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Jockey Club stewards have barred Global Harmony from races and trials until making a call on his future after he refused to jump for the second straight time at Sha Tin on Sunday. Heavily backed into $2.2 favouritism, Global Harmony repeated his stubborn display from last month when he stood in the gates and took no part in the Class Two TVB Cup…

Dulcify. Are you old enough to remember when he set the racing world on fire with his brilliance in the year the Australian Cup first became a weight-for-age contest at Flemington? It was more than four decades ago, but for those who saw the young horse in action, the memories remain fresh. As a feature on the national racing calendar, the…

Zestiman (outside) gets the better of I'm Kenough to score a debut win at Flemington. Picture: Getty Images Lindsay Park added to its powerful two-year-old team when Zestiman successfully took on the tougher of two assignments at Flemington. Zestiman was an acceptor for a race at Pakenham on Thursday night but trainers Ben, Will and JD…

A former Hong Kong horse and people connected to the city were central to the storybook ending of Australian jockey Damien Oliver's illustrious career on Saturday. Munhamek, who competed in Hong Kong as Hall Of Champ and won up to Class Three level before Caspar Fownes retired him in January 2022, won the A$1.5 million (HK$7.5 million) Group Three…

Lindsay Park galloper Apulia has shown his Victoria Derby credentials with a strong win in a lead up contest at Moonee Valley. Apulia took out the Group 2 The Vase (2040m) on Saturday to provide the perfect launch pad into the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington next week. Providing Mark Zahra with the third leg of a winning treble and…

The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes would like a little luck to go their way in what has been a frustrating week at Flemington. After Mr Brightside was touched out in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, the Hayes boys have suffered narrow losses with Apulia and Crosshaven earlier in Melbourne Cup week. "With a bit of luck, we could be…

Lindsay Park will learn more about imported galloper Sissoko after he makes his Australian debut at Moonee Valley. A veteran of three starts in Ireland, Sissoko was purchased for a future career in Hong Kong, but after failing to settle into the Asian environment he was sent to Australia to continue his career. Sissoko will kick-off for new…

Melbourne-based jockey Joe Bowditch has the ride on Manhatten Times. Picture Getty Images A lack of suitable races in Adelaide has forced veteran South Australian trainer Leon MacDonald to head to Melbourne with his consistent galloper Manhatten Times to run in a heat of the Winter Championships at Flemington on Saturday. MacDonald said he had no…

Stables have varied reasons for putting their stayers up against Gai Waterhouse's Melbourne Cup favourite White Marlin at Pakenham on Thursday. White Marlin is a $1.45 favourite to maintain his unbeaten record for Waterhouse and training partner Adrian Bott in the rescheduled William Newton VC Handicap (2000m). The $150000 race was scheduled for…

Zac Purton and co-trainers Ben & JD Hayes have combined with Mr Brightside the Group 1 Doncaster Mile, after the training duo took out the 2022 edition with Craig Williams taking the reins. It comes after taking out the All-Star Mile as well, which continues to provide punters with a strong form-line moving forward. The last two year's we've seen…

A capacity field of 14 runners yesterday accepted for the $100000 Moama Bowling Club Echuca Cup (1400m) to be run on Sunday. The Sale Cup winner of 2021 Milton Park will carry the mantle of top weight for this year's feature. Milton Park, trained by John Moloney at Cranbourne, will carry 58.5kg in his bid to add another feature Victorian country…

Mr Brightside has been a special horse for Lindsay Park providing the stable with a number of firsts. The New Zealand-bred gelding provided Ben and J D Hayes with their first Group 1 when he took out the Doncaster Handicap at Randwick last year. With brother Will, the twin of J D, joining the training fold at Lindsay Park from the start of the…

The Chester Manifold Stakes has not been a race high on the agenda for Lindsay Park. David Hayes had only one win to his name before heading off on his second stint in Hong Kong, that being Grande Rosso in 2017. Now with Ben and Jd Hayes at the helm, Lindsay Park has three runners in the Listed race over 1400m at Flemington on Sunday, which is…

Ben and J D Hayes have come to the realisation that sprinter Nicolini Vito is at his best when his races are spaced. It will be 18 days between runs by the time Nicolini Vito lines up in the Tonks Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Saturday. The Lindsay Park trainers decided to sidestep the majority of the spring after Nicolini Vito raced a little flat…

A maiden purchase in New Zealand has given Lindsay Park some heart for the future with his debut Australian win at Sandown. Rheinberg, a four-year-old son of Swiss Ace, raced to an impressive win in the Ladbroke It! Plate (1400m) on Wednesday. Sent out the $4.20 favourite under Michael Dee, Rheinberg scored a 1-¼ length win from Oceanique ($12)…

Lindsay Park has been a regular visitor to the Queensland Winter Carnival over their history but will break new ground this weekend. For the first time Lindsay Park will have a runner in north Queensland when Crosshaven starts in the inaugural staging of The Archer (1300m) at Rockhampton on Saturday. The Archer is a slot race modelled on The…

Ben and JD Hayes have put one of the most famous names in Australian racing back up in lights with Mr Brightside's fast-finishing win in the $3m Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The brothers scored their first Group 1 win as a training partnership when Mr Brightside finished too strongly for I'm Thunderstruck to lead home a…

So Si Bon will be out to give Tom Dabernig a final Group 1 win with Lindsay Park in Saturday's Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm. Photo: Getty Images. Twenty Group 1 wins would be a perfect number on which Tom Dabernig could end his time at Lindsay Park. Dabernig, his uncle David Hayes and cousin Ben Hayes have combined for 19 Group 1 wins during…

The benefit of the hills and numerous tracks at Lindsay Park's training base at Euroa has paid a dividend with The Summit scoring at Moonee Valley. A French-bred galloper that had shown above average ability in France before being sold to Hong Kong, The Summit landed a win in the Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) on Saturday at his second Australian…

Greg Eurell has his eyes on one of Australia's toughest handicap races after Blazejowski staged a fighting victory at Flemington. Blazejowski will be given a short break after his victory in Saturday's Group Three Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) and set for the Stradbroke Handicap at Brisbane's winter carnival. Ridden by Craig Williams,…

Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes have taken a different approach to start the brief winter campaign of Makram at Flemington. Having undergone fetlock surgery post his spring campaign, the Hayes brothers have elected to start Makram off over 1600m in the VJA Winter Championship Trophy on Saturday. An Irish-bred import that raced in UK before…

The Lindsay Park stable of Ben and J D Hayes is again looking forward to seeing Nicolini Vito racing around a bend. After a first-up performance down the straight at Flemington on July 1 in which Nicolini Vito finished fifth, the gelding returns to Caulfield on Saturday to run in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m). It will be Nicolini Vito's…

Some contenders for the Melbourne Spring Carnival are set to be put through their paces in a series of jump-outs at Werribee. The Flemington jump-outs will be held at Werribee on Friday morning with Group 1 performers Johnny Get Angry, Mr Brightside, Tofane, Callsign Mav among potential spring contenders on display. The third heat over 800m will…

Sircconi will start a campaign that trainer Nick Ryan hopes may lead to a Group 1 contest in Brisbane at Sandown on Saturday. The only thing that will stop Sircconi making his racetrack return at Sandown will be if the track is too firm. Sircconi has been allotted 60kg for his return run over 1400m on Saturday, but trainer Nick Ryan said the…