Pierre Ng makes it five wins in two Hong Kong meetings with Happy Valley double
Buoyant after a career-best treble at Sha Tin on Sunday, Pierre Ng maintained his impressive momentum with a double at Happy Valley last night to forge to 40 wins for the season in an excellent debut campaign. Solidifying his place in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship top ten, Ng followed Sunday’s three-timer with a pair... Read More
Zoukerette
Zoukerette became I Am Invincible’s latest black type winner in the Listed Tatts Life Member Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, sending her sire further clear in quest of his first treble of titles: earnings, winners and stakes winners. The rising 19-year-old won his maiden general sires’ prize last season, but while taking earnings... Read More
‘I was hooked and thought I have got to get a job here. Two years later I was riding him trackwork’
On a cold, dark winter morning at Flemington some 20 years ago, I had my first foray into reporting on trackwork. I was a cadet journalist working on the racing round for the Herald Sun and was sent to fill in for one of the senior writers for the newspaper, Tony Meany. My only instruction... Read More
Banning gambling advertising among 31 wagering reform recommendations
Racing will be exempt from a gambling advertising ban, with spruiking and promotion of betting allowed on dedicated channels and programming under a far-reaching federal government committee plan to rein in Australia’s $50 billion dollar wagering sector. The You Win Some, You Lose More report into the nation’s online gambling industry, which has exploded over... Read More
Mills smells the roses after Daisies sells to Yulong for $920,000
Ultra’s Buckley buys King Colorado’s dam More Aspen for $720,000 in strong Inglis Digital auction Sheamus Mills is no stranger to buying and selling high-priced horses but he admitted yesterday to being as nervous as he’s ever been. The Victorian bloodstock agent had a hand in the two of the three highest-priced lots of the... Read More
‘It wasn’t the week the Aussies wanted’ – Royal Ascot 2023 in review
A first win for Charles, the King of the United Kingdom, a final four winners for Frankie, the king of Ascot, and God knows how many big-priced winners spread across five days, Royal Ascot 2023 proved, as always, to be a memorable meeting. Below, in no particular order, is a brief snapshot of those who... Read More