News
Lightz switched on for Rosebud bid
Sydney
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 2:10pm
Jim and Greg Lee are confident three-year-old Lightz is in for a much-improved campaign starting with The Rosebud at Rosehill. Read more »
Budget Bender after three in a row
Brisbane
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 1:35pm
Rejuvenated galloper Budget Bender is set to back up at Doomben from a win at Caloundra in an attempt to complete a hat-trick. Read more »
Oscietra draws barrier four at Geelong
Melbourne
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 12:46pm
Oscietra, the daughter of unbeaten Black Caviar, will attempt to break her maiden status on the synthetic track at Geelong. Read more »
Trainer Trent Pennuto to front RAD Board
Melbourne
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 10:22am
Trainer Trent Pennuto and a stable employee have a date before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over the alleged stomach tubing of Chatober. Read more »
Jockeys Lever, Pitomac remain in hospital
Sydney
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 7:51am
Jockeys Chad Lever and Daniel Pitomac remain in Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital where they are being assessed for injuries suffered in falls at Scone. Read more »
Spirit Trial Winner Goes Boom
Wednesday 9 August 2017, 7:40am
Eureka Stud's exciting young sire Spirit of Boom nailed it in NZ with his first official trial winner scoring by a commanding eight lengths over 600m at Waverley race course on Tuesday. Read more »
Payne excited to compete in Shergar Cup
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 6:00pm
The 2015 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is excited about competing in the Shergar Cup at Ascot in England. Read more »
Pfieffer excited about black-type bid
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:47pm
David Pfieffer-trained filly I Am Excited will seek more black type in just the third start of her career when she tackles The Rosebud at Rosehill. Read more »
Catchy among 35 in Guineas from Hayes
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:20pm
Horses from David Hayes' Lindsay Park stables make up more than 10 per cent of the 327 nominations for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas. Read more »
Michelle Payne hopeful of Cox Plate ride
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:03pm
Michelle Payne has already won a Melbourne Cup and says she hopes to ride international horse Kaspersky in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Premier's Cup Prelude next for Loyalty Man
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:42pm
Last-start Randwick runner-up Loyalty Man is likely to have two more Sydney starts this campaign, beginning with the Premier's Cup Prelude at Rosehill. Read more »
Chad Lever injured in fall at Scone
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:18pm
Jockey Chad Lever has been injured after falling from his mount Anticipate during a Maiden Plate at Scone. Read more »
Horse flu crisis hurt Leica trainer Freyer
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:06pm
The son of the late NSW Riverina trainer Richard Freyer says his father did everything for his horses and would have never had a holiday in his life. Read more »
Cartel set for Sydney debut in Highway
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 3:58pm
Promising Danny Williams-trained colt Cartel will make the journey from Goulburn to Rosehill for a Highway Handicap. Read more »
Healthy Abbey Marie ready for her return
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:59pm
A fit and healthy Abbey Marie is ready for a tilt at the spring carnival following her second placing in a Cranbourne barrier trial. Read more »
Winx headlines 141 Cox Plate nominations
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:47pm
The Cox Plate has attracted 141 nominations headlined by champion Winx along with 15 international entries. Read more »
Webster happy to send Clapper to Memsie
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:44pm
Pat Webster is thrilled with Happy Clapper's third in a barrier trial but will be even happier not to run into Winx again this spring. Read more »
Eccellere aims for back-to-back wins
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:16pm
Warwick Farm trainer Richard Litt is seeking back-to-back wins at Canterbury with five-year-old mare Eccellere. Read more »
First Foal for Pride of Dubai
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 1:56pm
Former brilliant dual Group I winning two year-old Pride of Dubai has his first foals on the ground this spring and it only seems fitting that one of the first to be born at Coolmore is for his breeder Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. Read more »
