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Condor Heroes flies high to make amends
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 4:24pm
The Gerald Ryan-trained Condor Heroes has redeemed himself after his late scratching from the Pago Pago Stakes by notching his first win at Warwick Farm. Read more »
Provincial C'ship qualifier faces move
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 4:13pm
Weather threatens the next Provincial Championship qualifier at Kembla Grange with Goulburn on stand-by to host the meeting. Read more »
Rising Red could go straight to Derby
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 3:47pm
Connections of Rising Red will decide after the stayer works on Thursday whether he runs in the Tulloch Stakes or goes straight into the Australian Derby. Read more »
Sydney trip unlikely for Eminent
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 3:40pm
Eminent's planned trip to Sydney for feature two-year-old races looks likely to be shelved following his defeat in a midweek Brisbane race. Read more »
La Bella Diosa seeks atonement
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 3:03pm
New Zealand filly La Bella Diosa is on track to redeem herself for a poor run in her first Australian Group One race when she returns to Rosehill. Read more »
Dark Eyes earns crack at Mornington Cup
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 2:41pm
Four-year-old Dark Eyes will try to add the Mornington Cup to his recent Canberra Cup success when he has his first Victorian start in the $300,000 race. Read more »
Star Turn favourite in G1 William Reid
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 2:34pm
Star Turn is the early favourite to land his first win at the top level in the William Reid Stakes against a field which includes five Group One winners. Read more »
Prime Dispatch 22/03/2017
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 2:30pm
Read the 150th edition of the Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill Read more »
Weight peril for Morrisey-trained filly
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 2:10pm
A big weight and not a wet track is the worry for Perilous Love at Doomben as she prepares for a tilt at the Australian Oaks. Read more »
Nikolic loses bid to restart riding career
Melbourne
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 11:39am
A "bitterly disappointed" Danny Nikolic is considering appealing a Victorian tribunal's rejection of his bid to regain his jockey licence. Read more »
Rockhampton trainer on cobalt charges
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 10:57am
Rockhampton trainer Ricky Vale faces four prohibited substance charges including three for illegal cobalt levels. Read more »
Thirteen runners declared for William Reid
Melbourne
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 10:38am
The final Group One race of the season in Melbourne, the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley, has attracted a field of 13 sprinters. Read more »
Field of nine for the BMW at Rosehill
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 10:05am
There will be a field of nine in the Group One BMW at Rosehill with 13 fillies to contest the other Group One race at the meeting, the Vinery Stud Stakes. Read more »
Matthew Poon ready for Hong Kong
Sydney
Wednesday 22 March 2017, 7:22am
Champion Adelaide apprentice Matthew Poon will have nine rides at Sha Tin at his first meeting on his return home to Hong Kong. Read more »
Annus Mirabilis has more Cups on agenda
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 6:11pm
Adelaide Cup winner Annus Mirabilis' Sydney Cup preparations are likely to include a crack at the $300,000 Mornington Cup. Read more »
Nurse Kitchen heading to Sydney for Vinery
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 5:48pm
Group Two-winning filly Nurse Kitchen will step to 2000m for the first time when she makes her Sydney debut in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes. Read more »
A third Qld integrity official stood aside
Brisbane
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 5:37pm
A third senior racing integrity official has been stood aside in Queensland pending an investigation into a complaint made by a member of the public. Read more »
Lasqueti Spirit the one to catch in BMW
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 5:19pm
Lasqueti Spirit may not win the BMW at Rosehill but her trainer says she will be in front for much of the 2400 metres. Read more »
Echo Effect back in the running
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 3:40pm
Echo Effect has options for his comeback from injury after the Kristen Buchanan-trained gelding missed the Randwick Guineas and Phar Lap Stakes. Read more »
Weir can build on season tally at Sandown
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 2:42pm
