Leading trainer Adam Durrant believes highly promising three-year-old, Kia Ora Koutou, can get his WA Derby campaign back on track in the Listed J.C.Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. The son of Blackfriars is looking to atone after he suffered a shock loss in last month’s Listed Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) and finished out…
DetailsDavid Hayes – Better Loosen Up my best racehorse AAP – 16 Mar 2016 David Hayes has paid tribute to Better Loosen Up, declaring there hasn’t been a finer racehorse pass through his famous stables. Better Loosen Up with Colin and David Hayes. Photo: Steve Hart An Australian Horse of the Year, Better Loosen Up…
DetailsLeading trainer Peter Moody has avoided a three-year disqualification after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board could not be satisfied he deliberately administered cobalt to Lidari in the spring of 2014. Peter Moody has avoided a three-year disqualification at the RAD Board on Wednesday. Photo: Darryl Sherer Lidari returned an elevated cobalt reading when he…
DetailsLindsey Smith is banking on a change of venue to snap Zarantz back to winning form ahead of the Listed $120,000 XXXX-Gold Bunbury Cup (2200m) on Thursday. The Choisir gelding has raced with success at Northam, Pinjarra and Belmont, collecting five wins from 24 starts, but Ascot has proven to be his nemesis. Zarantz has…
DetailsAnne King will saddle up Already Famous in Thursday’s $120,000 Listed XXXX-Gold Bunbury Cup (2200m). The son of Viscount is rated a $13 chance and a win would give King her greatest triumph in racing. The pair have gone close previously in big races with placings in the Boulder Cup (2100m) and AHA Cup (2019m).…
DetailsA change of career path has paid off handsomely for apprentice, Shelby Colgate, who punched home her first winner at Norseman on Saturday. Colgate had a brief taste of tertiary studies at university, but after two weeks of a physiotherapy course the 19-year-old swapped her textbooks for a saddle. At just her eighth ride, Colgate,…
DetailsA visit from the Compliance Assurance Team at the stables of Brian Cox on Thursday morning resulted in four horses being scratched from their engagements at Wangaratta later that day. During a routine stable inspection, the Compliance Assurance Team confiscated a substance that Cox refused to identify. Acting under the provisions of AR8(m), Stewards ordered…
DetailsGroup 1 galloper Kia Ora Koutou has been installed a pre-post $2.75 favourite for the $400,000 WATC Derby on April 16. The son of Scenic Lodge champion Blackfriars was unbeaten in four starts at Pinjarra and Belmont earlier this season before travelling to Flemington for the G1 Victoria Derby. He settled in the back half…
DetailsFormer Perth mare Real Love has been in work for over six months and is still prepared to tough out the hard yards for trainer Darren Weir. A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters, she broke through for her new stable in the LR Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) on Saturday and will head interstate again…
DetailsPremier Victorian trainer Darren Weir has accepted to run Signoff in Monday’s Group II Adelaide Cup (3200m). Up Cups is one of 18 acceptors for Monday’s Adelaide Cup. Photo: Magic Millions Signoff strolled to an easy win in the Group III Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville last Saturday but the Ballarat trainer flagged the…
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