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Condor Heroes flies high to make amends

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »