Yesterday at Gawler, a 3YO sprouted wings in the straight to race away and win like a horse going places. First let’s take a look at his 4.8L win over 1718m: "Should've put the house on it!" The short priced favourite Vacant Block wins easily, taking out Race 3 at… Read More »
You will be hard pressed to find a better debut win from a horse at Wyong today. Exceedance a two-year-old colt out of the Team Hawkes yard caused a stir on twitter after his breathtaking win at Wyong today finishing over the top of the more fancied pair Blazing Miss… Read More »
Bookmaker William Hill found itself in trouble after The British Advertising Standards Authority found their advertisement on Tinder breached guidelines. William Hill ran an ad on Tinder ahead of the Cheltenham Racing Carnival which read “Stuck in the friend zone? You won’t be for much longer if you use this… Read More »
When you wake tomorrow (Friday time in Australia), some of your fellow die hard racing fans would have just watched another race meeting at the famed, and now controversial Churchill Downs, in Kentucky. And in doing so they would have seen one of our own go round! Aussie girl Crystal… Read More »
The US President Donald Trump took to twitter to disapprove of the decision to disqualify Maximum Security in Sunday’s Kentucky Derby. President Trump took to twitter following the decision of disqualifying Maximum Security following the horses win in the Kentucky Derby saying it ‘The Kentucky Derby decision was not a… Read More »
Race horse names. Can they make or break a horse? Look at the greats: Tulloch; Winx; Phar Lap; Gunsynd; Bernborough; Peter Pan; Kingston Town; Strawberry Road; Makybe Diva; Black Caviar; Sunline; Atlantic Jewel – and many others. They all are strong, robust and command attention. Now, yesterday at Muswellbrook a… Read More »
What would you do if you logged into your TAB account and discovered a bonus bet to the value of $1.86 million sitting in your account? That was the conundrum facing 66-year-old Trevor Smith last Friday. The loyal TAB customer told Racing.com that he had deposited $100 in his account… Read More »
Widden Stud today announced their stud fees for their roster for the next breeding season with recently retired Trapeze Artist included in the roster and fans think his price is ‘insane’. Widden this morning released their fees for the breeding season with Trapeze Artist set to stand for $99,000 which… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has launched an independent inquiry into how the wrong horse was allowed to start in a race at Rockhampton. Trainer Julieann Lancaster had several runners at Thursday’s meeting including Authadane in the Benchmark 60 (race six) and Plain ‘N’ Simple in the Class Six (race… Read More »
Racing Stewards are a peculiar bunch. We need them on race day, absolutely, no question. But do we need them to be like this? As Winx and Kiamichi were doing their wondrous things at Rosehill, a few trainers, jocks, horses, punters and officials went to Ardlethan for a day of… Read More »
Well that’s now 36 wins, 32 of them in a row and 24 at Gr 1 level for a grand total of $24,016, 675 in prize money. Trainers from here and abroad for the past four years have been pulling their best Houdini impression when it comes to Winx (Street… Read More »
The ATC has released a better quality photo of The Galaxy finish after some disgruntled punters thought it was a dead heat. Quite a few punters, probably Pierata backers weren’t happy with the original photo finish shared by the ATC on Saturday between Nature Strip and Pierata saying it should… Read More »
Punters at Mackay are furious after the heavily backed favourite in race two was declared a runner by stewards despite video showing the barrier attendant interfering in the start. Backers of the $2.20 favourite Mishnah in race two at Mackay are rightfully furious after they did their doe when the… Read More »
Trainer Caroline Bailey is hoping Reckless Behavior will be on his best behaviour when he runs at Southwell after getting loose and finding himself on the streets of Uttoxeter. The seven-year-old tossed rider Sean Bowen at the start of the Handicap Chase on Saturday, and went on to crash through… Read More »
The owners of Winx – the always affable Debbie Kepitis in particular, Peter Tighe and Richard Treweeke – have ridden the media wave alongside their global phenomenon to such an extent they themselves have become celebrities. They sign autographed photos of their great mare and they are constantly on TV,… Read More »
Former Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney and Carlton and NAB rising star AFL player Rhys Palmer is facing a life ban from race tracks after throwing two shoes at horses during the running of race six at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The winning driver Dylan Egerton-Green told The West Australian newspaper… Read More »
They say champion mares just don’t throw similar talent into their babies. Sunline, she of the $12million in stakes money and 32 wins, 13 at Gr 1 level, had 4 babies, 3 raced and only 2 of them won. And they were low key events. Atlantic Jewel, who was so… Read More »
A judge in England has called the wrong horse the winner in a hurdle at Sandown based on a photo from the first of two winning posts on the track. One For Rosie, trained by Nigel Twiston–Davies, was announced as beating the Hughie Morrison-trained Third Wind. But it transpired the… Read More »
Owners and horse names: a combination so intriguing it fascinates many. Me included. They say dog owners end up looking like their dogs, which may be true. I’m rather wiry, I’ve been a runner forever and I’ve owned three pet greyhounds during the course of my life. Go figure. But… Read More »
An All Star Mile contender has reaffirmed the farce that is the voting system for a $5m race with the name ‘All Star’ in it running second last in a Class 6 plate at Eagle Farm today, beaten close to ten lengths. Urban Ruler was voted into the $5m All… Read More »
