Just Horse Racing News
Song And Laughter gets shot at stakes win
By AAP Winning the Premier’s Cup will be the Litt family’s biggest success in racing. Retired NZ dairy farmer Jim Litt established the stable at Warwick Farm in 2013. His son Richard, a one-time foreman for Bart Cummings and John ... Read More »
Tough Sandown work for The Housemaid
By AAP A midweek restricted race at Sandown will give trainer Archie Alexander a spring guide to lightly raced filly The Housemaid. A nomination for October’s Thousand Guineas at Caulfield, The Housemaid will line up in The Grand Hotel Frankston ... Read More »
Oliver back on Lord Of The Sky in Memsie
By AAP Champion jockey Damien Oliver reunites with Lord Of The Sky in the first Group One race of the new season at Caulfield. The pair will be trying to add Saturday’s Memsie Stakes (1400m) to their victory in the ... Read More »
Key Melbourne Cup 2016 contender out of the Spring
By Morgan Payne Early market second favourite for the 2016 Melbourne Cup ‘Amralah’ has been ruled out of the Spring Racing Carnival after suffering an injury. Amralah was on the second line of betting at $17 in Sportsbet.com.au’s Melbourne Cup ... Read More »
Potential staying star out of the Spring
By Morgan Payne Potential star mare who was formerly from the Peter Moody stable but is now with Darren Weir ‘Amelie’s Star’ has suffered a tendon injury and will likely miss the Spring carnival. Amelie’s Star won her last four ... Read More »
Five finalists for Colin Alderson Award
By AAP Five up-and-coming trainers have been announced as the finalists for the inaugural Colin Alderson Rising Star Award. The winner will be named at the Scobie Breasley Medal night on Thursday in Melbourne. The finalists are Archie Alexander, Daniel ... Read More »
Scott Perrin resigns from Racing .com
By AAP Scott Perrin has resigned as chief executive of Racing.com which broadcasts Victorian racing via its digital and free-to-air platforms. Perrin, who oversaw the launch of Racing.com from June 2015, tendered his resignation on Monday. Racing.com chairman, David Moodie, ... Read More »
New bid to have Nikolic banned from races
By AAP Victoria Police are making a new bid to ban controversial jockey Danny Nikolic from racetracks. It comes after the Supreme Court ruled in June that bans against the Caulfield Cup-winning jockey were unlawful because he was not given ... Read More »
Thompson concussed in fall
By AAP Veteran jockey Robert Thompson has been concussed in a mounting yard fall at Cessnock. The horse he was to ride in the second race on Monday, bucked when Thompson was legged aboard and the jockey landed on the ... Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner headlines 2016 Memsie Stakes nominations
By Morgan Payne Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance headlines a quality group of nominations for Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield which include seven individual G1 winners. Other notable nominees along with the Melbourne Cup winner are ATC ... Read More »
