Ten races will be run and won at Doomben this Saturday with the George Moore Stakes headlining the card. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
Queensland Jockeys Association boss Glen Prentice has warned riders to seek an exemption from stewards if they are using medication after a third jockey was suspended for returning a positive result to a sleeping pill substance. Jockey Justin Stanley is the latest rider to be suspended after taking half a… Read More »
Craig Williams has resisted the temptation of interstate travel in recent seasons unless he has the chance to add a Group One win to his resume. The jockey will bypass the chance to increase his lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership on Saturday, instead heading to Perth for the Winterbottom… Read More »
The training career of Robbie Laing is in limbo after a Racing Victoria move to reject nominations from his Cranbourne stable. Laing, 60, has blamed a loss of owners and cash flow issues for falling behind in rent payments on his stables, resulting in RV officials taking its action. A… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Prince Of Arran and Flemington winner True Self have arrived in Hong Kong ahead of the International meeting at Sha Tin. The two are set to run in the Hong Kong Vase (2400m) on December 8 after arriving in Hong Kong on Tuesday and settling in at… Read More »
Co-trainer Tony McEvoy has given Hey Doc his tick of approval after watching the sprinter work on the course proper at Ascot. Hey Doc runs in Saturday’s Group One Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) for which he is the equal second favourite at $7 behind $3 top fancy, Godolphin sprinter Trekking, in… Read More »
Veteran sprinter Jungle Edge has been passed fit to resume his racing career which may be as early as The Valley on Saturday. Jungle Edge is among nominations for a 1000m-handicap having not raced since suffering a bleeding attack at Flemington when sixth over 1400m in August. Racing Victoria stewards… Read More »
Danny Williams is setting his sights higher again with Don’t Give A Damn following the gelding’s return to form in the Snake Gully Cup at Gundagai. Don’t Give A Damn runs in Saturday’s Group Three Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill ahead of a possible tilt at the Group Two Villiers… Read More »
Six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams is set leave his Macedon Lodge training establishment which has produced four Cup winners since the turn of the century. Macedon Lodge will close as a private training base for horses owned by Williams and his son Nick next month and be offered… Read More »
Leviathan owners Bob and Sandra Peters and star jockey William Pike have combined for yet another Group One win in Perth with Regal Power in the Railway Stakes at Ascot. Trained by Grant and Alana Williams, Regal Power ($10) started from the second-widest barrier and was well back rounding the… Read More »
Glen Boss has been handed a two-week ban and fined for excessive whip use on Star Of The Seas, third placegetter in the inaugural $1 million The Gong. Boss fronted before stewards after his ride in Saturday’s $1 million feature at Kembla Grange. The jockey, who missed the chance for… Read More »
Leading trainer Chris Waller has capped a lucrative spring carnival, winning the inaugural $1 million Gong at Kembla Grange with warhorse Mister Sea Wolf. Sent out at $23, the eight-year-old raced just off the speed for James McDonald and reeled in Quackerjack ($6.50) late to win by a head. It… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees decision to send regally bred Miss Fabulass to Brisbane has paid off with a stakes win. Ridden by Andrew Mallyon, Miss Fabulass stormed home to win Saturday’s Listed Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) at Doomben. The mare missed a start in last week’s $1 million The… Read More »
Locally-trained Kiwia has won a second successive Ballarat Cup in a result that left his trainer Archie Alexander a little stunned. Kiwia won last year’s Ballarat Cup over 2200m for Darren Weir but was transferred to Alexander in February after a four-year disqualification handed his previous trainer. The gelding was… Read More »
Euphoric Summer has booked herself a ticket to the Gold Coast after a hard- fought victory in Victoria’s only right-handed race at Ballarat. Saturday’s Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic guarantees the winner a start in the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January 11…. Read More »
Godolphin-owned Destination has staked his claim as a Golden Slipper 2020 contender after breaking his maiden at Kembla Grange. The son of dual Group One winner Exceed And Excel out of unraced mare Heaven, Destination ($3) cruised a 1-1/2 length win in Saturday’s two-year-old handicap (1000m) over Mrs Maisel ($2.30)… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been assembled for Ballarat this Saturday where it is Ballarat Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Ballarat Cup 🏆: View the Ballarat Cup Field
The biggest meeting ever held at Kembla Grange will take place this Saturday with the inaugural edition of the $1 Million The Gong (1600m) the drawcard across nine races. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit…. Read More »
The biggest and best raceday in WA racing comes around at Ascot this Saturday with a bumper nine race card, headlined by the Railway Stakes (1600m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out two metres for the entire circuit. Railway Stakes 🏆: View… Read More »
Suspended trainer Jarrod McLean is appealing a court decision allowing racing authorities to charge him based on evidence seized during a police raid. It comes after the Supreme Court of Victoria in October ruled police had acted lawfully when it gave the state’s racing body information about evidence seized in… Read More »
