Kah handed three-week suspension
Jamie Kah’s Spring Carnival has been thrown into disarray after the jockey was on Thursday banned for three weeks having been found guilty of a charge of failing to give one of her mounts every possible opportunity to obtain the best finishing position. The Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) suspended Kah from September 29 to October... Read More
Francis Lui strikes with Happy Valley treble
Francis Lui accelerated his bid for successive Hong Kong trainers’ championships with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night as Lyle Hewitson and Karis Teetan slotted doubles. Lui’s title defence gathered impetus with Sweet Briar (Shamexpress), Forever Glorious (Archipenko) and Brave Star’s (Myboycharlie) victories to vault into second place in the standings with four... Read More
Harry Angel / Arkansaw Kid
The new season is no longer all that new. Results and standings that may have been anomalous are giving way to the more reliable. And though these are still relatively early days, it’s easy to see why Darley – and numerous individual breeders – are growing increasingly wild about Harry Angel (Dark Angel). He started... Read More
The Autumn Sun set to shine in spring
Coco Sun aims for second Group 1 victory in Caulfield’s Underwood Stakes With Coco Sun aiming for her second win in the Underwood Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m) at Caulfield and unbeaten fillies Autumn Glow and Snow In May going head-to-head in the Tea Rose Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Randwick, The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice)... Read More
Mare aims to put Tasmanian breeding on The Map
Apple Isle star set for Foundation date as her Melbourne Cup prep steps up a gear It is more than 50 years since a Tasmanian-bred horse won the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m), but the connections of The Map (Alpine Eagle) are daring to dream after she was assigned just 50 kilograms for the November... Read More
Three-time Group 1 winner Riff Rocket dies
Chris Waller has paid tribute to his dual Derby winner Riff Rocket (American Pharoah) after it was announced the four-year-old died following complications from emergency colic surgery that was conducted early last week. The son of American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile), who was bred and raced by Debbie Kepitis and family, broke his maiden on... Read More