Valuable fillies owned by high-flying thoroughbred investor Damion Flower remain catalogued for next week’s Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale despite the prominent racing identity yesterday facing serious drug importation charges in a Sy
Glen Boss will participate in his final Singapore meeting as a contracted rider this Saturday. Boss has seven rides on the 10-race card at Kranji racecourse which includes three Group 1 races. He’ll partner horses trained by Michael Clements in each
Dual Group 1 winner Savvy Coup has been added to the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale next week. The Savabeel mare, who won the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) as a three-year-old and the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings last spring, wil
Caulfield is to gain a second inside turf track to be used primarily for night racing as part of a $300 million redevelopment. The Melbourne Racing Club plans also include a new grandstand as well as new horse stalls and parade rings, with work potentiall
Tony Gollan has ruled out the Stradbroke Handicap for his unbeaten three-year-old Zoustyle. The gelding, who returned from a spell to win the JRA 3YO Plate (1200m) at Doomben last Saturday, will instead target the Listed $A125,000 Daybreak Lover (1200m) a
Tony Gollan will be hoping Outback Barbie can have a change in fortune when she takes her chance in Saturday’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The filly has had 12 career starts for two wins and has endured luckless passag
Despite drawing barrier 14 in Saturday’s Group 1 $A700,000 Kingsford Smith Cup, co-trainer Ciaron Maher has not written off the chances of Dubious in the 1300-metre feature. Dubious comes into the race off the back of a last-start success in the Gro
Godolphin will be attempting to win back-to-back Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cups at Eagle Farm on Saturday with the operation hoping Home Of The Brave, Trekking or Encryption can emulate last year’s winner Impending in the feature. James Cummings is hoping
Hawke’s Bay Racing has announced that the winner and runner-up in the Group 2 Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa will be provided ballot free exemptions into the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings at the end of August. Last yearâ
(By John Jenkins) The owners of The Puketapu Lad, who broke through for a maiden win at Otaki on Thursday of last week, are so devoted to their horse that they have even invited him in for a drink at their local pub. Sean O’Connor, who manages the See Y
Last start Group 3 winner Vigor Winner will be vying for more stakes success when he tackles the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Lauren Brennan-trained galloper has been consistent in his four career starts, recording th
Trainer Stephen Marsh is Melbourne-bound in search of a golden ticket. The Cambridge trainer will saddle progressive stayer Felaar in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday, with the winner guaranteed a start in the Gr.1 Melb
(By John Jenkins) Mark down Loire as a three-year-old to follow next season after the daughter of Redoute’s Choice produced an outstanding winning performance in the maiden two-year-old event at Hastings today. The Tony Pike-trained filly came from seco
Co-trainer Roger James has issued a positive bulletin on Sydney Cup fourth placegetter Rondinella as the four-year-old has resumed canter exercise at the Cambridge stable he and training partner Robert Wellwood operate from. “We’ve already got Rondine
New South Wales trainer Ben Smith has been found guilty of all charges against him relating to elevated cobalt levels, race day treatments and giving false evidence to stewards. Stewards raided his Newcastle stable on September 11, 2018, after swab result
Injured jockey Michael Hackett is continuing his slow recovery after suffering a head injury in a fall at the Tomingley Cup picnic race meeting. Hackett was one of three riders to fall in a race at the central western NSW track on April 27 with Ricky Blew
Victorian jockey Jordan Childs hopes to ride at the Andrew Ramsden Stakes meeting at Flemington this Saturday after being discharged from hospital. Childs had an MRI scan at Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital after suffering a post-race back injury at Ben
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has been found guilty of a further 12 charges relating to race day administration and has been asked to make submissions on sentence. Currie had already been disqualified for four years after being found guilty of two charges
Forsa Eclipse, an $110,000 purchase from the 2017 Karaka Ready To Run sale, produced a dominant front-running performance to win Sunday’s Heat 2 of the RM 100,000 Malaysia Listed Three-year-old Championship (1200m) at Selangor. The four-year-old broke s
Two-year-old Dubious is likely to be tested against older horses at weight- for-age in Saturday’s Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt, who won the Group 2 BRC Champagne Stakes (1200m) on May