Just Horse Racing News
Gundogdu escapes serious injury in fall
By AAP Jockey Ibrahim Gundogdu has escaped with a concussion following a heavy fall at a country race meeting in Victoria. After falling from She’s A Pluck in a maiden race at Bairnsdale on Tuesday, Gundogdu was transported to the ... Read More »
Ibrahim Gundogdu hurt in Bairnsdale fall
By AAP Ibrahim Gundogdu has been transported to hospital following a fall in the final stages of a race in country Victoria. Gundogdu fell from She’s A Pluck when looking likely to fill a place in a maiden race at ... Read More »
Waterhouse/Bott runner heads Bernborough Handicap odds
By Morgan Payne Promising mare Sweet Redemption has opened equal favourite, with sportsbet.com.au, for the Bernborough Handicap on New Year’s Eve. The Gai Waterhouse-Adrian Bott trained mare shares top billing, at $6.50, with local four-year-old Cylinder Beach. The online bookmaker ... Read More »
Greg Hall faces up to biggest challenge
By AAP As the winner of three of the big four races on the Australian racing calendar, former jockey Greg Hall now faces his biggest challenge. Homeless and on a disability pension, Hall has gone public after booking himself into ... Read More »
Grand National winner Lord Gyllene dies
By AAP Lord Gyllene, winner of the rescheduled ‘bomb scare’ Grand National in 1997, has died at the age of 28. The New Zealand gelding made history by winning the world’s greatest steeplechase which was run on Monday, April 7 ... Read More »
Jockey Walter Swinburn dies aged 55
By AAP Walter Swinburn, one of the most renowned jockeys of his generation and rider of the brilliant Shergar, has died, aged 55. Swinburn partnered Shergar to glory in the 1981 Derby at the age of 19, one of three ... Read More »
Akzar dies after colic attack
By Morgan Payne Warrnambool Cup winner and crowd favourite Akazar has died following a bout of colic. Akzar who was trained by Darren Weir had career earnings of over $600,000 in his 50 career starts with the most notable being ... Read More »
Buffering’s brother fractures cannon bone
By AAP Buffering’s promising sibling No Annamossity has fractured his cannon bone and is set to have surgery. Trainer Robert Heathcote said the three-year-old gelding suffered the injury in Saturday’s three-year-old handicap at Eagle Farm and was taken to a ... Read More »
Rising star heads 2016 Villiers Stakes odds
By Morgan Payne Rising star Fabrizio has opened a short priced favourite for Saturday’s Villiers Stakes. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has posted the classy five-year-old at $2.60 for the Randwick Group 2. Fabrizio is resuming from a spell, but has trialled ... Read More »
Dibayani chasing big Randwick mile success
By AAP Lindsay Park is looking to Dibayani to go one better than his close second at his last attempt over the famous mile course at Randwick. During the spring the Irish-bred galloper was nosed out in the Group One ... Read More »
