Month: May 2020

Jockey Steven Pateman has been hospitalised with concussion after a fall at Warrnambool. Jockey Steven Pateman has been taken to hospital with concussion after a fall in a maiden hurdle at Warrnambool. Pateman was riding the $2.50 favourite Sir Issac Newton who was in front when he fell at the final jump in Tuesday’s Carlton Draught Maiden Hurdle (3200m). The jockey was ruled out of the remainder of Tuesday’s all-jumps program on the opening day of the two-day carnival and was taken to the Warrnambool hospital for further tests and…

Order Of Command is favourite for Warrnambool’s feature sprint, the Wangoom Handicap. Trainer Danny O’Brien is confident Order Of Command is in the right form and will get the right conditions to give the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool a shake. The trainer says his only query is the 62kg top weight the consistent sprinter will carry in Wednesday’s Listed 1200m race. Order Of Command has been aimed at the Wangoom and showed he was on target when he returned from a spell in style with a convincing win last month…

Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft will front an inquiry into his ride on Vega One. Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft will front the resumption of an inquiry into his ride on Vega One at the Sunshine Coast. Nothdurft rode Vega One when the gelding finished fourth in an Open Handicap (1000m) after coming from last on the home turn on April 25. Stewards took evidence about aspects of Nothdurft’s ride in the straight before adjourning the inquiry to examine betting records and will continue the hearing on Thursday. Nothdurft, who…

Trainer Archie Alexander is keen to see what the imported Southern Rock can do at Caulfield. Trainer Archie Alexander is unsure what imported galloper Southern Rock will produce in his Australian debut at Caulfield. Southern Rock is set to join stablemate Kiwia in a handicap over 1600m on Saturday, a race that will give Alexander a better insight into the Irish-bred four-year-old’s capabilities. Southern Rock has won four of his eight starts and started his career with Andre Fabre in France before joining Dave O’Meara’s stable in England. “He’s a…

Greysful Glamour will run as one of the favourites in the Gosford Gold Cup being held at Randwick. After bypassing the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup with Greysful Glamour, trainer Mark Newnham has turned his attention to the Gosford Gold Cup. Greysful Glamour had been the early favourite for last Friday’s Listed 2000m race at Wagga Wagga but Newnham withdrew her because the track was heavy. “It was too wet for her,” Newnham said. “Her best form is on top of the ground. “I wouldn’t have thought she would have been…

Jockey Clayton Douglas has ridden Getting Leggie to win the Brierly Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Getting Leggie has relished a return to jumps racing at Warrnambool taking out an incident-packed Brierly Steeplechase to post his third win at the track. An awkward leap at the second fence in Tuesday’s mini-feature by Zataglio dislodged his rider Bill Gleeson which in turn brought down the Tommy Ryan-ridden He’s A Genius. Both horses chased the field and Ryan walked back to the jockeys’ room while Gleeson was taken to hospital with a suspected leg…

Shane Jackson has won his first Grand Annual on Ablaze who gave trainer Ciaron Maher his fifth. Ciaron Maher has landed a fifth victory in Australia’s longest race with Ablaze winning the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. His win on Tuesday is shared with training partner David Eustace and comes on the back of Maher’s earlier wins with Al Garhood (2010 and 2011) and Regina Coeli (2015 and 2017). Ablaze’s success on the opening day of the abbreviated carnival, was bittersweet for Maher after Sir Isaac Newton was euthanised after…

Last year’s winner Trekking heads nine Stradbroke Handicap nominations from Godolphin. The powerful Godolphin stable has signalled its intentions to target the Group One Stradbroke Handicap with nine nominations for Brisbane’s premier sprint. The Stradbroke and J J Atkins on June 6 are the only two Group One races to be run in a truncated winter carnival caused by coronavirus restrictions. Godolphin has nominated last year’s winner Trekking, Deprive, Phaistos, Kementari, Best Of Days, Exhilarates, Haunted, Ranier and Savatiano. The majority of the top Australian stables including Chris Waller, Ciaron…