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Jockeys Mott And Bates On Injured List

Posted on November 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Popular jockey Jamie Mott has two broken legs as the result of a four-horse fall at Cranbourne. Mott had surgery to insert a rod and screws to a fractured tibia and fibula in his left leg following the fall on Friday night. It was later discovered he also had a fracture in his right ankle.[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate-winning jockey Damian Lane has been slapped with a second double suspension for the spring carnival. Lane was handed two suspensions on Caulfield Cup day before he was hit with two bans from Flemington on Thursday. He will miss 12 meetings following the Sandown Classic fixture on November 16. John Allen[...]

Posted on November 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former Irish jockey John Allen's life will turn full circle when he is legged aboard the Joseph O'Brien-trained Downdraft in the Melbourne Cup. Allen started his career with O'Brien's grandfather Joe Crowley at Owning Hill near Piltown in County Kilkenny, the same yard O'Brien now operates. That was, Allen estimates, 15 or 16 years ago[...]

Posted on October 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Unbeaten Harbour Views is set to race for a rich prize over the Melbourne Cup carnival after scoring in a qualifying race at Geelong. The Warrnambool-trained gelding is now set to run in the $500,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final at Flemington on November 7. The race is restricted to country-trained horses and is a[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington looms as a defining race for Queensland Derby winner Mr Quickie. The Phillip Stokes-trained gelding flashed home for third in his season return in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 14 and he steps to 2000m on Saturday. His performance will to determine[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey John Allen knows what it takes to win a Victoria Derby and says Adelaide Ace has the attributes to succeed in the classic. Allen won the Derby in 2018 on the Darren Weir-trained Extra Brut and partnered Adelaide Ace to victory in the Victoria Derby Trial at Flemington on Wednesday. Adelaide Ace is prepared[...]

Posted on August 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes would have preferred a softer barrier draw for Terbium's return to racing at The Valley but the trainer cannot fault the gelding's build-up to the race. The unfashionably bred Terbium, by Terango out of Serene Lass, made a name for himself winning his first four races last summer, including the Group Three Zeditave[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Given the strength of the Quezette Stakes field, trainer Phillip Stokes knows he will get a guide on the spring prospects of talented filly Sizzlefly in the Group Three race at Caulfield. Sizzlefly has shown promise in her three starts, winning by just over eight lengths on debut in Adelaide in January over 1050m before[...]

Posted on July 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A pleasing gallop between races at Ballarat has multiple Group One winner Gailo Chop one step closer to a return to racing after a lengthy injury lay-off. Gailo Chop is on the comeback trail from a tendon injury, having not raced since finishing second to champion Winx in the Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes at[...]

Posted on July 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Ciaron Maher admits there are a number of potential spring paths for Cliff's Edge depending on how well the multiple Group winner returns to racing. Cliff's Edge, formerly trained by the now-disqualified Darren Weir, resumes for his first start since last spring, and first for his new stable, in Saturday's Group Three Bletchingly Stakes[...]

Posted on May 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Whether it is on the flat or over jumps, jockey John Allen is becoming a regular at winning feature races. A week after claiming the Doomben Cup aboard Kenedna, Allen was in the winner's stall at Sandown on Sunday after riding Chequered Flag in the Australian Hurdle for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. It[...]

Posted on May 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A short break ahead of a spring campaign is on the cards for Eclair Breeze after the filly broke her maiden status at Sandown. Trainer Phillip Stokes hopes Eclair Breeze is up to the rich spring three-year-old fillies races after her win in the Ladbrokes Info Hub Handicap (1200m) on Sunday. The Group One Thousand[...]

Posted on May 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Doomben Cup-winning jockey John Allen will appeal a careless riding ban out of the Group One race. The Victorian was one of five jockeys suspended on a busy day for stewards at Saturday's Doomben meeting. Allen was suspended for 13 days after stewards found him guilty of allowing the winner Kenedna to move in at[...]

Jockeys Mott And Bates On Injured List

Three Jockeys Suspended On VRC Oaks Day

John Allen Rides For New Boss Of Old Yard

Harbour Views Remains Unbeaten At Geelong

Mr Quickie On Target For Turnbull Stakes

Allen Sees Derby Potential In Adelaide Ace

Terbium In Good Shape For Valley Return

Sizzlefly Faces Test Of Spring Credentials

Gailo Chop Continues On Comeback Trail

Bletchingly Stakes Return For Cliff’s Edge

John Allen Jumps To Another Sandown Double

Stokes Has Spring Goals For Eclair Breeze

John Allen To Appeal Doomben Suspension

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