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Chautauqua stunning in Valley return win
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 6:21pm
After giving his rivals a big start, Chautauqua has run some quick sectionals in recording an impressive first-up win at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Thompson wins for former mentor Cummings
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 5:57pm
Trainer John Thompson says he's thrilled to commemorate Bart Cummings' contribution to Australian racing with a Tramway Stakes win. Read more »
The Cleaner wins Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 5:47pm
The Cleaner has won the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes for a second time with the favourite Contributer finishing out of the placings. Read more »
Complacent anything but in WFA Chelmsford
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 5:37pm
Complacent has upset a strong field in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes to win at his second start back from a long injury break. Read more »
Flying Shiraz wins Group 3 Concorde Stakes
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 4:48pm
The Tony McEvoy-trained Shiraz has taken out the Concorde Stakes, claiming some high-profile scalps in the Randwick sprint. Read more »
Fell Swoop wins stakes race on Melb debut
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 4:44pm
Lightly raced Fell Swoop has recorded his seventh win from nine starts when successful on his Melbourne debut at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Pinch River saved for Magic Millions bid
Brisbane
Saturday 5 September 2015, 4:40pm
Trainer Robert Heathcote will adopt a stay-at-home approach with Pinch River despite the sprinter registering class-record figures at Doomben. Read more »
Saintly a special guest to honour trainer
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 4:24pm
Saintly has returned to his former home at Randwick to take part in commemorations for his late trainer Bart Cummings. Read more »
Stay With Me scores impressive Valley win
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 4:11pm
Stay With Me, a daughter of five-time Group One winner Miss Finland, has raced to her first stakes win with an impressive performance at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Speak Fondly could bloom in G1 Golden Rose
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 3:35pm
Trainer Gai Waterhouse has not ruled out a start in the Golden Rose for Speak Fondly who has claimed her second win of her three-year-old campaign. Read more »
Chance To Dance leads in Williams quinella
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 3:14pm
Chance To Dance has met with support in the betting before defeating his more-fancied stablemate The United States at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Metallic Crown wins Ming Dynasty
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 3:08pm
The Chris Waller-trained Metallic Crown has held off a late challenge to claim the Ming Dynasty Quality at Randwick. Read more »
James Orman brings up early Doomben double
Brisbane
Saturday 5 September 2015, 2:33pm
Apprentice James Orman has taken an early lead in the Brisbane jockeys' premiership with two winners at Doomben. Read more »
Cummings offsider in Moonee Valley win
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 2:21pm
The Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Boogielicious has won at Moonee Valley as she moves closer to an appointment at stud. Read more »
Astronomos takes a big step at Randwick
Sydney
Saturday 5 September 2015, 1:33pm
Trainer David Vandyke is excited about the prospects of emerging stayer Astronomos who has redeemed himself with a win at Randwick. Read more »
Laing eyeing Vic Derby with Kentucky Flyer
Melbourne
Saturday 5 September 2015, 1:26pm
Robbie Laing is chasing a second Victoria Derby success in three years after Kentucky Flyer's hard-fought win at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Grisedale makes winning return to Brisbane
Brisbane
Saturday 5 September 2015, 1:20pm
Skip Course has provided trainer Donna Grisedale with a further return on a cheap investment in winning at Doomben. Read more »
Trip to Australia looms for Energia Davos
London
Saturday 5 September 2015, 6:16am
A last-stride victory by Energia Davos at Ascot has put him in the frame for a trip to Australia for the Emirates Stakes. Read more »
I'm All The Talk primed for McEwen Stakes
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 6:30pm
The McEwen Stakes has been a long-range first-up target for I'm All The Talk and trainer Gary Portelli expects the sprinter to run a bold race. Read more »
Cannyescent puts Golden Rose berth on line
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 6:06pm
