Grafton trainer Wayne Lawson has been disqualified for 12 months after being found guilty of a cobalt charge. Racing NSW stewards delivered the penalty on Thursday after finding the trainer had taken Stella’s Chance to Grafton on March 21 with a prohibited substance in his system, that being cobalt at… Read More »
Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic will try to regain his racing licence after successfully challenging a police order banning him from Victorian racecourses. Victorian Supreme Court judge Tim Ginnane on Thursday ruled the police exclusion order was not made in accordance with the law because the rider “was not provided with… Read More »
Nick Hall is excited to get his first chance to ride Azkadellia in a race after being given the nod to partner the star mare in the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara. Hall had been booked to ride Azkadellia in the Doomben 10,000 but was ruled out by suspension and replaced… Read More »
Getting the right conditions for Wine Tales has been a frustration for trainer Chris Waller who is hoping predicted rain holds off until after the Rosehill meeting. Early in her career, the now four-year-old was mixing it in races with stablemates Delectation, Good Project and Amicus who all went on… Read More »
A winning sequence from Turnitaround has already broken new ground for trainer Matthew Williams and the Warrnambool horseman hopes it gets even better at Moonee Valley. Turnitaround’s last-start victory over 1800m at Sandown was the gelding’s fourth in a row, which Williams said was a first for a horse from… Read More »
Connections have resisted the temptation to showcase champion sprinter Chautauqua in Japan this spring despite the lure of a $1 million bonus. The $US1 million is available to connections of any horse that can win three legs of the Global Challenge in three different jurisdictions. After winning the Lightning Stakes… Read More »
Jumbo Prince is expected to run in the Ipswich Cup seven days after a luckless run at Eagle Farm. The Michael Nolan-trained four-year-old finished 14th of 17 runners in Saturday’s Wayne Wilson Mile, 6-1/2 lengths from the winner Hopfgarten. But his jockey Jim Byrne said the race was best forgotten…. Read More »
Dwayne Dunn returns to Melbourne racing with the Stradbroke Handicap trophy and a slender lead in the jockeys’ premiership. While Dunn was at Eagle Farm on Saturday to win Brisbane’s signature race on Under The Louvre, he took advantage of any break during the day to keep an eye on… Read More »
Weeks of intrigue and uncertainty ended in triumph for trainer Tony Pike when Provocative won the Group One Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm. In a desperate bid to gain a start in Saturday’s Oaks, where the order of entry is determined by prize money earned, Pike took the unusual… Read More »
Under the Lourve has taken out the Group One Stradbroke Handicap by a nose from Black Heart Bart with the pair overtaking the field out wide in the final stages. Dwayne Dunn guided the Robert Smerdon-trained five-year-old home at Eagle Farm with a clever ride, just edging out Brad Rawiller’s… Read More »
Eagle Way ended his Australian racing career with a flourish when he won the Group One Queensland Derby (2400m). Eagle Way is Hong Kong-bound where he will be trained by his owner John Moore, who was at Eagle Farm to lead the celebrations on Saturday. Moore won this year’s Hong… Read More »
Kiwi trainer Tony Pike predicted his two-year-old Sacred Elixir would be even better in the Melbourne spring after scoring one of the easiest Group One wins seen in Brisbane for years on Saturday. Sacred Elixir ($5 favourite) set the huge Eagle Farm crowd alight when he strolled to the lead… Read More »
Rosie Myers created her own slice of history when she won the Group Two Brisbane Cup aboard New Zealand stayer Benzini at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Myers became the first woman to ride the winner of the Brisbane Cup when Benzini ($11) scored by a neck from Sir John Hawkwood… Read More »
Udyta Clarke and Brooke Sweeney will hold fond memories of a cold wintry day at Flemington. The pair recorded their first winners at the home of the Melbourne Cup on Saturday in consecutive races. Clarke, who has been training since the 1970s, won the L.V. Lachal Handicap with longshot Rich… Read More »
Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan has won many Brisbane winter carnival races, but he can’t think of a more important one than Spill The Bean’s victory in the Group Two QTC Cup at Eagle Farm. The Aquis Farms syndicate, which won a race earlier with new buy Cradle Me, has completed… Read More »
Chris Waller will let the dust settle before committing to a Group One mission for Queensland Guineas winner Tsaritsa. Tsaritsa, the $4 favourite, emerged from the ruck with a barnstorming finish to win the Guineas by a neck from Denmagic ($18). Sold For Song ($12) completed a clean-sweep for the… Read More »
Apprentice Jake Bayliss was surprised to see his name listed as the rider of impressive Flemington debut winner Southerly Wind when final fields were released. Even though Bayliss had done all the work aboard the two-year-old in the lead-up to Saturday’s Eugene Gorman Handicap (1100), he wasn’t expecting the ride…. Read More »
New owners Aquis Farm made a quick return on their $300,000 outlay to buy mare Cradle Me when she won the Group Two Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Hong Kong-based jockey Zac Purton reminded Eagle Farm punters of why he’s rated one of the best riders in the world… 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 Randwick, Flemington, Eagle Farm and Morphettville.
Sydney filly My Country wrote her name into the record book as the first winner on the new-look Eagle Farm racetrack, but there could be bigger credits to come in her career. Trainer Peter Snowden gave My Country an unusual preparation, taking her to Kembla Grange at her first run… Read More »
