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Giffiths weighing up options for sprinter

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 5:10pm

A wide barrier draw has trainer Robbie Griffiths considering whether topweight It Is Written lines up in the Christmas Stakes.  Read more »

Abracadash makes winning return

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 5:05pm

The Kelso Wood-trained Abracadash has made a winning return at Doomben after a long absence from racing because of injury and illness.  Read more »

Zatopaz earns stakes shot with midweek win

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 4:39pm

Zatopaz has a pedigree familiar to trainer Bjorn Baker for all the right reasons and he got the job done at Warwick Farm with a classy win.  Read more »

Buffering tunes up at Doomben

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 4:13pm

Queensland champion Buffering has tuned up for his Magic Millions assignment with a race day gallop at Doomben.  Read more »

Danjeu scores staying win at Sandown

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 4:08pm

Ben Melham has guided the Chris Waller-trained Danjeu to victory in a 2400m race at Sandown and believes there is improvement to come from the stayer.  Read more »

Held Hostage chasing Lord Stakes

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 4:04pm

Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping Held Hostage can give him a winning homecoming when she runs in the Lord Stakes at Caulfield.   Read more »

Gear change for Sebring Sun in Classic

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 2:52pm

Group One placegetter Sebring Sun will wear blinkers for the first time in the Canterbury Classic ahead of his main goal in the Magic Millions Guineas.  Read more »

Taddei Tondo to lift Moloney's spirits

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 2:27pm

Taddei Tondo will be out to capture a first stakes race success when he contests the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield.   Read more »

Moody trains Sandown treble

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 2:22pm

Three-year-old Vostok has made it three wins from as many starts and brought up the first leg of a winning treble for trainer Peter Moody at Sandown.  Read more »

Guy puts good case for Best Case

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 1:33pm

Group One placegetter Best Case will have his first start for new trainer Bryan Guy and the Aquis operation in the Goldmarket Handicap at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Michelle Payne to ride at Randwick

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 11:48am

Michelle Payne will ride in Sydney for the first time since her historic Melbourne Cup win with two mounts at Randwick on Boxing Day.  Read more »

Godolphin and Darley to merge

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 6:51am

Sheikh Mohammed's racing and breeding operations are to be merged into one entity at Godolphin with John Ferguson at the helm.  Read more »

Kavanagh and O'Brien to continue fight

Wednesday 23 December 2015, 6:29am

Trainers Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien will continue to fight cobalt charges after being found guilty.  Read more »

NZ training team to set up at Cranbourne

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 5:49pm

Cranbourne will become the home of New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young with the pair granted 40 on-course boxes.  Read more »

Warwick Farm meeting to go ahead

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 5:40pm

Conditions at Warwick Farm are not as wet as other parts of Sydney and Wednesday's race meeting is expected to go ahead.  Read more »

Senior NZ handicapper banned for betting

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 5:15pm

Senior handicapper Dennis Quirke is suspended by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing after being found to have bet on five races.  Read more »

Melbourne bookie suspended over bets

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 5:12pm

Bookmaker Anthony Doughty has been suspended for four months and fined $25,000 for breaches of his licence.  Read more »

Three additions to Summer Cup entries

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 4:23pm

The Group Three Summer Cup at Randwick now has a possible field of 13 after three additions when extended nominations closed.  Read more »

Nick Hall ready for return at Caulfield

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 4:19pm

After undergoing two wrist operations, jockey Nick Hall is ready for his return to racing at Caulfield.  Read more »

Clinton McDonald fined over Ibuprofen

Tuesday 22 December 2015, 4:04pm

Trainer Clinton McDonald has pleaded guilty to presenting a horse to race with a prohibited substance in its system and has been fined $1500.  Read more »