Lindsay Park fillies impress at Cranbourne
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 12:59pm
Catchy, Formality and Tulip have lived up to Lindsay Park's expectations with impressive trials at Cranbourne. Read more »
Moroney has spring hopes for Tribal Wisdom
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 12:04pm
Trainer Mike Moroney is hoping Listed winner Tribal Wisdom can step up this campaign and earn a crack at some better races such as the Toorak Handicap. Read more »
No fear or favour' in racing leak probe
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 11:54am
The racing integrity commissioner's barrister is responding to former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie's attempt to have his cobalt leak report quashed. Read more »
One to Watch – Swan Hill
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 10:16am
Champion trainer Darren Weir gave us the One to Watch on Monday with a brilliant return for this three-year-old half-brother to a Group I sprint winner. Read more »
US Stakes win for Animal Kingdom colt
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 9:06am
A convincing victory by 2YO colt Continental Divide in Sunday's Del Mar $US100,000 Graduation Stakes has given Animal Kingdom his second winner of a Stakes race from 11 first-crop US runners. Read more »
Waller reckons Winx can't get much better
Sydney
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 9:04am
Chris Waller says champion mare Winx is as good as she has been in her past two spring campaigns after she recorded her first barrier trial win at Randwick. Read more »
Second US Stakes-Winner for Animal Kingdom
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 8:55am
Two year-old colt Continental Divide scored a stylish win in the $US100,000 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar on Sunday to give Animal Kingdom (USA) his second stakes-winner from 11 first-crop US runners. Read more »
Caravaggio sore after French failure
Dublin
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 6:59am
Caravaggio has pulled up sore after his second successive defeat and trainer Aidan O'Brien admits a trip to Sydney for The Everest is doubtful. Read more »
Moodie leaked cobalt info, court told
Melbourne
Tuesday 8 August 2017, 3:30am
A judge has reserved his decision in former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie's bid to quash the racing integrity commissioner's cobalt leak findings. Read more »
Royal Request gives Dyer third Darwin Cup
Sydney
Monday 7 August 2017, 6:35pm
Royal Request has given Victorian trainer Neil Dyer an emotional third Darwin Cup as he and jockey Jarrod Todd remembered their late friend Roger Booth. Read more »
Tiberian on target for Melbourne Cup tilt
Melbourne
Monday 7 August 2017, 5:28pm
French stayer Tiberian, part-owned by Australian interests, has taken another step towards the Melbourne Cup with a Group Three win at Deauville. Read more »
Pride keen for Terravista to climb Everest
Sydney
Monday 7 August 2017, 5:15pm
Terravista is the forgotten horse in the talk about slots for The Everest but Joe Pride is training him for the $10 million race. Read more »
Riverina trainer Richard Freyer dies at 69
Sydney
Monday 7 August 2017, 4:08pm
Popular NSW Riverina trainer Richard Freyer has died after a long illness aged 69. Read more »
Vale Mr Richard Freyer
Monday 7 August 2017, 3:22pm
The racing industry is mourning the passing of well-known Riverina trainer, Richard Freyer, last night following a long battle with illness. Read more »
Group I winner retired
Monday 7 August 2017, 2:43pm
A mare which finished last at Warrnambool on debut before scaling the heights to win at Group I level has been retired. Read more »
Budding three-year-olds to step out
Sydney
Monday 7 August 2017, 2:41pm
Several of the new season's three-year-olds will step out in the Rosebud on the way to bigger spring targets. Read more »
Deauville next stop for Melbourne Cup favourite
Monday 7 August 2017, 2:30pm
Melbourne Cup favourite Red Cardinal will continue his build-up to November's great race with an outing in France on August 20. Read more »
Eurell's Got Aurie's Star in his sights
Melbourne
Monday 7 August 2017, 1:51pm
Six-year-old We've Got This, placed in two Group races down the Flemington straight last spring , will make his return in the Aurie's Star Handicap. Read more »
Racing chair 'devastated' by leak report
Melbourne
Monday 7 August 2017, 11:20am
Former Racing Victoria chairman wants a judge to quash the racing integrity commissioner's findings against him over a cobalt investigation leak. Read more »
Debut South African Winner for Shadwell
Monday 7 August 2017, 9:38am
