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Cahill, Orman Suspended After Stradbroke

Posted on June 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockeys Michael Cahill and Jim Orman have been suspended in the wash-up from the Group One Stradbroke at Eagle Farm. Cahill rode Trekking and was found guilty of causing interference to Niccanova at the 1000m He was suspended for seven days, starting next Sunday. Niccanova's rider Jim Orman was also in trouble, banned for 11[...]

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin mare Aquitaine will chase more stakes success in Queensland after winning the Listed Mick Dittman Plate at Eagle Farm. Despite being forced to race deep Aquitaine, the $2.50 favourite, finished too well to beat Iced ($61) by three-quarters of a length in the 1000m scamper. It was the first win of the winter for[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multi-talented Steve Tregea can become one of the few to breed, own and train a Group One winner in Australia if Niccanova claims the Stradbroke Handicap. Tregea has built up an impressive reputation from his Windermere Stud complex on Toowoomba's outskirts on the Darling Downs. He mainly breeds horses which he then races and trains.[...]

Posted on May 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Talented Toowoomba galloper Niccanova is ready to take another step to a Group One debut that has been three years in the making. Niccanova resumes from a spell in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) as his final hit-out for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap on June 6. The gelding won the Fred Best Classic[...]

Posted on March 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Versatile Lauren Abbott is hoping One Stryke's Doomben win will be a catalyst for a rule change about the number of horses Queensland trainer-jockeys can prepare. Abbott, a former successful North Queensland rider, is one of only two Brisbane-based trainer-jockeys. Ridden by Jim Orman, One Stryke ($21) gave Abbott her second metropolitan Saturday winner when[...]

Posted on March 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gatton trainer Leanne McCormick posted her first metropolitan Saturday winner when consistent Mountbatten won the Mount Franklin Plate at the Gold Coast. The Plate race over 1300m was designed to attract country and provincial trainers but Mountbatten had been racing in city class. The gelding gave McCormick her first Doomben winner in a midweek race[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tough three-year-old Eric The Eel has confirmed a trip to Sydney with his last-to-first win at Doomben. Wearing blinkers for the first time, Eric The Eel, the $2.45 favourite, dropped out to last but swept around the field from the 600m to score by a length to Malawi Gold ($9.50) in Saturday's Pines Pacific Ale[...]

Posted on January 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn will be the most surprised person at Eagle Farm if Sovereign Nation does not perform well. Sovereign Nation will be trying to break a 22-month winning drought in the Queensland Chinese Jockey Club Open (1200m) on Saturday. The gelding has been with Dunn for just over a year and has raced[...]

Posted on January 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A change of race gear and fierce early pace helped smart three-year-old Raging Pole return to the winners' list at the Gold Coast. Raging Pole ($16) charged home to grab Say Haya ($17) in the final 50 metres of the Aquis Three-Year-Old Handicap (1200m). The gelding is named after the late Wallaby prop Stan Pilecki[...]

Posted on January 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

No-one could blame trainer Kelly Schweida for feeling nostalgic when Magic Fox runs in the $250,000 Colts and Geldings Rising Stars at the Gold Coast. The race will mark 10 years since one of Schweida's biggest wins when Magic Fox's dam Plain Magic won the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Quality. “Plain Magic was very[...]

Posted on December 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea took a leaf out of some veteran trainers' play books to guide Niccanova to a win in the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Niccanova won the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) earlier this month and Tregea was left with the problem of it being three weeks until his main mission[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Toowoomba galloper NIccanova returned to his best stakes-winning form but there is no chance the gelding will venture interstate for feature races in the near future. Niccanova ($7) charged home to beat Sydney galloper Sir Plush ($5.50) by a neck with three-quarters of a length to The Candy Man ($3.30) in the Listed Brisbane Handicap[...]

Cahill, Orman Suspended After Stradbroke

Aquitaine Earns Extended Queensland Stay

Tregea Chases Rare Group One Achievement

Niccanova Warms Up For Stradbroke Handicap Bid

Abbott Win A Big Boost For Trainer-Jockeys

Mountbatten Gives McCormick A Milestone

Eric The Eel Confirms Sydney Trip

Sovereign Nation At His Best For Return

Fast Pace Helps Raging Pole Back To Form

Magic Fox To Revive Memories For Schweida

Old Tactics Help Guide Niccanova To Win

Niccanova Stays Put Despite Listed Victory

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