News
Sunlight on target for Group One Sangster
Sydney
Monday 27 April 2020, 5:06pm
Trainer Tony McEvoy says Sunlight has taken natural improvement since her first-up second in preparation for the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes. Read more »
RQ confident racing will go on at Ipswich
Brisbane
Monday 27 April 2020, 5:05pm
Racing Queensland is confident there will be no further problems with the Ipswich course proper after jockeys complained about a section of the track. Read more »
Thornton chasing G1 glory in Adelaide
Sydney
Monday 27 April 2020, 2:50pm
Damien Thornton will be chasing his first Group One wins when he rides Toffee Tongue in the Australasian Oaks and Lyre in the Robert Sangster Stakes. Read more »
Pride eyeing off Everest slot for Fasika
Sydney
Monday 27 April 2020, 2:41pm
Trainer Joe Pride believes Fasika's All Aged Stakes performance has shown she has what it takes to mix it with Australia's best in the Everest. Read more »
NZ racing to begin training with Alert 3
Sydney
Monday 27 April 2020, 1:22pm
New Zealand trainer Stephen Marsh is among those who say they may have to open stables in Australia if local prize money is not enough to sustain the industry. Read more »
Tambo's Mate earns winter stakes campaign
Brisbane
Monday 27 April 2020, 11:56am
Tambo's Mate has been given the green light to tackle the winter stakes races after his strong effort to finish second at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Southern Legend wins Champions Mile
Sydney
Monday 27 April 2020, 8:12am
Former Sydney horse Southern Legend has denied Beauty Generation a third win in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin. Read more »
Away Game on target for Group 1 WFA test
Sydney
Sunday 26 April 2020, 5:49pm
Star two-year-old Away Game is on target to take on the older fillies and mares in the Group One weight-for-age Robert Sangster Stakes. Read more »
Ligulate wins Cup for injured Morgan
Sydney
Sunday 26 April 2020, 5:27pm
Ligulate has won the $160,000 Tamworth Cup for injured local trainer Cody Morgan. Read more »
British riders considering return proposal
London
Sunday 26 April 2020, 4:28pm
Plans for the resumption of British racing have met with a mostly positive response from the Professional Jockeys Association. Read more »
SA Derby on radar for VRC St Leger winner
Sydney
Sunday 26 April 2020, 4:11pm
Co-trainer Adrian Bott says the Group One South Australian Derby is the most likely target for VRC St Leger winner Sacramento. Read more »
O'Brien to give Cup winner a winter break
Melbourne
Sunday 26 April 2020, 3:37pm
After two below-par performances in his recent assignments, Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare is heading for a break before preparing for his title defence. Read more »
Pride calls for Sydney winter revamp
Sydney
Sunday 26 April 2020, 2:41pm
A reduced winter carnival in Brisbane combined with the complexities of interstate travel has prompted calls for some tweaks to the Sydney race program. Read more »
Betcha Flying to chase Oaks in Adelaide
Melbourne
Sunday 26 April 2020, 2:01pm
Betcha Flying will try to emulate Egg Tart after winning at Flemington on Anzac Day and then backing up in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Read more »
Push to upgrade Queensland carnival
Brisbane
Sunday 26 April 2020, 1:35pm
There is a renewed push to include more Group One races in the Queensland winter but officials say they have done their best under coronavirus restrictions. Read more »
Jockey Alysha Collett heads to Sydney
Sydney
Sunday 26 April 2020, 9:37am
Alysha Collett has joined the exodus of ex-pat jockeys to leave Singpaore while racing has been shut down amid the coronavirus crisis. Read more »
BRC proposes six ballot-free races for G1
Brisbane
Sunday 26 April 2020, 9:07am
The Brisbane Racing Club has proposed at least six ballot-free races for its two winter Group One features. Read more »
Jockey Jye McNeil suspended at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 25 April 2020, 6:17pm
Jockey Jye McNeil has been suspended for careless riding at Flemington while the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has received another fine. Read more »
Talented Dalasan wins G3 Chairman's Stakes
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 6:13pm
Dalasan has cemented his claims for the South Australian Derby with his victory in a traditional lead-up, the Chairman's Stakes. Read more »
Oakfield Missile races to Rosehill success
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 5:55pm
After a last-start fourth in the Provincial Championships Final, five-year-old mare Oakfield Missile has notched her first city win at Rosehill. Read more »
Amangiri's victory a Hawkes family affair
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 5:39pm
