A really strong nine race card has been assembled for Caulfield on Saturday with some good depth right across the board. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is out seven metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Rosehill this Saturday where it is Civic Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
The Sunshine Coast will host their biggest raceday this Saturday where it is Caloundra Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Trainer Kerry Parker has said losing his start galloper and last start Group1 Queensland Derby winner Dark Dream is a kick in the guts. Dark Dream provided trainer Kerry Parker his first Group 1 win in his 20 year training career in the Queensland Derby a fotnight ago but the… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has secured a short-term contract to ride in Japan. Avdulla will take up the challenge on August 4 and will be riding for leading trainer Yasutoshi Ikee with Katsumi Yoshida his contracted owner. Ikee was the original trainer of Tosen Stardom who now races in… Read More »
Champion Winx has been odds-on favourite for 24 of her past 25 starts and nothing has changed in the lead-up to her next campaign. The mare is at $1.10 to win the race renamed in her honour, formerly the Warwick Stakes which has also been upgraded to Group One status… Read More »
Damian Browne has been suspended for two months after being found guilty on a handling charge out of a Caloundra meeting. Stewards opened an inquiry after Browne’s mount Fighting Teo ran sixth on June 1. It was adjourned to Wednesday where further evidence was taken from Browne and trainer Kevin… Read More »
Regan Bayliss has been booked to ride Redkirk Warrior in the July Cup at Newmarket with the Lindsay Park team hoping to erase the memory of his unplaced effort behind Merchant Navy in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Tom Dabernig says he and fellow Lindsay Park trainers David… Read More »
While the build-up to the spring is already intensifying, trainer Gerald Ryan has some unfinished winter business with stable favourite Red Excitement. The consistent gelding will run in Saturday’s Listed Civic Stakes (1350m) at Rosehill as long as the track remains soft and doesn’t deteriorate. “Provided we don’t get a… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Group 1 winning sprinter English has received a slot for this years $13m Everest. Defending title holder Redzel is back in work to prepare for the $13 million Everest with half the slots now decided following Damion Flower’s announcement he had selected English…. Read More »
Having trained his first winner for OTI Racing, Matthew Smith is hoping the same horse can step up again at Rosehill. Plymouth Road led all the way to claim the 2400m-handicap at Randwick on Saturday and if he continues to please Smith, he will back up at Rosehill a week… Read More »
Improving Victorian mare Jamaican Rain is expected to get her preferred soft track when she tackles the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Richard Laming sent Jamaican Rain to Brisbane with the Group One Tatt’s Tiara in mind but when she failed to make the field he instead… Read More »
A former Queensland trainer is reportedly fighting for his life in a Fijian hospital after being arrested for involvement in smuggling drugs, money and weapons. The Herald Sun reported that John Nikolic who is the brother if Danny Nikolic is on life-support and is fighting for his life after self… Read More »
Widgee Turf is scheduled to get one more chance to add to his season tally of six city wins in an open handicap at Caulfield which will double as an audition for a crack at a weight-for-age race. A victory at Moonee Valley last Saturday week from the Patrick Payne-trained… Read More »
While Redkirk Warrior is on the other side of the world recovering from his unplaced run at Royal Ascot, another of Lindsay Park’s open-age sprinters is building up for the spring. Vega Magic has only raced once this year when he failed in his defence of the Group One Goodwood… Read More »
A second to Crystal Ocean in the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot has been enough to convince connections Red Verdon can be a force in the Melbourne spring carnival. Trained by Ed Dunlop, Red Verdon finished 2-1/2 lengths behind Crystal Ocean who gave Sir Michael Stoute his 11th… Read More »
NSW-trained horses have again dominated the Brisbane winter carnival winning more than half the black-type races on offer. Since the start of the winter carnival in April there have been 54 stakes races with NSW winning 33. Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller has led the way with 10 stakes wins… Read More »
Australian Group One winner Merchant Navy has won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot for new trainer Adian O’Brien. Sent off at 4-1, Merchant Navy was all out at the line under Ryan Moore but managed to hold out French raider City Light by a short head. Incredible!At just… Read More »
Rejuvenated mare Spright overcame a bout of home sickness to win the Group Three WJ Healy Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. After Spright had been struggling on wet tracks at her two previous Brisbane runs, Frazer decided to send the mare back to his Hawkesbury stables. “I took her home… Read More »
The real I Thought So has stood up and spoiled the Jungle Edge party at Randwick, taking out the 1200-metre open sprint. With heavy conditions to suit, Jungle Edge was the $3.90 favourite but even with Georgina Cartwright’s three kilogram claim he had to give I Thought So ($5.50) 6.5kg…. Read More »