Darren Weir is on track to set a new record for metropolitan winners in Victoria for a season and can edge closer with chances in several races at Sandown. Read more »
Silent Sedition to run in G1 William Reid
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 2:31pm
Silent Sedition will line up in the Group One William Reid Stakes over 1200m in preference to the Sunline Stakes over 1600m on the same Moonee Valley program. Read more »
Condor Heroes to re-start autumn campaign
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 2:19pm
After missing the chance to qualify for the Golden Slipper, Condor Heroes will be out to break his maiden at Warwick Farm. Read more »
No Sydney Cup for Antonio Giuseppe
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 2:06pm
The Chris Waller-trained Antonio Giuseppe will head to the Doncaster Mile rather than the marathon Sydney Cup. Read more »
International Group One Stars Shuttle to Darley Australia
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 9:32am
Darley have announced two new shuttlers for Australia this year in stunning grey Tapit son Frosted and Invincible Spirit's brilliant son Territories. Read more »
Confusion over Country C'ship horse
Sydney
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 9:21am
Racing NSW stewards will investigate why they were wrongly advised Not For Export would not take his place in the Country Championship final. Read more »
Options remain open for Montoya's Secret
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 6:29pm
Troy Corstens will wait until later in the week before deciding whether Montoya's Secret heads to Sydney for the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes. Read more »
William Reid Stakes has 25 nominations
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 5:46pm
Hugh Bowman has picked up the ride on Illustrious Lad in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley which has attracted 25 nominations. Read more »
Angland, Lloyd appeal Slipper suspensions
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 5:19pm
Jockeys Tye Angland and Jeff Lloyd have appealed careless riding suspensions for incidents during the Golden Slipper. Read more »
Charge Forward to stand at Murrulla Stud
Monday 20 March 2017, 4:25pm
Top stallion and the newest Group I winning broodmare sire, Charge Forward, will return to the hands of his breeders after his sale to the Esplin family who will stand the stallion in conjunction with Murrulla Stud. Read more »
Big Memory back for another Mornington Cup
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 3:48pm
After finishing second in the past two Mornington Cups, seven-year-old Big Memory will be back for another crack at the 2400m race. Read more »
Conditions suit Tavago in BMW
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 12:17pm
Co-trainer Trent Busuttin expects Australian Derby winner Tavago to get conditions to suit in the Group One BMW at Rosehill. Read more »
Aussie Bred Wins Hong Kong Derby
Monday 20 March 2017, 10:02am
Australian bred four year-old Street Boss (USA) gelding Rapper Dragon continued his domination of the four year-old division in Hong Kong at Sha Tin on Sunday with a memorable victory in the Group I Hong Kong Derby. Read more »
Rapper Dragon stars in Hong Kong Derby
Sydney
Monday 20 March 2017, 9:51am
Former Sydney horse Rapper Dragon has given jockey Joao Moreira his first Hong Kong Derby and trainer John Moore his sixth. Read more »
Group 1 Quinella for Snitzel
Monday 20 March 2017, 9:15am
Two days after Summer Passage became Snitzel's 7th Group 1 winner, stablemates Russian Revolution & Redzel gave him his first Group 1 quinella in the $700,000 ATC The Galaxy 1100m G1. Read more »
Lautaro, Forever Newyork in C'ship final
Sydney
Sunday 19 March 2017, 6:40pm
Lautaro and Forever Newyork have both qualified for the $400,000 Country Championship final after a tight finish to the regional heat at Albury. Read more »
Portelli and Melham back with Rebel Dane
Sydney
Sunday 19 March 2017, 5:50pm
Fresh from their Golden Slipper triumph with She Will Reign, trainer Gary Portelli and jockey Ben Melham will combine in another Group One race with Rebel Dane. Read more »
Moreira to ride at winter carnival
Brisbane
Sunday 19 March 2017, 4:36pm
The Brisbane Race Club is hoping Hong Kong superstar jockey Joao Moreira will ride at as many of its five feature winter carnival days as possible. Read more »
Appleby team after more Australian success
Melbourne
Sunday 19 March 2017, 3:47pm
International visitor Gold Trail will be chasing a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption when he runs in the Mornington Cup. Read more »
BRC wants to suspend Eagle Farm midweeks
Brisbane
Sunday 19 March 2017, 10:23am
Midweek racing at Eagle Farm could be suspended with the amount of racing on the track under review. Read more »
Several jockeys outed at Rosehill
