the cake.” The… Read More »
After a short-lived stint at stud, Group One winner Kementari is poised for his return to racing as a gelding in the Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill. The winner of the 2018 Group One Randwick Guineas, the high-profile horse was retired to Darley Stud after last year’s autumn carnival. Fertility… Read More »
Mark Zahra and the racing community have received some relieving news with the jockeys test to COVID-19 resulting in a negative. Racing in Victoria has been given a green light to proceed on Friday with a meetings at Warrnambool and a twilight meeting at Pakenham scheduled ahead of Saturday’s Golden… Read More »
The Queensland winter racing carnival has been scrapped as the state moves to racing in five separate regions. The winter carnivals in all three codes, thoroughbreds, harness and greyhounds, have been abandoned for the first time in a century. The carnivals will be replaced with standard metropolitan race programming with… Read More »
Trainers have ramped up biosecurity measures in stables to ensure racing stays afloat for as long as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. The sport has been temporarily suspended in five states while officials wait for the results of a Covid-19 test on Victorian-based jockey Mark Zahra. Two Sydney jockeys who… Read More »
Victorian racing has been suspended pending test results on a licensed person for COVID-19. Racing Victoria called off Wednesday’s Sandown meeting after learning the person had been told by health authorities they were on the same commercial flight on March 12 as someone who has tested positive. The participant is… Read More »
Star fillies Funstar and Probabeel will continue their rivalry in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill which has attracted a field of 13. The meeting is set to go ahead behind closed gates under strict coronavirus protocols. The Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) for three-year-old fillies is one of… Read More »
Jockeys in NSW have been segregated into three geographical areas as authorities rally to keep the sport going during the coronavirus crisis. Race meetings continue behind closed gates with no spectators and only essential personnel on course. Most other sports have postponed or abandoned their fixtures. Interstate travel has been… Read More »
Victorian trainer David Brideoake remains hopeful he can get Group One-winning mare Princess Jenni to Sydney despite new protocols regarding the movement of participants. Brideoake has Princess Jenni nominated for Saturday’s Group Two Emancipation Stakes (1600m) for fillies and mares at Rosehill as well as the Listed Golden Mile (1600m)… Read More »
Star fillies Funstar and Probabeel are set for their next Group One stoush with the score at one-all ahead of the Vinery Stud Stakes. Both step into unknown territory in Saturday’s 2000m Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill with neither having been to the distance before. Funstar beat the New Zealand… Read More »
Thoroughbred racing in NSW and Victoria is set to continue for the time being behind closed gates. Racing NSW said the sport would continue under under strict biosecurity risk management protocols in accordance with government and health authority advice. The protocols have been in place since March 16 and the… Read More »
Racing will continue in the short term in Victoria until the next national cabinet meeting of premiers in Australia. Victoria’s racing minister Martin Pakula said on Monday the three codes in Victoria, thoroughbreds, harness racing and greyhounds, had been given the go-ahead to continue racing until at least the following… Read More »
All three of Australia’s racing codes have been given a green light to continue during the countries strict lock down rules regarding the coronavirus epidemic. Victoria’s Racing Minister Martin Pakula announced that all three racing codes are allowed to continue with strict measures in place to prevent the spread of… Read More »
The prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting is the latest major event to be cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic. The race meeting, with prize money of $35 million and featuring the $12 million Dubai World Cup, had been scheduled to go ahead behind closed doors with appropriate protocols in place. But… Read More »
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller hopes racing can continue under the biosecurity measures employed on Golden Slipper day. Saturday’s meeting at Rosehill featured five Group One wins but no spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic protocols. In an effort to keep the sport afloat, only essential personnel could enter the… Read More »
Without the fanfare that has accompanied her previous six wins, Gai Waterhouse has claimed a record seventh Golden Slipper. Saturday’s showpiece meeting was held at Rosehill with no spectators, and no Waterhouse who preferred to let her training partner Adrian Bott soak up Farnan’s win as she watched from home… Read More »
I Am Excited has delivered David Pfieffer his first Group One win in a thrilling finish to The Galaxy at Rosehill. But the Warwick Farm trainer admitted there was also a strange feeling to the biggest victory of his career, with no crowds or owners allowed on course for Saturday’s… Read More »
Imported stayer Aktau has made life easier for his connections with their planning for a spring carnival campaign by taking out the Listed Mornington Cup. Victory in Saturday’s 2400m race has guaranteed Aktau a start in this year’s Group One Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October. Trainer Mike Moroney had targeted… Read More »
Training a star colt comes with its share of pressure and Richard Litt admits he was feeling it before Castelvecchio’s return to the Group One winner’s list in the Rosehill Guineas Runner-up in the Cox Plate last spring, the three-year-old had finished unplaced at his first two campaign runs and… Read More »
