Leading trainer Chris Waller has been fined $30,000 for presenting a horse to race with the prohibited substance methylamphetamine its system. Like Waller, Racing NSW stewards said they could not determine how the illicit substance, commonly known as ice, came to be in the horse’s system when he raced at Canterbury on October 5. Other…
DetailsAfter the global financial crisis in Ireland and the hustle and bustle of Sydney, Daniel O’Connor is content to call Perth home. The O’Connor name is new to WA training ranks, but his racing resume is broad and packed with international experience. A jumps jockey and horse breaker in Ireland to working with leading English…
DetailsFormer NSW premier Barry O’Farrell has been announced as the new chief executive officer of Racing Australia. Barry O’Farrell. O’Farrell replaces incumbent CEO Peter McGauran who announced he was resigning from the role in August. O’Farrell will commence his new role in January with McGauran heading to Tabcorp. ” Mr O’Farrell has a strong background…
DetailsIt’s been over 400 days since Emma Stent last rode in a race, but the apprentice jockey can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel. Stent broke her ankle in a track work accident, but what was originally diagnosed as a six-month injury has extended to well over a year. For a…
DetailsLocal gun William Pike held out champion Victorian jockey Damien Oliver to win the Frank Treen medallion at Ascot on Saturday. The Frank Treen Medallion is awarded to the rider with most wins across the Ascot Masters and Pike landed a narrow one win victory. Pike booted home five winners and clinched the series when…
DetailsTrainer Lindsey Smith does not think Douglas Whyte has a case to answer following his charge of not riding Scales Of Justice out to the line in Saturday’s Kingston Town Classic at Ascot. Lindsey Smith interviewed following the Railway Stakes. Photo: Perth Racing Twitter Whyte was charged by RWWA Stewards for failing to ride his…
DetailsThe brilliance and guile of champion jockey Damien Oliver helped paved the way for Silverstream to return to the winners list in the Ascend Sales Trophies Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Silverstream, trained by Grant and Alana Williams and raced by prominent owner-breeder, Bob Peters, posted her first victory in 399 days…
DetailsChampion jockey Douglas Whyte could spend the hours on his flight back to Hong Kong wondering what might have been in Saturday’s Group I Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot. Stratum Star claimed Saturday’s Group I Kingston Town Classic in Perth. Photo: Darryl Sherer Whyte appeared to stop riding the Railway Stakes winner Scales Of…
DetailsThe Kingston Town Classic recognises one of the immortals of the Australian turf, Kingston Town, an historic winner of three Cox Plates. The Kingston Town Classic, run over 1800m and under weight-for-age conditions, is the final Group One of the Australian racing year. The race was also known as the Western Mail Classic, Winfield Stakes,…
DetailsOn Wednesday 23 November 2016 RWWA Stewards resumed the adjourned inquiry from 31 October 2016 following the issue of a charge under AR178E against Trainer Mr Daniel Pearce with the particulars of the charge being that at Belmont on 3 September 2016 shortly before Race 4, Mr Pearce did administer the medication “Nature’s Botanical” which…
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