Peter 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…
DetailsFathnoxious had to pull out all stops at Northam last month but her class prevailed when she withstood a strong challenge from Kamballie to score a confidence-boosting win. It marked the end of a winless campaign for the Fath mare with her previous five attempts yielding one placing, a third to Resonates in the Listed…
DetailsThe Australian Turf Club senior racing executive Matt Rudolph has been summonsed before a Racing NSW inquiry to show cause why he shouldn’t be charged under the rules of racing for allegedly attempting to alter evidence in the Sam Kavanagh cobalt case. Racing NSW issued a release on Tuesday that Rudolph has been ordered to…
DetailsAt a stewards inquiry on Monday trainer David Vandyke was hit with a $12,000 fine and had his horse disqualified after one of his gallopers returned a positive swab. Vandyke had been training from his Warwick Farm base and also from a Randwick stable, and it was a horse from his Randwick stable, two-year-old filly…
DetailsPeter Fernie’s outstanding strike rate at Kalgoorlie continued on the weekend after Inject The Venom and Thidwick The Moose recorded victories. The double boosted Fernie’s tally to 26 wins for the season, almost guaranteeing the popular horseman another Kalgoorlie trainer’s premiership. Fernie has prepared a winner or better in each of the 12 Kalgoorlie meetings…
DetailsTrainer John Moore put a further gap on his main rival John Size in the Hong Kong trainer’s premiership after leading home four winners at Sha Tin on Sunday. Moore is shooting for his seventh premiership victory and the trainer of local superstar Able Friend is confident he’ll get the job done. “I still expect…
DetailsAn Australian-owned 2015 Melbourne Cup contender flopped in the Group I German Derby (1m4f) at Hamburg on Sunday. A $21 chance with Sportsbet for the 2015 Melbourne Cup, and raced in the Lee Freedman colours, Shimrano was sent out a 19/10 ($2.90) favourite coming off two consecutive victories, but never got into contention, finishing 11th…
DetailsA furious Bryce Stanaway says he scratched his horses from Sunday’s Pakenham meeting in protest against disrespectful treatment from the club’s chief executive. A row erupted on Sunday when Stanaway withdrew three horses after an incident that started when he was unable to get a sandwich in the course’s owners and trainers’ lounge. Stanaway appeared…
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