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No Thousand Guineas for Jalan Jalan

Sunday 30 August 2015, 3:14pm

Trainer Colin Little has decided to spell Jalan Jalan and says the filly will not head to the Thousand Guineas.  Read more »

Cummings always a master of the one-liner

Sunday 30 August 2015, 3:12pm

Bart Cummings used banter to overcome his shyness with people when he would much rather have been around his horses.  Read more »

Bryan Guy looking forward to new challenge

Sunday 30 August 2015, 2:03pm

Bryan Guy will soon take up a position as head trainer for the Chinese-backed Aquis Racing but will take old favourite Masai Pride with him.  Read more »

Beadman, King pay tribute to Bart Cummings

Sunday 30 August 2015, 1:26pm

Darren Beadman and Steven King belong to a select group to have ridden Bart Cummings-trained horses to win the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Bart Cummings - icon of Australian racing

Sunday 30 August 2015, 10:07am

Four-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Dato Tan Chin Nam has paid tribute to his friend and trainer Bart Cummings who has died aged 87.  Read more »

Bart Cummings - the Cups King

Sunday 30 August 2015, 9:12am

Bart Cummings has set a Melbourne Cup record that will never be beaten with his 12 wins in the famous race.  Read more »

American Pharoah beaten in Travers Stakes

Sunday 30 August 2015, 7:52am

Triple Crown hero American Pharoah has met his match with Keen Ice producing a Travers Stakes upset.  Read more »

Bart Cummings Record

Sunday 30 August 2015, 5:28am

Bart Cummings' record as a trainer in a career than spanned more than 60 years.  Read more »

Bart Cummings timeline

Sunday 30 August 2015, 5:26am

The life of Bart Cummings, who died on Sunday aged 87.  Read more »

Bart Cummings a legend of his time

Sunday 30 August 2015, 4:31am

With 12 Melbourne Cups to his name Bart Cummings is firmly entrenched in Australian folklore as the Cups King.   Read more »

Bart Cummings transcended racing

Sunday 30 August 2015, 4:22am

The legend of Bart Cummings will live on long after the iconic racehorse trainer's death at the age of 87.  Read more »

Magnapal breaks through at stakes level

Saturday 29 August 2015, 7:13pm

Magnapal has raced to his first stakes victory, beating Iggimacool in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Bowman picks up 4 winners and a suspension

Saturday 29 August 2015, 7:09pm

Premier Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman had a bittersweet day at Rosehill, riding four winners before being suspended for careless riding.   Read more »

Ben Melham cops 12-meeting Caulfield ban

Saturday 29 August 2015, 7:01pm

Ben Melham has pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge aboard Kansas Sunflower at Caulfield, earning a 12-meeting suspension.  Read more »

Shinn guides Madam Gangster to family win

Saturday 29 August 2015, 6:01pm

Madam Gangster has returned a winner in the Cockram Stakes with Blake Shinn riding the mare which is trained by his stepfather and stepbrother.  Read more »

Jamieson blots careless riding copybook

Saturday 29 August 2015, 5:57pm

Apprentice Rikki Jamieson has been suspended for careless riding, her first ban for the offence in 500 rides.  Read more »

Nostradamus beaten on merits at Doomben

Saturday 29 August 2015, 5:20pm

Sydney sprinter Nostradamus has suffered a costly first-up defeat, going down to Didntcostalot at Doomben.  Read more »

Boban triumphs in Group 1 Memsie Stakes

Saturday 29 August 2015, 5:05pm

Chris Waller has continued his domination of Group One races, training Boban to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Exosphere runs into G1 Rose calculations

Saturday 29 August 2015, 4:44pm

Godolphin's Exosphere has shown he is ready to take the next step with a strong last-to-first Group Two win at Rosehill.  Read more »

Bounding impresses first-up at Caulfield

Saturday 29 August 2015, 4:16pm

Classy mare Bounding has made an emphatic return with a convincing first-up win over Rich Enuff in a Group Three sprint at Caulfield.  Read more »

