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RSN927 ARCADIA QUEEN, SHOUT THE BAR UNDER ALL STAR INJURY CLOUDS  March 11, 2021 3:01 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Inspections conducted by Racing Victoria vets tomorrow morning could have a dramatic bearing on the All-Star Mile, with favourite Racing Victoria chief steward Robert Cram this afternoon said the slight lameness to Arcadia Queen was unlikely to lead to her scratching but he said concerns were slightly more serious regarding Shout The Bar, a $19 chance in the $5 million...

RSN927 By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  It’s the big story of a very little mare from a relatively little state. It’s a fairytale story with a sombre backdrop, a mixed bag. Tasmanian four-year-old All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley, tickling the scales at just 458kg. “Minnie” was only 38kg lighter as a two-year-old, so her maturity can be best measured by mental rather than physical scale. And she’s a mental giant according to part-owner Ron Riley. “She’s never beaten,” he said. ...

RSN927 BROWELL ACCUSES V’LANDYS OF “DIRECT CONFLICT” OVER EVEREST DATE March 10, 2021 3:26 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Moonee Valley Racing Club chief executive Michael Browell told RSN this morning that Racing NSW supremo Peter V’landys had a “direct conflict of interest” in his refusal to lock in a date for The Everest, which has resulted in a Victorian roadblock to the race gaining Group 1 status. In a blunt interview on Racing Pulse, Browell also said: – Heavy –...

ADELAIDE CUP: AT LEAST THE COLOURS WERE MELBOURNE CUP-WORTHY March 8, 2021 7:18 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  The hopes of a homespun Melbourne Cup win copped a hit with the sound defeat of Tralee Rose but at least the “colours” were stamped with local Melbourne Cup history with Good Idea’s win in today’s Adelaide Cup. Warrnambool-trained Tralee Rose, the equal Melbourne Cup favourite before the gates opened for today’s Adelaide Cup, ran a flat fourth. It was a performance t...

RSN927 BRETT SCOTT KICKED, AIRLIFTED TO ALFRED  March 3, 2021 6:47 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor   Mornington trainer Brett Scott was this afternoon airlifted to the Alfred Hospital following a stable incident. It is believed Scott was kicked by a horse late this afternoon, possibly on a walker at his Mornington stables. Scott’s wife Kylie and their children were being driven to the Alfred this evening. Kylie said her husband had been kicked and put in an induced coma. “That’s all ...

Randwick. Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick, with Nature Strip a confirmed runner and Bivouac 50/50 after also being entered for the longer Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on the same program. They head the weights at 58.5kg for the Newmarket Handicap but connections revealed a fortnight ago that neither horse would run, a snub to the most revered sprint in the country especially given they were weighted to be competitive – using history as a benchmark – and also that the Newmarket purse o...

RSN927 SYDNEY SPLURGE TO TURN STANDARD SATURDAY INTO A MARATHON February 25, 2021 4:20 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  The same day Racing NSW announced blockbuster prizemoney boosts, from picnics to pinnacle Group Ones, the crowd at Mowbray started spilling out of the track with two races still to be run. On face value, there would appear nothing to connect these two things but in order to accommodate the lavish prizemoney increase, Sydney will add at least one race to its nine-race Satur...

RSN927 FORMER GODOLPHIN BOSS’ WORD OF WARNING February 23, 2021 7:29 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Henry Plumptre, the former head of Godolphin‘s Australian operations, who a decade ago urged for major trackwork reform, does not believe  WorkSafe charges relating to the death of a female jockey will accelerate change. WorkSafe on Monday issued six charges against the Cranbourne Turf Club and two against the Claridge perished before first light after an incident while aboard a hors...

RSN927 GIRL POWER. IT EXISTS. BUT WHAT IS IT? February 22, 2021 12:50 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  It’s intangible, indefinable and impossible to grasp historically, given girls had barely been given a look-in for centuries. But is it possible that female jockeys possess an X factor that gives them an edge over the boys? Has modern racing evolved in a way that allows this X factor to become an advantage? For instance, a female jockey wouldn’t have the strength to throw the kitchen si...

RSN927 MUM’S THE WORD AS RV PROBES ALLEGED SURROGATE SCANDAL February 16, 2021 2:31 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  A potential surrogate scandal that may result in a challenge to the bona fides of one of our finest racehorses, comes eight years after the courts tossed out a bid to legalise artificial insemination (AI) in thoroughbreds. While the circumstances might be quite different, the potentially explosive Racing Victoria probe and the case involving former leviathan bookmaker and...