The Adelaide racing carnival winds down on Saturday at Morphettville with an eight race card, highlighted by the showpiece of SA racing, the Goodwood (1200m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One… Read More »
Group l racing continues at Doomben this Saturday where a high class field has been assembled for Doomben Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is out 2.5 metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:10) : LED Superscreens Handicap… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has confirmed at the Racing Hall Of Fame Night in Melbourne that a trip overseas with Champion mare Winx is on the cards as long as she holds her form. Winx was one of the eleven inductees in Australia’s Racings Hall Of Fame this week joining an elusive… Read More »
Two former Perth sprinters have been the best supported ahead of the $1 million Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. A 10-time winner in Western Australia before heading east, the Darren Weir-trained Black Heart Bart is chasing successive victories in Adelaide’s premier sprint on Saturday while Vega Magic is having his… Read More »
A heavy track gives Sense Of Occasion his best chance to improve on his two Sydney autumn Group One placings in the Doomben Cup. Heavy rain fell in Brisbane on Friday with the track rated a heavy (9) on race eve, Sense of Occasion has won five times on rain-affected… Read More »
Lucky Liberty has gained a start in the Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday and Sportsbet.com.au punters believe that he is the value runner in the Group l. The Henry Dwyer trained galloper, who has been plagued by injuries throughout his career, was a real eye catcher when resuming and… Read More »
As convincing as Divine Quality has been winning her first two starts, trainer Robbie Griffiths still considers her next assignment a tough test for the up-and-coming filly. Divine Quality has emerged as a late-season find in the Victorian three-year-old ranks having stepped out to win a Bendigo maiden on debut… Read More »
More than eight years after making his racetrack debut, veteran Extra Zero is preparing to step out for his 100th race. Extra Zero reaches the milestone in Saturday’s Archer Hall of Fame Trophy over 2000m at Flemington. The rising 11-year-old, who has amassed more than $1.6 million prize money, made… Read More »
Champion six-year-old Black Heart Bart returns to the track this weekend as he looks to take out the Group 1 Goodwood at Morphettville for the second year running. The Darren Weir-trained galloper’s last run was back in February when he took out the Group 1 Futurity Stakes. Punters clearly think… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has joined an elite band of racehorses to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame. The Chris Waller-trained mare, unbeaten at her last 17 race starts, was one of 11 inductees from the ranks of horses, jockeys, trainers and associates announced on Wednesday. Winx joins… Read More »
Owners of Group 1 winning New Zealand gelding Gingernuts have turned down a massive offer of $3million dollars from a Hong Kong buyer in recent days. Gingernuts syndicate manager David Ellis purchased the galloper from the Karaka Ready to Run 2YO sale for $42,500 with the 3YO already amassing over… Read More »
Flemington trainer Saab Hasan has welcomed back an old favourite to his stable with open arms. Shoreham is set to line up for Hasan, who now shares in the ownership, in an 1800m benchmark 84 race at Flemington on Saturday, two years after leaving Melbourne. It was at the corresponding… Read More »
The emerging training career of Matt Cumani has hit a hurdle with the 36-year-old suspended for the rest of the season and fined $20,000 for failing to notify stewards for almost a month of a strangles infection in his Ballarat stables. Cumani faced the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on… Read More »
Bobby El-Issa has been outed for four months for his handling of a horse in a Goulburn maiden. Soul Testa finished sixth in the 1600m-race on March 17 with Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday citing several occasions when El-Issa did not take options available to him. Watch 📺: Click Here… Read More »
The chances of Darren Weir being a player in the Brisbane winter carnival rest with a Qantas cargo carrier in Melbourne. Weir has horses booked to travel to Brisbane in the early hours of three mornings this week but the stable won’t know until as late as 10pm whether they… Read More »
A capacity field of 20 plus three emergencies has been declared for Adelaide’s premier open sprint, the $1 million Goodwood. Last year’s winner Black Heart Bart and the Peter Gelagotis-trained Malaguerra head the field with 59kg and have drawn barriers two and nine respectively in the 1200m-race at Morphettville on… Read More »
Leading trainer Ciaron Maher and his former racing manager Ben Connolly have been charged following an investigation into the ownership bona fides of five horses including Group One winner Azkadellia. Maher has been issued with four charges inclduing improper and dishonourable action and conduct prejudicial to the image, interests and… Read More »
An imported stayer David Hayes hopes will be a Melbourne Cup contender is set to get his first taste of Australian racing when he steps out at Flemington. Hayes, who now trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has last year’s English St Leger runner-up Ventura… Read More »
Perth trainer Neville Parnham has resisted any temptation to give Malibu Style a crack at the Group One Goodwood and is instead keeping the sprinter in Melbourne to chase another stakes win in the Listed Straight Six at Flemington. Malibu Style has been based at Flemington since early April for… Read More »
Mick Price already has the trainer’s trophy from Adelaide’s first $1 million race in his keeping and will be two handed in his pursuit of another. The Price-trained Secret Agenda won the UBET Classic last Saturday week and will try to add the Goodwood, also over 1200 metres, to her… Read More »
