Month: May 2020

Trainer Kurt Goldman has celebrated Irish Songs’ victory in the Wagga Wagga Town Plate. Four-year-old Irish Songs has fulfilled an ambition for Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman with victory in the Wagga Town Plate. Goldman was confident Irish Songs would win Thursday’s $160,000 Town Plate (1200m), the feature race on the opening day of the annual two-day racing carnival at Wagga Wagga in the NSW Riverina. And the gelding did not let his trainer down, sprinting to a 1-1/4 length success over the $3.40 favourite Southern Lad on a heavy track…

The plan for the resumption of British racing excluding crowds is close to publication. An initial program for the first seven days of racing when the sport eventually resumes in Britain is set to be published. The last meetings to take place were at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both behind closed doors. No date has yet been set for a resumption, and it will only do so with the appropriate government approval surrounding COVID-19 protocols. An update to trainers from the Resumption of Racing Group says the provisional…

Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) contender Sierra Sue. Photo: Lonie Grbic/Racing Photos Connections of exciting filly Sierra Sue are hoping the New Zealand-bred three-year-old can continue her near perfect formline when she contests the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained filly has won three of her four career starts, with her only blemish coming when she finished runner-up over 1600m two starts back. Part-owner John O’Neil has been thrilled with her performances and he is enjoying the experience of being involved…

Canterbury jockey Jason Laking has been kept busy over the Covid-19 lockdown period. Photo: Race Images South Canterbury jockey Jason Laking’s Covid-19 lockdown experience was a lot different to many of his contemporaries around the country. While many of New Zealand’s jockeys were confined to their own bubble for the past five weeks, unable to do much more than go on a daily run or walk to escape the confines of their house, it was nearly business as usual for Laking. The 37-year-old rider is a common sight at race…