Charmed Harmony wins minor Caulfield race

Saturday 29 August 2015, 4:09pm

It wasn't the Memsie Stakes, but Charmed Harmony has been able to keep a winning streak going over in another 1400m race at Caulfield.  Read more »

Magic Hurricane takes Listed Premier's Cup

Saturday 29 August 2015, 3:54pm

Magic Hurricane has triumphed in the Listed Premier's Cup at Rosehill, boosting his credentials for a tilt at the Group One Metropolitan.   Read more »

Jockey Tim Bell unharmed in Doomben fall

Saturday 29 August 2015, 3:31pm

Tim Bell has emerged unscathed from a fall at Doomben in a race won by $31 outsider Casino Express.  Read more »

Gold Symphony takes Group 3 McNeil Stakes

Saturday 29 August 2015, 3:25pm

Gold Symphony has made it back-to-back black-type victories with a fighting win in the HDF McNeil Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

First Seal ready for Tramway Stakes return

Saturday 29 August 2015, 2:55pm

First Seal has shown she is back to full fitness with an exhibition gallop at Rosehill after missing the Warwick Stakes with a foot abscess..   Read more »

Wudang Mountain to step up to stakes grade

Saturday 29 August 2015, 2:44pm

Wudang Mountain has taken another step towards stakes company with a fighting win at Rosehill.  Read more »

Real Time makes winning start to spring

Saturday 29 August 2015, 2:40pm

Trainer Robert Smerdon says Real Time, a first-up winner in a benchmark race at Caulfield, is capable of progressing to better races.  Read more »

Moody speechless after Abidewithme victory

Saturday 29 August 2015, 2:14pm

New Zealand mare Abidewithme has started her Australian career with a Caulfield win for new trainer Peter Moody.  Read more »

Mike Moroney has grander plans for Alaskan

Saturday 29 August 2015, 1:59pm

Alaskan Rose has made it two wins from as many starts and is now heading towards the Thousand Guineas.  Read more »

Hot Saga decision pays off with metrop win

Saturday 29 August 2015, 1:50pm

Metropolitan races will continue to be the focus for trainer Jack Duncan with in-form stayer Hot Saga.  Read more »

Wet weather forces transfer of Sale races

Saturday 29 August 2015, 1:17pm

A waterlogged racetrack has forced the transfer of the Sale race meeting to Pakenham.  Read more »

Fawkner gallop confims Makybe Diva plans

Saturday 29 August 2015, 12:59pm

Fawkner has figured in an exhibition gallop at Caulfield in preparation for a first-up run in the Mayke Diva Stakes.  Read more »

Huge crowd turns out for Pharoah's gallop

Saturday 29 August 2015, 6:29am

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has had his final work-out before the Travers Stakes in front of a huge crowd at Saratoga.  Read more »

Vezalay gains start in Cockram Stakes

Friday 28 August 2015, 6:23pm

Promising mare Vezalay has gained a start in the Cockram Stakes at Caulfield while stablemate Mr Individual resumes in the McNeil Stakes.  Read more »

Run To The Rose - what you need to know

Friday 28 August 2015, 6:08pm

The Run To The Rose will give a chance for new season three-year-olds to show their improvement.  Read more »

Moody has RAD Board directions hearing

Friday 28 August 2015, 6:03pm

Peter Moody will learn when he will front the RAD Board into his cobalt charges after a directions hearing.  Read more »

NSW throughbred vets to be regulated

Friday 28 August 2015, 5:52pm

Veteranians working with thoroughbreds in NSW will be regulated after reaching agreement on protocols with Racing NSW.  Read more »

Tasmania, Darwin and SA get race coverage

Friday 28 August 2015, 5:44pm

Viewers in Tasmania, Darwin and regional South Australia are to get access to free-to-air coverage of Victorian racing.  Read more »

Trevieres to make comeback at Caulfield

Friday 28 August 2015, 5:42pm

Imported galloper Trevieres, the 2013 Toorak Handicap runner-up, is set to return at Caulfield from nearly two years on the sidelines through injury.  Read more »

