A US jockey is in police custody after a trainer was shot at the Delaware Park race track on Wednesday. US publication the Paulick Report stated the trainer Saul Matos and jockey Ruben Rojas became embroiled in a verbal altercation in the stabling area at the track. State police told local news media outlet Delaware…
DetailsChampion rider, William Pike, claimed his seventh win in the jockey’s premiership at the completion of the 2014-15 racing season at Belmont on Wednesday. Pike, who spent three months on the sidelines with a shoulder injury after a barrier mishap, advanced to 81 wins courtesy of Rikki Tikki Tava. The champion hoop finished ahead of…
DetailsTony Gollan equalled a Brisbane training record on Saturday from the deck of yacht cruising the Greek Islands then went one better by winning the first race at Doomben on Sunday. The victory of Most Important at the Sunshine Coast meeting gave Gollan 78 metropolitan winners for the Brisbane season, matching the total achieved by…
DetailsDamien Oliver moved within one premiership of joining Roy Higgins and Bill Duncan after wrapping up the 2014/15 Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership at Geelong on Sunday. The Victorian record of 11 titles is jointly held by Duncan, who won his premierships in the 1920s and 30’s, while Higgins won his first in 1965 and the last…
DetailsTrainer David Jones says Comfortably will push ahead and tackle the Port Hedland Cup after overcoming a distance query to win an exciting edition of the Roebourne Cup (2200m) on Saturday. Comfortably, with visiting Melbourne apprentice, Carryn Londregan, timing her run to absolute perfection, snatched victory in the last stride with 3/4 of a length…
DetailsThe margin was a nose but the finish was deceptive with Rebel King defeating Cool Trade in a thrilling conclusion to the H.G.Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. In a fitting finale to the final feature race of the season, Rebel King, urged on by champion jockey, William Pike, dug deep to reel in…
DetailsIconic trainer Bart Cummings is renowned as the Cups King, referring to his 12 wins in the race that stops the nation: the Melbourne Cup. In our own local patch, the Perth Cup, Muchea horseman, Alan Mathews, is recognised as the modern day supremo with six wins. Mathews sits one short of all the all-time…
DetailsRacing NSW will scrap all races restricted by the number of metropolitan wins from October 1 under changes to metropolitan and provincial programming. The change will allow existing benchmark races to be accessed by all horses, which in theory will increase city field sizes. Country-trained and performed horses will have the potential for greater weight…
DetailsRacing NSW has announced the addition of a ninth race to metropolitan Saturday programs restricted to country-trained gallopers. The initiative will provide a regular point of entry for country-based horses to compete for increased prizemoney. The purse will be $40,000 which is equivalent to that of a midweek metropolitan race. Coined the ‘Highway Handicap or…
DetailsBrett Mathews has made a successful transition from jockey to trainer. It comes less than a year after he was given a dire warning by doctors. Mathews was told to hang up the saddle or his health would be at risk. The rigours of ‘wasting’ and a strict dieting regime had finally taken its toll.…
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