Champion Western Australian sire Blackfriars has sadly passed away after breaking his leg following colic surgery on Friday. The son of Danehill was Champion WA sire six times in the years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/2014, 2015/2016. He was a G1 winner on the track having won the Victoria Derby as a… Read More »
Racing Victoria has introduced a new minimum rating requirement for Saturday metropolitan meetings in Melbourne to ensure horses meet an appropriate standard for the level of competition. The policy comes into effect on February 1 for all Saturday metropolitan meetings including the five stand-alone Saturday country fixtures. Have Your Say… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie is already thinking about winning a second Weetwood Handicap as vastly improved sprinter Amanaat faces his toughest task to date at the Gold Coast. Amanaat will be chasing his sixth win in a row when he takes on the Benchmark 90 (1200m) field at the Gold Coast…. Read More »
A $2 million race for two-year-olds at Warwick Farm is part of a revamped Inglis race series to be worth $8 million. The $2 million Inglis Millennium will be run for the first time in February 2019 along with the $1 million Inglis Sprint for three-year-olds. Inglis and the Australian… Read More »
Newcastle colt Jonker has rocketed to the head of the market for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic after disposing of his rivals with ease in the lead-up at Wyong. The David Atkins-trained two-year-old was sent out at $4 in Thursday’s 1100m-race and sat outside the leader, Adelaide visitor La… Read More »
Liam Birchley has put plans for Villiers winner Crack Me Up on hold while he concentrates on maintaining his proud record of starters in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic. Birchley won the Group Two Villiers at Randwick with Crack Me Up last Saturday and is yet to make a… Read More »
Stakes performer Oink begins a career-defining campaign when he resumes at the Gold Coast. Damian Browne will ride Oink in the Benchmark 90 (1200m), part of a 10-race card on Saturday. The gelding was considered good enough to run in the 2016 Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill and confirmed… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club is offering incentives to the winner and placegetters in the Sydney Cup to try to boost participation in the $2 million race. Owners and trainers who prepare the winner or placegetters in several key staying races across Australia and New Zealand will be eligible for the… Read More »
Talented colt All Too Huiying opens a campaign targeting the Magic Millions carnival when he gets accustomed to the lucrative meeting’s venue on the Gold Coast. Trainer Gary Moore gave the three-year-old a freshen-up after he won the Listed Seppelt Wines Stakes (1800m) on his first trip to Melbourne early… Read More »
The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board will allow Late Charge to perform in two barrier trials before determining whether the gelding is fit to race again. Late Charge hasn’t raced since finishing fourth in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes at Caulfield in August 2015. On June 8, Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell hasn’t been taken in by La Pomme De Pin’s crushing victory in a Magic Millions lead-in race at Ballarat, saying the filly must prove herself again to guarantee a trip to the Gold Coast. Although ranked No.1 in the order of entry for the $2 million 2YO Classic… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott like to aim high and are already planning for the next spring carnival with European import Imperial Aviator. The last-start Rosehill winner is in Melbourne to run in a 2500m-handicap at Moonee Valley on Saturday as part of his learning curve. Stephen Baster rode the… Read More »
Leading jockey Kerrin McEvoy has undergone surgery on a hand injury but there is no time-frame for his return. McEvoy broke a bone in his hand in a pre-race mishap at Randwick on Saturday when he was taking Sugar Bella to the barriers. Racing NSW’s Dr David Duckworth said the… Read More »
Another calendar year of racing is almost done and dusted and with it were plenty of amazing feature race wins across the country! Complete with brilliant rides winning from impossible positions to the trademark come-from-behind swooping victories from our beloved stars. Sit back, relax and enjoy our Top 10 Wins… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren has his eyes fixed on a $2 million race at the Gold Coast with Bel Sonic but first he has to perform at Moonee Valley. Bel Sonic needs to win the VOBIS Gold Carat (1200m) on Saturday to book a berth in the Magic Millions Three-Year-Old Guineas… Read More »
A Caulfield trainer has been suspended for six weeks after pleading guilty to an improper conduct charge. Racing Victoria stewards charged John Sadler over his conduct before and after Observational was scratched from the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on November 18. They alleged Sadler made comments to chief… Read More »
Victoria will have an additional two feature Sunday meetings in the next jumps season. The success of the Grand National Steeplechase meeting at Ballarat in August is the catalyst for Warrnambool and Bendigo to each hold a program of five jumps races and two flat races exclusively for jumps riders… Read More »
Almost two months since her record-equalling third Cox Plate, champion Winx is back in Chris Waller’s stable to begin the build-up to her next challenge. Whether that includes a trip overseas or not, Winx has been prepared with the necessary inoculations. Waller said she had come back well from her… Read More »
Secret Lady will have an unusual barrier trial which her trainer Gary Portelli hopes will teach her more about race craft than just running fast. The two-year-old filly will run in a Warwick Farm trial on Tuesday against three-year-olds with Portelli reasoning she will gain more than she would against… Read More »
Smart mare All Over Bosanova will be given a belated chance to chase big money in the $1 million Magic Millions fillies and mares race. All Over Bosanova resumed with a second to Pinch River in the Listed Bribie Handicap 1050m at Doomben on Saturday. It followed an impressive trial… Read More »
