SMOKING ACES REPORT
The investigative panel assigned to the long-running Smoking Aces case will tender a report to Racing Victoria for consideration this week.
The report, compiled by a panel comprising two stewards and a lawyer, is expected to be tabled at the RV Board meeting on Thursday.
There has been a long running investigation by police and stewards into a betting coup landed by Smoking Aces when he won at Cranbourne in April 20l1.
Police believed there may have been a link to the murder of racing identity Les Samba, shot dead earlier that year, but have not laid any charges.
The RV investigators awaited the conclusion of the police inquiry before beginning their own inquiry last year.
Several licensed people have been interviewed in the course of the inquiry.
YENDALL FOR BOOMWAA
Trainer Robbie Laing has booked Dean Yendall to ride his fast two-year-oldBoomwaa at the light weight of 46kg in the G1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday week.
Few senior riders were available to ride at such a low weight with Yendall getting the nod over Dean Holland.
Boomwaa won the Maribyrnong Plate over the straight 1000mn course at Flemington against his own age in the spring carrying 56.5kg.
Laing said Boomwa has done well since returning from his second in the Inglis Classic over 1200m at Randwick at his most recent start when he set a crack pace to lead by a big margin turning for home.
"He is jumping out of his skin. He'll give them something to chase with 46 kilos on his back," the trainer said.
Dissident , the Peter Moody-trained three-year-old who finished second toi Zoustar in the G1 Golden Rose, will head to Sydney for a first-up tilt at the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday week.
Dissident was placed in his two Sydney starts leading into the Golden Rose but then finished unplaced in his only two subsequent spring starts in the George Main Stakes and Caulfield Guineas.
He will resume without an official trial but has been a participant in 650m jump outs that are now run as pseudo trials at Caulfield.
SLIPPER SLEEPER
Guelph’s younger brother Ghibellines certainly turned heads with his easy trial win at Rosehill on Tuesday.
The time was moderate but he looked the part and has obviously developed since his only spring start when fourth in the Breeders Plate in October.
We’ll see next week if he has improved enough to be rated a serious Golden Slipper contender.
All I will say is experience tells you it can be costly to underestimate any youngster trained by Peter Snowden.
Samaready Photo by Racing and Sports
SAMAREADY LOOKS READY
Good to see glamour mare Samaready in great shape in a jump out at Caulfield last week.
She led throughout to defeat class sprinters Vatican and Shamal Wind in a 650m hit-out and could be the horse to watch when he resumes in the G1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on February 15.
EL ROCA INTEREST
Top local jockeys are eager to know if Opie Bosson is coming to Sydney to ride classy Kiwi three-year-old El Roca at Rosehill next week.
El Roca showed he was a class act when he raced in Melbourne in the spring, finishing an unlucky fifth in the Caulfield Guineas after finishing second in the Guineas Prelude.
Craig Newitt rode the Trent Busuttiin-trained El Roca in both Melbourne races but Bosson has the first call on the ride in Sydney after he partnered the impressive colt to win a 1000m barrier trial last week.
However Bosson has never ridden El Roca in a race and has been reluctant to ride in Australia
in the past, raising the interest of some leading Sydney riders in whether the mount will be available in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Rosehill.
Busuttin has starts in the Hobartville Stakes and Randwick Guineas on the agenda for El Roca and ultimately would love to see him line-up in the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on April 12.
MR MOET SPELLS
Plans for Perth star Mr Moet to join the Chris Waller stable have been scrapped.
His WA trainer Adam Durrant confirmed that the classy G1 winner is to stay in WA for a long spell aimed at bringing him back to racing in Perth in the winter.
“The owners thought it would be better to give him a good spell and let him come back for the Hyperion and Strickland Stakes,” Durrant said.
“He can then come back and have a Railway Stakes and Kingston Town preparation.”
Mr Moet won the G1 Railway Stakes in 2012and raced in Victoria last spring before returning to Perth where he finished unplaced in both the Railway Stakes and Kingston Town Classic.
CUP PLANS
Perth Cup winner Black Tycoon is building up to a trip to South Australia for the Adelaide Cup in March.
The eight-year-old won a barrier trial over 1450m at Lark Hill earlier this week in his first outing since his Perth Cup win on New Year’s Day.
Meanwhile the Melbourne campaign of Perth Cup runner-up God Has Spoken has been held up by a bruised foot
He failed to accept for the Carlyon Cup at Caulfield on Saturday and loks unlikely to make it to next Wednesday’s $350,000 Mornington Cup without a lead-up race.
Trainer Neville Parnham is philosophical about his program.
“With feature races on here every week there are plenty of angles for him,” said Parnham, who has a four-horse team in Melbourne.
He runs his other trio Excelorada , Playing God and Bippo No Bungus at Caulfield on Saturday.