Allen gets Dandino call-up for Memsie Stks

Friday 28 August 2015, 5:03pm

After cutting his teeth over jumps in Ireland, John Allen has been winning his share of country flat races and now gets his Group One chance at Caulfield.  Read more »

Waterhouse excited on two fronts

Friday 28 August 2015, 4:57pm

Trainer Gai Waterhouse believes some of her spring carnival hopefuls can shine at Caulfield on Memsie Stakes day.  Read more »

I'm Belucci to display spring credentials

Friday 28 August 2015, 4:25pm

Trainer Desleigh Forster will test I'm Belucci's spring carnival credentials when the three-year-old lines up at Doomben.  Read more »

La Amistad begins Cup quest at Caulfield

Friday 28 August 2015, 4:23pm

Wayne Hawkes is thinking the 1700m journey will be too short for La Amistad who begins her Melbourne Cup campaign at Caulfield.  Read more »

Noonan happy to be back on Setinum in G1

Friday 28 August 2015, 3:48pm

Jake Noonan won the Bendigo Guineas on Setinum and is thrilled to get the chance to ride him in the Group One Memsie Stakes.  Read more »

Waterhouse backs Hyeronimus for G2 success

Friday 28 August 2015, 3:40pm

Gai Waterhouse has shown faith in emerging jockey Adam Hyeronimus by giving him rides on two of the stable's exciting three-year-old colts.  Read more »

Prime Dispatch Edition 80

Friday 28 August 2015, 3:40pm

Joe O'Neill's next edition of Prime Dispatch   Read more »

Reemah breaks maiden at Geelong

Friday 28 August 2015, 2:56pm

Group One placegetter Reemah has broken her maiden with a first-up win at Geelong and is now set to step back up to stakes company.  Read more »

Stratum Star to measure up to G1 company

Friday 28 August 2015, 2:17pm

Stratum Star has the hopes of the Darren Weir stable on his shoulders when he contests the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Waller bullish about Boban in Memsie

Friday 28 August 2015, 1:26pm

Chris Waller says a confidence-boosting campaign in Brisbane has Boban poised to return to the Group One winner's circle at Caulfield.  Read more »

Distance should suit Flying Lucky

Friday 28 August 2015, 1:24pm

Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie is hoping Flying Lucky can emulate stablemate Honey Toast by winning at Doomben,  Read more »

Jamie McConachy cobalt case thrown out

Friday 28 August 2015, 11:53am

Rockhampton trainer Jamie McConachy is the fifth Queensland trainer to have his cobalt case thrown out because of a legal loophole.  Read more »

Hi World supported in Memsie betting

Friday 28 August 2015, 6:30am

Sydney visitor Boban holds favouritism for the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, the first Group One race of the season.  Read more »

Terravista set to barrier trial at Farm

Friday 28 August 2015, 6:14am

Group One-winning sprinter Terravista will tune up for his seasonal return in a Warwick Farm barrier trial session boasting several carnival hopefuls.  Read more »

Memsie Stakes - what you need to know

Thursday 27 August 2015, 5:17pm

The Memsie Stakes will herald the return of several stars who step onto the track to kick off their respective spring campaigns.  Read more »

Fontiton works between races at Ballarat

Thursday 27 August 2015, 4:58pm

Classy filly Fontiton has galloped between races at Ballarat with stablemate Thurlow as she builds towards a spring carnival return.  Read more »

Vic turfs unapproved wagering operators

Thursday 27 August 2015, 4:29pm

A new Racing Victoria rule is to come into effect making it an offence for licenced and registered people to bet with unapproved wagering operators.  Read more »

Jiayuguan needs further to show EU form

Thursday 27 August 2015, 4:02pm

John Thompson-trained import Jiayuguan will have to show her European form to be aimed at Group Ones during the spring.  Read more »

Rich Enuff fully primed for Caulfield

Thursday 27 August 2015, 3:24pm

Mutliple Group winner Rich Enuff makes his return in a Group Three sprint at Caulfield in his first start since last year's spring carnival.  Read more »

