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The rain has cleared and even though the track will be soft, all horses should get their chance. As is usually the case however, expect riders to go looking for the fast lanes near the crown of the straight at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
The Randwick track not good enough on Queen Elizabeth Stakes day OUTSTANDING DAY’S RACING BUT SURFACE DISAPPOINTING The question most people were asking after Saturday at Randwick was if the “track was prepared to aid Addeybb?” I criticised the Caulfield track on Blue Diamond Stakes day when horses had to race off the rail to find the best going on a surface rated a good (4), so it is only fair I also ask the same questions about Randwick being rated a good (4) last Saturday. If it is good it should not be uneven. Jockeys and punters alike considered the track in the slow range after th...
Horses Tony McMahon Premium Content Subscriber only Rockhampton racing’s darling and Queensland’s best juvenile filly Sweet Dolly has gone amiss and could be sidelined for up to six months. Sweet Dolly, the winner of her only four starts including a last start victory in the $500K The Jewel 2YO (1200m) at the Gold Coast on March 13, will undergo immediate surgery at the Gatton Equine College. This will centre around the near side front sesamoid which is a small bone at the rear of the fetlock joint which in a horse is the equivalent to an ankle. Her trai...
Claire Power MIDWEEK racing at Ipswich featured a strong line-up of jockeys including Michael Rodd who rode a winning double from only three rides for the day. First up this afternoon, Rodd was aboard Le Rubis who showed promise after finishing strongly in the 800m two-year-old maiden when returning to the track after a break. The Rubick filly started as the short-priced favourite. She resumed nicely to win first-up after spelling following her first start after pulling up shin sore. Ipswich race winner Le Rubis, ridden by Michael Rodd and trained by Chris Anderson. Picture: Claire Powe...
Australian jockey Danny Beasley has announced his comeback to race riding in Singapore. However, the 45-year-old has decided to give competitive riding another crack, with Singapore's jockey ranks diminished since the COVID-19 outbreak. "It's a very unique time we have been living in in the last couple of months, with so many jockeys leaving. I put myself forward for a licence, hopeful it would be considered," Beasley told the Singapore Jockey Club. "Of course, I was a bit disappointed I was knocked back the first time around, but I didn't give up hope. I fully understood the club's positio...