Blue bloody filly Divanation a daughter of three time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva has won impressively on debut at Werribee. Divanation is the fifth foal from champion mare Makybe Diva and looks to be arguably the brightest of her progeny winning by a space in a Werribee maiden on… Read More »
Serial biter So Si Bon will race on with his owners deciding to have him gelded. So Si Bon was banished from the racetrack last Saturday after taking a nip at Yesterday’s Songs as the field leapt from the barriers in a 1400m race at Flemington. It was the third… Read More »
Black Caviar’s first foal to race ‘Oscietra’ has officially been retired. Oscietra on face value did not live up to the hype that surrounded her being the first foal of unbeaten champion mare Black Caviar with her highest rated win being a BM64. Oscietra raced five times winning on two… Read More »
Serial biter So Si Bon has had another racing ban placed on him after infringing for a third time at Flemington. So Si Bon earned his latest black mark from Racing Victoria stewards after finishing third in the Colin Hayes, AM, OBE Hall Of Fame Trophy on Saturday. Jumping from… Read More »
The half brother to champion mare Winx by record breaking stallion Snitzel has been retired to stand at stud. Winx’s half brother Boulder City has been retired to stand at Riverbank Farm for $5,500 having never hit the race track. Boulder City who is out of Vegas Showgirl by leading… Read More »
Metropolitan winner turned bush horse Payback will this weekend step out in benchmark 50 company at Charleville in regional Queensland, the 6-year-old Sequalo gelding making the Jarryd Hayne themed memes of dreaming of winning the Melbourne Cup seem more realistic, as he will carry the mass of a light-weight footballer…. Read More »
Three-time TJ Smith winner Chautauqua is back in work preparing for a return to the racetrack. Chautauqua hasn’t raced since finishing fourth behind Redzel in the Darley Classic at Flemington last November and had is autumn campaign halted after refusing to leave the barriers in barrier trials A ban was… Read More »
A massive brawl erupted at the races on Saturday with the shocking scenes caught on camera by bystanders which can be seen below. The brawl erupted on Saturday during the races at Ascot in the UK with multiple people involved despite increased security after another incident occurred the week prior… Read More »
French jockey Umberto Rispoli in a bizarre circumstance was bitten by horse during a race in Hong Kong overnight. Rispoli who rode Patriot Hero in Race 7 of the Happy Valley card was bitten by Tommy Berry’s mount Mister Monte aka Shark Horse in the concluding stages of the race…. Read More »
A female punter in the US has turned a measly $18 bet into $1.2million dollars on Sunday’s Kentucky Derby. The women who does not wish to be named made a Pick 5 wager at the Retama Park racetrack in Salem on the Kentucky Derby card with all five horses winning… Read More »
Punters had their hearts in their mouths at Pukekohe Park in New Zealand on Friday when the jockey on a $2.10 favourite almost cost his mount the race after easing his mount near the finishing post. Have Your Say: Should the jockey be suspended for his actions? – Comment below… Read More »
In what has to be one of the most bizarre and Australian things to cause a race meeting to be delayed was seen at Cunnamulla on Wednesday. The meeting at Cunnamulla in southern Queensland was delayed due to the removal Emus from the track which was outlined in a stewards… Read More »
We take a look at some racing terms which get thrown around quite a lot amongst punters with some not in the know unable to understand what people are talking about. Here are a few terms to help you out. Sick beat A good song or sometimes described as a… Read More »
New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski has bought a minority stake in a racehorse named Gronk, a three-year-old colt who will run in the Kentucky Derby. Gronk, a son of champion Australian racehorse and sire Lonhro, was bought by Phoenix Thoroughbreds for more than $400,000 in England last year. Trainer… Read More »
A snake has interrupted track work at Cairns racecourse this morning with some amazing photos taken of the invader. View the photos of the snake heading to the races below.
Punters have taken to social media to vent their anger after an odds-on favourite was mistakenly deemed the runner-up in a race at Kempton in the UK last Friday. Oregon Gift jumped as the $1.91 favourite in Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap (2400m) and the judge was required to… Read More »
A number of runners have emerged as possible Everest contenders after recent standout performances none more so than weekend Group 1 winners Hellbent, Estijaab and In Her Time. With speculation about the 2018 race beginning to take place after the completion of the Newmarket Handicap, Moir Stakes, Golden Slipper and… Read More »
There has been a controversial finish at Naracoorte today with stewards giving the all clear on a result which saw the second placed jockey dismounted before he crossed the finishing line. Jockey Lewis German fell from his mount prior to crossing the line in second place but has he had… Read More »
Cult horse and crowd-favorite Tom Melbourne has placed 2nd a total of 9 times in 27 career starts, amazingly 4 consecutive times towards the end of 2017. In fitting style, the 7-year-old gelding again finished 2nd in his most recent start, holding in tact his impressive 1 in 3 strike… Read More »
Leading Victorian trainer Troy Corstens has leapt to the defence of an apprentice jockey who was targeted in a nasty social media attack on Friday night. Young jockey Liam Riordan was the subject of an abusive Facebook message following his second place finish on Divine Command at Moonee Valley on Friday night…. Read More »
