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Allen Taken To Hospital After Doomben Fall

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Anthony Allen has been taken to hospital for observation after a fall at Doomben. Basanite dislodged Allen near the 1200m in the sixth race on Thursday after it appeared the gelding clipped heels. After being treated on the track Allen was able to walk to the ambulance but paramedics decided he should go to[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Queensland has introduced a new Group One race set to become the richest event for three and four-year-old pacers in the southern hemisphere. The $250,000 Rising Sun will be held at Albion Park on July 18 with several incentives designed to attract the best three-year-olds in Australasia, including two wildcard places. “It's a Group[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The forecast for extreme heat in Melbourne has prompted racing officials to abandon a city meeting at The Valley. Friday night's scheduled meeting was called off late on Thursday with Racing Victoria and the Moonee Valley Racing Club making the decision after consulting with RV's veterinary department, the Bureau of Meteorology and the respective jockeys'[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Emerald Kingdom has confirmed his rating as one of the most promising horses in Queensland with an easy win at Doomben. Emerald Kingdom ($1.50) made it four wins in a row when he won a Class Six 1200m-race by 3-1/4 lengths. The gelding had narrowly won his previous start in a Saturday Class Three at[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick's decision to miss the summer carnival with Star Of Michelin looks set to pay dividends in coming months. Despite drawing an outside barrier, Star of Michelin is poised to resume in Saturday's QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Kendrick, who is having his best season to date, had been toying[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
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Boasting outstanding form lines around Group-class horses, including retired star The Autumn Sun, Royal Celebration will begin his career resurrection at Randwick after 12 months on the sidelines. Trainer Ron Quinton was preparing the horse for a rematch with The Autumn Sun in last year's Hobartville Stakes when he suffered a setback ruling him out[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Armed with an unblemished fresh record, quality colt Dalasan will be out to make an early statement when he begins his latest campaign in the Manfred Stakes at Caulfield. Dalasan is on a path to the Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on February 29 and the $5 million All-Star Mile two weeks later[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Already a stand-out in the looks department, White Moss has managed to garner a little extra attention after splitting top sprinters Nature Strip and Yes Yes Yes in a recent barrier trial. And while Jason Coyle can understand why the snowy coloured mare has sparked interest, the trainer says her trials have been on par[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg hopes to keep raising the bar with lightly raced three-year-old Nonconformist on the back of the gelding's recent dominant performance to break his maiden. Nonconformist did his best work late for minor placings in his first two starts in maidens over 1200m at Pakenham and 1400m at Caulfield earlier in the summer.[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eagle Farm trainer Barry Lockwood has no qualms about dropping smart sprinter Cruze back in distance on his home track, with one proviso. Cruze was a strong-finishing third in an Open Handicap over 1600m at Eagle Farm last Saturday week. The gelding drops back to 1200m in Saturday's Queensland Chinese Jockey Club Open Handicap at[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

If Miss Leonidas can recapture her spring form, it will take her a long way to a first–up victory in the W J Adams Stakes at Caulfield. The mare shocked punters when she split star sprinters Nature Strip and Sunlight in a Group One race at The Valley in September before winning at Group Two[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gary Doughty has experienced the high and lows of racing and he is convinced that sometimes fate plays a hand in winning. As a jockey Doughty rode hundreds of winners including at Group One level before a serious injury forced him out of the saddle 15 years ago. Since then Doughty and his wife Kelly[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Mornington Cup features in trainer Mike Moroney's autumn plans for Aktau as part of a long-term plan to target Australia's major staying races with the lightly raced import. Aktau made an encouraging start to his Australian career when he won a 1600m-benchmark race at Flemington on December 21. The English stayer was bought as[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are drawing inspiration from former champion juvenile Capitalist as they plan a Golden Slipper bid for Magic Millions Classic winner Away Game. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Capitalist claimed the Magic Millions-Golden Slipper double three years ago, the first horse to manage the feat since Phelan Ready in[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has a long association with the family of two-year-old Looming Large who makes his debut at Eagle Farm. Looming Large won a Doomben trial by five lengths on Tuesday and as long as he continues to do well, he will back up in Saturday's QTIS 2YO Handicap (1000m) despite a[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland racegoers will get their last chance to see star three-year-old Alligator Blood at the track this season when he runs in a barrier trial at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer David Vandyke had originally considered giving Alligator Blood a track gallop but accepted the club's offer of a barrier trial between races on Sunday. “We[...]

Posted on January 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has locked in Royal Ascot plans for The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes while Nature Strip remains a serious chance to join his stablemate on the international stage. The top sprinters are both slated to return in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington and are continuing to build well towards their first-up[...]

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