Black Heart Bart headlines a field of 13 for the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. One of three runners in Saturday’s weight-for-age race for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir, last-start Memsie Stakes winner Black Heart Bart has barrier eight while stablemates Palentino and Prince Of Penzance have five… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra is being sued by WorkCover following a fall at Moonee Valley which happened six years ago. Zahra caused a fall at Moonee Valley in 2010 which left fellow jockey Danny Brereton with internal head injuries and partial paraplegia. WorkCover who claims the accident happened due to negligence… Read More »
Hong Kong champion Joao Moreira will ride Golden Rose favourite Omei Sword as she attempts to become the first filly to win the race since it was elevated to Group One status seven years ago. After drawing barrier three, the Chris Waller-trained filly assumed $3.20 favouritism for Saturday’s $1 million… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is likely to run in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm to sharpen her fitness ahead of the Group One George Main Stakes. Trainer Chris Waller opted to avoid the heavy Randwick track and scratch Winx from the Chelmsford Stakes on Saturday. Winx’s next start is to… Read More »
The misfortune of jockey Brad Rawiller has given Damien Oliver a great chance to win the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes for the second year running. Oliver is looking forward to riding favourite Black Heart Bart in Saturday’s 1600m weight-for-age feature at Flemington having picked up the mount last week… Read More »
Missrock could join stablemate Jaws Of Steel in a first-up assault on the Danehill Stakes at Flemington. Trainer Robbie Laing planned to start Missrock’s spring campaign in Saturday’s Cap D’Antibes Stakes but is having second thoughts. “It was always the intention to run her in the Cap D’Antibes but I… Read More »
Country Championship winner Clearly Innocent is closing in on his race return with trainer Greg Bennett pleased with his progress. The five-year-old, who hasn’t raced since winning the Listed Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) at Scone on May 14 after his big win at Randwick, will kick off his campaign in… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey is expected to be questioned in court about claims RV chairman David Moodie was involved in leaking news of Danny O’Brien’s cobalt positives. Bailey will be grilled over RV’s handling of O’Brien, Mark Kavanagh and Lee and Shannon Hope’s cobalt positives as the trainers’… Read More »
Black Heart Bart is a dominant favourite to claim the second Group One race of the spring in Melbourne although there has been solid early support for his stablemate Palentino. The Darren Weir-trained pair head the market for the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Black Heart Bart, a… Read More »
Adelaide filly Samara Dancer hits the road again to begin a campaign her trainer Phillip Stokes hopes will lead to a Group One victory. Samara Dancer runs in the Group Two Danehill Stakes at Flemington on Saturday when she will be joined by stablemate Captain Duffy who runs in the… Read More »
With retirement plans shelved for now, spring carnival stalwart Happy Trails returns to Flemington for the seventh consecutive year. The winner of seven races and more than $3.2 million, the nine-year-old makes his reappearance in Saturday’s Group One Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). Happy Trails hasn’t raced since finishing fifth to… Read More »
No laboratory in the world had an accredited method to test for cobalt in horse urine when Racing Victoria brought in its cobalt threshold, an inquiry has heard. Racing Analytical Services Ltd lab director David Batty said the issue of accreditation was raised with Racing Victoria in 2014. “In early… Read More »
Nominations have been extended after just 14 entries were received for the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes including Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance. The Darren Weir-trained stayer is one of three horses the leading trainer has entered for Saturday’s race at Flemington with Group One Memsie Stakes winner Black Heart… Read More »
Smart colt Astern is the horse punter’s want in Saturday’s Golden Rose Stakes. After the three-year-old won the Run To The Rose, online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au turned his price from $13 into $4.60. Astern has further tightened and now heads betting at $3.20. Another impressive last start winner, Divine Prophet ($4.20)… Read More »
A sportsbet.com.au punter collected more than $788,000 by winning Saturday’s Moonee Valley Quaddie. Plenty of punters made an early exit when $26 chance Merriest won the first leg. Many of those that survived were halfway home when favourite Voodoo Lad ($2.70) saluted in the second leg. The knock-out punch came… Read More »
Tarzino has not put a foot wrong in the lead-up to the Makybe Diva Stakes despite a raceday vet’s report he was lame after his last start. Trainer Mick Price remains puzzled by the vet’s assessment the four-year-old was lame in his off hind leg after the Memsie Stakes. The… Read More »
For the first time in a couple of weeks, trainer David Vandyke is pleased with Yankee Rose ahead of her next Group One assignment. The trainer admits the filly can be frustrating and a few niggling problems and a couple of ordinary barrier trials along the way haven’t helped. But… Read More »
Derryn will fly the flag for the Lindsay Park team in the Golden Rose and co-trainer Tom Dabernig expects the colt to be all the better for his previous Sydney experience. An impressive winner at Caulfield at the end of July, Derryn was nabbed late by Divine Prophet in the… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Danielle Johnson will get another chance to win a Group One race on Sofia Rosa when she replaces the suspended Michael Walker in the Makybe Diva Stakes. Johnson was denied the NZ Oaks when Mark Hills on Fanatic successfully protested against her with the margin a nose…. Read More »
Awesome Rock has earned himself a shot at the Cox Plate with an impressive win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. As the winner of Saturday’s Group Two race, Awesome Rock gains an automatic start in next month’s weight-for-age championship. Ridden by Stephen Baster, Awesome Rock… Read More »
