Legendary Jockey Jim Johnson Passes Away
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey and Australian Racing Hall Of Fame member Jimmy Johnson has died at the age of 92.
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Morgan On Weather Watch With Ligulate
Tamworth trainer Cody Morgan has expressed concern about the likelihood of a wet track for Ligulate in the Listed Tattersall's Mile at the Sunshine Coast.
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Away Game Passes Surround Fitness Test
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Away Game will take her place in the Surround Stakes after passing a veterinary examination.
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Grateful Heart wins DBS x Manulife Million Challenge
Grateful Heart has been crowned DBS x Manulife Million Challenge champion, leaving Danny Shum to revel in a third victory in the lucrative Happy Valley series in six years. Joining Shum's previous winners – Speedy Longwah (2016) and Charity Glory (2018) – Grateful Heart was clearly the best-performed runner in the series, which stretched from[...]
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Pike Shooting To Win Australian Guineas
Perth gallopers have had a great record in Melbourne this season and Sean Casey is hoping Dom To Shoot can continue that trend in the Australian Guineas.
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Berry Keen To Get Into Group One Groove
Consistency is the buzz word for jockey Tommy Berry as he prepares to partner two promising horses in Sydney's first Group One races of the year.
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Wexford eyeing Sydney with Force Of Will
A Sydney autumn raid could still be on the cards for exciting three-year-old filly Force Of Will. The daughter of Power was scratched from the Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) earlier this month after trainers Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott weren't happy with the routine bloods taken from her a couple of days prior. They[...]
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Oaks path for Amarelinha
Rising star Amarelinha will not be a late entrant for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m). Te Akau principal David Ellis has confirmed the three-year-old filly will be aimed at the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on March 20, with the Group 3 McKee Family Sunline[...]
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Smith Chasing Special Win With Tricky Gal
Having worked alongside Guy Walter at Warwick Farm, Matt Smith would love nothing more than to win the race named in memory of the late trainer.
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NSW Racing Receives Prize Money Boost
Racing NSW has announced significant prize money boosts for a host of country and metropolitan races, including the Group One Epsom Handicap.
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Mugatoo’s Owners Sweat On Mile Wildcard
The lure of a shot at the $5 million All-Star Mile has convinced connections of Mugatoo to keep him on ice in the hope of receiving a wildcard into the race.
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Poland Ready To Annex Australian Guineas
As a trainer who has won almost 50 Group One races, Mike Moroney has a strong handle on a horse's quality and he thinks Poland can measure up to top grade.
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Star Filly Putting Payne Back Up In Lights
Montefilia will be one of the headline acts when she kicks off her Australian Oaks campaign in the Surround Stakes at Randwick.
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Llanacord seeking ultimate Oaks tribute
Stephen Nickalls hopes to get exciting three-year-old filly Llanacord to the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) next month as a tribute to her former trainer Glynn Brick. The daughter of Contributer broke her maiden in style in a 2000m contest at Whanganui last week, clearing out by eight lengths and[...]
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Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress
Gun sprinter Aethero pleased trainer Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 23 February) as he ramped up his preparation toward a return to the races. The hulking chestnut – who holds Sha Tin's 1000m course record – appeared to move freely and with relative ease under championship leading jockey Joao Moreira this morning[...]
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Grateful Heart, Scores Of Fun bid for Million Challenge glory
Championship-leading trainer John Size is placing his faith in Scores Of Fun's exceptional resilience as the sprinter shapes to bid for ultimate glory in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday, 24 February). The four-year-old will line up for his 12th start of the season when he contests the Class 3[...]
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Group One winner retired
Group One winner Julius has been retired. It's not the first time the Swiss Ace nine-year-old has entered the retirement paddock, having been forced away from the track following his third-placing in the 2018 Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) after scans revealed he had a hole in his near fore tendon. At that point in[...]
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