Coronavirus protocols have prevented the Hawkes family from celebrating Amangiri's Hawkesbury Cup win together but it has not made the victory any less special. Read more »
Sacramento lands another St Leger for Gai
Melbourne
Saturday 25 April 2020, 5:18pm
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have landed a third straight VRC St Leger with Sacramento surviving a protest to win the Listed race at Flemington. Read more »
Vega One return overshadows Just Orm's win
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 5:06pm
Just Orm has won at the Sunshine Coast but the effort of stablemate Vega One to run fourth was the big talking point. Read more »
Dawn Passage gets Group Three win on board
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 5:02pm
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott training partnership has continued its feature race success with Dawn Passage in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Read more »
Tactical Advantage storms to Rosehill win
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 4:47pm
With Josh Parr aboard, Tactical Advantage has stormed home to defeat Villami in the Listed Hawkesbury Gold Rush at Rosehill. Read more »
Settled Haky lands strong Flemington win
Melbourne
Saturday 25 April 2020, 4:21pm
Haky has broken through for his first Australian win while Melbourne Cup hero Vow And Declare has finished out of the placings at Flemington. Read more »
Silvera stakes claim for Stradbroke start
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 4:01pm
Consistent grey galloper Silvera has put his name forward for a possible tilt at the Stradbroke Handicap with his Sunshine Coast win. Read more »
Stable stars in double for Chris Anderson
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 3:59pm
Three-year-olds Profit and Ballistic Boy have given trainer Chris Anderson a double in successive races at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Bittersweet result for G3 Crown favourite
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 3:34pm
Top sprinter In Her Time has had her farewell party spoiled, edged out in her final race by the fast-finishing Sweet Scandal. Read more »
Dry track key to Grand Piano at Rosehill
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 2:55pm
Progressive gelding Grand Piano has bounced back from his last-start unplaced effort on a wet track to win at Rosehill. Read more »
Welsh Legend scores overdue Rosehill win
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 2:30pm
Four-year-old Welsh Legend has raced to her first win since late 2018, holding on to defeat Laure Me In over 2000m at Rosehill. Read more »
Waller puts Atkins on radar for Saffiano
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 2:08pm
Trainer Chris Waller has named a Group One target in Brisbane for Saffiano following the colt's impressive Rosehill victory. Read more »
O'Brien has spring hopes for Flying Award
Melbourne
Saturday 25 April 2020, 2:06pm
An impressive last-to-first victory by Flying Award at Flemington has trainer Danny O'Brien thinking of the Caulfield Guineas for the rising three-year-old. Read more »
Unbeaten Isotope set for winter carnival
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 1:48pm
Boom filly Isotope was ridden off the pace for the first time but was still far too strong for her opposition at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Eelloh gives Forster her first $101 winner
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 1:01pm
Trainer Desleigh Forster has won her first race with a $101 chance when Eelloh scored at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Griffin makes most of Sunshine Coast ride
Brisbane
Saturday 25 April 2020, 12:33pm
Jockey Dan Griffin usually rides at the Gold Coast but has made the most of a Sunshine Coast mount to win on Step Aside. Read more »
NBC to air virtual Kentucky Derby
New York City
Saturday 25 April 2020, 7:52am
The 13 US Triple Crown winners will battle out a virtual running of the Kentucky Derby which has been postponed because of COVID-19. Read more »
Harness great Gavin Lang dies aged 61
Sydney
Saturday 25 April 2020, 7:33am
Champion harness racing trainer/driver Gavin Lang has died aged 61 from a rare form of lymphoma. Read more »
Moroney expects improvement from Milwaukee
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 6:25pm
Trainer Mike Moroney expects major improvement from Milwaukee on his home track at Flemington in a 1000m straight-track sprint. Read more »
Russian Camelot scratched from Flemington
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 5:32pm
Russian Camelot has been scratched from a Flemington race because of an inflamed throat but Danny O'Brien still plans to run him in the South Australian Derby. Read more »
McGillivray, Fradd, Maloney to swap zones
Gold Coast
Friday 24 April 2020, 5:18pm
