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McNeil hopes experience pays off with War

Thursday 16 May 2019, 5:07pm

Jye McNeil gets his second chance aboard Declares War when the three-year-old lines up in The Mahogany Challenge at Flemington.  Read more »

Mark Currie gets fine, suspended sentence

Thursday 16 May 2019, 4:53pm

Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie has been fined $7500 and given a wholly suspended 12 month-sentence on race day treatment charges.  Read more »

Mr Marathon Man now has speed in his legs

Thursday 16 May 2019, 4:29pm

Former French-trained Mr Marathon Man will run for the second time in Australia when he lines up over 1400 metres at Flemington.  Read more »

Trainer Ben Currie loses application

Thursday 16 May 2019, 3:40pm

A Supreme Court judge has refused an application to temporarily halt Racing Queensland's decision to refuse Ben Currie's nominations.  Read more »

Veteran to line up again in another Cup

Thursday 16 May 2019, 3:27pm

Two horses at vastly different stages of their racing careers will bid to deliver trainer Joe Pride an inaugural win in the Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill.  Read more »

Dwayne Dunn after first Goodwood on Booker

Thursday 16 May 2019, 3:04pm

The Goodwood at Morphettville has eluded former Adelaide jockey Dwayne Dunn but he believes he has a good chance of success on four-year-old mare Booker.  Read more »

Michael Walker to have Cup impact

Thursday 16 May 2019, 1:50pm

Jockey Michael Walker's patience could be rewarded with back-to-back Doomben Cups when he rides Fierce Impact.  Read more »

Glen Boss to return to Australia

Thursday 16 May 2019, 1:38pm

Glen Boss, the regular rider of three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, has announced he will return to Australia to continue his career.  Read more »

Blake Shinn reunites with Toby Edmonds

Thursday 16 May 2019, 1:24pm

In-form jockey Blake Shinn is set to reunite with leading trainer Toby Edmonds on two key rides at Doomben.  Read more »

Enable return delayed to Royal Ascot

Thursday 16 May 2019, 8:17am

Dual Arc winner Enable is set to make her eagerly anticipated return to action at Royal Ascot after being scratched from the Coronation Cup at Epsom.  Read more »

Birthday girl MacFarlane lands city double

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 5:21pm

Tony McEvoy-trained fillies Despacito and Aristocratic Miss have provided apprentice Chelsea MacFarlane with her first metropolitan double.  Read more »

McDonald lands 100th Sydney metro winner

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 4:56pm

James McDonald has posted an important milestone in this season's Sydney jockeys' premiership after winning on Primitivo at Warwick Farm.  Read more »

Connery shows his class in Sandown victory

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 4:55pm

Trainer Archie Alexander will keep pushing Connery up in grade in a bid to keep weight off his back after landing another win at Sandown.  Read more »

OTI Racing loads up in Lord Mayors Cup bid

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 4:52pm

Group Two winner Grey Lion will headline a team of four runners for OTI Racing in the Listed Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill.  Read more »

Date change for Weetwood

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 3:47pm

The Weetwood Handicap will have its first date change in 120 years to coincide with Toowoomba's popular Carnival Of Flowers.  Read more »

Oaks, Derby on radar for New Zealand filly

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 3:37pm

Trainer Tony Pike has a lot to look forward to with impressive filly Intrigue after her prize money-boosting win at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

Boom Time ready to strike at Flemington

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 2:21pm

After two runs from a spell, Boom Time will be out to score his first win in 12 months in the Vo Rogue Hall Of Fame Trophy at Flemington.  Read more »

Diamond Thunder on trial for Brisbane trip

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 2:13pm

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham will consider a winter carnival bid in Brisbane if juvenile Diamond Thunder can continue his winning streak at Rosehill.  Read more »

Behemoth steps up for Goodwood challenge

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 12:23pm

Trainer David Jolly is content with his decision to tackle the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville with up-and-coming three-year-old Behemoth.  Read more »

Waller set for more Qld carnival records

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 11:54am

Trainer Chris Waller is heading for more Queensland winter carnival records with his five runners in the Group One Doomben Cup.  Read more »

Capacity field for Group One Doomben Cup

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 11:32am

The Group One Doomben Cup has attracted a full field with Youngstar the favourite to add to her Queensland Group One record.  Read more »

Prodigal son Moody returns to Charleville

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 11:20am

Former champion trainer Peter Moody will head home to Charleville in his role as Battle of the Bush ambassador.  Read more »

O'Learys to wind down racing interests

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 8:07am

Grand National-winning owner Michael O'Leary has announced he will phase out his National Hunt team over the next five years.  Read more »

Sixties Groove likely to run at Rosehill

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 6:23pm

Trainer Kris Lees will run Sixties Groove in the Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill with the gelding unlikely to gain a Doomben Cup start.  Read more »

Main features of the Winx Stand

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 6:14pm

Features of the Winx Stand to be built at Randwick.  Read more »

Time right for Fidelia at Flemington mile

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 5:18pm

After Fidelia's wins over 1300m and 1410m, trainer Robbie Griffiths thinks the time is right for the filly to step up to 1600m at Flemington.  Read more »

