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Injured Dettori out for the season

Thursday 3 October 2013, 7:45am

Flamboyant jockey Frankie Dettori will miss the rest of the European season after breaking his ankle in a race fall.  Read more »

Snowden, Waller dominate at Canterbury

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 6:13pm

Chris Waller and Peter Snowden have shared training honours at Canterbury with three winners apiece to dominate the Sydney midweek meeting.  Read more »

Metropolitan distance suitable for Seville

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 5:53pm

A virus ruled him out of a shot at the Melbourne Cup last spring but Seville can get his career back on track in the Metropolitan at Randwick.  Read more »

Wide alley no barrier to Cassidy in Epsom

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 5:29pm

Jim Cassidy overcame an outside draw to post his 99th Group One victory and he will have to do it again to bring up his 100th in the Epsom Handicap.  Read more »

Jet Away set to resume in Turnbull Stakes

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 4:59pm

Imported galloper Jet Away has made the field for the Turnbull Stakes and will make his belated spring return ahead of a planned Caulfield Cup start.  Read more »

Paddy Busuttin back in spotlight at Farm

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 4:41pm

Paddy Busuttin, the man who gave Chris Waller his start in racing, has won his first city race since relocating to the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Shinn upbeat about Toydini despite draw

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 4:20pm

Blake Shinn has such an unswerving faith in Toydini that he says a wide draw may not be an issue for the four-year-old in the Epsom Handicap.  Read more »

Peron chasing Group Two success in Blazer

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:57pm

Peron makes her Melbourne debut in the Group Two Blazer Stakes at Flemington with trainer John Thompson confident the mare can prove hard to beat.  Read more »

Bell keen to ride Your Honour in Epsom Hcp

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:52pm

Some astute networking by jockey Tim Bell has seen him gain the Epsom Handicap mount on lightly raced gelding Your Honour.  Read more »

Melbourne trip flagged for top NZ racemare

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:49pm

A good run in the Spring Classic could see Postmans Daughter heading to Melbourne for a Group One mile race over the Cup carnival.  Read more »

Anabolic steroids banned in NZ racing

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:44pm

Anabolic steroids will be banned in NZ horse racing both in and out of competition, tightening rules which currently prohibit them only on race day.  Read more »

Horse racing OK for historic Sydney estate

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:39pm

A famous western Sydney property with a connection to the Melbourne Cup has been granted a licence to stage a picnic race meeting.  Read more »

Solicit a race-by-race affair for spring

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 3:11pm

The spring hopes for three-year-old filly Solicit depend on how well she pulls up after each run, says co-trainer Simon Zahra.  Read more »

Capacity field of 16 for Turnbull Stakes

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 11:52am

A field of 16 with four emergencies has been declared for the Turnbull Stakes with Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance De Lune to jump from the rails draw.  Read more »

Toydini comes up with wide Epsom Hcp draw

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 11:18am

Bookmakers have barely reacted to Toydini's wide draw in the Epsom Handicap with the four-year-old still favourite for the Group One mile.  Read more »

Arc rain won't dampen Novellist prospects

Wednesday 2 October 2013, 10:40am

Rain is forecast in the lead-up to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but the prospect of soft ground should not harm the chances of Novellist.  Read more »

Kingdoms camp in anxious Metropolitan wait

Tuesday 1 October 2013, 5:26pm

Kingdoms, high up in the betting for the Group One Metropolitan, remains a borderline chance to make the field.  Read more »

Tommy Berry set for Epsom, Metrop repeat

Tuesday 1 October 2013, 3:54pm

Tommy Berry says there is no other trainer he wants to be riding for in Group Ones on Sydney racing's biggest day of the spring than Gai Waterhouse.  Read more »

Ryan sets blue blood for Gimcrack Stakes

Tuesday 1 October 2013, 3:44pm

Lucky Raquie, a close relation to champion thoroughbred Redoute's Choice, is poised to make her debut in the Gimcrack Stakes.  Read more »

Waterhouse confident with Turnbull pair

Tuesday 1 October 2013, 3:43pm

Gai Waterhouse thinks her Turnbull Stakes pair Fiorente and Glencadam Gold can run the quinella in the Group One race.  Read more »