News

Wide draw a concern for Dwyer with Leotie

Friday 7 October 2016, 5:57pm

Trainer Henry Dwyer is confident Leotie is ready to run to her best in the Thousand Guineas but is concerned about the filly's wide barrier.  Read more »

Staying credentials on line in Champion

Friday 7 October 2016, 5:35pm

The 2000 metres of the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick will determine which three-year-olds can be counted as Derby contenders.  Read more »

Shea Eden has sights on Group One trophy

Friday 7 October 2016, 5:33pm

Ocean Embers heads to Caulfield for the Schillaci Stakes but her trainer Shea Eden is thinking longer term about a Group One race at Flemington.  Read more »

Royal Rapture could give Weir 3rd Toorak

Friday 7 October 2016, 5:33pm

Tosen Stardom has been scratched from the Toorak Handicap but trainer Darren Weir still has Royal Rapture in the Group One race.  Read more »

Prime Dispatch 7/10/2016

Friday 7 October 2016, 4:12pm

This week's short but sweet Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill  Read more »

Hey Doc out to continue spring rise in G1

Friday 7 October 2016, 4:10pm

In-form Hey Doc will try to continue his unbeaten run this spring when he faces his biggest challenge in the Group One Caulfield Guineas.  Read more »

Angst a sentimental race for trainer

Friday 7 October 2016, 3:51pm

Noel Mayfield-Smith will saddle his first runner in the race named for the horse who put him in the headlines.  Read more »

Milliner spills spring race fashion tips

Friday 7 October 2016, 3:40pm

Spring carnival milliner Nerida Winter says DIY fascinators are not an option for competitors in the Spring Champion Stakes Day fashion chute at Randwick.  Read more »

Exospheric moving well at Werribee

Friday 7 October 2016, 2:44pm

After three wins together in the Caulfield Cup during the 1990s, Lee Freedman and Damien Oliver are teaming again with import Exospheric.  Read more »

Hayes hopes He Or She can spoil party

Friday 7 October 2016, 1:53pm

Winx and Black Heart Bart are the two star horses in the three-horse Caulfield Stakes but David Hayes is hoping He Or She can spring a surprise.  Read more »

Belmont winner Creator sold to Japan

Friday 7 October 2016, 1:11pm

Belmont Stakes winner Creator has been sold to Japan and will stand at Shizunai Stallion Station.  Read more »

Dale looking for first-up Schillaci Swoop

Friday 7 October 2016, 12:33pm

Trainer Matthew Dale says Fell Swoop has had a similar lead-up to the Group Two Schillaci Stakes as before his second in the Oakleigh Plate in February.  Read more »

McEvoy takes Scottish for Werribee gallop

Friday 7 October 2016, 8:04am

Kerrin McEvoy has gone to the quarantine at centre at Werribee to partner his Caulfield Cup mount Scottish in a track gallop.  Read more »

Blake Shinn to ride Gallante in Cup

Friday 7 October 2016, 6:27am

Blake Shinn has been booked to ride the Lloyd Williams-owned Gallante in the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Bailey may 'move on' if Nikolic returns

Friday 7 October 2016, 5:17am

Racing Victoria's chairman of stewards has told Danny Nikolic's appeal to regain his jockey licence that the position between the two is untenable.  Read more »

Tivaci gets his next chance at a G1 win

Thursday 6 October 2016, 6:26pm

Trainer Mike Moroney believes the step up to 1600m suits Tivaci who gets another Group One chance in the Toorak Handicap.  Read more »

Woman denies Samba comment to Nikolic

Thursday 6 October 2016, 6:00pm

A woman assaulted by Danny Nikolic at a nightspot has told a court the jockey grabbed her.  Read more »

Racing's small fields down the years

Thursday 6 October 2016, 5:24pm

With Winx set to face two rivals in the Group One Caulfield Stakes, take a look back at Australian racing's most famous small-field encounters.  Read more »

Rawiller has faith in Black Heart Bart

Thursday 6 October 2016, 5:24pm

Black Heart Bart has won two Group One races this spring but now takes on champion Winx in a tactical battle in the Caulfield Stakes.  Read more »

The Caulfield Guineas at a glance

Thursday 6 October 2016, 4:38pm

Some pointers to the Caulfield Guineas won by some of Australasia's best horses.  Read more »