Lloyd, Shinn pick up J-Mac’s Group 1 rides on Tuesday
Sydney’s star young rider Zac Lloyd and Melbourne’s champion jockey Blake Shinn have picked up James McDonald’s Group 1 rides at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday.
Sydney’s star young rider Zac Lloyd and Melbourne’s champion jockey Blake Shinn have picked up James McDonald’s Group 1 rides at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday.
A young Queensland trainer suspended for allegedly striking an unnamed colt with a poly pipe had ‘no evil intent’, the Queensland Racing Appeals Panel heard on Monday.
Racing Victoria stewards have called for a hefty disqualification for jockey Michael Poy for his part in a betting scheme involving lay bets against 46 of his rides in 2021 and 2022.
Multiple Group 1 winning trainer Jason Coyle is hoping first starter Semibreve can live up to her pedigree and price tag when she steps out at Newcastle on Tuesday.
Form analyst Shayne O’Cass presents his best bets, value selections and exotic tips for Tuesday’s meetings at Newcastle and Tamworth.
Trainers Tony and Maddy Sears are keen to send their star sprinter Steady Ready to Melbourne this year
Sprint sensation Private Harry will miss Saturday’s Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes as connections set their focus on The Everest in October.
Form analyst Shayne O’Cass presents his best bets and value selections for Monday’s Wellington meeting, which features the Wellington Boot and Wellington Cup.
Victorian trainer Matt Laurie will chase a Group 1 double with two of his stable’s brightest young stars.
Be afraid, Everest rivals. Hong Kong star Ka Ying Rising showed yet again why he’s rated the best sprinter in the world with an arrogant win at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Trainer Todd Howlett is confident his Wellington Boot debutant Try Me has the talent to take out one of the country’s most prestigious annual features
Racing writer Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over Australian Cup Day at Flemington, revealing his five horses to follow and forgive from the card.
Southeast Queensland’s big wet has seen last Saturday’s Doomben meeting reschedule to Tuesday to coincide with major races in Sydney.
The Prelude winner gets entry into the Doncaster Mile but trainer Marc Conners says that’s not the focus for his stable weapon.
Racing analyst Gilbert Gardiner presents his best bets and value selections at Monday’s Victorian meeting at Yarra Valley.
‘Just put the boy on’. It took just five words to convince trainer Tony Sears that Cody Collis was the right man for the job aboard Steady .
Interstate travel could be on the cards for talented but anxious Globe, set to resume in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday at Caulfield.
The Canadian mare who won a US Breeders Cup race is now trained by a New Zealander and will be ridden by a Hong Kong-based jockey when she attempts to win the most prestigious mile handicap in Australian racing.
Seven-time Group 1 winning superstar Alligator Blood’s part-owner says the iconic horse may not be approaching a miracle return to racing without a ‘magic potion’ from the Cook Islands.
Almost a month later and 2700km from Menangle, where Don Hugo conquered Leap To Fame to win the 2025 Miracle Mile, the star pacers will again clash in a $1 million race.
Trainer Phillip Stokes is eyeing the Group 1 Australasian Oaks after Comanche Miss broke her maiden in the Clare Lindop Stakes at Morphettville.
Trainer Phillip Stokes can start plotting a path towards the Melbourne Cup with Deakin after the promising stayer’s fighting win in the Roy Higgins at Flemington.
Ciaron Maher still claimed the Group 1 Australian Cup with import Light Infantry Man after crowd favourite Pride Of Jenni was beaten.
New Zealand raider Alabama Lass will head back home for a well-earned spell after a commanding frontrunning win at Flemington, and the filly could be back for the spring.
Recuperato scored a valuable stakes win at Flemington after Peter and Manny Gelagotis took a $210,000 risk on the developing filly.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Australian Cup at Flemington on Saturday.
Queensland Racing Minister Tim Mander has spoken to senior racing writer Ben Dorries on a range of issues including the wide-ranging review into the three codes of racing in the Sunshine State.
John O’Shea and Tom Charlton have the Doncaster favourite and a leading chance for the Australian Derby but aren’t complacent heading into the ‘Grand Finals of Australian Racing’.
Saturday’s Doomben races are the latest racing victim of the weather events which have struck Queensland in 2025.
Today’s Tancred Stakes meeting at Rosehill Gardens has been postponed until Tuesday, but there’s still a fascinating Group 1 contest brewing at Flemington with Pride Of Jenni in the Australian Cup.