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Fast Facts on the Toorak Handicap

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:55pm

The $400,000 Toorak Handicap is one of the feature mile races of the Melbourne spring carnival.  Read more »

G1 Guineas not all one-way traffic: Boss

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:40pm

Glen Boss rates Caulfield Guineas favourite Rich Enuff as the benchmark but has the confidence in his mount Chivalry to make a race of it.  Read more »

Neena Rock gets valuable chance in Angst

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:16pm

New Zealand mare Neena Rock is after a valuable Australian black-type win in the Angst Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Rawiller back on Trust In A Gust in Toorak

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:12pm

Brad Rawiller is excited to reunite with Trust In A Gust in the Toorak Handicap after weight ruled him out of the horse's Rupert Clarke Stakes win.  Read more »

Colic attack claims import Manduro's Son

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:06pm

French horse Manduro's Son has been euthanised due to complications from colic, unrelated to a leg injury he suffered in trackwork in Melbourne.  Read more »

Cox Plate hopes clash in Caulfield Stakes

Friday 10 October 2014, 4:00pm

The Cox Plate picture will become clearer when the top four in betting, including the Peter Moody-trained Dissident, clash in the Caulfield Stakes.  Read more »

Sweynesse up to 2000m challenge: Godolphin

Friday 10 October 2014, 3:48pm

Sweynesse will put an unbeaten record on line when he races at 2000m for the first time in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes.  Read more »

Blinkers to put spark into Zululand: Hayes

Friday 10 October 2014, 3:41pm

Trainer David Hayes is looking for a third Caulfield Guineas success and is hoping blinkers will do the trick with Zululand.  Read more »

Premiership hopes for teenage jockey

Friday 10 October 2014, 2:03pm

Teenage jockey Winona Costin hopes to follow in the footsteps of her mentor, champion rider Kathy O'Hara, to snag the apprentices premiership this season.  Read more »

Price is right about Cummings' filly

Friday 10 October 2014, 1:46pm

Anthony Cummings has a habit of winning Group One races in Melbourne with long shots and Thousand Guineas hopeful High Above could be his next.  Read more »

Flying Home a short course threat

Friday 10 October 2014, 1:02pm

Trainer Barry Baldwin will keep middle distance horse Flying Home to a short course race at Doomben believing he is fresh enough to win.  Read more »

Gauci happy to be part of Group One action

Friday 10 October 2014, 12:59pm

Jockey Darren Gauci doesn't get the same opportunities he once commanded but partners Tristram's Sun in the Group One Toorak Handicap.  Read more »

Picavino set to end Kemp's frustrating run

Friday 10 October 2014, 12:27pm

City winners have been hard to come by for Kevin Kemp but the Toowoomba trainer is counting on Picavino to bring a change of luck at Doomben.  Read more »

Horse poisoning alarms Venezuela

Friday 10 October 2014, 2:01am

Criminal gangs fighting to control gambling make life dangerous for racehorses in Venezuela.  Read more »

Douglas Whyte to ride in Caulfield Cup

Thursday 9 October 2014, 6:02pm

In a coup for trainer Chris Waller, champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte has been confirmed for Junoob in the Caulfield Cup.  Read more »

Clarry Conners back on track for Dear Demi

Thursday 9 October 2014, 5:57pm

Clarry Conners is looking forward to seeing Dear Demi in the Caulfield Stakes ahead of the mare's main spring mission in the Caulfield Cup.  Read more »

Fast Facts on the Spring Champion Stakes

Thursday 9 October 2014, 4:38pm

The Spring Champion Stakes for three-year-olds is the final Group One race of the Sydney spring carnival.  Read more »

Commanding Jewel ready for Toorak test

Thursday 9 October 2014, 4:29pm

Beaten as an odds-on favourite last start, Commanding Jewel is poised to bounce back to the winner's stall in the Toorak Handicap.  Read more »

Looks Like The Cat chasing Guineas triumph

Thursday 9 October 2014, 4:24pm

Looks Like The Cat has been aimed at the Caulfield Guineas and Tony Gollan expects him to run the best race of his campaign in the $1 million race.  Read more »

Tait ends 15-year association with Darley

Thursday 9 October 2014, 3:44pm

Olly Tait will step down as Darley's chief operating officer after spending 15 years with Sheikh Mohammed's famous thoroughbred organisation.  Read more »