Jockey James McDonald is attempting to have an 18-month disqualification for a betting offence reduced on appeal. McDonald is fronting the Racing NSW Appeals Panel on Monday over the ban imposed by stewards in December. The 25-year-old, who succeeded Kerrin McEvoy as Godolphin’s leading jockey in March 2015, was outed… Read More »
As he gears up for the Golden Slipper with two live chances, trainer Gary Portelli is also looking ahead with established Group One stable star Rebel Dane. Portelli will saddle up second favourite She Will Reign and Saturday’s Pago Pago Stakes winner Single Bullet in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper… Read More »
Doncaster Mile hopeful Too Good To Refuse will aim to enhance his chances of a start in the $3 million race via the Newcastle Newmarket. He will have a solid work session at Randwick on Monday before heading to the Group Three Newcastle Newmarket (1400m) on Friday. Too Good To… Read More »
A plan to target the Australian Cup with Humidor has paid off for connections of the gelding, which has chased down Caulfield Cup winner Jameka to win the $1.5 million feature at Flemington. Trainer Darren Weir and stable clients bought a half-share in Humidor after the spring carnival and the… Read More »
Godolphin trainer John O’Shea chose the right option with Circular, which has collected a stakes victory at Flemington. The head trainer for the international racing giant elected on the easier option of the Group Three Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m) on Saturday rather than the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The… Read More »
Heavens Above has claimed the Group One Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill in a thrilling finish. Jockey Tye Angland was able to power Heavens Above across the line a short nose ahead of Silent Sedition, with Danish Twist third after a surge from a number of runners from the 200m… Read More »
Having had an easy time guiding champion Winx around Rosehill in a race day gallop, Kerrin McEvoy has had to work hard to get her stablemate Foxplay home in the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes. The $1.80 Sportsbet favourite for Saturday’s 1500m race, Foxplay was at the tail of the… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior has become the first galloper in 100 years to win the famous Flemington Group One Newmarket Handicap first up. The former Hong Kong galloper was having his first start since November after undergoing a throat operation in defeating Voodoo Lad and Star Turn. Redkirk Warrior raced on the… Read More »
Tulip has firmed dramatically with bookmakers for the Golden Slipper but the filly’s owners remain undecided whether the Magic Night Stakes winner will back up into the $3.5 million race. One of four possible contenders for the stable that has produced more two-year-old winners than any other this season, the… Read More »
Tye Angland’s prediction after Single Bullet blew his chance to qualify for the Magic Millions is a step closer to reaching fruition. After misbehaving in the stalls and starting sluggishly at Wyong in December, Angland urged trainer Gary Portelli to look on the bright side after Single Bullet finished second…. Read More »
Classy filly I Am A Star has added another feature win at Flemington but was forced to work overtime to deny West Australian visitor Ellicazoom. The Group One Myer Classic winner from last spring, I Am A Star was clearly the highest-rated filly in Saturday’s Group Two Kewney Stakes and… Read More »
Artistry’s delayed autumn campaign has begun in fine style with the mare beating her stablemate Dothraki in a photo-finish to the Group Three Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden held her back from a scheduled start a couple of weeks ago because of the extremely heavy… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington and Rosehill. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Super Saturday arrives at Flemington on Saturday with a nine race card highlighted by a couple of cracking majors, the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Australian Cup (2000m). The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer]… Read More »
Randwick takes a break for the time being and all eyes are on Rosehill for their Golden Slipper Carnival, kicking off this Saturday with Coolmore Classic Day, with the 1500m Group l for the females attracting the best mares in the business, outside Winx of course. The weather is fine,… Read More »
Sydney Cup favourite Antonio Giuseppe continues his build-up for that Group One challenge at Randwick as the heavily-backed runner in the Group Three Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained gelding is the early favourite ($6) to notch his first Group One win in the $2 million Sydney Cup… Read More »
David Brideoake wants to wind back the clock after racking up the mileage. A year after he brought Griante up from his Mornington stable to Sydney to snare the Group One Galaxy, the Victorian trainer is hoping Thames Court follows a similar pathway at Rosehill on Saturday. The four-year-old mare… Read More »
With a Winx-free weekend of racing in Sydney, top jockey Hugh Bowman is in Melbourne with a genuine chance to plunder a big Group One double. While the world’s best horse on turf, Winx, isn’t slated for her next start until Saturday week in Sydney, Bowman has the ride on… Read More »
Australian champion Winx and American star Arrogate sit on top of the world with ratings of 127 in the first rankings for the year. Arrogate, who runs in the World Cup in Dubai at the end of the month, has had one start in 2017 for victory in The Pegasus…. Read More »
One of the most iconic handicap races in Australia the ‘Caulfield Cup’ is set to become a WFA race with the change to take affect as early as this year. “We’d have to get our skates on but it could be as early as this year but more likely 2018… Read More »