Scoring an easy debut win at Turffontein in South Africa on Sunday was three year-old colt Alwahsh, the highest priced yearling by Sepoy from his second crop. Read more »
Group Two Winner for Jimmy Creed
Monday 7 August 2017, 9:30am
Spendthrift Australia will stand four stallions at their Victorian base this spring and among them is Jimmy Creed (USA), who sired his first stakes-winner in the US on Saturday with exciting filly Spectator landing the Group II Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar. Read more »
Ability Spoils the Party for Lankan Rupee in Bletchingly Stakes
Monday 7 August 2017, 9:20am
Fans let out a roar when former Horse Of The Year Lankan Rupee hit the front 250 metres out in Sunday's $150,000 Group III Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown but out of the corner of the eye, the red, white and blue silks of the in form Reward For Effort gelding Ability were looming large. Read more »
Caravaggio disappoints in French G1 race
Paris
Monday 7 August 2017, 6:45am
Caravaggio has finished a disappointing sixth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest in France, throwing doubt on a trip to Sydney for The Everest. Read more »
Ability goes four straight in Bletchingly
Melbourne
Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:48pm
Ability has risen to the challenge of weight-for-age company to take out the rescheduled Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown. Read more »
Byrne's winners keep coming
Brisbane
Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:33pm
Jockey Jim Byrne four winners at Doomben have added to his claim for more Brisbane records. Read more »
Devil Hawk special winner for Waller
Sydney
Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:12pm
Winx is top of the tree at the Chris Waller stable but Devil Hawk has claimed a significant win in Brisbane. Read more »
Allen adds GN Hurdle to feature jump wins
Melbourne
Sunday 6 August 2017, 3:54pm
John Allen has collected another feature jumps win, guiding Ancient King to victory in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. Read more »
Wells finally gets another win at Sandown
Melbourne
Sunday 6 August 2017, 3:19pm
Wells has outstayed his five rivals to score a narrow win in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown. Read more »
Sanadaat impressive in Sandown return
Melbourne
Sunday 6 August 2017, 1:34pm
Sanadaat has scored an impressive first-up win at Sandown with Lindsay Park now looking towards richer spring races. Read more »
Best to come for Shogun Sun
Brisbane
Sunday 6 August 2017, 1:26pm
Trainer Kelly Schweida believes Shogun Sun can run well in the Golden Rose but believes his best will be seen in the autumn. Read more »
Stanley is looking ahead to spring riches
Melbourne
Sunday 6 August 2017, 12:29pm
Brent Stanley is looking forward to the upcoming spring carnival as he puts together a nice team of horses. Read more »
Wilson has cobalt penalty varied
Brisbane
Sunday 6 August 2017, 12:22pm
A Queensland Racing Integrity Commission review has increased the penalty for trainer Marcus Wilson on cobalt related charges. Read more »
Yankee Rose Queensland award favourite
Brisbane
Sunday 6 August 2017, 9:14am
Dual Group One winner Yankee Rose is favourite to be named the Queensland Horse of the Year. Read more »
Hayley Turner to take advantage of claim
London
Sunday 6 August 2017, 8:49am
Trainer Francis Graffard has backed Hayley Turner to shine when Britain's most successful female Flat jockey relocates to France during the winter. Read more »
Two wins, another suspension for Collett
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 6:03pm
Jason Collett has walked away from Randwick with mixed emotions after one of his two winning rides led to his second suspension in as many city meetings. Read more »
Steyne helps Adkins continues winning ways
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 5:20pm
Sydney's reigning champion apprentice Andrew Adkins has opened his account for the new season with victory on Steyne at Randwick. Read more »
Taylor Marshall lands a win at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 5:10pm
At his first day of riding at Flemington, former Sydney apprentice Taylor Marshall has ridden $151 outsider Nozomi to victory. Read more »
Jim Byrne suspended after big Doomben haul
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 5:08pm
Jockey Byrne has been suspended for eight days on an interference charge after riding four winners at Doomben. Read more »
Stella helps Byrne and Schweida dominate
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 5:04pm
Stella Ombra's win at Doomben has given jockey Jim Byrne four wins for the day and trainer Kelly Schweida a treble at three different racetracks. Read more »
