Chris Waller has outlined Royal Ascot plans for Press Statement following confirmation Vinery Stud and The China Horse Club has bought a 50 per cent stake in the Group One winner for an undisclosed sum. The two-year-old will remain under the care of Waller who is establishing a reputation as… Read More »
Kris Lees is optimistic about Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist returning to his best this spring as he prepares for another Cup campaign. The Melbourne Cup winner has returned to work at Newcastle, having had a six-week spell after his disappointing Sydney Cup run when he emerged from the race with… Read More »
Champion jumper Gotta Care has been retired after being eased out of the Brendan Drechsler Hurdle at Bendigo. The reigning Australian Jumper of the Year was favourite to win the race for the fourth time on Sunday but John Allen pulled him out with four hurdles left. Trainer Darren Weir… Read More »
Star weight-for-age performer Happy Trails will be a surprise nomination for the Melbourne Cup with trainer Paul Beshara keeping the distance test as an option. After two wet track defeats in Sydney during the autumn, Happy Trails was turned out for a spell, returning to Beshara’s stable at the beginning… Read More »
Craig Williams will miss two metropolitan meetings after being hit with a careless riding suspension at Flemington on Saturday. Williams received an overall ban of seven meetings for his winning ride on Jessy Belle in a heat of the Leilani Series. Jessy Belle gave Williams a treble and a one-win… Read More »
Craig Newitt has scored an emotional win for the connections of Clemo with a rails-hugging ride at Flemington. Clemo is named after Paul Clements who died in 2011 after a battle with cancer. The second emergency in the race, Clemo gained a start after two scratchings in the Jeune Handicap… Read More »
Lightly raced filly Golden Falls put herself on the stakes trail with her outstanding win in the $100,000 BRC Plate at Doomben on Saturday. Gold Coast galloper Lucky Tom ($4.80) looked certain to win when he was two lengths clear at the 200m but Golden Falls ($6) came with a… Read More »
Trainer Amanda Turner has found herself in a rare place, welcoming a two-year-old Saturday winner at Rosehill. Intrepid Way ($11) lived up to the opinion Turner and her training partner Mauro Poletti have of his ability with a strong win in the TAB Place Multi Handicap (1400m). Turner and Poletti,… Read More »
The Joe Pride stable is one of the best betting stables in the business, and when there is support for their runners, follow and follow with confidence. Missvonn, a mare who had no luck last time out in a strong race, has been one of the best backed runners at… Read More »
Kaizen has only won just the one race from seven starts, but with excellent form lines and a couple of strong efforts this time in, Sportsbet.com.au punters have singled her out as the one to beat this Saturday at Flemington in the Brian Beattie Handicap (1610m). RACING OFFER: Register with… Read More »
Comeback apprentice Mitchell Wood has been rewarded for his hard work with the ride on talented sprinter Rocky King at Doomben. Wood was out for two years and during that time underwent three operations on a shoulder. He has been back riding at provincial and midweek meetings since the end… Read More »
The victory of Pont Royale at Geelong on Tuesday has provided Darren Weir with career-best training figures. Pont Royale was Weir’s 254th winner Australia-wide for the season, eclipsing his previous best set in 2013-2014 when he topped 200 winners for the first time. Weir easily leads the Australian premiership over… Read More »
Michael Walker’s hopes of winning the Victorian jockeys’ premiership are all but over with the leading rider sidelined due to a recurring back injury. Walker, who trails Dean Yendall by four winners in the premiership race, will out of the saddle until at least next week. He was stood down… Read More »
A horse from the Matt Laurie stable has returned a positive test to the banned drug methamphetamine, sparking a stewards investigation. A post-race urine sample taken from two-year-old Shockaholic after the gelding won a maiden at Echuca on April 24 showed the presence of methamphetamine, which has the street name… Read More »
Nigel Blackiston will have Suavito primed for a first-up Group One win in the early spring, aiming for a repeat of his autumn training coup with the classy mare. Suavito began the autumn with victory in the Futurity Stakes (1400m), accounting for Smokin’ Joey and leading Horse of the Year… Read More »
Dothraki has cemented a Ramornie Handicap start and kept his unblemished Gold Coast record intact with victory in the Tattersall’s 150th Anniversary Stakes. Dothraki, the $3.50 favourite in Saturday’s Group Three 1200m sprint, held off Target In Sight ($4.60) to win by a short neck with Rocket To Glory ($21)… Read More »
Joe Janiak has paid tribute to the horse which took him from driving taxis to riding in the back of chauffeured limousines. Takeover Target was euthanised on Saturday morning after Janiak found him in his paddock on his Coffs Harbour property with a seriously injured leg. Janiak famously paid $1375… Read More »
Ben Melham’s affinity with Escado has lifted the stayer out of a long losing streak in the Tattersall’s Cup at the Gold Coast. Before Saturday’s Cup, Escado had been out of the winning list since the 2013 Group One South Australian Derby when he was ridden by Melham. After settling… Read More »
Victorian mare Srikandi has completed a Queensland Group One double, winning the Tattersall’s Tiara at the Gold Coast. Two weeks after claiming the $2 million Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben, Srikandi has made her own luck on the way to beating Avoid Lightning and Lumosty in the $500,000 race for fillies… Read More »
Smart two-year-old filly Harlem River earned herself a spring carnival campaign when she gave trainer Gai Waterhouse a consolation win on Saturday. Waterhouse, in England to saddle up Wandjina at Royal Ascot, had hoped to win the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara with Najoom. However, Najoom who was second emergency, failed… Read More »