Hurdler declared non-runner at Ballarat

Thursday 27 August 2015, 3:07pm

A horse has been declared a non-starter in a hurdle race at Ballarat after running inside a marker peg.  Read more »

Feeling right about Cummings-trained mare

Thursday 27 August 2015, 3:06pm

Hugh Bowman ranks a mare who has proven herself in stakes company as one of his better rides at Rosehill.  Read more »

Waller pair to stake Golden Rose claims

Thursday 27 August 2015, 2:35pm

Two horses who have won their past seven starts between them will fly the flag for Chris Waller in the Group Two Run To The Rose.  Read more »

Hardline, Beckham set for southern Spring

Thursday 27 August 2015, 1:33pm

One is a highly-rated former Kiwi, the other is the Karaka Million winner and they're both being set for big Spring campaigns.  Read more »

Spring campaign off the table for Pivot

Thursday 27 August 2015, 12:30pm

Progressive gelding Centre Pivot will wind up his current campaign at Rosehill with connections opting to bypass the spring in favour of a summer feature.  Read more »

My Girl Hayley gets true test

Thursday 27 August 2015, 12:04pm

Tony Gollan is looking to turn a minor mishap into success with talented filly My Girl Hayley.  Read more »

Rodd snares Rising Romance ride

Thursday 27 August 2015, 12:03pm

Trainer David Hayes is looking to a big autumn campaign with Rising Romance who makes her debut for the stable in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Volkstok'n'barrell ready for Memsie Stakes

Thursday 27 August 2015, 11:51am

Volkstok'n'barrell is a big watch in the Memsie Stakes but his trainer will be watching the run of former stablemate Rising Romance very closely.  Read more »

Canny Ballad looks for easy kill

Thursday 27 August 2015, 10:33am

John Thompson hopes a drop in class will help Canny Ballad back to winning ways.  Read more »

Barrier against Let's Make Adeal first-up

Thursday 27 August 2015, 10:25am

Nigel Blackiston is hopeful Let's Make Adeal is in for her best campaign yet as the mare prepares to return in the Heatherlie Stakes from the outside gate.  Read more »

Tim Bell to ride in Singapore

Thursday 27 August 2015, 6:58am

Brisbane jockey Tim Bell hs been given a licence to ride in Singapore until the end of their season.  Read more »

All systems go for Victoria Pendleton

Thursday 27 August 2015, 6:55am

Dual Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton has been given an amateur rider's licence and will compete in her first official race at Ripon.  Read more »

Dale Smith to appeal 11 meeting suspension

Thursday 27 August 2015, 6:52am

Jockey Dale Smith is free to ride Prince Of Brooklyn before starting an 11 meeting careless riding suspension that he says he will appeal.  Read more »

Japonisme Run To The Rose favourite

Thursday 27 August 2015, 6:27am

In-form three-year-old Japonisme is an early favourite to extend his winning streak to five in the Group Two Run To The Rose.  Read more »

Imported mare Takenja wins at Sandown

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 6:07pm

Lightly raced imported mare Takenja has started her Australian career with a decisive victory at Sandown.  Read more »

Mymateswifty gets a city win at Ipswich

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 5:39pm

Skye Bogenhuber has continued her successful association with Mymateswifty with the pair claiming their third consecutive win.  Read more »

Flamboyant Lass to tackle spring G1

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 5:32pm

Flamboyant Lass will be aimed at a Group One target during the spring after a dominant win at Warwick Farm.  Read more »

Beach work does the trick in Sandown win

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 5:29pm

Darren Weir has a healthy opinion of three-year-old Stellar Collision who remains unbeaten after a narrow win at Sandown.  Read more »

Fawkner scratched from Memsie Stakes

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 4:32pm

Last year's Cox Plate runner-up Fawkner is an early scratching from the Memsie Stakes after drawing a wide barrier.  Read more »

Brave Beasley sidelined by chest injuries

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 4:30pm

Jockey Danny Beasley will be out of action for up to a month after suffering chest injuries in an incident at the Hawkesbury barrier trials.  Read more »

G1 milestone looms for Kerrin McEvoy

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 4:26pm

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy will chase the 50th elite win of his career when he partners Hi World in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Price pair to kick off in McNeil Stakes

