Welfare biggest challenge for world racing: Integrity boss
Racing Victoria’s integrity boss says the spotlight on horse welfare has never been greater and racing has to get better shifting the debate away from “radical hyperbole”.
Racing Victoria’s integrity boss says the spotlight on horse welfare has never been greater and racing has to get better shifting the debate away from “radical hyperbole”.
The Group 1 Memsie Stakes isn’t a two-horse race between Pride Of Jenni and Mr Brightside according to punters, with another contender attracting plenty of support.
The rivalry between Pride Of Jenni and Mr Brightside is enticing new fans to racing, and the superstars clash for the first time this spring in the Memsie Stakes on their way towards the Cox Plate.
Racenet has the first pictures and video of the Eagle Farm “sight screen” which has come at an extraordinary cost.
Nikita Beriman capped another big day for the girls after winning the QTIS Jewel 3YO with Party For Two.
Champion jockey James McDonald will find out on Monday whether he will ride Storm Boy or Saturday’s Todman Stakes winner Switzerland in the Golden Slipper.
Autumn Angel could be aimed at Oaks races in Sydney and Adelaide next month after winning the Group 2 Kewney Stakes at Flemington.
Jamie Kah has won the Newmarket Handicap one year after her terrifying fall on the same day when the late Dean Holland filled in for her to win the race.
A jockey has been banned after placing more than 2000 bets with a corporate bookmaker in a five-month period.
Sprint queen Imperatriz faces her toughest test on Saturday in the $1.5m Newmarket Handicap at Flemington, as trainer Mark Walker weighs in on “disrespectful” Black Caviar comparisons.
There’s a five-leg multi around $29 odds at Randwick which should give us a run for our money on another big Group 1 day of racing around Australia.
Racing’s first lady Gai Waterhouse has slapped down a “nonsense” Greens plan to forcibly seize the Eagle Farm racetrack, while another identity says it should be called out for simply being part of an anti-racing crusade.
Les Bridge says Celestial Legend couldn’t be any better heading into the Group 1 Randwick Guineas at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Peter Moody has leading fancies Mollynickers and Autumn Angel in the Group 2 Kewney Stakes and says how they are ridden will determine where they finish.
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