News

Rider appeals ambulance drive suspension

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 11:47am

A jockey who drove an ambulance back the weighing room at an Irish race meeting after his mount failed to finish has appealed against a 14-day ban.  Read more »

Injured jockey undergoes brain surgery

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 11:31am

Apprentice rider Brian Toomey remains in an induced coma following surgery to reduce swelling and pressure on his brain.  Read more »

100 Winners for Magic Albert

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 11:27am

Magic Albert cracked his century of winners for the season over the weekend, achieving the milestone with a horse most assumed we had seen the last of on the track.  Read more »

King's Stand placegetter to miss July Cup

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 11:08am

Pearl Secret, the third horse home in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, will be saved for the King George Stakes.  Read more »

Barzalona to ride Aussie hope Shamexpress

Tuesday 9 July 2013, 6:36am

There has been something of a jockey merry-go-round for Shamexpress, but Mickael Barzalona will now ride the colt in Saturday's Darley July Cup.  Read more »

McFarlane horses transferred to Robb

Monday 8 July 2013, 6:14pm

Four horses have been transferred from Greg McFarlane to Don Robb and cleared to run at Wellington while McFarlane is the subject of an inquiry.  Read more »

Jumps Jockey Tom Ryan outed

Monday 8 July 2013, 5:54pm

Jumps jockey Tom Ryan will appeal a suspension for not retiring a horse from a race at Casterton.  Read more »

Mrs Onassis to return to Caulfield

Monday 8 July 2013, 5:45pm

Mrs Onassis will be given a solid work-out to determine her fitness ahead of a return to Caulfield, the scene of her Oakleigh Plate win.  Read more »

Clevadude to resume at Caulfield

Monday 8 July 2013, 5:03pm

Clevadude, one of the most promising youngsters to appear last summer, will begin his second campaign at Caulfield.  Read more »

David Pfieffer Racing Open Day

Monday 8 July 2013, 5:00pm

David Pfieffer Racing Stables is having an Open Day from 11am-1pm on Sunday July 14 at his Warwick Farm stables.  Read more »

Boss back in the saddle after surgery

Monday 8 July 2013, 4:47pm

Leading Melbourne jockey Glenn Boss returns to racing on Saturday after undergoing surgery to his knee last month and completing a suspension.  Read more »

Snitzel's Jewel to make her mark

Monday 8 July 2013, 4:45pm

Trainer Gerald Ryan has a soft spot for Snitzel's Jewel who will step up to city grade at Warwick Farm ahead of a tilt at spring stakes races.  Read more »

Whyte ready for 14th Hong Kong title

Monday 8 July 2013, 4:38pm

Douglas Whyte has sealed his 13th straight Hong Kong jockeys' title, but the trainers' race goes down to the wire with one meeting remaining.  Read more »

Adebisi first-up into Ramornie

Monday 8 July 2013, 4:33pm

Brisbane sprinter Adebisi will use the Ramornie Handicap as a springboard to what trainer Desleigh Forster hopes will be a successful southern campaign.  Read more »

Kazeem to skip King George

Monday 8 July 2013, 11:43am

Middle distance star Al Kazeem will miss the King George Stakes and embark on a program aimed at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.  Read more »

Gravitas shines over jumps

Sunday 7 July 2013, 6:01pm

Gravitas has earned himself a tilt at the Crisp Steeplechase with a return to winning jumps form at Casterton.  Read more »

Vic jumps racing death sparks protest

Sunday 7 July 2013, 5:55pm

A horse's death at a jumps racing event in western Victoria has prompted animal rights activists to call for the sport to be banned.  Read more »

McFarlane horses barred from racing

Sunday 7 July 2013, 5:32pm

Trainer Greg McFarlane will not be allowed to race any horses until the results of tests for TC02 are known.  Read more »

Chris Waller looks ahead to the new season

Sunday 7 July 2013, 3:58pm

Chris Waller says he will make a few minor changes next season but won't alter the system that has brought a Sydney training record.  Read more »

Switch in plans for River Lad

Sunday 7 July 2013, 2:04pm

River Lad will attempt to turn the tables on arch-rival Howmuchdoyouloveme in the Ramornie Handicap at Grafton.  Read more »