Horse Racing News
Three shots at South Australian Derby 2024 success
An alteration to the programming for the South Australian Derby has led to the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable requiring a change of planning with tAn alteration to the programming for the South Australian Derby has led to the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable requiring a change of...
Classy pair tempt jockey Tommy Berry to head north
An opportunity to ride the leading fancies in a brace of Group Two races has lured top Sydney jockey Tommy Berry to Eagle Farm for the Queensland Guineas meeting. Berry has picked up the plum mount on Victory Stakes (1200m) favourite Uncommon James, while he will renew his association with Ducasse in the...
Aztec out to book trip inter-State
Aztec State will be racing for more than the $82,500 winner’s cheque when he steps up to 2000 metres for the first time at Caulfield this Saturday. Ben Hayes still holds Queensland Derby aspirations with the son of Pierro, who will put his credentials on the line in the $150,000 Tobin Brothers Celebrating...
Weighty advantage for Butch Cassidy in Hawkesbury Guineas
A seven-kilo weight turnaround has Tulloch Lodge colt Butch Cassidy in the box seat to land an overdue stakes win in the Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas. Beaten less than a half-length by Panic in the South Pacific Classic (1400m) last start when conceding his rival six kilos, Butch Cassidy will carry a kilo...
Wilde about Grand Annual Steeplechase success
Local trainer Symon Wilde has registered a third victory in Australia’s most gruelling race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase when outsider Count Zero staged a form reversal to land the prize. Count Zero was backing up from finishing last in the Brierly Steeplechase (3450m) on Tuesday, more than 35 lengths adrift of the winner...
Kiwi makes Aussie debut in Wangoom Handicap
Class rose to the top with Group 1 winner Tuvulu lumping a big weight to victory in the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. Regarded as the ‘Newmarket of the bush’ Tuvalu carried 61.5kg to land the 1200m contest on Wednesday and earn himself a trip to Queensland for the Winter Carnival. Ridden by...
Fernie to join Perth raiders in Adelaide
An influx of Western Australian raiders for Adelaide’s racing carnival has grown with Luke Fernie set to target black-type races with two of his stable stand outs. Quality mare Laced Up Heels confirmed a second interstate trip following another top run Ascot on Saturday and Be Optimistic is poised to return after a...
Shane Jackson chasing major Bool flat win
Former Irish jockey Shane Jackson won two of the feature jumps races at the Warrnambool May Carnival and now is after a major flat win as a trainer. Jackson won the Brierly Steeplechase on Gold Medals in 2018 and the Grand Annual Steeplechase in 2020 aboard Ablaze, however the Galleywood Hurdle eluded...
Angland aims for three straight
Although he is a two-time winner from his first two starts, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Angland is still learning what being a racehorse is all about. Angland has registered wins at Pakenham over 1200m on April 4 and again two weeks later over the same distance and heads to...
Wide Hawkesbury Guineas draw no reason to Panic
Michael Freedman has been hoping for a chance to have Panic ridden with cover, but he is unlikely to get it this weekend after the horse drew the second outside gate in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Panic raced outside the leader to post a fighting win in the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m) at...