Track Query For Mr Gee In Grand Prix
A Queensland Derby mission for Mr Gee hinges on how he adapts to the Eagle Farm track in the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes.
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Kendrick Hopes For Reversal On Qld Derby
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is hoping the decision to scrap the winter carnival can be overturned to allow Eric The Eel another chance at a Group One win. Racing Queensland is under pressure to reverse its decision to abandon the carnival which would mean the cancellation of the Queensland Derby for the first time since[...]
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Eric The Eel An Outside Chance For Derby
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick hasn't given up on Eric The Eel making it to the ATC Australian Derby. Kendrick was forced to cancel a tilt at the Group Two Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday with Eric The Eel because of difficulties getting him to Sydney. There were no restrictions on the horse travelling but[...]
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Many Options For Profit After Trial Win
Immediate plans for promising Brisbane three-year-old Profit are unresolved despite his impressive trial win at Eagle Farm. Trainer Chris Anderson took blinkers off Profit in Tuesday's barrier trial to assess how he would handle it in a race. Profit was about five lengths off the early pace but came wide in the straight to win[...]
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Promising Torrens Keeps Unbeaten Record
Young trainer Ethan Ensby's pleas to keep promising stayer Torrens in Australia continued to pay dividends at the Sunshine Coast. Torrens ($2.90) made it four wins from four starts when he raced away in the straight for an easy win in the Coastal BMW 1 Series Handicap (2200m). There were only five runners but the[...]
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Two Jockeys Suspended Over Qld Derby Fall
Tommy Berry and Matt McGillivray have been suspended for careless riding which led to a fall in the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm in which fellow jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries. McGillivray, who rode Grand Bouquet, was suspended for three weeks while Berry on Nobu, was suspended for two weeks after they[...]
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Queensland Derby Fall Inquiry To Resume
The inquiry into the fall in the Queensland Derby which left dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown sidelined indefinitely with injury is set to resume. Queensland chief steward Peter Chadwick said the inquiry would be held on Monday afternoon with Brown and fellow jockeys Tommy Berry, Matt McGillivray and Tim Clark to attend. Brown was[...]
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Stewards Frustrated At Inquiry Delay
Queensland's chief steward Peter Chadwick admits he is becoming frustrated in his attempts to finalise an inquiry into the Queensland Derby fall more than two months ago. Dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries when Lord Arthur fell at the 300m-mark in the Derby at Eagle Farm on June 8. Brown suffered injuries[...]
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Qld Derby Fall Inquiry To Resume Soon
Queensland stewards are facing a juggling act to finish the inquiry into the fall in the Queensland Derby in which dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries. Brown was riding Lord Arthur who fell at the 300m mark in the Derby at Eagle Farm on June 8. He suffered injuries to his spine,[...]
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Corey Brown Determined To Continue Career
Jockey Corey Brown has no plans to retire despite revealing how close he came to not being able to walk again following his fall from Lord Arthur in the Queensland Derby. Brown underwent surgery in Brisbane on Sunday to repair an unstable fracture to his T7 vertebra and is also nursing a cracked sternum and[...]
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Push To Move Queensland Derby Date
The Brisbane Racing Club is keen to change the winter carnival schedule so the Queensland Derby is run before the Queensland Oaks. Eagle Farm will host three straight meetings next season with the Kingsford Smith Cup, Oaks and Stradbroke/Derby scheduled to be run in that order. This year the Oaks was run at Doomben to[...]
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Sizzlefly Continues Run For In-Form Stokes
Phillip Stokes has had little opportunity to celebrate Mr Quickie's Group One Queensland Derby win, flying home to Melbourne to prepare for a big week ahead. It was not long before Stokes was back in the winners' circle with Sizzlefly in the Mornington Nissan Handicap (1000m) at Mornington on Monday. Stokes was at Eagle Farm[...]
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Jockey Corey Brown Has Successful Surgery
High profile jockey Corey Brown has had successful surgery to correct an unstable fracture in his back following a fall at Eagle Farm. Brown was taken to a Brisbane hospital after his mount, Lord Arthur, broke a back leg and fell in the Queensland Derby on Saturday. Lord Arthur was euthanised and stewards have adjourned[...]
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Queensland Derby Fall Inquiry Adjourned
Stewards will resume an inquiry into the fall of Lord Arthur in the Group One Queensland Derby as soon as his jockey Corey Brown is available. Lord Arthur was euthanised after crashing at the 300m mark and Brown was taken to hospital. Brown was conscious after the fall but was to undergo extensive tests. Stewards[...]
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Mr Quickie Prevails In Dramatic Qld Derby
Mr Quickie survived a protest to give trainer Phillip Stokes his first Brisbane winner in an action-packed Group One Queensland Derby. Celebrations were cut short when jockey Damien Oliver who rode runner-up Vow And Declare lodged a protest against Mr Quickie for interference over the final 300 metres of the race. Oliver told stewards he[...]
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Bjorn Baker To Continue Queensland Luck
Queensland has been a happy feature race hunting ground for Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker and he is looking to continue the trend at Eagle Farm. Baker recorded one of his first major wins when Unencumbered won the 2014 Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast. He won four stakes races in Queensland with the[...]
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Not A Single Cent Chasing Qld Derby Upset
Not A Single Cent is among the outsiders for the Queensland Derby but his co-trainer David Eustace believes the gelding is poised to run better than his odds suggest in the Group One race. A half-brother to one of Australian racing's most popular horses, multiple Group One winner Happy Clapper, Not A Single Cent's only[...]
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