Bunbury trainer Holly Locke is placing her trust in Peter Knuckey to compensate Assets ‘N’ Cash’s awkward draw in the Perth Ice Works Handicap (1650m) at Belmont Park. Locke was reconsidering her options after the Numerous Times gelding drew the outside gate in the field of 14, but was swayed by Knuckey to push ahead…
DetailsFormer Perth galloper Wayside stamped his class when he won the Carnarvon Growers Association Cup (1400m) on Friday, landing his first win under the care of trainer, Geoff Rodier. The four-year-old Choisir gelding looks a real find for Rodier, having run third to Peck in the Listed Detonator Stakes (1800m) at Ascot last February. Having…
DetailsBritish bookmakers have suspended betting on who will be champion jockey in Great Britain in 2015 until learning the results of x-rays on Ryan Moore’s injured neck. The three-time champion walked away from a barrier accident at Newmarket on Thursday before being taken to hospital in Cambridge complaining of a sore neck. Moore had an…
DetailsRecord turnover and increased crowds were the business highlights as the 2014/15 Hong Kong racing season came to a close at Sha Tin on Sunday. Turnover for the season finale came in at HK$1.758 billion, up 5.8 per cent on last year’s record, the third consecutive season a new record has been established and the…
DetailsBoth Darren McAuliffe and his gun sprinter, Rebel King, are fit, refreshed and charged to tackle the Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. McAuliffe is raring to get back into feature race action after missing Fuchsia Bandana winning the Hyperion Stakes (1600m)-Strickland Stakes (2000m) double. The hard working trainer took a rare opportunity out…
DetailsGiven the recent discussions on the issue of Training / Trackwork Hours, I inform Members that this subject was previously taken up by the ATA Victorian Branch with Racing Victoria. Please CLICK HERE for the results of a Study conducted by IER for the ATA and Racing Victoria that was released March 2013. The ATA…
DetailsChampion Victorian trainer Peter Moody has three charges to answer over a cobalt positive returned by Lidari in the Group I Turnbull Stakes at Flemington last year. Racing Victoria announced on Friday that Moody has been charged after a swab taken from Lidari returned cobalt levels above the legal 200 micrograms per litre in urine…
DetailsPeter Daly is recognised as one of the states most experienced and accomplished horseman but he agrees last year’s Carnarvon season didn’t pan out exactly as he would have liked. Daly’s morale took a bit of a hammering and with a record of two wins from 36 starts, he admitted it was a strike rate…
DetailsTasmanian stewards have banned a jockey for a year after the rider tested positive to methamphetamine. Troy Baker received the penalty after analysts detected the drug, also known as ‘ice’, in a urine sample taken from him at a meeting on May 24. Stewards stood down Baker on June 17 before suspending for a year…
DetailsCo-trainers Robert and Todd Harvey will be keen to maintain their momentum when they unveil Jetoomy for his debut start at Northam this afternoon. The father and son combination are in the midst of a hot winning streak with three of their previous starters at Belmont and Kalgoorlie saluting the judge. Commencing a dream week…
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