Disqualified trainers Robert Smerdon and Stuart Webb have lodged appeals against their bans with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Have Your Say 🗣: Should they be given a lighter sentence? – Comment below Both trainers were outed last month after being found guilty of charges of race day treatment… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has held onto her spot as the Worlds Best Racehorse after Longines released their June results for the rankings. Winx sits a top of the World Best Racehorse rankings at 130 with her closest rival being the now retired Gun Runner who is at 129. Triple Crown… Read More »
Arguably the best three-year-old filly in Australia ‘Shoals’ has secured a spot in the world’s richest turf race The Everest at Royal Randwick on October 13 with The Star Entertainment Group’s slot. Shoals, with Group 1 victories in three states and prizemoney earnings of more than $2 million, will contest… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has returned to Chris Waller’s stables after a short break following her continued unbeaten run during the Autumn where she won three Group 1’s. Winx had three runs during her Autumn campaign for three Group 1 wins including the $4m Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The champion mare is… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Jameka’s racing days might not be over, with the mare still in light work at Caulfield. Have Your Say 🗣: Would you like to see her return or be retired? – Comment below The Caulfield Cup winner has not raced since winning the Group One BMW… Read More »
Jockey Linda Meech has formed a formidable combination with the Symon Wilde-trained sprinter Inn Keeper and they will be out to add to their unblemished partnership at Moonee Valley. A hard-fought win in the $100,000 Golden Topaz at Swan Hill last Friday on a heavy track took four-year-old Inn Keeper’s… Read More »
Daysee Doom has breezed through her only pre-race hit out for the Group One Tatt’s Tiara to indicate she is ready for her first trip to Brisbane. Trainer Ron Quinton was satisfied after regular jockey Andrew Adkins put the five-year-old mare through her paces in a 1200m-barrier trial at Randwick… Read More »
Group One winner Lucky Hussler is expected to add some class to the Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich after missing the Stradbroke Handicap. Trainer Darren Weir originally planned to run Lucky Hussler at Doomben on Saturday and entered him for the Stradbroke and the Hinkler Stakes but elected to miss… Read More »
Fresh from another Group One win on Santa Ana Lane in the Stradbroke Handicap, jockey Ben Melham is keen for the in-form sprinter to snare a slot in the $13 million Everest. Santa Ana Lane claimed his third Group One win of the season, all in separate states, when he… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is single-minded in his focus for Blue Diamond Stakes-winning colt Written By this spring, with the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes the goal. Written By is in the early stages of his build-up to a spring campaign having returned to Begg’s stable last week after two-month spell…. Read More »
Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey has resigned to take up the equivalent position in Singapore. Bailey, who has been Racing Victoria’s chairman of stewards for the past decade will finish on July 11 after months of speculation he was going to Singapore. RV chief executive, Giles Thompson, paid tribute to… Read More »
Noire has joined Chris Waller’s contenders for the Group One Tatts Tiara with an impressive audition at Randwick. The mare needed to win the Australian Turf Club Sprint (1200m) to justify a trip to Doomben for the fillies and mares weight-for-age feature, and she completed the task in style. Sent… Read More »
A Group One plan devised in January by champion trainer Chris Waller is one step closer to being realised after Invincibella produced a barnstorming finish to win the Group Two Dane Ripper Stakes at Doomben. Starting a $5.50 equal favourite on Saturday, Invincibella overhauled Prompt Response ($9.50) in the final… Read More »
Kembla Grange gelding Dark Dream has given trainer Kerry Parker his first Group One win when he bounced back from a last-start defeat to win the Queensland Derby at Doomben. Parker has had six placings in Group One races during his 25 years of training but he believes Dark Dream… Read More »
I Am Serious has showcased her versatility and reserves of stamina through a compelling finishing burst to the mare’s first heavy ground experience at Randwick. The four-year-old on Saturday racked up her seventh win from 11 starts, and fourth in Sydney since she transferred from veteran Taree trainer and owner… Read More »
Boom colt The Autumn Sun has defied a dramatic betting drift to keep his unbeaten record intact in the Group One JJ Atkins Plate at Doomben. The Autumn Sun blew from an opening quote of $2.45 to start the $4 favourite before scoring by a neck from stablemate Zousain, who… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman’s decision to be ruthless about the horses he starts in Group One races has paid off again, with Santa Ana Lane winning the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben. It was Freedman’s sixth Group One win of the season from just two horses, as Santa Ana Lane… Read More »
Classy mare Sedanzer has dispelled any doubts about her wet-track ability by scoring a dominant win in the Group Two Brisbane Cup at Doomben. Tim Clark continued his bumper winter carnival campaign for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott when he rode Sedanzer, the $2.80 favourite, to a 2-1/4 length… Read More »
Sydney three-year-old Sambro has put a recent barrier disaster behind him to give trainer Chris Waller his fourth feature race quinella of the winter carnival. Sambro ($8.50) fought bravely to hold his stablemate Seaway ($4.80) by half a length in the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday…. Read More »
A daring front-running ride aboard Choysa has landed Kate Walters her first winner at Flemington. Choysa got out to a lead, estimated to be 20 lengths in the middle stages of the Saturday’s Trevor Clarke Handicap (2500m), defying the chasing pack in the run home. Sent off a $12 chance,… Read More »