Cannyescent can earn a back-door entry into the $1 million Golden Rose if he wins the Ming Dynasty Quality at Randwick. Read more »
Shiraz chasing back-to-back Group wins
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 5:36pm
Last-start Aurie's Star Handicap winner Shiraz has been freshened for a shot at the Concorde Stakes in Sydney over 1000m. Read more »
Chris Waller to run all 11 in Chelmsford
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 5:31pm
The wet track will not affect Chris Waller's numbers in the Chelmsford Stakes with the stable to send out a record 11 runners in the Group Two race. Read more »
Moe track out of action for rest of 2015
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 5:27pm
The controversial StrathAyr track at Moe will be out of action for the rest of the year to undergo renovations. Read more »
Randwick track downgrade suits Rudy: Page
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 4:10pm
Trainer Helen Page believes Rudy has struck one of the hardest Tramway Stakes fields in years as he steps up his Epsom campaign. Read more »
Big Memory after Dato WFA upset at Valley
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 2:57pm
Tony McEvoy was encouraged by Big Memory's first-up performance at weight-for-age and is looking for another good showing in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Read more »
Waterhouse fillies dominate Furious market
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 2:30pm
Gai Waterhouse feels a fitness advantage gives Speak Fondly a slight edge over stablemate English in the Furious Stakes. Read more »
Saintly to return to Randwick for tribute
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 2:14pm
Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup winner Saintly will make a special appearance at Randwick as part of the race day tributes to his late trainer Bart Cummings. Read more »
Epic campaign set to continue for veteran
Brisbane
Friday 4 September 2015, 1:20pm
The Kelly Schweida-trained Epic will continue a campaign that started in March when the eight-year-old races at Doomben. Read more »
Daph 'N' Alf set to conquer Doomben hoodoo
Brisbane
Friday 4 September 2015, 12:46pm
Jared Wehlow is ignoring Daph 'N' Alf's poor record at the track to declare the seven-year-old a winning chance at Doomben. Read more »
Miss Finland's daughter chasing stakes win
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 12:25pm
Stay With Me, a daughter of Miss Finland, has a wide barrier to contend with in the Atlantic Jewel Stakes as she chases a first stakes win. Read more »
Prime Dispatch Edition 81
Friday 4 September 2015, 9:41am
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Vancouver out of Golden Rose
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 9:23am
Golden Slipper winner Vancouver has been ruled out of the $1 million Golden Rose with the Caulfield Guineas his spring target. Read more »
Trainer Clive Brittain to retire
London
Friday 4 September 2015, 7:49am
Veteran trainer Clive Brittain has announced his retirement after a racing career spanning more than 60 years. Read more »
Small WFA numbers for Waller in Melbourne
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 7:29am
Chris Waller will have only two runners in the weight-for-age contest at Moonee Valley compared to his 'cricket team' in Sydney. Read more »
Japan's Cups hopes start quarantine
Melbourne
Friday 4 September 2015, 6:59am
Fame Game and Hokko Brave have started two weeks pre-export quarantine in Japan ahead of their arrival in Melbourne for the spring carnival. Read more »
American Pharoah to race in Breeders
New York
Friday 4 September 2015, 6:21am
Owner Ahmen Zayat has confirmed American Pharoah is on schedule for the Breeders' Cup Classic after his Travers defeat prompted retirement talk. Read more »
Beyond Thankful wins Listed Wyong Gold Cup
Sydney
Friday 4 September 2015, 6:01am
Chris Waller has continued his recent domination of the Wyong Gold Cup, with Beyond Thankful giving the leader trainer a fifth win in the race. Read more »
Distance, barrier to favour Orbec at Wyong
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 5:35pm
Former French stayer Orbec will be one of the favourites to win the Wyong Gold Cup after a narrow defeat at his Australian debut. Read more »
Gai Waterhouse has a spring in her step
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 5:06pm
Gai Waterhouse has declared her support for the Sydney spring carnival with increased prize money an attraction. Read more »
Precedence to start Cup bid at Rwick
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 4:54pm
Four-time Melbourne Cup participant Precedence will lead out the Chelmsford Stakes field as part of a tribute to legendary trainer Bart Cummings. Read more »
