Imported stayer Lord Belvedere will be given the opportunity to progress to bigger spring staying races after scoring a stylish mid-winter victory at Flemington. Having his third Australian start, Lord Belvedere recorded his second win since arriving from England with victory in Saturday’s Harry White Handicap. Sent off the $3.10… Read More »
The Anderson-Heathcote training partnership continued its great start when Our Mantra gave them their 26th winner since May at Eagle Farm. The partnership accepted with Our Mantra in the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) and the Des Lambart Memorial Handicap (2200m) but elected to run the gelding in the shorter race…. Read More »
Trainer Saab Hasan hopes the victory of Sirius Suspect at Flemington will prove the best advertisement in attracting more horses to his stable. Concerned Sirius Suspect may have been underdone after missing a gallop during the week, Hasan was overjoyed with the all-the-way win in Saturday’s Flemington Event Staff Handicap…. Read More »
Star Of Michelin continued a family tradition when he lived up to his breeding to win at Eagle Farm. Star Of Michelin had won his previous start at Eagle Farm in a midweek race when $41 but there were no such big odds on Saturday with the gelding starting at… Read More »
More than a year and a half after first riding the Chris Waller-trained Carzoff to a placing in a Sydney race, apprentice Blaike McDougall has reunited with the imported stayer for a win at Flemington. The Riverina-based McDougall has ridden more than 100 winners this season and brought up his… Read More »
A strong nine race card has been assembled for Flemington on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Randwick this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out twelve metres from the 1600m-Winning Post; Out ten metres for the remainder.
Racing returns to Eagle Farm this Saturday where it is Queensland Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
After showing promise during her first preparation which included three city wins, talented filly My Pendant is set for a late-season return at Flemington. My Pendant made her debut in October and after two second-placed finishes she pieced together city wins at Sandown, The Valley and Flemington. Trainer Danny O’Brien… Read More »
Trainer Adam Duggan will not be tempted to rush promising sprinter Sir Elton into a late-spring campaign, even if the horse maintains his perfect record at Randwick. Duggan has confirmed Saturday’s Book Spring Hospitality Handicap (1200m) will be the three-year-old’s final start this preparation before he is spelled. And he… Read More »
Here’s something you don’t read every day. Massive and extraordinarily successful owner Bob Peters is bringing his two stunning mares to race in Sydney because…..of an anomaly re a certain drug. It’s called Regumate. And it improves most mares on the racetrack who are on it. Regumate is one of… Read More »
Owner Bob Peters is set to have two runners in the $14 million The Everest with Enticing Star announced as the representative for the Chris Waller stable. The winner of eight of her 10 starts in Perth, Enticing Star joins fellow Peters-owned mare Arcadia Queen, who has already secured the… Read More »
The return to racing at Eagle Farm has helped the winter carnival record increases across the board in turnover and crowd figures. The carnival had struggled in the previous five years with Eagle Farm out of action or concerns about its racing surface. There were also problems with crowd sizes… Read More »
Australian Cup-winning rider Jamie Kah is set to compete on the international stage after being selected to take part in the Shergar Cup at Ascot in England. Kah, who claimed her first Group One win in this year’s Australian Cup at Flemington on Harlem, has been announced as part of… Read More »
The turf wars between Victoria and NSW appear to be softening with the winner of the Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield set to gain a start in The Everest. On Tuesday it was announced the Melbourne Racing Club had joined with the Australian Turf Club in its slot for the $14… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope could remain in hospital for up to three weeks as she recovers from viral meningitis. Hope was admitted to ICU at Victoria’s Frankston Hospital last week after falling ill while riding in barrier trials at Mornington. Victorian Jockeys’ Association chief executive Matthew Hyland has been in regular… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has had his disqualification on racing convictions further reduced while his criminal fraud charges have been adjourned. Last week after an internal review Currie had a cumulative 7-1/2 year disqualification reduced to seven years after six months was taken off his two year sentence for 12… Read More »
Veteran trainer Bruce Purcell remains in a critical condition, three days after being airlifted to a Melbourne hospital with serious injuries after an incident at the Cranbourne training centre. Purcell suffered the injuries in an accident with one of his horses when it was being unloaded from a float. Australian… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie will return to court in September on a criminal fraud charge. Currie has not entered a plea on the charge and at his next court appearance it is expected a date will be set for a committal hearing. It is understood the committal will not be… Read More »
Trainer Daniel Bowman has pinpointed the Regal Roller Stakes as Begood Toya Mother’s introduction to stakes racing with a view to a tilt at the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Begood Toya Mother rose through the grades with five wins from as many starts during his most recent preparation,… Read More »
