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Sunlight on target for Group One Sangster

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »