News

Spirited bidding on Day 1 of Easter Sale

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 7:48pm

The three-day Australian Easter Yearling sale has begun on a strong note with four million dollar lots sold.  Read more »

Favourite Messene draws wide in Doncaster

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 6:48pm

Messene will have to start from a wide barrier if he is to give the Hawkes training partnership a Doncaster to add to the Golden Slipper.  Read more »

Wet track doubt on Zoustar for Randwick

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 5:59pm

Valuable colt Zoustar will not run in the TJ Smith Stakes if connections believe the track at Randwick is too wet.  Read more »

NZ trainer chasing more Melbourne success

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 5:28pm

New Zealand trainer Paul Richards will be out to emulate his deeds of 16 years ago with Natuzzi at Caulfield.  Read more »

Barrier woes for Snitzerland in TJ Smith

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 5:13pm

Snitzerland's chances of adding the TJ Smith to her Group One Lightning Stakes win have been dealt a blow with the outside barrier.  Read more »

Girl Guide out to show the way at Sandown

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 4:14pm

In-form mare Girl Guide will have another new jockey but the David Hayes stable still expects a strong showing at Sandown.  Read more »

Moody quits ATA after stable access furore

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 3:19pm

Peter Moody has resigned from the Australian Trainers' Association because of a stewards' demand for keys to his stable.  Read more »

TJ Smith attracts full field of sprinters

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 3:16pm

Buffering, Gordon Lord Byron and Lankan Rupee are among a host of headline sprinters to accept for the $2.5 million race at Randwick.  Read more »

Three Slipper runners back up in Sires'

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 2:56pm

Unencumbered, Cornrow and Believe Yourself will be the only Golden Slipper horses to contest the $1 million Sires' Produce Stakes.  Read more »

Rawiller after more success on Fort Sumter

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 2:06pm

Leading jockey Nash Rawiller will link with bush trainer Pat Farrell at Warwick Farm in a bid for back-to-back wins with Fort Sumter.  Read more »

Solzhenitsyn on target for winter carnival

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 1:57pm

A Doomben barrier trial win has confirmed a winter carnival campaign for two-time Toorak Handicap winner Solzhenitsyn.  Read more »

Racing pays its respects to Nathan Berry

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 9:31am

Jockey Nathan Berry has been remembered as a man who filled his short life with love for his family and his profession.  Read more »

Arc champion Treve nearing comeback

Tuesday 8 April 2014, 7:05am

Frankie Dettori is excited about the impending return of Treve, world's highest ranked horse in training.  Read more »

Emerald horses unveiled as trophies

Monday 7 April 2014, 6:52pm

Sydney jeweller Nicola Cerrone has created an emerald horse with pink and black diamond features as the trophy for The Championships.  Read more »

Racing Victoria sets cobalt threshold

Monday 7 April 2014, 6:32pm

Stewards in Victoria have introduced a threshold level for the substance cobalt to try to prevent its potential use as a performance enhancer.  Read more »

Zululand chases Sires' Produce double

Monday 7 April 2014, 6:02pm

Jockey Stephen Baster is hoping to add a Group One win on Zululand to an already impressive number of winners in juvenile races this season.  Read more »

Tommy Berry to ride Weary in Doncaster

Monday 7 April 2014, 5:59pm

Craig Newitt has stepped down from the ride on Weary allowing Tommy Berry to pilot the leading chance maong Chris Waller's six entries.  Read more »

Calendar Lad in distance test at Caulfield

Monday 7 April 2014, 5:47pm

Last start Moonee Valley runner-up Calendar Lad steps to 2400m at Caulfield in search of a Listed win in the Galilee Series Final.  Read more »

Puccini out to redeem himself in Derby

Monday 7 April 2014, 5:36pm

New Zealand Derby winner Puccini will be out to bounce back in the Australian Derby after a disastrous Rosehill Guineas.  Read more »

Snitzerland to run in TJ wet or dry

Monday 7 April 2014, 5:34pm

Lightning Stakes winner Snitzerland will run in the TJ Smith Stakes which could be her first test on wet ground.  Read more »