Letsgohorseracing - VIC & NSW

Details: Published: 30 August 2009; Created: 30 August 2009

MIC MAC WINS BUT WHOBEGOTYOU AGAIN THE EYE-CATCHER

EMERGING star, Mic Mac, continued his meteoric rise with a fighting win in the Group 2 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday but it was Whobegotyou that continued his early dominance of Cox Plate markets.

Mic Mac, $3.10fav, got away with some easy early sectionals in front which proved the difference with Whobegotyou, $4, forced to come from second last to get within a length and a quarter of the winner.

Details: Published: 28 August 2009; Created: 28 August 2009

CHAMPION BROODMARE FOUND DEAD IN PADDOCK

TRAINER Gai Waterhouse has vowed to ‘put a smile back on the face’ of owner John Singleton after he found champion broodmare, Joie Denise, dead in her paddock on his Strawberry Hills property yesterday.

Waterhouse has the Singleton-owned More Joyous engaged in tomorrow’s (Saturday) Listed Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill, for which she has been heavily backed from $3.60 to $2.90 favoritism.

Details: Published: 27 August 2009; Created: 27 August 2009

BENCHMARK RACING & MERIT BASED HANDICAPPING TO BE INTRODUCED FROM OCTOBER 1.

AFTER consulting extensively with the industry, Racing NSW will replace the ratings system of programming and handicapping from 1st October 2009 with a revolutionary and innovative system.

The BENCHMARK system will bring together the best elements and resources of modern regulatory handicapping and private handicapping by form analysts working independently of the regulating authority.

Details: Published: 27 August 2009; Created: 27 August 2009

SPRUIK THE VICTORIAN SPRING CARNIVAL FOR A CHANCE OF WINNING $10,0000

THE Victorian Spring Racing Carnival has unearthed some big stars in the past and this year will provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for one lucky punter to become the Spring Carnival Spruiker.

In an exciting new competition, Racing Victoria Limited is looking for a cheeky, confident and downright entertaining person to gain VIP access to the 50-Day Carnival, to promote and report on all of the race day action and official Spring Racing Carnival events.

Details: Published: 26 August 2009; Created: 26 August 2009

NOONAN WINNING ON AND OFF THE TRACK IN VICTORIA

PROMISING apprentice jockey, Jake Noonan, is riding winners both on and off the track with his latest victory being the title of Victorian School-based Apprentice of the Year presented by Skills Victoria.

Noonan, 16, was presented with a cheque for $10,000 for his feats at a ceremony held at Palladium at Crown recently.

Details: Published: 25 August 2009; Created: 25 August 2009

FEMALE STEWARD ALLEGEDLY HAD TO BREAK-UP 'CAT FIGHT'

A female Chief Steward had to break up an alleged ‘cat fight’ between two lady jockeys at Echuca races yesterday.

The Herald-Sun today reports the stoush occurred between Group 1 winning jockey, Nikita Beriman and Stacey Rawiller, sister of leading top jockeys, Brad and Nash.

Details: Published: 24 August 2009; Created: 24 August 2009

SIX CHAMPIONS TO BE INDUCTED AT CEREMONY IN MELBOURNE ON AUGUST 31

TRIPLE Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, Jim Johnson, is one of six champions of the Australian turf who will be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame this year.

Two jockeys, two trainers, two horses and one associate will secure their place in Australian racing history when they are officially inducted at the ceremony to be conducted on Monday August 31 at the Palladium at Crown in Melbourne.

Details: Published: 23 August 2009; Created: 23 August 2009

INTERSTATE RIVALRY HOTS UP HEADING INTO THE SPRING

UNBEATEN Melbourne filly BLACK CAVIAR and the promising Sydneysider SWIFT ALLIANCE are set to clash in the G1 Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley next month after impressive wins on Saturday.

Black Caviar remains unbeaten after three starts following her first-up win in the Arrow Training Services Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Jockey Luke Nolen was kind to the $1.20 favorite in her win over Miraculous Miss, $31.

Details: Published: 23 August 2009; Created: 23 August 2009

GAMBLE PROVED A MASTERSTROKE BY PATINACK RACING TEAM

JOCKEY Chris Munce declared exciting colt Trusting ‘a superstar in the making’ after his impressive win in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

“He just wants to win and in the last 100m I knew he had them covered,” Munce said after the Jason Coyle-trained Trusting, $9, beat the promising O’Lonhro, $6, by three-quarters of a length.

Details: Published: 21 August 2009; Created: 21 August 2009

QUEENSLAND INVADER BACKED FROM $8 TO $4.60 IN FIXED PRICE BETTING

QUEENSLAND invader, COURT COMMAND, has been the best backed runner Australia-wide to win the Group 2 Warwick Stakes at Randwick tomorrow (Saturday).

TAB Sportsbet offered the best price of $8 when Fixed Price betting opened while plenty of $7 was available at corporate outlets. Court Command is now into $4.60 for the $150,000 weight-for-age feature.