Invincible Gem causes minor Missile upset
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 4:43pm
Invincible Gem has taken another major step in her career with victory over star stablemate Le Romain in the Group Two Missile Stakes. Read more »
Patience the difference on Rhythm To Spare
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 4:37pm
Rhythm To Spare is back in winning form and trainer Mike Moroney is looking to some early spring riches with the gelding. Read more »
Aloft in winning start to possible Cup bid
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 4:22pm
Irish-bred galloper Aloft looks set for a profitable spring campaign after a strong first-up win at Flemington. Read more »
Sayed headed for cup raid and Metrop start
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 4:16pm
Sayed's win over 2400m at Randwick has Chris Waller entertaining a start in the Group One Metropolitan. Read more »
Racing nation reflects on jockeys' input
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 3:15pm
The chairman of the National Jockeys' Trust has noted the broad spectrum of support his foundation provides to riders. Read more »
Another Highway Handicap win for Matt Dunn
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 3:07pm
Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn has notched another Highway Handicap win with a horse he believes is destined for bigger things. Read more »
Sheiswhatsheis, Fancourt keep on winning
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 2:37pm
Apprentice Lani Fancourt has declared Sheiswhatsheis as her new favourite horse after they combined for another Doomben win. Read more »
Jordan Turner in first Flemington success
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 2:37pm
Red Alto has given Perth apprentice Jordan Turner his first win at Flemington. Read more »
Crown Witness scores again at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 1:42pm
After a debut win at Sandown, Crown Witness has added a Flemington straight-track victory to her record. Read more »
Wahng Wah adds another victory before stud
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 1:27pm
The broodmare barn beckons for Wahng Wah who has added to her record with victory at Randwick. Read more »
Shogun Sun shines brightly in Sydney raid
Sydney
Saturday 5 August 2017, 1:20pm
Shogun Sun's chances of contesting the Group One Golden Rose have been boosted after beating Addictive Nature at Randwick. Read more »
New Chris Waller stable opens Qld account
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 12:43pm
Chris Waller has prepared his first winner from his new Gold Coast satellite stable with Devil Hawk at Doomben. Read more »
Azazel impresses in 1st-up Flemington win
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 12:34pm
Tony McEvoy has Caulfield Guineas aspirations for Azazel after his impressive first-up win at Caulfield. Read more »
Arrestar stays on for strong Doomben win
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 12:20pm
Trainer Matt Dunn thought Arrestar might have been a sprinter but the gelding has shown stamina in winning over 1600m at Doomben. Read more »
Sea King after second GN Hurdle at Sandown
Melbourne
Saturday 5 August 2017, 12:11pm
A lack of qualifying trials means Sea King will aim for a second Grand National Hurdle win instead of the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown. Read more »
Doomben to carry extra Brisbane workload
Brisbane
Saturday 5 August 2017, 9:40am
Doomben is set to carry most of the extra workload caused by the closure of Eagle Farm racecourse. Read more »
Lord Coconuts to stay at 1600m
Brisbane
Friday 4 August 2017, 6:14pm
Plans to test talented Lord Coconuts at 2000m have been put on hold and the gelding will stay at a mile at Doomben. Read more »
Fairytale win follows decade out of saddle
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 6:09pm
Jockey Jarrod Lorensini says it was a fairytale come true to nab a winner on his first race day in 10 years. Read more »
Oscietra in line for Geelong synthetic run
Melbourne
Friday 4 August 2017, 5:51pm
After two jump-outs, Black Caviar's daughter Oscietra is ready to head to the racetrack again, this time for a maiden race at Geelong. Read more »
Redkirk Warrior in line for Everest start
Melbourne
Friday 4 August 2017, 5:11pm
Lindsay Park has trialled some of its big guns including Everest candidate Redkirk Warrior at Flemington. Read more »
Le Romain shoots for Missile win first up
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 5:09pm
Triple Group One winner Le Romain is the favourite to add to his record in a damp Missile Stakes at Randwick. Read more »
Weight worries for Eight's A Party
