Hartnell will head to Melbourne to begin his next campaign in the Group One C F Orr Stakes after pleasing Godolphin trainer James Cummings in a barrier trial. The seven-year-old finished a head second to Testashadow over 1000 metres at Warwick Farm on Thursday in his first public appearance since… Read More »
The first foal of unbeaten champion mare Black Caviar is set for her racetrack return following a jump-out victory at Flemington. Oscietra is set to resume in a three-year-old fillies race over 1000m at Moonee Valley next Friday. The three-year-old easily won the 800m jump-out under Luke Nolen on Friday… Read More »
A father and daughter training duo and three other trainers have been charged with cobalt offences, some dating back more than two years. The training team of Terry and Katrina O’Sullivans face nine charges, six in the alternative, after three of their horses returned readings above the 200 micrograms per… Read More »
Trainer Tony Vasil can continue to race his horses in Victoria after stewards considered submissions on his behalf in the ongoing inquiry into race day treatments. A condition of Vasil continuing to train is that his prize money percentage earned from February 1 is to be held by Racing Victoria… Read More »
Queensland trainer Liam Birchley will not race a horse in Victoria for the remainder of the season. Birchley, who has been a regular at Victorian carnivals on on a visiting trainer’s permit, was issued with a show cause notice on January 12, He was issued with Racing Victoria stewards’ charges… Read More »
A record-equalling number of two-year-olds remain paid up for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes after third acceptances but the filly who sat at the top of betting is not among them. The Hawkes Racing-trained Estijaab had been at the top of Blue Diamond markets since her dominant debut win… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup quinella pairing of Rekindling and Johannes Vermeer headline nominations for the Australian Cup. Entries for the March 10 Group One feature over 2000m at Flemington closed on Tuesday with 53 horses entered. Rekindling won last year’s Melbourne Cup for Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien and remained in Australia… Read More »
Trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh will have to wait a little longer to find out if they face time on the sidelines following a submissions hearing on penalty over their long-running cobalt case at the Victorian Civil Appeals Tribunal. VCAT president Justice Greg Garde has reserved his decision which… Read More »
Australian racing fans are consistently losing out on seeing their favourite colts take to the track as another top prospect has retirement plans. Group 1 Galaxy winner Russian Revolution has had a stud plan mapped out since he burst onto the scene for Peter and Paul Snowden, but he might… Read More »
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been cleared to ride after recovering from a broken hand. McEvoy needed surgery on his right hand after breaking his third metacarpal in a pre-race incident at Randwick on December 16. He was taking Sugar Bella to the barriers when she made a sudden sideways move… Read More »
Fresh from a Group Three win with unbeaten filly Lady Horseowner, trainer Greg Eurell will be chasing another stakes success at Caulfield when three-year-old I Did It Again makes his return. I Did It Again is entered in Saturday’s Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) for his first start since disappointing… Read More »
Golden Slipper-winning trainer Gary Portelli will get a guide on his prospects for a defence when he saddles up at least two runners against the second favourite at Rosehill. Exceltic will make his debut in Saturday’s Canonbury Stakes in which Dio D’Oro is also scheduled to run but Patron Black… Read More »
Oakleigh Plate-bound Snitty Kitty is among the headline nominations for the Listed W J Adams Stakes, which have been extended. The 1000m-sprint is one of three stakes races on Saturday’s Caulfield program along with the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) for two-year-olds and the Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) for… Read More »
Trainer David Payne is not expecting too much from Ace High when he returns in the Expressway Stakes but is keen to get the colt to the races. The winner of the Victoria Derby on November 4, Ace High had a few weeks in the spelling paddock before returning to… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Rancho Montoya is set to embark on his first staying campaign when he resumes at Doomben. There are few better bred horses in Queensland than Rancho Montoya who is by High Chaparral out of the Group One winning mare Isolda who beat Octagonal in the 1995 Champagne Stakes…. Read More »
Hugh Bowman will appeal two careless riding bans which will keep him off Winx’s back in her return in the Apollo Stakes. The jockey has lodged an appeal against penalty for a careless riding suspension from Friday’s Warwick Farm meeting and if he can get that and another incurred the… Read More »
Greg Eurell is keen to send unbeaten juvenile Lady Horseowner into the Blue Diamond Stakes at her next start, with the filly expected to be a late entry for the Group One race. Lady Horseowner made it two-straight wins when she finished strongly between runners in Saturday’s Group Three Blue… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says he may have to turn his phone off as jockeys clamber to replace the suspended Hugh Bowman on champion Winx in the Apollo Stakes. Bowman copped two suspensions in two days at Warwick Farm on Friday and Auckland on Saturday, ruling him out of the ride… Read More »
Golden Rose winner Trapeze Artist is ready to begin his quest for another Group One victory and will be nominated for the Expressway Stakes. But trainer Gerald Ryan says he will study the entries before committing the colt to Saturday’s Group Two weight-for-age Expressway Stakes at Rosehill. The other option… Read More »
A trip to Sydney for talented filly Showus Ya Diamonds is up in the air after she pulled up sore when beaten for the first time at the Sunshine Coast. The winner of her first two starts, Show Us Ya Diamonds had a bad time on Saturday, starting when she… Read More »
