Flemington is where Melbourne racing takes place this Saturday, and it will be the first of a few twilight meetings coming up. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out ten metres for the entire circuit.
The Sydney Summer Carnival reaches its peak at Randwick this Saturday with a strong nine race card, headlined by the Villiers Stakes (1600m), with the winner getting a golden ticket into the Doncaster. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position… Read More »
The Brisbane Summer Carnival has its first look at Eagle Farm this Saturday for an outstanding nine race card. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. The Gateway 🏆: View the Field for The Gateway
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington, Randwick and Eagle Farm. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
High-profile racehorse owner and accused drug smuggler Damion Flower will spend Christmas behind bars as he faces the prospect of life in prison. Supreme Court judge Robert Hulme on Friday knocked back Flower’s second bail application since he was arrested in May over his alleged involvement in an international drug… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge youngster Farnan has rocketed into favouritism for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic after upstaging Gimcrack Stakes winner Every Rose at Wyong. Market 💰: View the odds for the Magic Millions Classic Ridden by Tim Clark, Farnan began smartly and camped outside the lead before shooting clear in… Read More »
Favourite backers have been given a scare in the Magic Millions Wyong Stakes when the race did not go to script for Josh Parr and odds-on elect Diamond Thunder. The three-year-old was slow to muster speed in Thursday’s 1200m-feature and settled worse than midfield, usually a recipe for trouble on… Read More »
After an absence of four months, trainer Robbie Griffiths has been given the all-clear to return to the racetrack following brain surgery. Griffiths underwent surgery on August 17 for an aneurism and received the final all-clear earlier this week by his medical team to attend the twilight meeting at Flemington… Read More »
South Australia’s reigning premier jockey Raquel Clark faces an uncertain riding future after suffering a brain injury in a fall. Clark continues to recuperate from the injury she suffered when she fell from a horse after the finish line in a race at Morphettville last month. “They just called it… Read More »
Star South Australian jockey Raquel Clark is unsure if she will be allowed to get back into the saddle following her fall last month. Raquel Clark suffered a terrible fall after the winning post aboard Goodgee who clipped the heels of another horse and fell onto Clark. Clark was taken… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Chris Munce says pundits who claim his colt Boomsara races best from wide barriers are only partly right. Boomsara has won three feature races when drawn wide and he turned in the run of the day when third in the Group Three George Moore Stakes from barrier… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainer Danny O’Brien is set to be the beneficiary of Lloyd Williams’ decision to sell his private training property Macedon Lodge. O’Brien will receive a number of the Lloyd and Nick Williams-owned Australian-based stayers to prepare from his Thirteenth Beach property. Also benefitting will be Anthony Freedman… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut has died in Hong Kong after being injured in an accident on a walking machine. The Group One-winning horse had been scheduled to have a barrier trial at Sha Tin later on Tuesday morning. “It is very sad, very unusual accident,” trainer Frankie Lor told… Read More »
John Sadler is looking to train his third Standish Handicap winner with sprinter Superhard to get another look at the Flemington straight in the lead-up. Superhard is among 18 nominations for an 1100m-sprint on Saturday which will be the gelding’s final run ahead of the Group Three Standish Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Robbie Laing says he now has his financial affairs in order ahead of a bid to get his trainer’s licence restored. A multiple Group One-winning trainer, Laing says that could be as early as next week when the Racing Victoria Board meets and he hopes his application is considered and… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club is stepping into the twilight zone with the first of their experimental meetings at Flemington. The nine race card on Saturday begins at 3pm with the last race run five hours later. The early part of Saturday’s program will have races spaced 40 minutes apart to… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Kay Cee has given the Parnham family an historic win in the Group One Kingston Town Classic at Ascot. Trained by Neville Parnham, Kay Cee ($11) was ridden by his son Steve in Saturday’s 1800m-race, the final Group One race of the year in Australia. Kay Cee is… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke has always expected to win a stakes race with mare Frangipani Moon but it came a little earlier than expected to Doomben. Ridden in a rails-hugging manner by jockey Jake Bayliss, Frangipani Moon ($19) got up to beat Shalwa ($11) in a driving finish to the Listed… Read More »
Toowoomba galloper Niccanova returned to his best stakes-winning form but there is no chance the gelding will venture interstate for feature races in the near future. Niccanova ($7) charged home to beat Sydney galloper Sir Plush ($5.50) by a neck with three-quarters of a length to The Candy Man ($3.30)… Read More »
Fred Kersley went out with a plan to make the Pakenham Cup a strong staying test on Etah James. And it worked to perfection as the apprentice jockey his biggest race win. In an upset on the Matt Cumani-trained mare, Kersley stood high in the irons as he crossed the… Read More »