Brisbane
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:37pm
Trainer Darren Bell has stuck with a senior rider for Eight's A Party at Doomben despite concerns about gelding's top weight in an open handicap. Read more »
Makfi Lass on highway path
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:34pm
Scone trainer Brett Cavanough has high hopes Makfi Lass can break his drought in Highway races. Read more »
Limit return for Eagle Farm: Monteith
Brisbane
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:23pm
Queensland's premier racetrack Eagle Farm should have a limited number of meetings when it resumes racing next year, a review has found. Read more »
Madeenaty leads the three-year-old charge
Melbourne
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:18pm
David Hayes says he will be disappointed if Madeenaty doesn't win or go very close at Flemington despite giving weight to her rivals. Read more »
Darwin track to bear name of fallen jockey
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:14pm
The annual celebration of jockeys at racecourses across the nation comes during its worst year for fatalities since 1998. Read more »
Plumptre admits fault in strangles case
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 3:10pm
Former managing director Henry Plumptre has apologised for his role in the Godolphin strangles case and hopes to return to the industry as a bloodstock agent. Read more »
Eagle Farm track to be ready in April
Brisbane
Friday 4 August 2017, 1:36pm
Eagle Farm racecourse should be ready to resume hosting meetings in time for the next Brisbane winter carnival. Read more »
Savanna Amour set for take two at Sandown
Melbourne
Friday 4 August 2017, 1:27pm
After strong winds blew away the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield, Savanna Amour is ready for the second instalment at Sandown. Read more »
Flemington fog no problem for Hartnell
Melbourne
Friday 4 August 2017, 1:26pm
Godolphin galloper Hartnell has been put through his paces in a Flemington jump-out on a foggy morning. Read more »
Spur Le Joeur to beat track hoodoo
Brisbane
Friday 4 August 2017, 12:20pm
Tough gelding Spur Le Joeur gets a chance to prove he can win away from the Sunshine Coast in an open handicap at Doomben. Read more »
O'Shea denies knowledge of strangles
Sydney
Friday 4 August 2017, 11:01am
Trainer John O'Shea has denied knowledge of a strangles case while former Godolphin boss Henry Plumptre has accepted responsibility for his part in the affair. Read more »
New Superstar 2YO Colt For Zebedee
Friday 4 August 2017, 8:36am
Wearing the famous old Robert Sangster silks of Manton Thoroughbreds, Barraquero ran out an impressive winner of the Group II Richmond Stakes (1200m) at the Glorious Goodwood festival on Thursday and is earning quotes for next years 2000 Guineas and Commonwealth Cup. Read more »
Winter wins Nassau Stakes at Goodwood
London
Friday 4 August 2017, 7:28am
The Aidan O'Brien-trained Winter has passed a distance test to claim her fourth Group One win in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. Read more »
Flemington straight to suit As It Lies
Melbourne
Thursday 3 August 2017, 3:48pm
Trainer Brent Stanley says inexperience has counted against As It Lies ahead of her third race start at Flemington. Read more »
Fabvier can increase her value
Brisbane
Thursday 3 August 2017, 3:30pm
Fabvier can further add to her value as a broodmare if she wins at Doomben. Read more »
Highway Handicap debut for Fraternater
Sydney
Thursday 3 August 2017, 3:26pm
The Neil Osborne-trained Fraternater will make her Sydney debut in the Highway Handicap at Randwick Read more »
Lord only new acceptor in Bletchingly
Melbourne
Thursday 3 August 2017, 3:04pm
Lord Of The Sky is set to take his place in the rescheduled Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown having overcome an infection. Read more »
Basil Nolan's golden plan is working
Brisbane
Thursday 3 August 2017, 2:42pm
Breeder Basil Nolan's two-edged plan to give his stallion Golden Archer every chance is set to pay dividends again with Lady Lark at Doomben. Read more »
Flemington to give trainer a Clear Signal
Melbourne
Thursday 3 August 2017, 2:35pm
Clear Signal is set to make his city debut at Flemington after scoring an upset maiden win at Geelong at his last start. Read more »
The Monstar ready to fire in Missile
Sydney
Thursday 3 August 2017, 2:08pm
The Monstar will return to the scene of his impressive June Stakes win when he runs in the Group Two Missile Stakes at Randwick. Read more »
Stella Ombra to stay home in Brisbane
Brisbane
Thursday 3 August 2017, 12:54pm
Trainer Kelly Schweida will keep sprinter Stella Ombra in Brisbane but is sending Shogun Sun to Sydney to race at Randwick. Read more »