Unbeaten filly In Good Time has given Wyong trainer Tracey Bartley a second win at the rich Scone carnival with her victory in the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes. On Friday, the Bartley-trained Bare Naked Lady won Friday’s 100,000 Inglis Two-Year-Old Challenge (1100m). While Bare Naked Lady started favourite, In Good… Read More »
Promising filly Youngstar lived up to her name and rocketed into Queensland Oaks favouritism when she won the Group Two The Roses at Doomben on Saturday. TAB Fixed Odds slashed Youngstar’s Queensland Oaks odds from $8 into $4.50 favourite after she overhauled stablemate Another Dollar ($5) to win by a… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Paul Perry made a rare trip to Brisbane to oversee the brilliant win of three-year-old Perast at Doomben on Saturday. Perast ($5) set a flying early pace and then held on to win by 1- 1/4 lengths to Marsupial ($4) in the Listed Queensland Day Handicap (1350m). Mishani… Read More »
Group races in Queensland now await Moss Trip who has put on a barnstorming display to win the Inglis Scone Guineas from near last on the home turn. The $400,000 1400m-race for three-year-olds carries Restricted Listed status because of its sales-related nature with Moss Trip going into it as a… Read More »
Promising colt Zousain is on track to emulate his sire Zoustar after his explosive win in the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben on Saturday. Zousain ($9.50) gave trainer Chris Waller and jockey Kerrin McEvoy back-to-back wins in the Champagne when he scored by 2-1/2 lengths from Mishani Hustler ($6.50)… Read More »
Pretty In Pink has lived up to her reputation at her second start with a valuable stakes win at Scone for her owners Segenhoe, sponsors of the Listed Woodlands Stakes. Trained by John O’Shea, Pretty In Pink ($2.80 fav) backed up her debut win over 1000m at Gosford on April… Read More »
Trainer Byron Cozamanis says its hard to turn out a horse in winning form. Rock Hard stretched his unbeaten winning sequence to three with victory in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Plate (1100m) at Caulfield. Now the Caulfield-based horseman is a quandary whether to send the two-year-old for a spell or… Read More »
A strong card of racing has been assembled for Caulfield this Saturday, with good depth right across the board. The weather is overcast, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out twelve metres for the entire circuit.
The Brisbane Racing Carnival properly kicks off this Saturday at Doomben with Group l action, the feature being the Doomben 10,000 (1350m). The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Group l racing in Adelaide continues this Saturday at Morphettville where it is South Australian Derby Day. The weather is overcast, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out two metres from the 1200m-Winning Post; True for the remainder.
Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are hoping it’s third time lucky for Main Stage in the South Australian Derby. The three-year-old has already finished fifth in two Derbys this season, the Victoria Derby at Flemington and the Australian Derby at Randwick. After a five-week break, Main Stage runs… Read More »
Champion mare Winx now tops the list for the World’s Best Racehorse after her dominant win in the G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes last month. In previous rankings, Winx has had to share the top place with dirt specialists Arrogate and then Gun Runner, but has been the best horse on… Read More »
Former trainer Robert Smerdon has been disqualified for life along with his former employees Greg and Denise Nelligan after being found guilty in the Aquanita race day treatments case. Judge John Bowman handed down the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board penalties on Thursday. Others involved were also sentenced with Stuart… Read More »
A better Doomben 10,000 barrier draw for In Her Time has trainer Ben Smith thinking her luck in Brisbane has finally changed. But he won’t be leaving anything to chance as the mare chases her second Group One win on Saturday. In Her Time has drawn barrier eight in a… Read More »
The 1995 Golden Slipper winner and champion sire Flying Spur died on Tuesday night aged 25, Arrowfield Stud has announced. Flying Spur was trained by Lee Freedman to win the Golden Slipper and he added the Australian Guineas and All Aged Stakes to his Group One tally before being retired… Read More »
A brazen and long-running conspiracy to cheat could end the careers of the five trainers and three stablehands involved in the biggest scandal in Australian racing history. The Aquanita eight were all found guilty over the illegal race day treatments, largely because of 1000 messages about “top-ups” among the 70,000… Read More »
The Aquanita eight have been found guilty over a long-running conspiracy to cheat using “top-ups” in what a judge describes as the biggest scandal in Australian racing history. Multiple Group One-winning trainer Robert Smerdon was the driving force behind the systematic conspiracy and float driver Greg Nelligan the architect and… Read More »
All eight people have been found guilty over the Aquanita race day treatments case that a judge labelled the biggest scandal in Australian racing history. Multiple Group One-winning trainer Robert Smerdon and float driver Greg Nelligan could be described as the driving force behind the illegal “top-ups” conspiracy, Victoria’s Racing… Read More »
Defending titleholder Redzel has secured his slot in The Everest and will run for Yulong Investments in the $13 million race. Yulong has reached an agreement with the five-year-old’s owners, Triple Crown Syndications, to race in their colours on October 13. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Redzel is the… Read More »
Triple Group One-winning filly Shoals will stay at home to concentrate on the $13 million Everest rather than travel to England for Royal Ascot. The Anthony Freedman-trained Shoals won her third Group One title and her second against older mares in Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. Her owners… Read More »
