Richie’s Vibe will be striving to do something only Black Caviar has achieved when he chases a second Australia Stakes win at Moonee Valley. And trainer Paul Beshara won’t be surprised if the six-year-old manages the feat against more fancied rivals in the 1200m weight-for-age race on Saturday. “I don’t… Read More »
Smart sprinter Rebel Dane is favourite to finally breakthrough for a win at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has posted the six-year-old at $3.50 for the Australia Stakes. Rebel Dane is yet to win in five attempts at the Valley and meets a strong field including Emirates Stakes… Read More »
Maribyrnong Plate winner Power Trip headlines nominations for the Blue Diamond colts and geldings Preview at Caulfield. This year’s Blue Diamond series kicks off on Tuesday with the running of the Listed Preview (1000m) for the males and the Group Three Preview (1000m) for fillies. There are 18 nominations for… Read More »
Trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh are fighting for their respective careers after being disqualified by racing authorities for cobalt offences. O’Brien was on Wednesday banned for four years by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over the administration of cobalt to racehorses. Kavanagh, who won the 2009 Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne will chase more Cup glory at Trentham on Saturday. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has received nibbles for Payne’s Wellington Cup mount Nashville, who has firmed from $15 into $13. Trentham track specialist Jimmy Mac heads betting on $3.00. Payne will also ride Ringo ($21) in the… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Winx has been given an easy time in a barrier trial at Rosehill, running third in a 900m heat won by sprinter Our Boy Malachi from Solicit. The trial on Tuesday was the first public appearance by Winx since her dominant win in the Cox Plate in… Read More »
Durendal will face his biggest challenge yet in the Australia Stakes as he bids to continue his winning summer. The last-start Standish Handicap winner will step to weight-for-age for the first time in Saturday’s Group Two sprint at Moonee Valley where his opposition will include a number of proven Group… Read More »
After securing his first win in a stakes race, Tudor could chase further black-type success as soon as next week. Tudor led throughout to claim the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday and trainer Doug Harrison is considering a drop back to 1200m at Moonee Valley… Read More »
The race didn’t go to script for Hellbent in the Inglis Sprint at Randwick last month, but the promising colt has shown his class with an emphatic win in another $250,000 sales-restricted race. Saturday’s Inglis Dash (1100m) at Flemington was an afterthought for trainer Kurt Goldman after the colt was… Read More »
The Darren Weir-trained Signoff has returned an irregularity following the comeback stayer’s win at Caulfield last month. Acting chief steward Robert Cram said Weir was informed of Signoff’s irregularity to ibuprofen on Friday. Connections decided not take a chance that the stayer may return another irregularity and scratched him from… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is expecting unbeaten gelding Pattern to graduate to better races after his victory at Flemington. Following a debut win at Echuca on New Year’s Eve, Pattern headed to the metropolitan area for the Seascay Handicap on Saturday. But Payne said the big Group One three-year-old… Read More »
As if he had never been away, jockey Hugh Bowman has slotted straight back into Sydney racing with a winner at his first ride after a three-month absence. The reigning premier jockey, Bowman last rode at Randwick on October 7 before heading to Melbourne, where he claimed the Cox Plate… Read More »
Another two-year-old from the Godolphin team has stamped his mark on debut but whether Tessera is a Golden Slipper hope remains to be seen. Sheikh Mohammed’s operation already has Astern and Calliope, two of the top four in markets for the $3.5 million Group One race in March. Capitalist from… Read More »
Tony McEvoy had the quinella in the $250,000 Inglis Premier in Melbourne last year and the trainer has the sales-restricted juvenile race in his sights again. McEvoy prepared a one-two finish in Saturday’s Better Beyond Plate at Flemington with Lessyd ($9.50) arriving in time on the outside to edge out… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with the big money being placed at Flemington, Randwick and the Sunshine Coast.
Stephen Baster only has a light book of rides at Flemington but rates his chances of feature race success. Baster was booked for three rides on Saturday’s program but one has already been scratched while another is an emergency. General Groove, however, takes his place in the Listed Chester Manifold… Read More »
Despite taking on the boys, Pink Perfection has been the best backed runner with Sportsbet.com.au to take out the final event at Flemington this Saturday, the Tauto Handicap (1000m). The Peter Moody trained mare resumed on Boxing Day at Caulfield and showed great speed to lead all the way, and… Read More »
Canberra trainer Matthew Dale is sticking to an original plan to send Bitburg to Melbourne for the rich Inglis Dash at Flemington. Dale was second guessing whether to go to the $250,000 sales-restricted sprint on Saturday. He said he hadn’t anticipated having quality three-year-olds Hellbent and Gold Symphony being among… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainer and jockey Darren Weir and Michelle Payne will go their separate ways with post Melbourne Cup commitments for the now famous female jockey the cause of the issue. When asked about the split trainer Darren Weir told the Daily Telegraph “All’s good, there’s no drama, but the… Read More »
Queensland apprentice Luke Tarrant has been disqualified for six months after returning a positive swab to an illegal drug. At an in-camera inquiry at Racing Queensland’s headquarters on Wednesday, Tarrant pleaded guilty to having a cocaine derivative in his system during a race meeting. The 21-year-old Tarrant was stood down… Read More »
