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Heavy Rainfall At Doomben Ahead Of Meeting

Posted on December 12, 2019
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There are smiles all around at Doomben this morning with the track soaked overnight in a storm. The Brisbane Racing Club had been forced to buy water for Doomben after its dams ran dry two weeks ago. Wednesday night's storm dumped 59mm of water on the course which has filled the dams. Doomben course manager[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Price has enjoyed his most successful day with his training partner Mick Kent Jr preparing four winners and a second from six starters at the Sandown twilight fixture. It is not the first time Price has trained four winners, registering that haul at Sandown in February 2009. “I've had plenty of four seconds and[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A well-judged front running ride has landed Singapore's champion apprentice Simon Kok a victory at Sandown. Kok rode the $2.90 Pierrless to a 1-1/2 length win in Wednesday's Clanbrooke Racing Handicap (1500m) to give him a second winner in Victoria following success at Tatura on Sunday. Gaining experience in Tasmania earlier in 2019, Kok, apprenticed[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
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Mick Price won't be rushed into getting Right You Are back to the track after the gelding's breakthrough win Sandown. Having his third start, Right You Are won the Ladbrokes Back Yourself Plate with Price, who trains in partnership with Mick Kent junior, immediately declaring the gelding was headed for a spell. Price said Right[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park stablemates Dark Horse and Wide Awake are among a host of two-year-olds set to make their debuts in a race at Flemington and co-trainer Ben Hayes believes both have shown enough to figure. Saturday's #LovetheHorse (1100m) for juveniles has a field of 11 with Adelaide debut winner Unstoppabelle and The Valley placegetter Yulong[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
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Prolific country winner Money Ad earned a chance at big city money for the second time in a month with his victory in the Summer Provincial Sprint series heat at Dalby. Miles trainer Bevan Johnson travels his horses all over the state from his Western Downs stables and is best known for his galloper Fab's[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne Cup-winning rider Michael Rodd looks likely to miss a chance to link with his old boss Bryan Guy but he is fancied to win his first ‘Origin' Jockey Series. Rodd did his apprenticeship with Guy on the Gold Coast but was born in NSW and will wear the sky blue of the state in[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After going close to ending his campaign with a Group One win in Perth, nine-year-old gelding Gailo Chop is back home in Victoria for some time in the paddock. The multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop returned to racing this spring for his first campaign for Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams after a lengthy recuperation from[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
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Multiple stakes-winning sprinter Illustrious Lad is set for his first start for more than eight months and his new trainer Matthew Williams has been encouraged by the vibe the eight-year-old is giving leading into his return. Formerly trained by Peter Gelagotis, Illustrious Lad has won 10 of his 44 starts including a Group Two victory[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top Queensland stallion Spirit Of Boom has a chance to get his 12th stakes winner and his third in three weeks at Doomben. Spirit Of Boom, who has had three crops to race, will have gelding Count The Coin in the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes and filly Sip It Slow in the Listed Calaway Gal[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Traditionally the biggest race day of the Sydney summer, the Villiers Stakes meeting at Randwick holds extra significance for trainer John O'Shea. O'Shea will saddle up Live And Free in Saturday's Group Two race, almost two decades after he won it for the first time with Grey And Gold. That 2000 Villiers victory was an[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eagle Farm trainer Chris Munce says pundits who claim his colt Boomsara races best from wide barriers are only partly right. Boomsara has won three feature races when drawn wide and he turned in the run of the day when third in the Group Three George Moore Stakes from barrier 13 two weeks ago. Group[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A race that has been launching pad towards the rich two-year-old features could again be significant for two Snowden stable youngsters. Peter and Paul Snowden won the Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m) four years ago with Capitalist who went on to claim that season's Gold Coast Magic Millions and Golden Slipper. The Snowdens saddle[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Regan Bayliss will not apply for a contract extension in Hong Kong and will return to the jockey ranks in Melbourne. The young rider's contract ends on December 31 and he expects to be riding in Melbourne next month. “I've decided to return to Melbourne when my contract comes to an end on the 31st[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
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Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut has died in Hong Kong after being injured in an accident on a walking machine. The Group One-winning horse had been scheduled to have a barrier trial at Sha Tin later on Tuesday morning. “It is very sad, very unusual accident,” trainer Frankie Lor told the South China Morning Post.[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Troy Corstens believes Morrissy is unlucky not to have already already won this preparation but the trainer hopes that turns around at Flemington where the horse will press his claims for a trip to Queensland. Four-year-old Morrissy has two placings from his three starts this campaign including what Corstens describes as a very unlucky third[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A long-range plan with Quackerjack comes to fruition in the Villiers Stakes although trainer Mark Newnham admits the four-year-old will carry more weight then he envisaged. The favourite for Saturday's Group Two summer showpiece over the famous Randwick mile, Quackerjack has 56kg. Newnham thought he would get about 2kg less and booked Rachel King with[...]

Australian Horse Racing News

Heavy Rainfall At Doomben Ahead Of Meeting

Price, Kent Jr Train Four-Timer At Sandown

Singapore Apprentice Lands Sandown Winner

Price Has Healthy Opinion Of Right You Are

Juveniles Out To Make Immediate Impression

Money Ad Earns Another Visit To The City

Nsw Team Favourite For Qld Jockeys’ Series

Gailo Chop Back Home After Perth Group 1 Run

Illustrious Lad Returns For New Trainer

Boom Times For Leading Sire To Continue

O’Shea A Live Chance For Third Group 2 Villiers

Boomsara Theories Tested In $250k Gateway

Snowden Juvenile Poised To Strike At Wyong

Regan Bayliss To Return To Australia

Victoria Derby Winner Extra Brut Dies

Magic Millions Cup On Radar For Morrissy

Quackerjack Will Not Duck Villiers Task

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