Last spring champion jockey Glen Boss declared Puissance De Lune the “2013 Melbourne Cup winner” and not surprisingly he leads a strong contingent of locally-trained imports in the early Cup market. The Darren Weir-trained Puissance De Lune has gone up at $8 with TAB fixed odds in its Melbourne Cup market… Read More »
It’s safe to assume New Zealand-based stallion Zed won’t be serving Clydesdale mares again thanks to the performances of his talented sons Survived and Usainity. Zed, a son of Zabeel and Group One winning mare Emerald Dream, won his first start and was rated a leading New Zealand Derby contender… Read More »
It’s a source of some frustration for trainer Joe Pride that Rain Affair hasn’t been able to showcase his wet track ability in the past 12 months. Rain Affair is undefeated in six starts on tracks rated in the slow or heavy range but the five-year-old is unlikely to strike… Read More »
Bel Sprinter’s preparations for the Krisflyer International Sprint continue to go to plan and his chances of victory have seemingly improved before he even leaves Australia after the withdrawal of a key rival. Singapore’s champion sprinter Rocket Man has been ruled out of Sunday week’s KrisFlyer (1200m) after suffering a… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote will let star sprinter Buffering do the talking for him in Saturday’s BTC Cup at Eagle Farm. $500 BTC CUP FREE BET Heathcote this week put in place a self-imposed media ban after copping a $500 fine for comments he made in his blog. If online… Read More »
John Singleton has called on Andrew Johns to “man up” and tell the truth to the More Joyous inquiry. The former rugby league great had been “weak” over his part in the public stoush which shattered the relationship between Singleton and his former trainer Gai Waterhouse, the high profile businessman… Read More »
A second placing behind Black Caviar in the Lightning Stakes followed by another second to Shamexpress in the Newmarket led Peter Moody to hold the reasonable belief that Moment Of Change was among the better sprinters in the country. But that opinion received a jolt when Moment Of Change tailed… Read More »
The Australian racing industry has been dealt another blow following the announcement that champion colt All Too Hard would be retired to the breeding barn to stand at Vinery Stud this September. The retirement of the son of Casino Prince comes hot on the heels of big sister Black Caviar’s… Read More »
Ex-footballer Andrew Johns and two others will be given one more chance to attend the More Joyous inquiry or face sanctions by racing authorities. Johns, former jockey Allan Robinson and punter Eddie Hayson have been named as pivotal players in the inquiry which centres on whether there was a problem… Read More »
Rugby league great Andrew Johns was terrified he would be fired by the Nine Network after he “embellished” what he’d been told by bookie Tom Waterhouse about the racehorse More Joyous. Businessman and horse owner John Singleton told Racing NSW’s inquiry into the matter that Johns had been drinking the… Read More »
John Singleton and the Waterhouse family have arrived at Racing NSW’s headquarters in Sydney for the inquiry into the performance of racehorse More Joyous. The inquiry is shaping up to be a media circus, with over 50 reporters and photographers staking out the Druitt St lobby on Monday morning. Horse… Read More »
The promise Limes showed during a spring campaign last year wasn’t enough to save his manhood but it helped lay the foundation for his win the $150,000 Hawkesbury Guineas on Saturday. “He’s got very good form from the spring but we gelded him at the end of it because he… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is adamant he has the knowledge, energy, commitment and staff to run a two-state racing operation. In horses like Saturday’s Rowley Mile winner Mouro, McEvoy is also demonstrating he has the bloodstock to make a seamless transition into the NSW thoroughbred scene. McEvoy’s new Sydney venture made its… Read More »
There’s only a certain way she can win but Aerobatics was able to justify her position in one of the world’s biggest racing and breeding concerns with her victory in the $150,000 Darley Crown at Hawkesbury on Saturday. Giving Darley two stakes wins in separate states in a matter of… Read More »
Australia’s top-ranked racehorse All Too Hard could be a surprise runner in Saturday week’s Scone Guineas. The colt’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes threw the $500,000 race into the mix on Saturday, suggesting the Group One Doomben Cup, which is run on the same day would also be considered. The feature event… Read More »
The weather will decide how far Coup Acclaim races into the colder months after the imported stayer confirmed his preference for dry ground at Hawkesbury on Saturday. Another northern hemisphere horse who has paid his way in Australia for trainer Chris Waller, Coup Acclaim won his most important race since… Read More »
Zoustar has a lot to learn about his trade but the unbeaten colt instantly won over jockey Hugh Bowman with a gritty win at Hawkesbury on Saturday. “He’s still very new and raw as well as being a little bit colty and he’s not totally switched on at the moment,”… Read More »
Strawberry Boy, a horse owned by John Singleton and formerly trained by Gai Waterhouse, showed he is more than comfortable in his new Melbourne home with a game win at Flemington on Saturday. Singleton transferred Strawberry Boy from the Waterhouse stable long before his latest falling out with the champion… Read More »
Damian Lane returned to the city winner’s circle at Flemington on Saturday, regaining his momentum after an enforced lay-off last month. Lane notched his 17th metropolitan win of the season aboard two-year-old Moparee ($6) in the Spotless Plate (1100m). It was his first city win since he returned from a… Read More »
The transformation of Dances On Stars since being gelded has been remarkable, according to trainer Gerald Ryan. Frustrated the three-year-old wasn’t showing his true potential, Ryan made the decision to geld Dances On Stars after he ran fifth in the Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben last December. “In the… Read More »
