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Packer Plate start looms for Get The Idea

Thursday 16 April 2020, 3:34pm

Lightly raced Get The Idea is set to run in the Group Three Frank Packer Plate after missing a planned start in the Australian Derby two weeks earlier.  Read more »

White Moss to back up again in G1 All Aged

Thursday 16 April 2020, 3:29pm

Last-start Sapphire Stakes winner White Moss is scheduled to run for the third consecutive weekend in the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Nichols happy to get Oliver back on Dancer

Thursday 16 April 2020, 2:57pm

After an unsuccessful trip to Adelaide for a first-up assignment, Tahitian Dancer runs at Caulfield where her trainer Shane Nichols is expecting better.  Read more »

Time almost up for Group 1-winning mare

Thursday 16 April 2020, 2:54pm

Trainer Kris Lees has scratched two horses from the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick but still holds a strong hand with Group One winners In Her Time and Le Romain.  Read more »

Champagne Stakes facts and figures

Thursday 16 April 2020, 2:38pm

What you need to know about the Group One Champagne Stakes for two-year-olds at Randwick  Read more »

A look at the Group One All Aged Stakes

Thursday 16 April 2020, 2:03pm

What you need to know about the weight-for-age Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Benfica Princess after first open victory

Thursday 16 April 2020, 12:45pm

Consistent mare Benfica Princess is chasing her first open company win in the Might And Power Handicap at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

King can grant Bowman juvenile clean sweep

Thursday 16 April 2020, 12:38pm

A victory aboard King's Legacy in the Champagne Stakes would deliver star jockey Hugh Bowman his first clean sweep of the two-year-old triple crown.  Read more »

Doomben to dictate Gollan's winter plans

Thursday 16 April 2020, 11:51am

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will use the Doomben meeting to start planning winter campaigns for some of his top horses.  Read more »

Griffiths hopes to flex muscle in Showdown

Thursday 16 April 2020, 11:45am

Robbie Griffiths has Cornucopia safely in The Showdown at Caulfield but is hoping for some scratchings to have multiple representation in the $855,000 race.  Read more »

Away Game scheduled to run in Adelaide G1

Thursday 16 April 2020, 11:37am

Star two-year-old Away Game is scheduled to take on the older fillies and mares in the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide with Dean Holland to ride.  Read more »

Coronavirus protocols stretch bush stable

Thursday 16 April 2020, 11:32am

Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn will need all of his logistical skills when he has runners at up to eight tracks over four days.  Read more »

Coastal Prince gets open company chance

Thursday 16 April 2020, 11:04am

Coastal Prince's liking for 1600m races at Doomben has given him a chance to contest an open company handicap.  Read more »

Exceedance retired to stand at Vinery

Thursday 16 April 2020, 7:40am

Group One winner Exceedance will not race again and will stand at Vinery Stud in the spring.  Read more »

Return to British racing to remain on hold

Thursday 16 April 2020, 7:20am

Racing will remain on hold beyond after the British Horseracing Authority extended its suspension on meetings in Britain.  Read more »

Hopes high for resumption of French racing

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 7:08pm

French horse racing officials are in talks with the government to stage meetings meeting closed doors in the near future.  Read more »

Listed race on radar for 2YO Panna Cotta

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 5:25pm

Trainer Mark Newnham has pinpointed a Listed race as the likely next step for two-year-old Panna Cotta after the filly's maiden win on the Kensington track.  Read more »

Eduardo set for return outing at Caulfield

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 4:20pm

Trainer Sarah Zschoke is confident Eduardo, who returns in the Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield, has overcome his ailments that cut short a spring campaign.  Read more »

Holyfield set for Group 1 Champagne Stakes

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 4:07pm

Holyfield is among a host of stakes-winning two-year-olds from the Ciaron Maher Racing stable and will try to become a Group One winner in the Champagne Stakes.  Read more »

No luck for Cumani with Showdown barriers

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 4:01pm

Matt Cumani will saddle two runners in the $855,000 The Showdown at Caulfield, Khoekhoe and Coup De Tonnerre who filled the quinella at Echuca recently.  Read more »