Ryan Moore keen to ride for Coolmore in Golden Slipper
Ryan Moore, the world’s best jockey, is keen to return to Sydney to ride for Coolmore in the Group 1 Golden Slipper in late March.
Ryan Moore, the world’s best jockey, is keen to return to Sydney to ride for Coolmore in the Group 1 Golden Slipper in late March.
Racing Australia’s bungle when it comes to scratchings has seen Racing Queensland miss out on a significant amount of cash over a six-month period.
Trainer Clayton Douglas has confirmed Giga Kick won’t be ready for this year’s Lightning Stakes or Newmarket Handicap.
Tuesday racing at Benalla on a soft track but no surprise to see it improve and on paper it certainly shapes as a day for a confident bet.
Outstanding galloper Alligator Blood has been ruled out for the autumn and his future is clouded.
The controversial new inner track at Caulfield will need to complete another set of barrier trials after jockeys’ feedback on Monday morning.
21-year-old apprentice jockey Kelsey Hannan has been cleared of spinal cord damage after being flown to hospital on Sunday.
Ciaron Maher conceded the move of David Eustace to train on his own wasn’t unexpected and as such there was always a “sort of plan” for going forward without the now Hong Kong-bound trainer.
Grant Dixon has driven almost 5200 winners and won more than 3200 races as a trainer, but never had a horse like Leap To Fame who is searching for Hunter Cup glory on Saturday night.
Think we’ve found a few blackbookers for the Monday Racebook with the expectations being we’ll be seeing some of them when the whips are cracking in bigger races.
After growing disconnect between the racing industry and officials at the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission, a KPMG review into the organisation, ordered by Racing Minister Grace Grace, will kick off on Monday.
Cejay Graham stands to be the biggest beneficiary of Bailey Wheeler’s month-long suspension from his boss Annabel Neasham and cashed in big time on Saturday to put a significant gap in the race for the coveted apprentice title.
The racing career of superstar pacer Encipher is almost certainly over as the inaugural TAB Eureka winner undergoes emergency surgery today.
Home track advantage should serve trainer Jamie Edwards well at Geelong while an on-pace runner will he hard to run down in Sunday’s Great Western Cup.
Not content with notching her first metro treble, apprentice Cejay Graham added a fourth victory in the last race at the Sunshine Coast to put an exclamation mark on a big day.
Kelly Schweida was surprised by the lack of respect for his filly El Morzillo by the bookies at the Sunshine Coast and she made them pay.
After 18 months and two operations, Zou Tiger’s drought-breaking win in the Carrington Stakes gave trainer John O’Shea great satisfaction.
Classy mare Aitch Two Oh ran her rivals off their legs in the Durbridge Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.
Veight is set to take on the likes of Mr Brightside and Alligator Blood at Group 1 level after a gutsy win in the Group 2 Australia Stakes at The Valley.
He hadn’t ridden in a race in his homeland for four years, but J-Mac returned with a bang – lifting the well-backed Velocious to victory in the $1m Karaka Million 2YO.
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have concluded their successful partnership on a high note as imported gelding Glory Daze cruises to victory at Randwick.
There was no stakes status on the line but jockeys Craig Williams and Jye McNeil desperately wanted to win the Travis Harrison Cup with the latter coming out on top.
Trainer Chris Waller and Coolmore enjoyed Golden Slipper success last year with Shinzo and they have another contender for the juvenile feature.
Young hoop Jaylah Kennedy was grateful the connections of Ceerseven stuck with her as she notched her maiden city win.
Bill Camer, once described as the smallest jockey in the world who went on to win the Cox Plate, Doncaster Mile and Stradbroke Handicap, has died aged 92.
Tony Ottobre, one of Victoria’s top owners and fresh from dual Group 1 successes with Pride Of Jenni in the spring has gagged his trainers and jockeys from talking to the Victorian industry broadcaster.
Top jockey Jamie Kah will ride two-year-old filly Little Princess for her parents at Geelong on Friday.
An impressive last-start Mornington winner can score again at Cranbourne while Beau Mertens has an excellent book of rides on Friday night.
Rey Magnerio will chase his sixth win in eight starts when the sprinter tackles the VRC Super Saturday 9 March Handicap (1200m).
A significant weight drop will ensure the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Bel Air will be hard to hold out again at Saturday’s Flemington meeting.
The Sydney two-year-old Triple Crown beckons for superstar colt Storm Boy, co-trainer Adrian Bott has confirmed.
A freak training mishap has ruled star New Zealand pacer Akuta out of the Hunter Cup and his future is now in serious doubt.
National Racing Editor Matt Williams’ best bets and value bets for Flemington racing on Saturday.
The German-bred stayer topped Melbourne Cup markets in 2022 after winning a Grade 2 race in the US but went amiss soon after landing in Australia.
A refreshed Ben Allen has literally hit the ground running as he starts his chase for more Group 1 success in 2024.
A solid debut second should provide the platform for a Peter Gelagotis-trained galloper to go one better at Pakenham on Thursday night.
Superstars of Australian harness racing Just Believe and Catch A Wave will be surprise runners at Ballarat for Saturday night’s Cup meeting.
Cranbourne trainer Brian McGrath welcomes the opportunity to check Pink Beau Ty’s progress against a smart sprinter at Flemington on Saturday.
An “admirably conciliatory” approach from a steward played a part in the Victorian Racing Tribunal cutting a month from jockey Kate Walters’ suspension for abusing a steward on Boxing Day.
The likes of Fangirl, Think It Over and Militarize clashed in the opening heat at Warwick Farm on Tuesday while comeback galloper Learning To Fly impressed in her second trial since returning.
Magic Millions hero Eleven Eleven has been retired following last Saturday’s run.
A talented Patrick Payne-trained gelding can reward patient punters while a $12 shot has a good chance to roll a short-priced favourite at Sandown on Wednesday.
Brad Waters is keen on a horse at $8 at Cranbourne on Tuesday, saying “he could be hard to run down”.
Bold Bastille impressed with her dominant debut win in the $500,000 Inglis Banner at The Valley on Cox Plate Day to rank highly in betting on two rich two-year-old features.
Trainers Mark and Levi Kavanagh want to get the hard work done early in their bid to get smart stayer First Immortal into the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups this spring.
A spot in the All-Star Mile was offered for the first time in the Magic Millions Guineas this year, but Rob Heathcote says it’s too hard to get his filly down to Victoria for the race.
Fresh off a spending spree at the Magic Millions, David Ellis says he couldn’t care less about those knocking him for not campaigning Imperatriz around The Everest last year,.
Jaden Lloyd will tick off a major bucket list item and make the move to Singapore ahead of their closure later this year.
While sporting bandaged on both forelegs following a dramatic Magic Millions Guineas mishap on Saturday unbeaten three-year-old Sydney Bowler was ‘happy and bright’ and doing well on Sunday
It was the return of Ellerslie and also Kiwi sensation Legarto in Sunday’s Aotearoa Classic Preview meeting and the mare didn’t disappoint.
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