Horse Racing
Leading jockey stood down from Winx Stakes meeting
By RS NewsWire James Mcdonald has picked up the plum mount on Silver Shadow Stakes favourite Four Moves Ahead after Nash Rawiller failed in his bid to get a medical clearance to ride. Rawiller suffered an undisplaced fracture of his ... Read More »
Godolphin colt to improve on season start
James Cummings is banking on experience when Athelric makes his return at The Valley the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) following a Hawkesbury trial victory which left the Godolphin team impressed. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/godolphin-colt-to-improve-on-season-start- Read More »
Rest in peace Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood
By RS NewsWire Former jockey Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood has died peacefully in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on Thursday night, aged 62. Thurgood suffered a catastrophic brain injury when Taras Regent suffered a fatal heart attack during the running of the 1980 ... Read More »
Ancestry out to enhance Moonee Valley record
By RS NewsWire Phillip Stokes is banking on the unbeaten record of Ancestry at The Valley as being beneficial to the chances of the sprinter in his first-up run from a spell. Ancestry makes his return in the Listed Carlyon ... Read More »
Ryan galloper Express Pass after first stakes win in Carlyon Stakes
Expectations have been high for Express Pass right from the time the Nick Ryan-trained galloper stepped out on the racecourse, but he’ll need to be every bit as good as his mentor thinks to win a white-hot $160,000, Listed, Carlyon ... Read More »
Snowfall announces herself as a star in the Yorkshire Oaks
By The Racing Forum The Darley Yorkshire Oaks is usually won by a smart filly but this year it was won by a filly that is fast becoming a superstar. The Aidan O’Brien trained Snowfall was well enough thought of ... Read More »
Scintillating to justify Newman Cup target
By RS NewsWire A Kalgoorlie Cup campaign goes on the line for Scintillating when the Blackfriars gelding lines up in Saturday’s BHP Newman Cup (2100m). Trainer Matthew Stephens believes the way the seven-year-old has been racing this campaign he could ... Read More »
Beau Rossa on track for the G1 Memsie Stakes
By Graham Potter Trainer Will Clarken has confirmed that, all being well with a scheduled gallop on Monday, his star galloper Beau Rossa will be heading for a start in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 28. The plan ... Read More »
Berdibek scores overdue win in the Rowley Mile
By RS NewsWire The John O’Shea-trained Berdibek has atoned for a string of luckless performances to claim the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. The grey finished runner-up in the McKell Cup on an unsuitable heavy track in June then was ... Read More »
Mallory the apple of Ryan’s eye
Stakes-winning filly Mallory kicks off her spring campaign in a cracking edition of the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) and co-trainer Gerald Ryan is confident she’s in good shape for her first-up assignment. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/news/story/mallory-the-apple-of-ryans-eye- Read More »