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 4:03pm

Stablemates Prince Of Brooklyn and Ready For Victory will start their spring campaigns in the H D F McNeil Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Snowdens' first filly breaks maiden

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 3:41pm

The first horse Peter and Paul Snowden bought after starting their training partnership has broken its maiden with a tough win at Warwick Farm.  Read more »

Alaskan Rose out to remain unbeaten

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 3:36pm

Mike Moroney is aiming Alaskan Rose towards the Thousand Guineas and the filly takes another step towards that target when she runs at Caulfield.  Read more »

Hugh Bowman reunites with Japonisme

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 3:03pm

The jockey merry-go-round has swung in favour of Hugh Bowman who will reunite with Japonisme in the Group Two Run To The Rose.  Read more »

Temple Of Boom chasing $2 million

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 2:11pm

Veteran sprinter Temple Of Boom has the $2 million prize money mark in his sights as he heads to the Memsie Stakes.  Read more »

Lane loses appeal, misses Memsie day

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 12:54pm

Damian Lane will miss Memsie Stakes day at Caulfield after failing to get a careless riding ban overturned on appeal.  Read more »

Nostradamus to start campaign in Brisbane

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 12:51pm

Nostradamus will travel from Sydney to Brisbane in an attempt to begin his campaign on a winning note at Doomben.  Read more »

Capacity field for G1 Memsie Stakes

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 12:06pm

The Group One Memsie Stakes has attracted a full field with multiple Group One winner Boban drawing barrier five in the weight-for-age race.  Read more »

American Pharoah 1-5 favourite for Travers

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 8:25am

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has drawn barrier two for the Group One Travers Stakes at Saratoga.  Read more »

Ethiopia in low key return at Sandown

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 8:13am

The 2012 Australian Derby winner Ethiopia will make a low-key return to racing in a benchmark 90 race at Sandown.  Read more »

Golden Horn could go straight to the Arc

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 7:20am

Golden Horn's path to the Arc is weather dependent with connections prepared to miss the Irish Champion Stakes if the ground is soft.  Read more »

Simenon to return to jumps racing

Wednesday 26 August 2015, 6:48am

Simenon, fourth in the 2013 Melbourne Cup, will now be restricted to jumps racing but trainer Willie Mullins is keen to bring Max Dynamite to Australia.  Read more »

Theodore winner tests positive to arsenic

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 5:47pm

Arsenic has been detected in a post-race sample from Guilty As Charged after win at Geelong.  Read more »

Noonan hopes Mr Optimistic shows his class

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 4:16pm

Trainer Tony Noonan says Mr Optimistic is on trial for the Group One Golden Rose when the colt contests the Run To The Rose.  Read more »

Happy Trails set for 4th Memsie appearance

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 3:32pm

Happy Trails starts a Melbourne spring campaign in the same way as he has for the past three years, contesting the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Kavanagh, O'Brien in partial RAD Board win

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 2:27pm

Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien will have a freeze on their training percentages capped, the Racing Appeals Disciplinary Board has ruled.  Read more »

In-form Dale chasing more metrop success

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 2:21pm

Despite Matthew Dale enjoying a purple patch, the trainer says he doesn't have plans to move his Canberra base.  Read more »

Victoria launches new thoroughbred channel

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 1:12pm

Well-known broadcaster Bruce McAvaney will front the launch of the free-to-air channel Racing.com for the Memsie Stakes meeting at Caulfield.   Read more »

Araldo Junior to step out at Sandown

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 12:02pm

German import Araldo Junior, a half-brother to Araldo, makes his Australian debut in a midweek race at Sandown.  Read more »

Japonisme favourite for Run To The Rose

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 7:34am

The Chris Waller-trained Japonisme shades his Chris Waller-trained stablemate Press Statement as favourite for the Run To The Rose.  Read more »

Pendleton poised to ride at Ripon

Tuesday 25 August 2015, 6:57am

Champion Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton is set to have her first race ride on the Flat at Ripon.  Read more »