Trainer Peter Snowden has the task of finding another 3200m race for Plot Twist after the gelding gave jockey Jim Byrne a birthday present and owner Greg Kolivos his first Queensland winner. Plot Twist ($4.70) made it three wins from three starts at 3200m when he out-slogged Anton En Avant… Read More »
It isn’t always an easy decision to geld a well-bred horse but the operation has been a career-defining one for Star Of Monsoon. By champion Lonhro out of Monsoon Wedding and a sister to Redoute’s Choice, Star Of Monsoon was a punters’ nightmare as a two and three-year-old, racking up… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Lindsay has celebrated his second city win on his home track at Caulfield with Magnesium Rose. The three-year-old filly is so far the only horse Lindsay has had race as a trainer and took her record to three wins from nine starts. Magnesium Rose won on debut at… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan refused to get carried away after his impressive two-year-old Zoustyle scored an impressive win at Caloundra. Zoustyle ($1.40) made it two wins from as many starts when he beat Red Doulton ($11) by 3 1/4 lengths in the QTIS Two Year Old (1000m). His time of… Read More »
Two-year-old colt Brutal has started his race career in impressive fashion with a dominant all-the-way win in a late-season race at Caulfield. The Hawkes Racing-trained colt stepped out in Saturday’s Ladbrokes.com.au Handicap (1200m) for two-year-olds and was able to dominate the race from the front under jockey Dwayne Dunn. Brutal… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Caulfield, Rosehill, Sunshine Coast, Morphettville and Belmont. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
A strong nine event meeting has been assembled for Caulfield this Saturday where it is Sir John Monash Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out eleven metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Rosehill this Saturday where the feature race is the Winter Stakes (1400m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
Top-class racehorse and stallion Naturalism has died at Meringo Stud on the NSW south coast aged 29. “He retired from racing in 1993 and stood at Segenhoe Stud before relocating to Meringo Stud,” Kylie Mercer from Meringo said. “Naturalism served mares up until 2010 and had been enjoying his retirement… Read More »
Chautauqua has passed the first of two barrier tests in his bid to be reinstated to race. The multiple Group One winning sprinter came out of his gate cleanly at Flemington on Friday morning and sprinted past his rivals at the finish of his trial under jockey Tommy Berry who… Read More »
Two Japanese horses have been confirmed as Caulfield and Melbourne Cup entries as the countdown begins towards the spring carnival. Racing Victoria said on Thursday, Chestnut Coat and Sole Impact have both been entered for the 2018 Caulfield Cup and the 2018 Melbourne Cup. The TAB has Chestnut Coat, a winner… Read More »
Tough kiwi stayer Megablast will need to set a modern day weight-carrying record if jockey Damian Browne is to complete his list of Caloundra feature wins. Browne, who will be riding on a stay pending an appeal on a handling charge, partners Megablast in Saturday’s Group Three Queen’s Cup (3200m)… Read More »
Havasay has won the Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton for trainer Toby Edmonds who has deflected praise for his win to Liam Birchley. Gold Coast-based Edmonds took over training Havasay when Birchley was disqualified in the Aquanita race day treatment affair with the horse returning to Birchley at Eagle Farm… Read More »
Tommy Berry will make a flying visit from Hong Kong to Melbourne to ride Chautauqua in an all-important jump-out at Flemington. Friday’s trial will be career-defining for the multiple Group One-winning sprinter who needs to prove he still has the will to race after refusing four times to go through… Read More »
Flemington-based trainer Mike Moroney has been charged by stewards after one of his trained horses returned a positive test to a prohibited substance. The Moroney-trained Equestria tested positive to the anti-inflammatory drug Dexamethasone following his win in a benchmark 64 class race at Bendigo on March 6. The post-race urine sample taken from… Read More »
Chautauqua is scheduled to have a jump-out at Flemington this week, the first step in getting the champion sprinter reinstated to race. The multiple Group One winner refused to jump from the barriers on four separate occasions in trials in February and March before being turned out for a spell… Read More »
Connections of multiple Group One winner Redkirk Warrior are putting the disappointment of Royal Ascot behind them and are happy to give the sprinter another chance to show his best in England in the July Cup. Redkirk Warrior was well beaten in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last… Read More »
Trainer Dan McCarthy has opted to keep Ashlor to shorter distances for the time being, with the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes the gelding’s next target. Ashlor carried 63kg to victory last Saturday week in a 1200m-benchmark race at Caulfield and McCarthy flagged his intention to stretch the four-year-old… Read More »
Outgoing Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey has denied he had earlier received information regarding the suspicions surrounding Robert Smerdon’s Aquanita stables. Speaking an Monday’s Four Corners program, Flemington trainer Mather Ellerton said that he had raised concerns with stewards about ‘strange activities’ and possible race-day treatments made by Aquanita employees. “If he… Read More »
Pivotal information in Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s case against Ben Currie and four of his stable employees has emerged. CCTV Footage obtained by The Courier Mail allegedly shows Ben Currie’s father, Mark Currie, illegally treating horses on raceday at Ben Currie’s Hursley Road stable in Toowoomba. The footage published on The… Read More »
