Having only his sixth race start, France settled in last place from his difficult barrier (13) and after going widest of all on straightening, he showed a great turn of foot in the straight to score a late-closing short head win over the dual Group One winning colt Prized Icon (More Than Ready). France was... Read More

Three-Year-Olds The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained Brametot (3 c ex Morning Light by Law Society) led in the last stride to win the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (Gr 1, 1600m), commonly referred to as the French 2,000 Guineas, at Deauville on Sunday, in the process giving his Haras De La Cauviniere-based sire Rajsaman (Linamix) his first Group... Read More

While the Moonee Valley Racing Club had good reason to be ‘miffed’ about being short changed in terms of the $15,500,000 increase in prize money for next season and left wondering where it sits among the race club’s brotherhood and within the industry’s long term plans, there’s another broader picture which needs to be addressed.... Read More

These wins boosted greatly Snitzel’s prize money earnings for the 2016/17 season to a new record figure of more than $13,800,000 and virtually assured him of taking his first Australian general sires title with more than ten weeks of the season still to run. Snitzel is also currently the leading sire of winners in Australia... Read More

The RSPCA would appear to be quite reasonable in their renewed push for a whip ban. Heather Neil, chief executive officer of RSPCA Australia, says a whip ban would do nothing to change interest in racing and its integrity. I agree. Furthermore, she said: “The RSPCA is quite happy for a jockey to carry a... Read More