Melbourne racing this Saturday heads to Flemington for a strong nine race program. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:00) : Chairman’s Club Handicap 1800m: Back Me: 6… Read More »
Racing returns to Rosehill for the first time since the Slipper Carnival this Saturday with Lord Mayors Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (11:40) : Fresh For Kids… Read More »
Darren Beadman has been granted a licence to train for Godolphin although there is still no official word that Australian head trainer John O’Shea has left the organisation. Former champion jockey Beadman, who retired after suffering serious injuries in a fall in Hong Kong, has been O’Shea’s right-hand man at… Read More »
Trainer Nick Olive is already thinking ahead to the spring carnival as he prepares Single Gaze for the Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast. Olive arrived on the Gold Coast on Sunday night to oversee Single Gaze’s lead-up to Saturday’s Group Two race which has attracted a field of 12…. Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart headlines the nominations for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. The first nominations for the seven Group One races over the Brisbane winter carnival closed on Wednesday with 133 horses entered for the Stradbroke to be run on June 10. Black Heart Bart, who… Read More »
Already this year jockey Katelyn Mallyon has linked with trainer Andrew Noblet to win two feature sprints in Melbourne with Silent Sedition and Super Cash. On Saturday, Mallyon gets the chance to add another when she rides Super Cash in the $1 million Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide…. Read More »
Unbelievable scenes in the last race at Cessnock on Tuesday when a Kangaroo appeared along the inside rail towards the back straight. Skippy copped an almighty fright when the field turned the bend and took evasive action splitting the field of 10 runners. Stewards reviewed the footage following the race… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell is expected to begin rehabilitation within a week after being seriously injured in a three-horse fall in NSW last month. Bolwell has been in hospital on the Gold Coast for almost a month following the April 8 fall at Warialda, in which fellow rider Darren Jones… Read More »
Arch Fire’s chances of victory in the main hurdle race at the Warrnambool three-day carnival could depend on his mental state. The Robert Smerdon-trained nine-year-old can be his own worst enemy when it comes to his jumping prowess. Arch Fire is the $3.70 second favourite in Wednesday’s Galleywood Hurdle for… Read More »
Training partners Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have lodged an appeal against their conviction and $5000 fine on a conduct charge. The partnership was last week found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the image of racing after an inquiry into the substitution of horses listed to gallop in a televised… Read More »
Now convinced Missrock is a sprinter, trainer Robbie Laing will try her at the highest level in the $1 million Ubet Classic in Adelaide. The Cranbourne-based Laing is sending the three-year-old to Morphettville on Saturday to take on older mares in the 1200m-Group One sprint formerly known as the Sangster… Read More »
Joe Pride is not sure how much racing on wet tracks has affected New Tipperary but he will give him his chance on a firmer surface at Rosehill before deciding whether to continue his preparation. The four-year-old has been nominated for the Listed Lord Mayors Cup (2000m) and the Group… Read More »
Queensland Derby winner Eagle Way could have earned a trip back to Australia with his victory in the Group Three Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap at Sha Tin. Eagle Way beat his John Moore-trained stablemate Helene Charisma on Sunday with their trainer saying both were ideal types for the Caulfield… Read More »
Speculation about a new Australian head trainer for Godolphin continues despite no confirmation John O’Shea has resigned. James Cummings was the favourite with a corporate bookmaker on Saturday when the reports broke but the market has since been taken down. Tony McEvoy and Lee Freedman are other names said to… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce will step up his juvenile assault on the winter carnival with two hopes in the Ken Russell Classic at the Gold Coast. Munce won his fourth two-year-old stakes race of the season with Saint Patricks Day in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. He believes… Read More »
While he is happy Rebel Dane has found a home at stud, trainer Gary Portelli admits it will be hard to see him leave the stable. The dual Group One winner will stand at Swettenham Stud in the spring but first he will try to add to his tally of… Read More »
Champion jumps jockey Steve Pateman will be sporting two hats on the opening day of the three-day Warrnambool carnival. He will try to add to his tally of winners at the famous meeting and will also have runners as a trainer. Earlier this year Pateman was granted a dual trainer/jockey… Read More »
John O’Shea has reportedly resigned as head Australian trainer for international thoroughbred racing power Godolphin. O’Shea is believed to be in the process of negotiating a severance package, three years into a five-year contract. He took over the high-pressure role from Peter Snowden in May, 2014 and has trained 10… Read More »
Perth Cup winner Star Exhibit has made an instant impression in the eastern states with a Listed win at his first start for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir at Caulfield. Star Exhibit won the Group Two Perth Cup (2400m) on December 31 and owner Bob Peters then sent the gelding… Read More »
First-up disappointment Fabrizio has confirmed what Gai Waterhouse had known for more than a week in the lead-up to the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. After he finished down the course when he resumed from a spell at Randwick, Waterhouse and her co-trainer Adrian Bott took the precaution of giving Fabrizio a… Read More »
