Apprentice Mark Crehan has been suspended for 28 days for failing to ride out Aerion Power for first place in the LMD Vacuum Excavation Handicap at Doncaster. The 3lb claimer mistook the half-furlong marker for the winning post when in front on the Sir Michael Stoute-trained three-year-old. Colony Queen, trained by John Mackie and ridden by Connor Beasley, took advantage […]

After pit stops at four of the world‘s best stables Norway has found a calling over the jumps. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding, handled previously by Aidan O‘Brien, Chris Waller and Peter Moody, completed the rare maiden-to-feature hurdle double in emphatic style. Norway stalked Flying Agent early in the $100,000 Brendan Drechsler Hurdle (3500m) at Pakenham before gliding […]

Icebath is on the fourth line of betting for Sydney’s new rich race the $2m The Invitation, but her trainer Brad Widdup is still worried about her getting a run. That’s because he and his star mare have had to sneak into two other rich feature races last season when many questioned if she was worthy of a start. Those […]

Joe Pride and Blaike McDougall combine with our best bet of the day and confident the last start winner can get the job done again while at the Narromine meeting, transferred from Wellington, our best bet is set to Sizzle. NOWRA BEST BET Race 6 No. 6: Miss Baltimore Could not have been any more impressive or dominant when she […]

Paul Nicholls believes Dan Skelton will be a "big threat" to his bid for a 13th National Hunt trainers' championship. The Ditcheat handler's horses returned to work from their summer break this week, including 2020 Ladbrokes King George VI Chase winner Frodon and MansionBet Challow Novices' Hurdle hero Bravemansgame. The team will gradually build up towards the new season, which […]

Connections and supporters thought they had little chance of saying cheese for the cameras when rising star and hot favourite Mac ‘N’ Cheese missed the start badly in the 1400m Listed Oaklands Plate for two-year-olds at Morphettville Parks on Sunday. But the guile and calmness of leading jockey Barend Vorster helped turn around the fortunes of the Tony and Calvin […]

Jockey Rachael Blackmore is in “good spirits” after undergoing surgery following a fall that saw her suffer a fractured ankle and hip injury at Killarney on Friday. The Grand National-winning rider, who had had earlier won two races on the fifth and final day of the meeting, was injured when favourite Merry Poppins fell in the handicap hurdle. The 32-year-old […]

Apprentice Teo Nugent’s ride on Bartholomeu Dias was as cold as his surrounds at Flemington on Saturday. Melbourne’s lockdown led to empty concrete and glass structures overseeing the Flemington track on Saturday while the weather had deteriorated before the Sir Eugene Gorman Handicap (1600m). Nugent was just as cold, letting his rivals dice for positions until the 400m before he […]

Shooting For Gold gave Baylee Nothdurft a winner with his first ride back since having his tonsils removed as the three-year-old gelding lived up to his short-priced favouritism at Eagle Farm. Aiming for consecutive wins, the Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted-trained sprinter was sent out $1.50 in the Class 6 Handicap (1000m) and won impressively by 2¼ lengths. The winning […]

Rachael Blackmore rushed to hospital after Grand National hero suffers injuries in HORROR fall at Killarney while riding 11-10 favourite Merry Poppins Rachael Blackmore has suffered a nasty fall and has been rushed to hospital  The 32-year-old was riding 11-10 favourite Merry Poppins at Killarney on Friday  However, her mount stumbled over a hurdle and fell heavily on her leg […]