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 7:38pm
Several jockeys have found themselves on the wrong side of stewards after the Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill. Read more »
Wide gate no barrier for She Will Reign
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 7:35pm
Andrew Pieper was happier than most of She Will Reign's owners after the Golden Slipper because he thought he had blown the barrier draw. Read more »
Pomelo wins her way to Provincial final
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 6:44pm
The Gwenda Markwell-trained Pomelo has been elevated to favouritism for the Provincial Championship final with her strong heat win at Rosehill. Read more »
Consommateur lands stakes win in Epona
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 6:25pm
Four-year-old mare Consommateur has given trainer Mick Kent his second Epona Stakes win in three years at Rosehill. Read more »
Russian Revolution's star rises in Galaxy
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 6:11pm
Russian Revolution overcomes a tetchy build-up to resume racing with his first Group One victory in The Galaxy at Rosehill on Golden Slipper Day. Read more »
Nolan's change of mind pays off at Coast
Brisbane
Saturday 18 March 2017, 5:35pm
Michael Nolan admitted he was close to scratching Upstart Pride before the gelding went on to win the Listed Goldmarket at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Read more »
Weir cracks 100 winners with Palentino
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 5:09pm
Darren Weir prepared 104 Melbourne winners last season but looks set to shatter the local record of 115 wins set by Lee Freedman in the 2005/06 season. Read more »
Transporter in upset Gold Coast Stakes win
Brisbane
Saturday 18 March 2017, 4:59pm
Giant galloper Transporter has appreciated the return to his favourite distance of 1800m with another upset win in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes. Read more »
She Will Reign wins $3.5m Golden Slipper
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 4:24pm
The cheapest horse in the field, She Will Reign, has taken the lion's share of the $3.5 million prize money for the Golden Slipper. Read more »
The $3.5m Golden Slipper's Cinderella
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 4:06pm
On a day when Winx was again the crowd favourite, a bargain-buy filly has taken out the world's richest juvenile race. Read more »
Gingernuts takes out Rosehill Guineas
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 3:52pm
Three-year-old Gingernuts has added the Rosehill Guineas in Sydney to his recent New Zealand Derby win at Group One level. Read more »
Wonder mare Winx makes it 16 in a row
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 2:59pm
Champion mare Winx has made it 16 wins in a row and racked up her 11th Group One win in heavy conditions at Rosehill in the George Ryder Stakes. Read more »
Adam Sewell completes best week in saddle
Brisbane
Saturday 18 March 2017, 2:45pm
Apprentice Adam Sewell completed his best week in the saddle when stayer Magnatude gave him his fifth winner in the past six days. Read more »
Our Ivanhowe finally finds track to suit
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 2:23pm
The drought has finally broken for Our Ivanhowe as he dominates on the heavy track he's craved in the Ranvet Stakes on Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill Read more »
Derryn wins Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 2:12pm
In-form rider Regan Bayliss has added a Sydney stakes win to his recent feature wins with victory aboard Derryn in the Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill. Read more »
Black type breakthrough for Raiment
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 1:55pm
Raiment claims her maiden black type win - and fourth victory in nine starts - by comfortably scoring the TAB Birthday Card Stakes on Golden Slipper Day. Read more »
Gollan's plan off to flying start at Coast
Brisbane
Saturday 18 March 2017, 1:29pm
Trainer Tony Gollan's plan to start his better two year olds late in the season paid off when Miss Exfactor won at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Read more »
Big Duke gives Weir first Sydney winner
Melbourne
Saturday 18 March 2017, 1:18pm
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir has broken his duck in Sydney with Big Duke winning the Manion Cup on protest over Our Century at Rosehill. Read more »
Chauffeur gains Golden Slipper start
Sydney
Saturday 18 March 2017, 8:09am
Chauffeur has gained a start in the Golden Slipper as the first emergency following the withdrawal of Invader because of a stone bruise. Read more »
Sizing John wins Gold Cup
Cheltenham
Saturday 18 March 2017, 7:55am
Sizing John has enjoyed his moment in the spotlight, giving trainer Jessica Harrington her first victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup with her first runner. Read more »
