Duca Valentinois scored his first weight-for-age win in Saturday’s Lord Mayor’s Cup at Doomben but it might not be his last during the winter carnival. The strength the six-year-old showed at the end of the Lord Mayor’s Cup could tempt trainer James Cummings to back him up at the Sunshine… Read More »
Touch Of Mink has earned a return to stakes class with her odds-defying win at Randwick. The Matthew Smith-trained filly was sent out at $12 in Saturday’s Benchmark 78 handicap over 1400 metres and defeated the previously unbeaten Vontaine ($2.30 fav) by a half neck. Smith’s opinion of Touch Of… Read More »
The second foal of unbeaten Black Caviar has finished out of the placings at his debut at Sandown but didn’t disappoint those associated with the colt. Prince Of Caviar, ridden by Luke Nolen, was sent out third favourite at $5.50 in finishing fourth in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1200m),… Read More »
Champion trainer Darren Weir produced another masterstroke when Heavenly Thought emerged from midweek obscurity to win Saturday’s Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (2200m). TAB Fixed Odds reacted to Heavenly Thought’s win, slicing his Queensland Derby quote from $17 to $7. Heavenly Thought earned a trip north after winning against older… Read More »
The Autumn Sun has issued a warning to his rivals as the Group One JJ Atkins looms on the horizon for the talented colt. The Chris Waller-trained two-year-old confirmed his rating as a leading chance for the $600,000 JJ Atkins Stakes at Doomben on June 9 with a comprehensive victory… 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 Sandown, Randwick, Belmont and Doomben. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Nine races will be run and won at Sandown this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out two metres for the entire circuit.
Sydney racing this Saturday heads to Randwick where it is McKell Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Group l racing continues at Doomben this Saturday where we will see the Kingsford Smith Cup and the Queensland Oaks. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out 4.5 metres for the entire circuit.
The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has imposed a $90,000 fine to go with a life disqualification for Robert Smerdon over the trainer’s role in the Aquanita case. Racing Victoria had sought a maximum $100,000 fine in submissions to the RAD Board before penalties were handed down on May 10…. Read More »
Blue bloody filly Divanation a daughter of three time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva has won impressively on debut at Werribee. Divanation is the fifth foal from champion mare Makybe Diva and looks to be arguably the brightest of her progeny winning by a space in a Werribee maiden on… Read More »
A rousing gallop on the Doomben course proper has the Godolphin camp growing in confidence about Impending winning his third stakes race in Queensland. Impending will be third-up in the Group One Kingsford-Smith Cup (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. And Godolphin’s head trainer James Cummings said he could not be… Read More »
Apprentice Chris Caserta has been suspended for four months by Racing Victoria stewards on two charges emanating from a positive test to a banned stimulant. Caserta was on Wednesday found guilty of providing a urine sample that tested positive to a banned substance under the rules of racing and of… Read More »
The association between jockey Luke Nolen and the connections of Black Caviar is set to continue as Prince Of Caviar has accepted to make his debut at Sandown. Nolen has been engaged to ride the colt, the second foal of the unbeaten mare, in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap. Black… Read More »
Black Caviar’s first foal to race ‘Oscietra’ has officially been retired. Oscietra on face value did not live up to the hype that surrounded her being the first foal of unbeaten champion mare Black Caviar with her highest rated win being a BM64. Oscietra raced five times winning on two… Read More »
Adrian Bott is looking forward to English making strides towards running in a second Everest when the Doomben 10,000 winner attempts to win a third Group One win in the Kingsford-Smith Cup. The mare’s first victory since the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Randwick in March last year was perfectly… Read More »
A track gallop in Brisbane has convinced trainer Ciaron Maher Aloisia is fit to take her place in the Queensland Oaks Field. Saturday’s Group One 2200m-race at Doomben will be the fourth Oaks the filly has contested this season. The winner of the Thousand Guineas in October, Aloisia finished sixth… Read More »
Group 2 winning colt Thronum has officially been retired to stand at stud after suffering a career ending injury in the Goodwood Handicap on Saturday. Thronum will be retired to stand at Sun Stud with no service fee yet announced. Thronum raced fourteen times for five wins and four placings… Read More »
Queensland’s toughest mare Plucky Girl is set to step up for her first black-type assignment in the Group Three Glenlogan Park Stakes at Doomben. Plucky Girl took her career statistics to eight wins, 10 minor placings and a fourth from 20 starts when she won the Tamworth Cup at her… Read More »
The manner of Siren’s Fury’s Dark Jewel Classic win has extended her campaign with trainer Jason Coyle to aim the mare at the Group One Tatt’s Tiara. Happy with how the mare has come through the Group Three race at Scone on May 12, the Warwick Farm trainer will send… Read More »
