Trainer John Sargent has downplayed the significance of an enforced change to Luvaluva’s assault on the Group One Australian Oaks. The one-time favourite for Saturday week’s $1 million 2400m-staying test, Luvaluva has drifted after being scratched from the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill because of an elevated white… Read More »
David Payne needs two things to fall into place to strengthen favourite Ace High’s Australian Derby prospects, and both are outside his control. Fortunately the weather forecast is favourable for Saturday’s $2 million Australia Derby at Randwick. No significant rainfall is predicted so the track should stay in the good… Read More »
Lanciato’s trial against star sprinter Redzel has reaffirmed trainer Mark Newnham’s faith in the gelding ahead of the Doncaster Mile. Although Lanciato was three lengths behind Redzel when second in a his heat last week, the quality of his work-out has Newnham bullish ahead of his first Group One start… Read More »
Veteran Taree trainer Bob Milligan is in an induced coma in Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital after being struck on the head by a horse he was leading at track work. Milligan has suffered multiple fractures to his skull and face from the incident on Saturday morning. Racing NSW doctor David… Read More »
Liam Howley’s first Group One win has come with a dressing down and a $1000 fine from Racing NSW stewards over the instructions issued to Kerrin McEvoy on Almandin, winner of the Tancred Stakes at Rosehill. Howley, who has been the head trainer for leviathan owner Lloyd Williams at his… Read More »
It has proven third time lucky for veteran galloper Shoreham in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield. After running fifth in 2014 and third in 2015, Shoreham returned for the first time since to score a long-odds win in the 2000m race on Saturday. Sent off the $61 outsider… Read More »
An astute front-running ride and Hiyaam’s stamina combined for the filly to join the leading Australian Oaks contenders after a dominant victory in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. The Victorian three-year-old jumped to the lead when the 2000-metre trip got underway and was never under serious threat… Read More »
Victorian trainer Peter Gelagotis received some news when he woke up in Dubai, thanks to Australian Derby-bound colt Levendi’s impressive audition in the Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill. Gelagotis, who saddles up Illustrious Lad in the Group One Al Quoz Sprint at the Dubai World Cup meeting early Sunday (AEDT), also… Read More »
Arbeitsam’s return to winning form has earned him a start in the Doncaster Mile as Gai Waterhouse bids for a record eighth victory in the famous Randwick feature. As is his pattern, Arbeitsam went straight to the front in Saturday’s Group Three Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill and unlike his… Read More »
Irukandji has produced stallion Dundeel’s first stakes win and is quickly targeting a second with the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes now under consideration. The $500,000 Spendthrift-owned two-year-old faces a seven-day back-up providing he rebounds from Saturday’s convincing victory in the Group Three Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes… Read More »
Hawkes Racing completed a two-state two-year-old double when Sunset Watch scored a comfortable win at Caulfield. Irukandji had won for the father-and-son training team of Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes 20 minutes earlier being victorious in a stakes race at Rosehill. Jumping smartly from a wide draw under Dwayne Dunn… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards have issued a show cause notice to former trainer Robert Smerdon. The former Caulfield-based trainer has surrendered his licence and publicly stated his intentions not to participate in the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing of charges laid against him which is due to start on April… Read More »
Victorian racing returns to Caulfield this Saturday where we will see a nine race card, headlined by the Easter Cup (2000m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
The Golden Slipper Carnival concludes this Saturday at Rosehill with a Group l double header, highlighted by the Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m). The weather is overcast, the track is good (4) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
Auvray has proved a labour of love for Richard Freedman, a pet project that vindicates his return to full-scale training. Freedman needed coaxing back to a hands-on role in the industry by his trainer brother Michael, and a challenging French import means he has no regrets. Richard Freedman left training… Read More »
Trainer Robert Smerdon who is embroiled in the current doping scandal will walk away from racing and will not front the inquiry. Robert Smerdon was facing 115 charges of race day treatment and doping but has decided to retire from training rather than face an inquiry which is set to… Read More »
Having seen how Darren Weir’s first Sydney Group One winner Gailo Chop has come through his race, Jarrod McLean has no doubt the French import is equipped to defy history in the Tancred Stakes. Weir’s foreman at his Warrnambool base represented Victoria’s leading trainer at Rosehill last Saturday when Gailo… Read More »
Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is more than an interested observer at the Dubai World Cup, 11 years after he watched Hong Kong’s New Zealand-bred stayer Vengeance Of Rain win the Sheema Classic. Baker now has a more hands-on involvement at the world’s richest race meeting, with Music Magnate one of… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has opted to aim rising star D’Argento at the Doncaster Mile rather than a step the colt up to 2400 metres in the ATC Australian Derby. Both the 2018 Doncaster Mile and the Australian Derby (2400m) are on day one of The Championships at Randwick on April… Read More »
If Europe’s leading trainers want to take on Winx they will have to travel to Australia to do so. Speculation over the champion mare’s schedule for the remainder of the year ended on Wednesday when trainer Chris Waller ruled out an overseas campaign. Winx will instead focus on winning an… Read More »