Extreme Choice, Flying Artie off to stud
Sydney
Friday 17 March 2017, 7:11pm
Group One-winning colts Extreme Choice and Flying Artie have been retired and will join the stallion roster at Newgate Farm. Read more »
I knew I was innocent over cobalt: O'Brien
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 6:58pm
Racing Victoria says it will consult lawyers to plan its next move after losing an appeal in the cobalt case against two horse trainers. Read more »
Happy Clapper confirms Doncaster mission
Newcastle
Friday 17 March 2017, 6:54pm
Happy Clapper will head to The Championships at Randwick after scoring an overdue win in the Newmarket Handicap at Newcastle. Read more »
Diamond Tathagata to sparkle in Slipper
Sydney
Friday 17 March 2017, 5:58pm
Diamond Tathagata can cement Mark Newnham's rise up the training ranks with a prominent showing in the Golden Slipper. Read more »
Tyzone to head back north
Brisbane
Friday 17 March 2017, 4:58pm
Smart three year old Tyzone is likely to return to north Queensland after Saturday's Gold Coast meeting to target the Cleveland Bay Hcp. Read more »
Hartnell out to bounce back in Ranvet
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 4:27pm
Hartnell is odds-on to add the Group One Ranvet Stakes to his previous Rosehill wins in the Sky High Stakes and The BMW two years ago. Read more »
Schofield not conceding G1 to Winx
Newcastle
Friday 17 March 2017, 4:21pm
Winx is at skinny odds to continue her winning streak at Rosehill but Le Romain's jockey Glyn Schofield says the mare isn't over the line. Read more »
Moroney stablemates tackle Grand Handicap
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 4:02pm
Mike Moroney expects stablemates War Legend and Strike Force to both prove hard to beat in The Curragh Grand Handicap over 1600m at Flemington. Read more »
Golden Slipper meeting to go ahead
Sydney
Friday 17 March 2017, 3:44pm
Racing officials are confident the Golden Slipper meeting will go ahead and are hoping the predicted rain is mostly coastal. Read more »
New track earns high praise from jockeys
Newcastle
Friday 17 March 2017, 3:20pm
The $11 million redevelopment of the Newcastle track has passed its first serious test, coping with heavy rain to host one of its biggest race days of the year. Read more »
Vindicated trainer blasts Racing Victoria
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 2:04pm
Victorian trainers Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien have won an appeal against their disqualifications for positive cobalt results. Read more »
Impavido seeks clear path to Derby
Sydney
Friday 17 March 2017, 11:17am
Bjorn Baker expects Impavido to bounce back from a tough run in the Randwick Guineas in the Rosehill equivalent. Read more »
Veteran Jopa after first stakes win
Brisbane
Friday 17 March 2017, 10:58am
Veteran Jopa will return to the scene of his first race start after nearly seven years to chase his first stakes win. Read more »
Invader to be vetted again before Slipper
Sydney
Friday 17 March 2017, 10:40am
Golden Slipper contender Invader will need to pass a second veterinary examination on race morning to take his place after failing his first test. Read more »
Vic trainers win appeal against cobalt ban
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 10:14am
Two prominent Victorian trainers have won their appeal against disqualifications for positive cobalt tests. Read more »
Black Heart Bart out of Blamey Stakes
Melbourne
Friday 17 March 2017, 9:35am
Pre-race favourite Black Heart Bart has been scratched from the Blamey Stakes after a stable mishap, leaving a field of six for the Group Two race. Read more »
Mullins back with Cheltenham four-timer
Cheltenham
Friday 17 March 2017, 6:58am
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins has trained four winners at Cheltenham after a winless first two days of the famous jumps meeting. Read more »
James McDonald disqualification stands
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 6:55pm
James McDonald's betting-related disqualification stands although a Racing NSW Appeal Panel member has described the penalty as too severe. Read more »
The United States going for second Ranvet
Melbourne
Thursday 16 March 2017, 6:17pm
Jockey Ben Melham is expecting a good showing from seven-year-old The United States in the horse's defence of the Group One Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill. Read more »
Blake Shinn rides G1 winner in NZ
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 5:52pm
Summer Passage has given Sydney jockey Blake Shinn his first Group One winner in New Zealand in the Sistema Stakes at Ellerslie. Read more »
Zabeel racks up 46th individual G1 winner
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 4:56pm
