Trainer John McArdle is excited to have his forgotten three-year-old Power Trip back in work. Power Trip missed the spring after one run when he succumbed to an unexplained sickness. Power Trip has been back in work for just over a week and McArdle says the gelding has come back… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Rebecca Black has tragically died following a race fall at Gore racecourse today. 40YO Riverton-based Black was riding Point Proven in the eighth race when the horse knuckled and fell near the 700m mark, New Zealand Racing says. Misscattlecreek and rider Terry Moseley also crashed with Moseley… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra has no concerns about Madeenaty handling the clockwise way of racing when she bids to confirm her favouritism for the Magic Millions Classic in a key lead-up race at Wyong. Victorian-based Madeenaty makes her interstate debut in Thursday’s $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m) in NSW… Read More »
Randwick figured in two track upgrades during the Villiers Stakes meeting, but it wasn’t enough to stop wet-track specialist The Monstar. Racing started well into the heavy range before The Monstar overcame a wide run on a soft-rated track to win the Razor Sharp, the feature sprint race on Saturday…. Read More »
Victorian jockey Ben Melham has produced a stunning Sydney raid, saving his best performance of the day for an upset win on Sense Of Occasion in the Group Two Villiers Stakes. Sent out a $31 chance, Sense Of Occasion’s win in Saturday’s feature race over 1600m at Randwick even took… Read More »
Boom Time has become the third Flemington winner to press claims for a trip to the Gold Coast for the rich Magic Millions meeting. Hijack Hussy and Miss Wonderful stamped their credentials earlier on Saturday’s program while Boom Time showed his staying credentials with victory in the Skipton Handicap. Lindsay… Read More »
One of the young guns of the Melbourne riding ranks has joined forces with one of the veterans of Sydney racing to win at Flemington. Apprentice Regan Bayliss guided nine-year-old sprinter Decision Time to victory in Saturday’s Fiesta Star Handicap (1100m) in a rare Melbourne visit for the 2010 Golden… Read More »
Co-trainer Paul Snowden says Calanda is a long way from being the finished product despite the three-year-old scooping an Inglis Sprint windfall at Randwick. After conceding a start and then having his momentum interrupted because of a bumping duel with the runner-up Geneteau, Calanda ($5) recovered to win the $250,000… Read More »
Linda Meech has stepped in for the sidelined Luke Nolen to guide Magic Millions Guineas hopeful Miss Wonderland to victory as a short-priced favourite at Flemington. Nolen was due to ride the $1.55 favourite in Saturday’s Isca Handicap (1100m) but was stood down after he came off his mount after… Read More »
She Will Reign has firmed to outright 2017 Golden Slipper favouritism after keeping an unbeaten record in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick. In a win that had jockey Ben Melham rating the $20,000 yearling as a quality racehorse, She Will Reign recovered from a tardy start to beat her… 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 Flemington, Randwick, Ascot and Doomben.
Flemington will back up from its return to racing last Saturday with another strong nine race meeting this Saturday. The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out nine metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (13:00) : Christmas Season Plate 1100m… Read More »
Racing returns to Randwick this Saturday for a bumper program, highlighted by the feature event of the Sydney Summer, the Group ll Villiers Stakes (1600m). The weather is fine, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race… Read More »
Saturday racing in Brisbane returns to Doomben this Saturday for some quality racing, highlighted by the $150,000 Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (13:27) :… Read More »
After a successful spring carnival, Racing Victoria has announced additional funds have been allocated for prize money increases. RV announced on Friday prize money for two and three-year-old races and open handicaps at Saturday metropolitan meetings will increase to $100,000 from February 1. The increases are stage one in a… Read More »
After a knee operation and a change of stables, multiple stakes-placed Wolf Cry is set to return to racing at Flemington. Wolf Cry won one of his eight starts when trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, with his victory coming in January in the lucrative Magic Millions Maiden at the… Read More »
Champion racehorse Saintly, the winner of the 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for trainer Bart Cummings, has died aged 24. Cummings’ son Anthony announced the death of the gelding known as the “horse from heaven” via Twitter on Friday morning Saintly was retired from racing in 1997 with 23… Read More »
In a short career clouded by setbacks Weatherly has already ignited the hype associated with a colt which has Group One potential. Weatherly is set to make his long-awaited return to racing in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. “He’s a first-class horse. He’s a top-ender… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce wants two-year-olds Ours to Keep and Champ Elect to earn at least minor prize money at Doomben to shore up their chances to make the Magic Millions field. Munce is aiming the pair at the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) next month and is worried… Read More »
As Rudy returns to the race where he made his name, a second Villiers Stakes win would also take Helen Page level with John Hawkes as the most successful current trainer in the race. While the legendary TJ Smith’s benchmark of seven Villiers wins appears insurmountable, the Gold Coast-based Page… Read More »