Matt McGillivray has ridden a double at the Gold Coast as he prepares to join Robbie Fradd and Ryan Maloney in swapping racing zones in Queensland. Read more »
Ryan out to Snatch another Guineas win
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 5:11pm
Improving three-year-old Bandersnatch will be out to claim the first of his two target races this campaign when he resumes in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Read more »
Guntantes back on the winter trail
Brisbane
Friday 24 April 2020, 4:54pm
Three-year-old Guntantes will be kept on a winter campaign path at the Sunshine Coast after trialling well. Read more »
Jameka's brother chasing first stakes win
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 4:35pm
After a win in Adelaide at his second start, Jameka's brother Grandslam will be trying for a first stakes victory in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington. Read more »
Archedemus Pride's newest revival mission
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 3:57pm
Trainer Joe Pride is embracing the challenge of putting the career of new acquisition Archedemus back on track, starting in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. Read more »
Racing getting back on its feet in NZ
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 3:33pm
New Zealand racing has been given the green light to get back up and running under strict protocols with COVID-19 Alert to go from 4 to 3. Read more »
Waterhouse, Bott with two Guineas chances
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 2:48pm
Co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will have two chances in the Group Three Hawkesbury Guineas with Dawn Passage and Rule The World. Read more »
Portelli hoping to strike Gold in Crown
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 2:09pm
Trainer Gary Portelli has seen a positive change in Nicci's Gold since her first-up run and hopes she can enhance an impressive second-up record at Rosehill. Read more »
Guy looking long way ahead with Sizzlepel
Gold Coast
Friday 24 April 2020, 1:17pm
Trainer Bryan Guy is looking to the future with promising filly Sizzlepel after her second win in less than a week. Read more »
No Guineas for Indy Car after HK sale
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 1:17pm
Progressive three-year-old Indy Car has been scratched from the Hawkesbury Guineas and will do his future racing overseas. Read more »
G1 Stradbroke remains on radar for Graff
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 12:47pm
Trainer Kris Lees expects Sydney's race fields to remain strong given the reduced winter carnival options in Queensland and interstate travel restrictions.. Read more »
Royal Crown chases VRC St Leger success
Melbourne
Friday 24 April 2020, 12:18pm
After winning a target race at Caulfield, the Robbie Griffiths-trained Royal Crown will attempt to add the VRC St Leger to his record at Flemington. Read more »
Zoe White has coronavirus ban halved
Brisbane
Friday 24 April 2020, 11:49am
Queensland apprentice Zoe White has had her disqualification for breaching coronavirus rules halved. Read more »
Ross can't split his Open Hcp chances
Brisbane
Friday 24 April 2020, 10:31am
Trainer Les Ross has again warned there is little between Mishani Hustler and River Racer at the Sunshine Coast despite a big gap in their prices. Read more »
Restricted field sizes for British racing
London
Friday 24 April 2020, 8:54am
A restriction on field sizes to 12 runners per race and the use of only senior jockeys feature in plans for the resumption of racing in Britain. Read more »
Michael Rodd to return to Australia
Sydney
Friday 24 April 2020, 7:11am
Jockey Michael Rodd is to leave Singapore while racing is shut down to rejoin his family in Australia and will base himself in Melbourne. Read more »
Sky Racing most watched Foxtel channel
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 5:39pm
As one of the few sports able to continue during the coronavirus pandemic, horse racing has been a weekend winner for pay tv provider Foxtel. Read more »
Step up to 1400m to suit Formentera: Bott
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 5:36pm
A trip to Queensland could be on the cards for two-year-old Formentera if he impresses in the Clarendon Stakes at Rosehill after a maiden win at Warwick Farm. Read more »
Firm track welcome news for speedy Villami
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 5:31pm
Trainer Gerald Ryan has been happy to see the sun this week and believes classy filly Villami can show her true colours back on a firm surface. Read more »
Trainer Evan Holland injured in mishap
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 5:12pm
Veteran trainer Evan Holland has broken his arm in an incident in the mounting yard at Newcastle. Read more »
Mask Of Time chasing overdue Rosehill win
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 4:45pm