The investigative panel assigned to the long-running Smoking Aces case will tender a report to Racing Victoria for consideration this week.
The report, compiled by a panel comprising two stewards and a lawyer, is expected to be tabled at the RV Board meeting on Thursday.
There has been a long running investigation by police and stewards into a betting coup landed by Smoking Aces when he won at Cranbourne in April 20l1.
Police believed there may have been a link to the murder of racing identity Les Samba, shot dead earlier that year, but have not laid any charges.
The RV investigators awaited the conclusion of the police inquiry before beginning their own inquiry last year.
Several licensed people have been interviewed in the course of the inquiry.
YENDALL FOR BOOMWAA
Trainer Robbie Laing has booked Dean Yendall to ride his fast two-year-oldBoomwaa at the light weight of 46kg in the G1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday week.
Few senior riders were available to ride at such a low weight with Yendall getting the nod over Dean Holland.
Boomwaa won the Maribyrnong Plate over the straight 1000mn course at Flemington against his own age in the spring carrying 56.5kg.
Laing said Boomwa has done well since returning from his second in the Inglis Classic over 1200m at Randwick at his most recent start when he set a crack pace to lead by a big margin turning for home.
"He is jumping out of his skin. He'll give them something to chase with 46 kilos on his back," the trainer said.
Dissident , the Peter Moody-trained three-year-old who finished second toi Zoustar in the G1 Golden Rose, will head to Sydney for a first-up tilt at the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday week.
Dissident was placed in his two Sydney starts leading into the Golden Rose but then finished unplaced in his only two subsequent spring starts in the George Main Stakes and Caulfield Guineas.
He will resume without an official trial but has been a participant in 650m jump outs that are now run as pseudo trials at Caulfield.
SLIPPER SLEEPER
Guelph’s younger brother Ghibellines certainly turned heads with his easy trial win at Rosehill on Tuesday.
The time was moderate but he looked the part and has obviously developed since his only spring start when fourth in the Breeders Plate in October.
We’ll see next week if he has improved enough to be rated a serious Golden Slipper contender.
All I will say is experience tells you it can be costly to underestimate any youngster trained by Peter Snowden.
Samaready Photo by Racing and Sports
SAMAREADY LOOKS READY
Good to see glamour mare Samaready in great shape in a jump out at Caulfield last week.
She led throughout to defeat class sprinters Vatican and Shamal Wind in a 650m hit-out and could be the horse to watch when he resumes in the G1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on February 15.
EL ROCA INTEREST
Top local jockeys are eager to know if Opie Bosson is coming to Sydney to ride classy Kiwi three-year-old El Roca at Rosehill next week.
El Roca showed he was a class act when he raced in Melbourne in the spring, finishing an unlucky fifth in the Caulfield Guineas after finishing second in the Guineas Prelude.
Craig Newitt rode the Trent Busuttiin-trained El Roca in both Melbourne races but Bosson has the first call on the ride in Sydney after he partnered the impressive colt to win a 1000m barrier trial last week.
However Bosson has never ridden El Roca in a race and has been reluctant to ride in Australia
in the past, raising the interest of some leading Sydney riders in whether the mount will be available in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Rosehill.
Busuttin has starts in the Hobartville Stakes and Randwick Guineas on the agenda for El Roca and ultimately would love to see him line-up in the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on April 12.
MR MOET SPELLS
Plans for Perth star Mr Moet to join the Chris Waller stable have been scrapped.
His WA trainer Adam Durrant confirmed that the classy G1 winner is to stay in WA for a long spell aimed at bringing him back to racing in Perth in the winter.
“The owners thought it would be better to give him a good spell and let him come back for the Hyperion and Strickland Stakes,” Durrant said.
“He can then come back and have a Railway Stakes and Kingston Town preparation.”
Mr Moet won the G1 Railway Stakes in 2012and raced in Victoria last spring before returning to Perth where he finished unplaced in both the Railway Stakes and Kingston Town Classic.
CUP PLANS
Perth Cup winner Black Tycoon is building up to a trip to South Australia for the Adelaide Cup in March.
The eight-year-old won a barrier trial over 1450m at Lark Hill earlier this week in his first outing since his Perth Cup win on New Year’s Day.
Meanwhile the Melbourne campaign of Perth Cup runner-up God Has Spoken has been held up by a bruised foot
He failed to accept for the Carlyon Cup at Caulfield on Saturday and loks unlikely to make it to next Wednesday’s $350,000 Mornington Cup without a lead-up race.
Trainer Neville Parnham is philosophical about his program.
“With feature races on here every week there are plenty of angles for him,” said Parnham, who has a four-horse team in Melbourne.
He runs his other trio Excelorada , Playing God and Bippo No Bungus at Caulfield on Saturday.