Fell Swoop ready for stakes racing: Dale
Melbourne
Thursday 3 September 2015, 4:43pm
Promising sprinter Fell Swoop steps up to stakes racing for the first time at Moonee Valley and is favourite to continue on his winning way. Read more »
Valley signals start of spring for Renew
Melbourne
Thursday 3 September 2015, 4:27pm
Renew showed his staying prowess winning over 3200m at Sandown and the imported galloper starts a spring Cups campaign at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Melbourne Cup winner to resume at Randwick
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 3:49pm
Two Group One-winning stablemates who raced below expectations in the autumn are set to kick-start campaigns aimed at some of Australia's biggest races. Read more »
Quantity, quality for Waller in Chelmsford
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 2:53pm
Chris Waller has a record 11 runners in the feature race at Randwick, but he says only two are genuine winning chances. Read more »
Valley return for talented sprinter Kuro
Melbourne
Thursday 3 September 2015, 1:13pm
Dual Group One-placed sprinter Kuro will have his first start for trainers Lee and Anthony Freedman in the McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Perignon bubbling ahead of Furious return
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 1:01pm
Trainer Gerald Ryan will be two-handed in the Furious Stakes with Perignon the most favoured to upset the favourite Speak Fondly. Read more »
Cup campaign starts at Valley for Banca Mo
Melbourne
Thursday 3 September 2015, 12:52pm
Banco Mo begins his Caulfield Cup campaign at weight-for-age when he contests the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Kalandula in stay-at-home option for Hill
Brisbane
Thursday 3 September 2015, 12:45pm
Kalandula will clash with her stable companion Teronado at Doomben after trainer Bruce Hill decided against an interstate trip. Read more »
Revitalise retirement plans put on hold
Brisbane
Thursday 3 September 2015, 12:32pm
Revitalise was all set for a career in the equestrian arena until his form suddenly turned around under the care of an Olympian. Read more »
Limited choice forces Gollan team review
Brisbane
Thursday 3 September 2015, 12:19pm
Thousand Guineas aspirant My Girl Hayley has accepted to back-up at Doomben with trainer Tony Gollan lamenting a suitable racing program. Read more »
ATC to give Kensington course final chance
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 12:07pm
The Australian Turf Club will continue to try to fix Randwick's Kensington circuit, its patience is running out. Read more »
Secret Agenda will be set for black-type sprints
Thursday 3 September 2015, 11:21am
ONE-time Blue Diamond favourite Secret Agenda will be set for black-type sprints following her successful comeback from surgery for a shattered splint bone. Read more »
Owners choose Melbourne over Golden Rose
Melbourne
Thursday 3 September 2015, 6:44am
The owners of Ready For Victory will be in Melbourne on Golden Rose day and want their colt to run in the Danehill Stakes on the same day. Read more »
Waller set to continue winning run in G2
Sydney
Thursday 3 September 2015, 6:39am
Chris Waller-trained horses will make up almost three-quarters of the Chelmsford Stakes field at Randwick. Read more »
ATC set to pay tribute to Bart Cummings
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:53pm
Legendary racehorse trainer Bart Cummings will be remembered during a 'day of tribute' at the Chemsford Stakes meeting at Randwick. Read more »
Noblet lands a special two-state double
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:51pm
By The Grace has given Andrew Noblet a two-state double in winning the Balaklava Cup in South Australia after a Sandown success. Read more »
Secret Agenda returns with Sandown victory
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:48pm
Secret Agenda has returned from an injury lay-off to win at Sandown and trainer Mick Price expects the smart filly to improve a lot from the first-up run. Read more »
Racing's most famous name starts new era
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:42pm
Emotions were high at Canterbury as James Cummings produced two winners on his first day as an independent trainer. Read more »
O'Shea 3YO to take on WFA at the Valley
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:30pm
John O’Shea says he saw enough in Furnaces' Moonee Valley gallop to give the three-year-old his chance against older horses in the McEwen Stakes. Read more »
Drop in grade works for promising Trubia
Sunshine Coast
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 5:24pm
Trubia is back in winning form after appreciating a return to midweek racing with his victory at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Top rides for Dunn in Valley feature races