Zabeel has gone past his own sire Sir Tristram with his 46th individual Group One winner Lizzie L'Amour in the Bonecrusher NZ Stakes at Ellerslie. Read more »
Tosen Stardom to run in Blamey Stakes
Melbourne
Thursday 16 March 2017, 4:51pm
Futurity Stakes runner-up Tosen Stardom will line up in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington rather than the George Ryder Stakes in Sydney. Read more »
Dwayne Dunn to ride Teaspoon in Slipper
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 3:53pm
Dwayne Dunn will replace an ailing Zac Purton aboard the Michael Freedman-trained Teaspoon in the Golden Slipper. Read more »
Winx ready to keep winning roll on
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 3:40pm
Stunning mare Winx is primed to divert focus from the Golden Slipper as she seeks her 16th straight win by defending the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. Read more »
Kendrick tackles Gold Coast double
Brisbane
Thursday 16 March 2017, 3:20pm
Trainer Stuart Kendrick has spent hours studying the opposition and likely race patterns in preparation for the feature double at the Gold Coast. Read more »
Mertens making his mark in Melbourne
Melbourne
Thursday 16 March 2017, 2:30pm
In-form rider Beau Mertens is leading the Melbourne apprentices' premiership and is focused on making the most of his opportunities. Read more »
Trapeze Artist a high point for owner
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 2:11pm
Decade-long horse owner Bert Vieira's wait for a Golden Slipper runner has ended with Trapeze Artist set for the world's richest race for two-year-olds. Read more »
Comin' Through out to emulate Criterion
Melbourne
Thursday 16 March 2017, 1:42pm
Craig Williams enjoyed big-race success on Criterion and hopes to do likewise on the now-retired star's half-brother Comin' Through in the Rosehill Guineas. Read more »
Mick Mair takes aim at Gold Coast Stakes
Brisbane
Thursday 16 March 2017, 1:19pm
Trainer Mick Mair will be aiming to continue his good recent run at the Gold Coast with Fast Arrow in the Gold Coast Stakes. Read more »
Zac Purton ruled out of Slipper
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 11:44am
An ear infection has forced Hong Kong-based Australian jockey Zac Purton to forfeit the ride on Teaspoon in the Golden Slipper. Read more »
Single Bullet passes vet's inspection
Sydney
Thursday 16 March 2017, 10:14am
Golden Slipper contender Silver Bullet has been passed fit after a veterinary examination of superficial abrasions to his legs. Read more »
Allanah Fancourt earns ride on favourite
Brisbane
Thursday 16 March 2017, 10:02am
Trainer Kelly Doughty has decided to keep Flamboyer at the Gold Coast rather than go to Newcastle with apprentice Allanah Fancourt to ride in the Goldmarket. Read more »
Prime Dispatch 16/03/2017
Thursday 16 March 2017, 9:33am
This week's edition of the Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill Read more »
Special Tiara claims Champion Chase
Cheltenham
Thursday 16 March 2017, 7:25am
Douvan's aura of invincibility is no more after he was emphatically defeated by Special Tiara in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Read more »
Rock Giselle on Australasian Oaks path
Melbourne
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 5:42pm
The Australasian Oaks in Adelaide later this season looms as a likely target for well-bred filly Rock Giselle who has broken her maiden at Sandown. Read more »
Rosehill weather to Gingernuts' taste
Sydney
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 5:35pm
New Zealand Derby winner Gingernuts starts his tilt at the Australian equivalent at Randwick when he runs in the Rosehill Guineas. Read more »
Single Bullet grazed in stable mishap
Sydney
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 5:02pm
Single Bullet will undergo a veterinary examination to determine his fitness for the Golden Slipper after becoming cast in his box. Read more »
Williams after second Golden Slipper win
Melbourne
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 4:53pm
Blue Diamond winner Catchy will carry Craig Williams' hopes of a second Golden Slipper win when the filly puts her unbeaten record on the line at Rosehill. Read more »
Jeff Lloyd lands 100th winner
Brisbane
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 4:41pm
Jeff Lloyd has become only the second jockey to ride 100 metropolitan winners in a Brisbane season. Read more »
Lindsay Park not conceding Blamey Stakes
Melbourne
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 4:11pm
Lindsay Park's He Or She and Harlem will tackle the might of Darren Weir in the Group Two Blamey Stakes at Flemington. Read more »
Privilege for Bowman to be Winx's jockey
Melbourne
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 4:01pm
Jockey Hugh Bowman expects the George Ryder Stakes to be one of the most competitive races champion mare Winx has contested. Read more »