How long will we see Sniper ­Legend racing in Australia? Thursday at Gosford could be the last opportunity for punters to see the exciting prospect when he goes around in a Benchmark 64 ­Handicap (1100m). The Capitalist two-year-old is owned by Bon Ho and will race in his red and white colours as he looks to record back-to-back ­triumphs. The […]

In-form Queensland rider Ben Thompson has been banned for four months for his part in an alleged horse identity concealment saga in Victoria. Thompson pleaded guilty to two charges laid against him by stewards over his participation in an investigation into the hidden identity of the Francis Finnegan-trained No Frontiers ahead of her debut maiden win at Bairnsdale in May […]

Hall of Fame jockey Glen Boss is pushing for The TAB Everest to become the fifth Grand Slam of Australian racing. Boss, who won The Everest on Yes Yes Yes two years ago, said the Royal Randwick sprint has captured the imagination of race fans and is the most talked about race on the turf calendar. Australian racing currently has […]

Mick Price is eyeing the super rich Golden Eagle with dominant Winx Guineas winner Our Playboy after the astute trainer turned to a left-field solution to work out how to handle the car park draw he was dealt at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. On the receiving end of barrier 17 of 17 (before scratchings), Price unconventionally opened Google Earth […]

The sharp punter that got $51 about Jamie Kah winning this season’s Melbourne jockeys’ title can collect the profits a couple of weeks early. Kah took her premiership lead to 38 after a winning double that took her past 100 wins for the season at Caulfield last Saturday. With only five city meetings left in the season, TAB has decided […]

Al Aasy is set to miss the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes and undergo a gelding operation after being narrowly beaten for the second time in succession at Newmarket last week. The son of Sea The Stars looked destined for the top after registering back-to-back Group Three victories at Newbury in the spring and was a hot […]

William Buick has warned his Grand Prix de Paris rivals there could be yet more to come from hot favourite Hurricane Lane after the pair’s impressive victory in the Irish Derby. Charlie Appleby’s three-year-old showed real battling qualities to get past Lone Eagle at the Curragh last month and bids to double up his Group One tally after being supplemented […]

A minor Covid-19 scare was enough for owners and spectators to be shut out of Tuesday’s Ballarat Synthetic meeting. Racing Victoria and the Ballarat Turf Club exercised “an abundance of caution” when locking out owners and punters after establishing a BTC staff member attended a Victorian Tier 1 exposure site. RV and BTC advised the worker was at the exposure […]

William Jarvis hopes his stable star Lady Bowthorpe will “get her day in the sun” before the end of the season following her fast-finishing effort in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket. Winner of the Group Two Dahlia Stakes on her seasonal reappearance, the daughter of Nathaniel went on to fill the runner-up spot in both the Lockinge at Newbury and […]

Racing NSW stewards will reopen an investigation involving champion Sydney jockeys Hugh Bowman and James McDonald after both were alleged to have breached Covid-19 protocols while on a Queensland holiday earlier this month. Bowman and McDonald were initially cleared by Queensland authorities and Racing NSW stewards of any wrongdoing after footage of the two jockeys appeared on social media and […]