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 4:25pm
Contributer and Chautauqua are part of a strong book of Moonee Valley rides for Dwayne Dunn on Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes day. Read more »
Benjamin Smith snares maiden Sydney win
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 4:03pm
In Her Time has scored a debut victory at Canterbury, crowning a long apprenticeship for her Hunter Valley-based trainer Benjamin Smith. Read more »
Sooboog back on track with metro victory
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 3:56pm
Three-year-old Sooboog has reignited Hawkes Racing's Group One ambitions with a fighting victory at Canterbury. Read more »
Waterhouse plays Vancouver waiting game
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 3:31pm
A decision on whether Vancouver contests the $1 million Golden Rose has been put on hold after the colt's less-than-impressive barrier trial hit-out. Read more »
Pornichet on song for Chelmsford Stakes
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 3:23pm
Pornichet will headline Gai Waterhouse's team of runners at Randwick when the Doomben Cup winner takes his place in the Chelmsford Stakes. Read more »
James Cummings trains first solo winner
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 3:11pm
Three days after the death of Bart Cummings, his grandson James has continued the family's racing legacy with a winner at Canterbury. Read more »
Waller goes solo for Wyong Gold Cup bid
Sydney
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 3:08pm
Beyond Thankful will be Chris Waller's only Wyong Gold Cup runner as he tries to win the provincial race for the fifth time in six years. Read more »
Protectionist topweight in Caulfield Cup
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 2:25pm
The 2014 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist and UK galloper Snow Sky share topweight for the $3.15 million Caulfield Cup. Read more »
Prince Cheri starts Caulfield Cup prep
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 1:39pm
Trainer David Vandyke has Caulfield Cup aspirations for Prince Cheri, a stayer which continues on a comeback trail at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Browne takes light book for metro return
Brisbane
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 12:12pm
Kaiser Franz and Passatorio will be Damian Browne's only two Doomben rides as the leading jockey eases his way into the spring action. Read more »
Cirrus Des Aigles ready for Irish race
London
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 7:41am
Trainer Corrine Barande-Barbe says Cirrus Des Aigles is fit and ready to make his comeback from injury in the Irish Champion Stakes. Read more »
Raceday medication rules tightened
Melbourne
Wednesday 2 September 2015, 7:36am
The injecting of horses with vitamins in the lead-up to a race will be banned under a tightening of the rules. Read more »
Turner confirms retirement plan
London
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 10:50pm
Britain's most successful female jockey Hayley Turner says she is looking forward to a new role with At The Races when she hangs up her saddle. Read more »
Cummings to have Melbourne public memorial
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 6:37pm
Legendary racehorse trainer Bart Cummings will receive a public memorial service on Makye Diva Stakes day at Flemington, the home of his 12 Melbourne Cups. Read more »
Famous Seamus ready for Tramway
Sydney
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 6:14pm
Trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith has had to rethink the spring program of Famous Seamus who starts first-up over 1400 metres in the Tramway. Read more »
Stud and staff awards launched in Aust
Sydney
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 4:58pm
The Godolphin-sponsored Australian Stud and Stable Awards have been launched to reward those tending to horses. Read more »
140 horses entered for Melbourne Cup
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 4:04pm
Precedence, the last Melbourne Cup runner for Bart Cummings, is one of 140 nominations for the $6.2 million race at Flemington Read more »
Mourinho returns to favourite track
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 3:27pm
Vlad Duric has clicked with Mourinho and hopes to build on the pair's good record in the Dato Tan chin Nam Stakes. Read more »
Who Are They to answer the question
Sydney
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 2:01pm
Well-related filly Who Are They will be out to answer the question when she makes her debut at Canterbury. Read more »
Let's Elope Stakes on radar for Japhils
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 1:58pm
