Mossin’ Around returns to the races at Moonee Valley just two weeks after escaping unharmed from a harrowing experience when her horse float caught fire. The Grahame Begg-trained mare, who runs in Saturday’s Jacob Schweppe Handicap, was unplaced first-up at Caulfield last Saturday week. But things got worse when she… Read More »
The contrast between Richard Litt and Godolphin could hardly be starker but Song And Laughter’s connections to the global racing giant could be key to giving Sydney’s youngest trainer his maiden victory. The 27-year-old had been managing the stable while his father Jim returned to the family’s native New Zealand… Read More »
With storms set to break a spell of hot and dry weather in Sydney, Wouldnt It Be Nice’s hopes of ending a drought stretching more than 18 months could be on the rise. Storms are predicted to bring up to 15mm of rain on Friday to help the gelding mark… Read More »
Tony Gollan’s pre-race tip has been proved correct with centimetres separating his three stable runners in a maiden at Doomben. Luna Fiore ($10) beat Scarlet Begonias ($3.80) by a nose with Don’t Tell Da Wife ($3) completing the Gollan trifecta a short half head back. Gollanpredicted the trio would go… Read More »
Last year’s winner Burning Front headlines the field for the $100,000 VOBIS Gold Star at Moonee Valley and on ratings he is the horse to beat again. With a handicap rating of 103, The Darren Weir-trained gelding is nine points above his nearest rival in the field for Saturday’s 1500m… Read More »
While a stayer racing over 1400 metres second-up would often be discounted as a winning chance, Ecuador’s record at the trip is imposing. The horse is on a path back to races over 2000m and above, distances at which he has won stakes races, but boasts three victories and two… Read More »
Queensland trainer Darren Bell will be able to resume operations on a limited basis with a quarantine ban lifted from one of his two barns where some horses tested positive to strangles. Last month Bell told the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission three of his horses had tested positive for strangles… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has been booked to ride one of the leading contenders in New Zealand’s richest race, the Karaka Million. Bowman will be aboard Padraig for trainers Brendon and Keith Hawtin in the $1 million race for two-year-olds at Ellerslie on January 29. Australia’s leading Group One jockey combined with… Read More »
A turnaround in Gold Symphony’s form may have provided a crucial confidence boost to allow him to once again be competitive in stakes company. The Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership plans to accept with Gold Symphony and Princefamous for Saturday’s Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) at Randwick but will wait… Read More »
It is no surprise to see the Robbie Griffiths-trained It Is Written among the entries for a Moonee Valley meeting. After all, the gelding has had almost half his 66 career starts at the Melbourne racetrack and recently recorded his eighth win there. His last-start Valley success on December 31… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has finished third in a barrier trial at Rosehill, her first public appearance since her stunning Cox Plate defence. Trainer Chris Waller said he was happy with her fitness levels after she crossed the line 3-1/2 lengths behind Group One-winnng sprinter Music Magnate in a 900m heat… Read More »
Beaten Magic Millions Guineas favourite Winning Rupert will undergo surgery to remove a bone chip in a fore knee. The Bjorn Baker-trained colt suffered his first defeat when fourth in Saturday’s $2 million race at the Gold Coast. Baker told Queensland stewards on Monday, X-rays revealed the problem and Winning… Read More »
Victorian rider Katelyn Mallyon will head to Macau to compete in a unique jockeys’ challenge. The Macau Jockey Club will stage the International Mixed Doubles Jockeys Challenge on Saturday with Australia’s representative Mallyon one of 12 riders – six female and six male – to compete. South Australian-based apprentice Emily… Read More »
South Australian stewards are continuing to investigate the incident which has led to jockey Josh Cartwright being stood down for reckless riding. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge out of the final race at Morphettville on Saturday. Stewards said he directed Senior Council at an acute angle with the… Read More »
Far from being disappointed , trainer Pat Duff and jockey Nathan day are encouraged by Steel Zip’s performance in a $1 million race at the Gold Coast. The veteran sprinter showed there was still plenty of life left in his nine-year-old legs when beaten just over three lengths in the… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Le Romain will avoid a clash with champion mare Winx early in his autumn campaign, with trainer Kris Lees confirming plans to kick him off in the Southern Cross Stakes. Le Romain stepped out in a barrier trial at Wyong on Monday morning, pleasing Lees in… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose has returned a positive result to a banned substance from her second in the Flight Stakes. Racing NSW Stewards said a sample taken from the filly after her second to Global Glamour in the Flight Stakes at Randwick on October 1 showed the presence… Read More »
South Australian jockey Josh Cartwright has been stood down from riding pending the determination of a penalty for reckless riding at Morphettville. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge in the final race on Saturday when he shifted out in the straight and cannoned in to another horse which in… Read More »
A last-minute decision to stick to tried-and-true tactics with Houtzen has paid off big-time with the free-wheeling filly a brilliant winner of the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic at the Gold Coast. Houtzen signalled she could be the fourth horse to win the Magic Millions-Golden Slipper double with a… Read More »
Winning Rupert lost his aura of invincibility when he was beaten out of the placings in Saturday’s Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast won by $101 outsider Flying Jess. Winning Rupert, the $1.65 favourite, suffered his first defeat in six starts when he finished fourth to the John Moloney-trained… Read More »
