Thoroughbred News

2016 Cox Plate rated equal second highest race the world

January 24, 2017 Comments Off

The 2016 William Hill Cox Plate has been recognised as the equal-second highest rated horse race in the world in the 2016 Longines World’s Best Horse Race Awards, the highest rating of any horse race in Australia ever recorded Read ... Read More »

Track conditions, scratchings and form for Randwick

January 24, 2017 Comments Off

Note track downgrade – Track conditions, scratchings and form for Randwick – Track Soft 6 – rail out 3m for the entire circuit – 2mm of irrigation for the last 24 hours, 18mm for the last seven days – 10.4mmmm ... Read More »

RV stewards do not proceed with cobalt charges against trainer

January 24, 2017 Comments Off

Racing Victoria stewards’ decide not to proceed with any action against trainer Kane Harris given the reserve samples from two stable runners were under the permitted threshold of cobalt when the measurement of uncertainty was applied Read full article Source:: ... Read More »

Bachman lost to snake bite

January 24, 2017 Comments Off

The Gerald Ryan trained Bachman passed away overnight after extraordinary circumstances saw the five–year-old All American gelding bitten by a snake while spelling Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Eight race Australia Day programme for Randwick

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

The Australian Turf Club’s meeting at Randwick for Australia Day commences at 1.20pm with a field of seven three-year-old’s in the # Theraces Bm 69 Handicap (1800m) with the Gerald Ryan trained Street Cry colt Harper’s Choice going for two ... Read More »

Darren Gauci to become an Apprentice Jockey Coach at Racing Victoria

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

Champion jockey Darren Gauci has called time on his career in the saddle to take up a role with Racing Victoria’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program – a full-time role that will see him mentor and assist aspiring jockeys within RV’s ... Read More »

Nominations taken for trio of Flemington features

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

The 2016 stars of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival are set to return to centre stage after being nominated for a series of races at Flemington during the Festival of Racing. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Cumani lowers Grey Lion range

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

Trainer Matt Cumani has conceded his Melbourne Cup runner Grey Lion (IRE) is no 3200m runner, and will target the Australian Cup and The BMW with the OTI Racing-owned galloper this autumn Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

RNSW stewards’ invoke Level 1 Hot Weather Policy for Kembla

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

Racing NSW Stewards advised on Monday that with the predicted top temperature of 36 degrees for Tuesday’s Kembla Grange race meeting, Level 1 of the Racing NSW Hot Weather Policy has been invoked. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Expressway Stakes commences the step up in quality for summer

January 23, 2017 Comments Off

The Australian Turf Club’s meeting at Rosehill on Saturday is not the official start of the Sydney summer and autumn carnival’s, but it is regarded as the unofficial commencement of a step up in racing quality with the Group 2 ... Read More »