A crack at the Let's Elope Stakes is on the cards for Japhils if she can win at Sandown in a race which wasn't originally in her plans. Read more »
Expect Melb Cup to head offshore: Boss
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 1:31pm
The race that stops a nation will increasingly be won by foreign horses, says three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss. Read more »
Vancouver eases for Golden Rose
Sydney
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 9:31am
Vancouver has been replaced by Exosphere as favoruite for the Golden Slipper following his third in a barrier trial at Rosehill. Read more »
Contributer pleases in first Valley gallop
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 8:39am
Contributer has pleased trainer John O'Shea with his first look at the Moonee Valley circuit ahead of his return in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Read more »
Victoria Pendleton second in first race
London
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 7:20am
Dual Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has finished a close second in her first official race as an amateur jockey. Read more »
Mourinho on Cox Plate path
Melbourne
Tuesday 1 September 2015, 7:00am
Mourinho will be aiming to cement a start in the Cox Plate when he lines up in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Read more »
No decision on American Pharoah future
Saratoga Springs
Monday 31 August 2015, 5:12pm
Trainer Bob Baffert can see no reason why American Pharoah should not head to the Breeders' Cup despite his shock defeat in the Travers Stakes. Read more »
Moreira stars in Japan jockeys series
Sydney
Monday 31 August 2015, 4:41pm
Jockey Joao Moreira has shown the Japanese why he is known as the Magic Man with seven wins from 20 rides at Hokkaido. Read more »
Valley gallop to determine Dibayani start
Melbourne
Monday 31 August 2015, 4:29pm
Dibayani will wear a hood to the barriers to keep him calm is he starts in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Read more »
Sam Kavanagh guilty of 23 cobalt charges
Sydney
Monday 31 August 2015, 4:13pm
Trainer Sam Kavanagh has been found guilty of 23 cobalt charges after a long-running inquiry into high levels of the substance in Midsummer Sun. Read more »
Shebrings Class all class at Bathurst
Monday 31 August 2015, 4:10pm
Shebrings Class posted her second win from 12 starts taking out race 3 at Bathurst on Monday the 31st of August. The Sebring mare was first up after a lengthy spell but proved too classy for her rivals winning the 1106m event by 1.3 lengths. Read more »
Precedence entered to run in Chelmsford
Sydney
Monday 31 August 2015, 4:02pm
Veteran stayer Precedence is among the entries for the Chelmsford Stakes as he begins his path towards a fifth start in the Melbourne Cup. Read more »
Fawkner on target despite missing Memsie
Melbourne
Monday 31 August 2015, 2:43pm
Fawkner is on target for a delayed return to racing in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington after missing his Memsie Stakes. Read more »
Dale Smith gets one day shaved off penalty
Melbourne
Monday 31 August 2015, 1:58pm
Jockey Dale Smith has had a day shaved off his dual Sandown suspensions but will not return until his original finishing date. Read more »
Bart Cummings state funeral confirmed
Sydney
Monday 31 August 2015, 9:32am
Bart Cummings' family has accepted a state funeral to honour the legendary trainer at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral. Read more »
Bart's legacy will live on says his son
Sydney
Monday 31 August 2015, 3:29am
The family of Bart Cummings has thanked people for their support following the death of the master trainer. Read more »
Reactions to the death of Bart Cummings
Sunday 30 August 2015, 6:28pm
People from all walks of life have expressed their sorrow over the death of legendary trainer Bart Cummings. Read more »
Chris Waller to dominate Chelmsford
Sydney
Sunday 30 August 2015, 6:17pm
Chris Waller looks set to cointinue his dominance of the early season races with 11 entries for the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes. Read more »
Brad Rawiller aiming for Valley return
Melbourne
Sunday 30 August 2015, 5:48pm
Brad Rawiller says his recovery from an adductor muscle injury is going well and is hoping his return to the saddle is less than a week away. Read more »
Dwayne Dunn gets Contributer call-up
Melbourne
Sunday 30 August 2015, 4:00pm
Imported Godolphin galloper Contributer will start his Cox Plate campaign in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley with Dwayne Dunn aboard. Read more »
Two winners for Bart at Wyong
Sydney
Sunday 30 August 2015, 3:47pm
Hours after Bart Cummings' death, two horses wearing his famous green and gold silks have won at Wyong. Read more »