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With aspirations of maiden wins in the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, Hugh Bowman will make an early move to Melbourne. Speaking on Monday's episode of After The Last, Bowman confirmed that he would ride at Randwick on Saturday before heading to Melbourne and completing a mandatory quarantine period in order to ride King's Legacy in the Caulfield Guineas. The move means Bowman will relinquish t ...
Queensland star Rothfire is out of The Everest and could need a year or more off racing after fracturing his sesamoid bone in Gr.1 Golden Rose. His future in racing will have to be assessed after his lengthy convalescence. The details are unclear but the son of Rothesay may require surgery. Rothfire was slated to represent the miRunners in the upcoming 2020 The Everest. They will now need to find ...
Top jockeys such as Hugh Bowman, Kerrin McEvoy, and James McDonald will now be able to ride in The Everest, travel by private vehicle to Victoria the next day and after five days of self-isolation at an approved location as well as providing a negative COVID-19 test, they will be able to ride at The Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and Cox Plate Day. They would also be cleared to ride at Flemingto ...
Lightly raced Alfa Oro has given his trainer, Matt Laurie high hopes of contesting and winning the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes. The 5YO son of Bachelor recently won the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge (955m)under Ben Melham in a time of 55.90. The victory was his fifth in succession and Laurie confirmed it had earned him a crack in Stakes grade, with the Gr.1 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) or Gr.2 Caulfield Sta ...
Pippie's confirmed his status as one of the fastest horses in the world when the star Mornington mare won the much-contested Gr.1 Moir Stakes. The Oakleigh Plate winner burst out of the barriers in her trademark style and, without any urging from jockey Damian Lane, was able to comfortably lead her rivals around The Valley. A lightning 10.56 second split between the 800m and 600m paved the way fo ...
Tyrell Stud bred, dual Group One winner Behemoth has been confirmed as the contender for Everest slot holder The Star, South Australian racing's most popular champion, will be back in Sydney in October for the A$15m Everest Cup. A Behemoth both in name and in physical size is raced by Grand Syndicates who purchased the horse for just A$6,000. Grand Syndicate's racing manager Sam Lyons who has bee ...
Popular and successful thoroughbred owner and breeder, Mr. Bob Ingham AO has passed away recently and will be remembered by many that knew him as a strong member of the Thoroughbred racing community. Ingham along with his brother Jack, racing many champions in their iconic all cerise colors including Octagonal and Lonhro. Along with those two people’s favorites the Ingham family-owned and co-owne ...
2YO Jack the Lad out of Luluoru, an unraced half-sister by Redoute’s Choice to US stakes-winner Topic from the family of Group I winner Afleet Alex has claimed his first win, a 1400m maiden under Brenton Avdulla. A 2YO half-brother to Jack the Lad by Written Tycoon that was passed in by Milburn Creek passed from Luluoru at Inglis Easter this year will be offered as Lot 40 at the Inglis Ready2Race ...
The most expensive colt sold at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Sale in the US this week was a powerful bay son of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah that made $1.25million. Consigned by Denali Stud as an agent, the colt from stakes-winner Swingit was snapped up by Speedway Stables. Respected agent Marette Farrell was able to outbid Coolmore to sign the winning $1.25-million ticket on behalf o ...
Progressive Victorian thoroughbred enterprise Leneva Park is moving forward this spring with a new phase in their development following the arrival of proven stallion Lucas Cranach (Ger) and the acquisition of three quality mares to add to their burgeoning breeding program. Formerly known as Rockmount, Leneva Park was purchased in early 2019 by Luke Vandersluys and his family, who were originally ...