Horse Racing News
Victorian jockey banned for six months
Jockey Chloe Azzopardi, aged 26, has been handed a six-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance. Azzopardi, who moved to Victoria late in 2021, produced the positive urine sample after riding trackwork at Flemington on April 17, 2023. The result came as a surprise to the racing community and brought...
Kent makes Case for imported sprinter
Michael Kent Jnr knows there is just as much chance of A Case Of You drawing a wide barrier this weekend as there has been in each of his previous Australian runs, but the Cranbourne trainer desperately hopes his run of tricky gates has come to an end. The imported stallion...
Horses of promise dominate Queensland Derby Day at Eagle Farm
The main race of the 3yos over the carnival is the G1 Queensland Derby (2400m) where Kovalica ($1.80) is short odds to back up his excellent run in the Doomben Cup and win the major. Around him there are some other young stayers with promise like stable mate Special Swey ($6),...
Racing NSW announces more prize money increases
Racing NSW today announced increases to minimum prizemoney levels for Metropolitan and Provincial racing worth more than $6.5 million annually. Metropolitan and Provincial minimum prizemoney levels have received the lowest proportional increases since 2004, with the Country sector minimum prizemoney levels having increased by a much higher proportional amount in addition...
Neasham keeping close eye on Sunshine
Few will be looking on more anxiously than Annabel Neasham when the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale kicks off on the Gold Coast on Tuesday. The Sydney trainer doesn't own Sunshine In Paris, but she is particularly eager to see who buys the last-start Group 1 winner. The three-year-old daughter of Invader and the...
Consistent Fighter chases overdue win
After a brace of competitive performances in stakes races, consistent sprinter Fox Fighter is set to drop back in grade in search of a confidence-building win. The gelding has managed a top-four finish at his past nine starts stretching back to September, highlighted by two Saturday grade victories and a trio of...
Shinn picks up Rothfire Group 1 ride
In form Melbourne jockey Blake Shinn has been booked for the ride on Rothfire in his upcoming Group 1 engagement. Rothfire is set to contest the Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for which he is the second favourite in latest markets. The Robert Heathcote-trained gelding has been plagued by injuries throughout...
Campbell Rawiller lands big jumps prize
New kid on the block Campbell Rawiller showcased his skills as a jumps jockey with a double at Sandown over hurdles. After winning aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Teofilo Star in the Ladbroke It! Hurdle (3400m) on Sunday, Rawiller was back 35 minutes later to claim one of the day's features, the Australian Hurdle (3900m) aboard Circle The Sun for the...
Back-to-back Doomben Cup wins for Huetor
Huetor has capped a remarkable comeback from a life-threatening injury to land back-to-back wins in the Group 1 Doomben Cup as odds-on favourite Zaaki was beaten out of a place. The gelding suffered a serious eye injury last year that not only ruled him out of the spring but had his career and...
Royal Merchant strikes in The Goodwood
In a campaign that began with winning a midweek maiden at Canterbury in November, three-year-old filly Royal Merchant has run at least once in each month since, and has crowned the preparation by winning the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville. The victory also capped a successful Adelaide carnival for co-trainers Ciaron...