After a last-start second in the Doncaster Prelude, Mask Of Time will be out to go one better at Rosehill in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. Read more »
Improving Jack Regan to tackle Cup winner
Melbourne
Thursday 23 April 2020, 4:09pm
Jack Regan is chasing a winning hat-trick when he runs at Flemington where he will meet Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare. Read more »
Crown a fitting farewell for In Her Time
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 4:06pm
Trainer Kris Lees has issued In Her Time a fresh challenge as the mare prepares for her racetrack swan song in the Hawkesbury Crown at Rosehill. Read more »
Time right for Eleven Eleven to step up
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 2:57pm
Pierata's retirement has Greg Hickman looking towards the next wave of horses to take his stable into the future and he hopes Eleven Eleven can be one of them. Read more »
Lindsay Park double up in Anzac Day Stakes
Melbourne
Thursday 23 April 2020, 2:48pm
Lindsay Park will have dual representation in the Anzac Day Stakes as it looks to break a long run of outs in the Listed race at Flemington. Read more »
Gotta Kiss and Isotope to clash at Coast
Brisbane
Thursday 23 April 2020, 1:36pm
Star two-year-old fillies Gotta Kiss and Isotope meet in a much-anticpated clash at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Kylie Vella charged over anti-inflammatory
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 1:30pm
Trainer Kylie Vella has been charged over Admiral's Joker returning a race day sample which contained a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. Read more »
Waterhouse, Bott after another St Leger
Sydney
Thursday 23 April 2020, 1:18pm
Progressive staying three-year-old Sacramento will be out to add to the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable's impressive recent record in the VRC St Leger. Read more »
Etana ready to open winter campaign
Brisbane
Thursday 23 April 2020, 12:14pm
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained mare Etana has arrived in Queensland to begin her winter campaign at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Miller hopes for rain for Zingalong
Brisbane
Thursday 23 April 2020, 11:43am
Trainer Trevor Miller is hoping there is some rain to help Zingalong cause an upset at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Guy to sizzle at the Gold Coast
Brisbane
Thursday 23 April 2020, 11:21am
The Bryan and Daniel Guy partnership has postponed a spell for promising filly Sizzlepel who will run at the Gold Coast. Read more »
France gearing up for return to racing
London
Thursday 23 April 2020, 7:12am
French racing could resume within weeks under strict conditions and with all participants from abroad - both equine and human - banned for the time being. Read more »
Luke Tarrant disqualified for six months
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 8:27pm
Queensland jockey Luke Tarrant has been disqualified for six months for head-butting fellow rider Larry Cassidy at the weighing scales at Doomben. Read more »
Sauvestre earns billing as carnival horse
Sydney
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 5:32pm
Trainer Chris Waller is eyeing the Group One J J Atkins in Brisbane for two-year-olds with Sauvestre, an impressive Canterbury winner on debut. Read more »
Flemington assignment for Vow And Declare
Melbourne
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 5:02pm
Trainer Danny O'Brien wants to keep Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare racing through early winter to give the stayer a light lead-up to his title defence. Read more »
Chat on target for G3 Hawkesbury Guineas
Sydney
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 4:36pm
Trainer John Thompson believes a dry track and good barrier draw will help Chat when he chases a first stakes victory in the Hawkesbury Guineas at Rosehill. Read more »
Super Seth off to Waikato Stud this season
Sydney
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 4:04pm
Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth is to join the Waikato Stud stallion roster rather than race on as a four-year-old. Read more »
A timely win for Stewart Barr at Doomben
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 3:40pm
Shadow Of Time indicated with his Doomben win he would be the ideal horse to boost trainer Stewart Barr's plans for a partnership with his daughter. Read more »
Options in two states for All Too Royal
Sydney
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 3:20pm
Last-start Oakleigh Plate fourth placegetter All Too Royal is an acceptor for both a Listed sprint at Rosehill and a 1000m handicap at Flemington. Read more »
Swan Hill carnival reduced to single day
Melbourne
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 3:18pm
