A nine race card has been assembled for Flemington this Saturday for Chester Manifold Stakes Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Randwick on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
Group One-winning trainers Robert Smerdon and Stuart Webb have agreed to stand down pending an inquiry into charges relating to race day treatments. The two train under the umbrella of the Aquanita management company and their horses will be dispersed among Robert Hickmott, Henry Dwyer, John Sadler and Nick Ryan… Read More »
Short-priced favourite Pierata has passed a second veterinary inspection and will take his place in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission vets conducted the usual inspections of runners in the Guineas and the Magic Millions Classic on Thursday and wanted to see… Read More »
Matt Dunn’s patience with the promising Care To Think is paying off with the gelding set to have his 11th start when he lines up in the $1 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast. Care To Think is rated so highly he remains the favourite in most markets… Read More »
Million-dollar earner Burning Front is winless so far this season but the Darren Weir stable believes that could change in the Chester Manifold Stakes. Burning Front has netted more than $1.3 million prize money from his 58 starts, with 18 wins and another 20 placings, but he has only figured… Read More »
The Doncaster Mile remains the goal for Crack Me Up who will first try to snare the $1 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast. Crack Me Up has been freshened since winning the Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on December 16, a victory which earned him… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick only has to look at the effort of another Caloundra-trained horse in a Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic to lift his confidence with Fullazaboot in the $2 million race. Kendrick was naturally deflated when Fullazaboot drew the outside barrier in the Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on… Read More »
Racing in Victoria is set for a shake-up with Ten Monday-free race days scheduled over the next 3 months, allowing industry participants a break in their busy schedules. Racing Victoria announced in April last year that the will trial will take place over a 10 week period starting on January 15… Read More »
Group One-winning trainer Robert Smerdon and one of his employees are facing serious conduct charges relating to race day treatments of more than 100 horses over seven years. Racing Victoria on Tuesday charged eight people, including other Group One-winning trainers Stuart Webb and Tony Vasil and trainers Liam Birchley and… Read More »
High profile trainer Robert Smerdon is one of eight people charged after an investigation sparked by the scratching of Lovani at Flemington last spring because of an alleged race day treatment. Read more 📝: G1 winning trainer facing serious charges Stewards on Tuesday laid charges against Smerdon, citing more than 100… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is taking positives from Ef Troop’s wide barrier in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast. The colt drew 18 in the field of 16 plus five emergencies and will start from 13 if none of the reserves get a start on Saturday. Gollan… Read More »
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller is to be honoured in his homeland with induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. The winner of the past seven Sydney titles and Australia’s leading Group One winning trainer for the past few seasons, Waller moved from New Zealand in 2000. He… Read More »
Dollar For Dollar will be out to pick up where he left off when he resumes from a let-up in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington. The Tony McEvoy-trained gelding rose through the ranks during an unbeaten spring, winning twice in South Australia in benchmark races before heading to… Read More »
Viddora has returned for another crack at a rich Magic Millions race and her Adelaide trainer Lloyd Kennewell is convinced the Group One-winning sprinter is a vastly improved horse than when she last raced at the Gold Coast. The mare was narrowly beaten in last year’s Magic Millions Sprint (1200m)… Read More »
Ef Troop and Sunlight are the equal $4 favourites for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic following the declaration of the final field of 16 plus four emergencies. Newcastle speedster and former favourite Jonker is at $4.50 with the TAB and the only other runner under double figures ahead of Tuesday’s… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy’s decision to take a different tack with Sunlight is paying dividends. A few months ago, McEvoy took a look at the record books and decided he needed to try something different if she was to win the Magic Millions. Five months later most of the plan has… Read More »
Two runners at the meeting is all it has taken for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable to claim a winning double at Caulfield. After Shenandoah got home narrowly in the opening race on Sunday’s card for stable apprentice Zac Spain, senior jockey Stephen Baster kept a perfect record… Read More »
Matthew Lindsay has realised a dream with the only horse he trains winning at his home track at Caulfield. Magnesium Rose is the first horse 32-year-old Lindsay has trained and the filly won on debut at Bairnsdale in July before making it two wins from four starts with victory in… Read More »
Scream Park will return home to New Zealand for the inaugural Karaka Million 3YO Classic despite being beaten at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller was hoping for a third successive win at Randwick on Saturday but Scream Park weakened in the run home and had to settle for fourth in the… Read More »
