News

Wet track a query for Baker's Bobby Dee

Friday 17 January 2020, 2:40pm

Trainer Bjorn Baker knows he is taking a talented team of horses to Rosehill but he is less certain how a few of them will handle a wet track.  Read more »

New tactics for Prioritise at Eagle Farm

Friday 17 January 2020, 1:36pm

Trainer Steve Tregea has decided to try new tactics with Prioritise by dropping him back in distance and class at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Kensington Stakes return for My Pendant

Friday 17 January 2020, 12:56pm

My Pendant is scheduled to return in the Listed Kensington Stakes and trainer Danny O'Brien expects her to be doing her best work late in the 1000m-race.  Read more »

Old friends reunite through Fasano

Friday 17 January 2020, 12:26pm

David Payne is hoping he has another nice horse on his hands for owner/breeder John Camilleri in lightly raced three-year-old Fasano.  Read more »

Kalik can continue to disprove bloodlines

Friday 17 January 2020, 12:22pm

In-form Kalik is bred to be a stayer but continues to show top class form as a three-year-old sprinter as he heads to Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Button chasing a change of Brisbane luck

Friday 17 January 2020, 10:58am

Trainer Tom Button hopes a Mackay win by one of his horses is a pointer to a change of luck for another, Miss Lot Won, at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Suspended Orman can ride Niccanova in Cup

Friday 17 January 2020, 10:15am

In-form jockey Jim Orman will start a suspension after he rides Niccanova in the Sunshine Coast Cup.  Read more »

MRC open to Everest slot again: Le Grand

Thursday 16 January 2020, 7:14pm

The Melbourne Racing Club will again have discussions with the Australian Turf Club over a slot in the $15 million Everest in Sydney.  Read more »

Jye McNeil wins careless riding appeal

Thursday 16 January 2020, 6:39pm

Jockey Jye McNeil has won an appeal against a suspension incurred at Flemington in the Chester Manifold Stakes.  Read more »

Guineas aim for promising colt Banquo

Thursday 16 January 2020, 5:44pm

Stakes-winning colt Banquo will kick off his preparation in an 1100m-race at Flemington on a path towards the Australian Guineas.  Read more »

Widdup soldiering on after tough break

Thursday 16 January 2020, 5:26pm

Brad Widdup figures the best advertisement for his stable is to train city winners and he hopes to do just that when he saddles up two runners at Rosehill.  Read more »

Oisin Orr wins first Brisbane race

Thursday 16 January 2020, 5:05pm

Top Irish apprentice Oisin Orr has made a quick visit to Doomben to win his first Brisbane race on Mantelli for trainer Chris Waller.  Read more »

Time To Reign set for Flemington return

Thursday 16 January 2020, 4:46pm

Trainer Gary Portelli has given Group-winning colt Time To Reign a solid build-up to have him ready for his long-awaited return in the Listed Kensington Stakes.  Read more »

Avantage/Winter Bride Telegraph favs

Thursday 16 January 2020, 4:38pm

Australian mare Winter Bride and Avantage share favouritism for the Group One Telegraph at Trentham in New Zealand.  Read more »

Baker down but not out after losing stars

Thursday 16 January 2020, 3:43pm

It has been a tough week for Bjorn Baker but far from dropping his bundle, the trainer remains on track for one of his most successful seasons.  Read more »

Gollan after first 2YO win of the season

Thursday 16 January 2020, 3:20pm

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan plans to be winning metropolitan two-year-old races in coming weeks starting with Mass Destruction at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Jockey Luke Dillon outed on scales charge

Thursday 16 January 2020, 2:58pm

Central Queensland jockey Luke Dillon has been suspended for a month for attempting to manipulate the scales at the Mackay TAB meeting.  Read more »

Cellsabeel to kick off Slipper campaign

Thursday 16 January 2020, 2:26pm

Having caught the eye of co-trainer Ciaron Maher in the yearling barn, Cellsabeel is showing all the right signs to suggest she will deliver on the racetrack.  Read more »

Emerald Kingdom's pre-race mood to improve

Thursday 16 January 2020, 2:16pm

Trainer Robert Heathcote expects Emerald Kingdom will be in a far better pre-race mood at Eagle Farm than he was at Doomben.  Read more »

Futurity option for Mystic Journey return

Thursday 16 January 2020, 1:03pm

Trainer Adam Trinder has pinpointed the Futurity Stakes as a potential kick-off point for Mystic Journey who is recovering from a setback.  Read more »