The popular winter racing carnival at Swan Hill has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus epidemic. Read more »
Cumani chases staying win in VRC St Leger
Melbourne
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 2:13pm
Matt Cumani has two hopes of emulating his victory in The Showdown at Caulfield when Sign Seal Deliver and Tarn Prince contest the VRC St Leger at Flemington. Read more »
France Galop hopes to resume racing soon
London
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 12:00pm
France Galop has met with government authorities to try to plan for a return to racing behind closed doors. Read more »
Ringo to rock again at the Sunshine Coast
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 11:10am
Comeback galloper Ringo's A Rockstar will take on some class horses when he returns to the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Edmonds team chasing more Coast success
Brisbane
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 11:10am
The Toby and Trent Edmonds partnership has reached 100 winners for the season and is after more success at the Gold Coast. Read more »
Galway Festival behind closed doors
Dublin
Wednesday 22 April 2020, 8:52am
The Galway Festival will be held behind closed doors, if it goes ahead as planned. Read more »
NZ Racing releases proposal for return
Sydney
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 6:35pm
New Zealand authorities have released a comprehensive plan for a return to racing later in the year. Read more »
G1 winner D'Argento to be retired to stud
Sydney
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 6:05pm
Group One winner D'Argento will not race again with his future lying at stud. Read more »
Lindsay Park looks to St Leger with Bellx
Melbourne
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 5:15pm
With Bellx considered unlikely to gain a start in the Australasian Oaks in Adelaide, Lindsay Park is now switching its attention to the VRC St Leger. Read more »
Owners call time on mare's career
Sydney
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 4:54pm
Dual Group One winner In Her Time will have her final start at Rosehill before being auctioned at the Chairman's Sale. Read more »
Shadwell-owned fillies killed in accident
Melbourne
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 4:02pm
Three fillies owned by Shadwell Stud are among four horses killed in an accident near Euroa while a fifth has escaped relatively unscathed. Read more »
Insensata poised for latest stakes attempt
Sydney
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 3:09pm
The Hawkesbury Crown is the latest chance for the Jason Coyle-trained mare Insensata to gain valuable black-type. Read more »
Time on RV's side to decide spring future
Melbourne
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 1:04pm
Racing Victoria has begun looking at the broader spring carnival but says there is time before final decisions need to be made. Read more »
Outback Barbie stars at Doomben trials
Brisbane
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 12:07pm
Stradbroke Handicap-bound mare Outback Barbie has been the star of the Doomben trials featuring some winter hopefuls. Read more »
Cheltenham held within guidelines: Dowden
London
Tuesday 21 April 2020, 8:18am
Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has defended his decision to allow the Cheltenham Festival to go ahead. Read more »
Invincibella retires after banking $3m
Sydney
Monday 20 April 2020, 6:31pm
Group One-winning mare Invincibella has run her last race and will be auctioned as a broodmare at the Gold Coast sale. Read more »
Maher and Eustace face positive swab probe
Melbourne
Monday 20 April 2020, 5:26pm
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are the subject of a stewards investigation after Piccatric returned a positive swab after winning a race at Sale. Read more »
Lindelani to follow mum's lead in St Leger
Melbourne
Monday 20 April 2020, 5:17pm
A daughter of a VRC St Leger winner is set to line up in the 2800m-Listed race for three-year-olds at Flemington. Read more »
Manolo Blahniq set for Hawkesbury Cup tilt
Sydney
Monday 20 April 2020, 5:11pm
Mornington trainer Tony Noonan believes the Hawkesbury Gold Cup at Rosehill shapes as a suitable race for Manolo Blahniq who has previously won at the track. Read more »
Streets Of Avalon to chase spring riches
Melbourne
Monday 20 April 2020, 3:50pm
Having shelved plans to take Streets Of Avalon to Brisbane, trainer Shane Nichols has turned his attention to the spring and the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Read more »
Coyle with two Hawkesbury Guineas hopefuls
Sydney
Monday 20 April 2020, 3:48pm
Stakes-placed St Covet's Spirit is scheduled to race on a seven-day back-up in the Hawkesbury Guineas, with her stablemate Mo's Crown also among the entries. Read more »