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Justify kept his unbeaten record alive with a hard-fought victory in today’s Preakness Stakes at Pim… View the full article

I think he will get a mile and a half. Sitting one out and going head to head for most of the race with a very good horse and still holding the others out without giving ground when they loomed.....a tough horse. He might need a softer run with a sit for the Belmont. He got neither in the Kentucky Derby nor the Preakness.

If you can tolerate the American Ads the live broadcast on ESPN is a good watch.

El Rowley......is the twitter feed OK for you? It is in English!

Woops - got told off by NBC sports..... I can stream it but it has a Spanish Commentary and as far as I know we only have one BOAYer who speaks Espano.

Paramedics were kept busy at Te Rapa today with three jockeys having to be taken to Waikato Hospital… View the full article

Colin Little doubts he will be tempted to chase the Queensland sun and a Group One win for promising… View the full article

A defence of his Caulfield Cup title is on the agenda for Boom Time, who will head for a brief spell… View the full article

Leading jumps trainers Paul Nelson is well known for the conditioning he puts into his horses, but h… View the full article

Max emerged as the latest star of the Connors family’s quality team with a last-to-first win in the … View the full article

Consistent sprinter I'm A Rippa dented the Stradbroke Handicap hopes of his rivals when he led throu… View the full article

Misfortune at a previous Flemington meeting has been all but forgotten by Lindsay Park with the vict… View the full article

Chris Waller celebrated his induction into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame with the quinella in t… View the full article

Anthony Freedman has trained his second A$1 million Adelaide Group One winner in as many weeks when … View the full article

I'm working on getting the Preakness Stakes Streaming Live on BOAY tomorrow. From 10am or earlier.

Prominent Christchurch owner Neil Pilcher died in Christchurch Hospital early this morning (May 19). View the full article

Leading jumps trainers Paul Nelson is well known for the conditioning he puts into his horses, but h… View the full article

Champion Buffering's little brother No Annamossity lived up to his family's reputation with a tough … View the full article

Well-bred Sydney filly Eawase defied the racing pattern of the day and earned valuable black type wi… View the full article

Nigel McGrath produces Artstanding to win on debut at Gore. He's off to the spelling paddock now. View the full article

His horses always look in good condition too.

Shelley Houston renews licence to overcome limited jumps jockey numbers John Selkirk Jumps jockey Shelley Houston has renewed her licence. Former top jumps jockey Shelley Houston has renewed her licence, but she won't be aboard her star performer this winter. With a full stable in work at Cambridge, the 33-year-old will be restricting her riding opportunities and she's happy to leave her Australian-bound jumper Lucky Tonight in the premiership-winning hands of Michael Mitchell. "He'll ride him in the highweight at Pukekohe on Wednesday and at Ellerslie on Queen's Birthday – Michael gets on really well with the horse and he knows our plans so I'm not going to be taking him off," Houston said. "We were looking at going to Warrnambool, but the tracks were still very good over there and the horse had a bit of a cold so there's a plane for him on June 12 and he'll have a trial over there first. "He'll be a maiden steeplechaser and we'll aim him at the Grand National at the end of August. He's a brilliant jumper and much better suited to the big fences – he's probably too good a jumper for a hurdler. "I've been excited about him ever since I got him from Donna Logan." Successful twice on the flat, Lucky Tonight has a win and five placings from his eight starts over the smaller fences. Meanwhile, Houston will make her comeback to the saddle this winter after giving riding away four years ago. "I broke my collar bone again and had to have two operations," she said. "I got my licence back last week – it's more for my own horses with the limited number of jumps jockeys around at the moment. I won't be taking many outside rides." Houston, who has 25 horses in work, has ridden more than 100 winners.

Wow - three on the trot and won this last race showing some real toughness. Owned by the Sellars boys of Efficient fame. Might have another good one!

Cambridge trainer Craig Phelan isn’t complaining that Ellerslie winter race meetings have been trans… View the full article

I initially had the same thought however he had just got up from a fall and I wouldn't want to be standing in the firing line if there were horses still to come. Plus there were people closer and ambulance staff on their way. He wasn't as close as it may have seemed on the TV screen either. I hope Shelley Houston is OK too.