Horse Racing

Snowy Clark has Sandown covered with his full preview, betting strategy for each race and his best bets for today’s meeting.

Sir Patrick Hogan has confirmed he has sold New Zealand’s famous thoroughbred nursery, Cambridge Stud.

Scone trainer Brett Cavanough is enjoying spending more time with his growing stable after enlisting former trainer Kerry Jordan as his racing manager.

The Chris Waller-trained Breeders’ Plate winner Performer is the $8 favourite in TAB’s first Golden Slipper markets.

UK apprentice Joshua Bryan will be chasing his first Australian winner when he makes his Victorian metropolitan debut with one ride at Sandown.

Rosehill trainer David Payne will unveil colts Reagan and Toulouse on their home track as the blooding process for the stable’s two-year-olds continues.

The eight races called off at Kilmore because of the weather, including the Kilmore Cup, will not be rescheduled.

Toffee Nose will step up to 1600m at Sandown in her second start of a preparation aimed towards the $1 million Magic Millions Trophy at the Gold Coast.

Doctors are pleased with the progress of Lismore Turf Club manager Scott Jones as he continues treatment after suffering serious burns in an explosion.

Mighty Lucky will attempt to replicate the best preparation of his career for trainer Fred Cowell starting with a second Festival Stakes win at Rosehill.

Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has cemented the title as the world’s best for the year.

Australia’s Hugh Bowman has been named the world’s best jockey for 2017, and says he has to pinch himself when thinking about his 15 Group One wins on Winx.

Apprentice Tahlia Hope has appealed the severity of a suspension incurred for weighing in in excess of 0.5kg over her declared weight after a race at Ballarat.

Top Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne has injured an ankle at the jump-outs and is unlikely to ride at the Gold Coast meeting.

Trainer Simon Morrish is expecting Fastnet Cyclone to appreciate the roomier Sandown circuit when he runs in the Ladbrokes Handicap.

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commisison has denied there is basis to a rumour a steward is under investigation for misconduct.

Victorian jockeys Jarrod Fry and Jack Martin have escaped with minor injuries after a fall at Hamilton.

Post and rail fencing constructed from Copper Chromium Arsenic treated timber has resulted in four horses returning high levels of arsenic following races.

Jockey Jarrod Fry and apprentice Jack Martin have been taken to the local hospital for X-rays following a race fall at Hamilton.

Ryan Balfour doesn’t have the bullets to replicate his haul of five winners at Morphettville, but has a small team nominated for Morphettville and Sandown.

Gerald Ryan will rely on Samantha as the stable’s runner in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill.

If track conditions remain in the soft range, Jungle Edge is expected to run in a 1000m-sprint at Sandown.

Trainer Gary Portelli will give a heavier week than usual in an attempt to sharpen him up for the Group Three Festival Stakes.

Lindsay Park is hoping Fuhryk can go one better than Sheidel when she runs in the Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot.

Star New Zealander Gingernuts will continue his rehabilitation from leg surgery at a Victorian farm.

Lightly raced NIccanova will tackle open company for the first time in the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben.

Noel Callow has decided not to appeal a careless riding suspension before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board.

Australian jockey Hugh Bowman has claimed the Japan Cup aboard Cheval Grand with defending champion Kitasan Black third.

Night racing is on the increase in Queensland and it has led to a lack of available trackwork riders the next morning because of restrictions on apprentices.

Gerald Ryan has worked to get Red Excitement to settle in his races and hopes it pays off in the Festival Stakes.