Stephanie Thornton has win at RAD Board

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 5:11pm

Melbourne apprentice Stephanie Thornton has won an appeal over a careless riding suspension.  Read more »

Hartani back at Sandown after long absence

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 3:51pm

Former Lloyd Williams-owned Hartani returns to racing for trainer Monica Cid at Sandown after a three-year absence from the racetrack.  Read more »

More meeting transfers for Seymour track

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 3:37pm

The Seymour racetrack will be over-sown with kikuyu grass and when mixed with the current rye grass is expected to see the track race well all year round.  Read more »

Leading fancies draw wide in The Goodwood

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 3:25pm

The barrier draw has not been kind to the two topweights in the Group One Goodwood with Booker and Spright drawing the two widest gates.  Read more »

Australian racing Hall of Fame winners

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 2:42pm

The inductees into racing's Hall Of Fane have had glittering careers.  Read more »

Vo Rogue, Bowman inductees to Hall of Fame

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 2:20pm

The 10 new inductees to Australian racing's Hall of Fame include horses Vo Rogue, and So You Think and jockeys Hugh Bowman and Brent Thomson.  Read more »

Winx to be honoured with stand at Randwick

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 11:12am

Champion Winx will be honoured with a new public stand at Randwick Racecourse to be named after the mare.  Read more »

Maximum Security jockey banned for 15 days

Tuesday 14 May 2019, 8:05am

Jockey Luis Saez will appeal a ban handed down for causing the interference which cost his mount Maximum Security victory in the Kentucky Derby.  Read more »

Cumani keeps One More Try on home soil

Monday 13 May 2019, 6:18pm

Having contemplated a Queensland campaign for One More Try, trainer Matt Cumani will keep the mare in Melbourne for a light preparation ahead of the spring.  Read more »

Rosehill or Doomben for Problem Solver

Monday 13 May 2019, 6:14pm

Group-placed mare Problems Solver has racing options at Rosehill and Doomben with trainer Gerald Ryan to delay a decision.  Read more »

Castle Lady gives Godolphin 300th G1 win

Monday 13 May 2019, 5:23pm

Castle Lady's victory in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at Longchamp in France has given Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin its 300th Group One winner.  Read more »

Booker freshened for G1 Goodwood assault

Monday 13 May 2019, 4:36pm

After a break in the paddock following the Newmarket Handicap, a fresh Booker is ready to contest the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville.  Read more »

Major test for Chapter And Verse

Monday 13 May 2019, 2:17pm

Promising sprinter Chapter and Verse will take a major step towards a start in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he runs in the BRC Sprint.  Read more »

Rawiller praises Ballarat synthetic track

Monday 13 May 2019, 2:03pm

Brought into action earlier than anticipated, the Ballarat synthetic track has been praised by jockey Brad Rawiller who rode a double at its first meeting.  Read more »

Injury stops Menari's racing comeback

Monday 13 May 2019, 8:35am

Talented sprinter Menari has suffered a second suspensory injury and will return to Newgate Farm to serve a limited book of mares.  Read more »

Damian Lane wins Japanese Group One

Sunday 12 May 2019, 5:51pm

Australian jockey Damian Lane has ridden Normcore to win the Group One Victoria Mile in Japan.  Read more »

Belated return for The Odyssey

Sunday 12 May 2019, 5:33pm

Trainer Kelly Schweida says he has no regrets about scratching The Odyssey from Doomben and he is prepared to delay the two-year-old's return.  Read more »

Viddora spelling in UK ahead of return

Sunday 12 May 2019, 5:27pm

Viddora has been forced to travel to England after racing in Hong Kong before being allowed to return to Australia under quarantine protocols.  Read more »

Iconoclasm in top order ahead of Goodwood

Sunday 12 May 2019, 5:14pm

The Goodwood at Morphettville will be the first of two interstate Group One assignments for the Danny O'Brien-trained Iconoclasm.  Read more »

Horse carries wrong number to win

Sunday 12 May 2019, 2:04pm

In the latest integrity mix-up in Queensland a horse has carried the wrong saddle cloth number to victory at Toowoomba.  Read more »

The Candy Man to head to Coast

Sunday 12 May 2019, 12:56pm

Striking grey The Candy Man is set to run at the Gold Coast or Doomben after missing a start in the Chairman's Handicap.  Read more »

Anthony Cummings looks to youth in Qld

Sunday 12 May 2019, 12:49pm

Trainer Anthony Cummings is favouring youth over experience as he assembles his team for the Brisbane winter carnival.  Read more »

McEvoy with two chances in G1 Goodwood

Sunday 12 May 2019, 10:25am

Tony McEvoy is set to have last-start Group One runner-up Cool Passion and up-and-coming sprinter Despatch in the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville.  Read more »

Star 3yos to steal limelight at Doomben

Sunday 12 May 2019, 9:56am

Star three-year-olds Zoustyle and Plague Stone are set to steal the limelight in a support race on Doomben Cup day.  Read more »