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King Mufhasa to wind back the clock

Saturday 4 May 2013, 12:46pm

New Zealand champion King Mufhasa can wind back the clock in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin after recapturing form in Sydney.  Read more »

Rosie Napravnik in search of history

Saturday 4 May 2013, 9:34am

History making jockey Rosie Napravnik is relaxed ahead of the Kentucky Derby as she strives to become the first woman to win the race.  Read more »

Black Onyx scratched from Kentucky Derby

Saturday 4 May 2013, 4:51am

The Kentucky Derby will have only 19 runners, with the No.1 starting position left empty, after the late scratching of long shot Black Onyx.  Read more »

Johns meets with Racing NSW investigator

Friday 3 May 2013, 6:23pm

Rugby league great Andrew Johns has met with a senior racing official as part of an investigation into a Sydney horse race.  Read more »

Tim Clark wins Wagga Wagga Gold Cup

Friday 3 May 2013, 6:05pm

Tim Clark has claimed a feature win less than a week since his return from Hong Kong, steering Scream Machine to victory in the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup.  Read more »

VERRAZANO VERY SHORT

Friday 3 May 2013, 5:50pm

VINERY already have a Kentucky Derby winner on the roster in Big Brown, but look set to have a Kentucky Derby sire with More Than Ready set to add the Classic to his trophy cabinet. More Than Ready son Verrazano is tipped to become the first horse since Vinery resident Big Brown to go into, and come out of a Kentucky Derby intact.  Read more »

Tumult a firming favourite for debut win

Friday 3 May 2013, 5:27pm

The Peter Snowden-trained two-year-old Tumult is a firming favourite to make a winning debut at Flemington.  Read more »

Platinum Kingdom on trial for Queensland

Friday 3 May 2013, 4:30pm

Platinum Kingdom will be racing to keep his campaign going when he contests the $150,000 Hawkesbury Guineas.  Read more »

Troy Portelli fined for improper conduct

Friday 3 May 2013, 4:20pm

Trainer Troy Portelli has been hit with a $1000 fine after being found guilty of improper conduct towards a jockey after a race at Mornington in February.  Read more »

Guineas return for Dances On Stars

Friday 3 May 2013, 4:19pm

Dances On Stars returns to racing as a gelding against his long-time nemesis Sizzling in the Gold Coast Guineas.  Read more »

Prince Of Penzance suited by rise in trip

Friday 3 May 2013, 4:10pm

The step up to 2000m is expected to suit up and coming three-year-old Prince Of Penzance at Flemington after a narrow defeat at Caulfield last start.  Read more »

Browne wants room to move on Solzhenitsyn

Friday 3 May 2013, 3:56pm

Damian Browne says his job will be to ensure Solzhenitsyn has plenty of galloping room in the Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Hvasstan gets another shot at a Derby win

Friday 3 May 2013, 3:25pm

Hvasstan will front up in Adelaide in his third Derby of the season with trainer Peter Gelagotis hoping the colt bounces back from poor showings in Sydney.  Read more »

Doncaster toll an unknown for Monton

Friday 3 May 2013, 3:20pm

Monton endured one of the hardest possible runs in the Doncaster Mile but Ron Quinton is hoping the talented galloper can bounce back at Hawkesbury.  Read more »

McEvoy right to go for Hawkesbury meeting

Friday 3 May 2013, 3:13pm

Darley's No.1 jockey Kerrin McEvoy is on the mend after a foot injury and says he will fulfil his Hawkesbury commitments.  Read more »

Orb leads triple crown hopefuls in Derby

Friday 3 May 2013, 11:54am

Triple crown aspirations go on the line as a field of 20, headed by the favourite Orb, lines up in the 139th Kentucky Derby.  Read more »

O'Brien expecting Colombo to make progress

Friday 3 May 2013, 11:15am

Cristoforo Colombo, one of the three 2000 Guinea runners for trainer Aidan O'Brien, is regarded as the stable's main pick to beat Dawn Approach.  Read more »

Platelet sold by Bloodstock.com.au wins the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes

Friday 3 May 2013, 10:48am

There is no doubt Darren Dance has an eye for a good horse! Darren manages Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock Pty Ltd, which specialises in thoroughbred racehorse syndication. One of AT Bloodstock’s most recent successes was when four year old mare, Platelet, posted a break through Group One win in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.  Read more »

Stackhouse to make most of Flemington book

Thursday 2 May 2013, 5:34pm

Jockey Daniel Stackhouse is keen to make the most of his opportunities with leading chances for Peter Moody in the absence of Luke Nolen at Flemington.  Read more »

Brunton team returns triumphant in Cup

Thursday 2 May 2013, 5:12pm

Tasmanian trainers David and Scott Brunton produced a spring prospect when Banco Mo ran away with the Warrnambool Cup.  Read more »