News

Son of Polanski chasing a Vic Derby start

Thursday 19 July 2018, 12:06pm

A ballot-free exemption into the Group One Victoria Derby or VRC Oaks is on the line for 11 two-year-olds when they contest the Byerley Handicap at Flemington.  Read more »

Tony Gollan weighs up stablemates' clash

Thursday 19 July 2018, 11:59am

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is debating whether to split fillies Miss Exfactor and Shesees Everything.  Read more »

Dual Ascot winner Lady Aurelia retired

Thursday 19 July 2018, 9:17am

Trainer Wesley Ward has confirmed dual Royal Ascot winner Lady Aurelia has been retired.  Read more »

Bookmaker Brian Mann charged by stewards

Thursday 19 July 2018, 8:58am

Racing Victoria stewards have charged licensed bookmaker Brian Mann with a number of breaches of the rules.  Read more »

Avdulla closer to first Sydney premiership

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 5:48pm

Brenton Avdulla has maintained a healthy lead as he heads to his first Sydney premiership with he and Blake Shinn riding one winner each at Warwick Farm.  Read more »

Tony Gollan breaks his metropolitan record

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 5:09pm

Tony Gollan has broken his own record for Queensland metropolitan winners with Daring Deeds' victory at the Gold Coast giving him 87 for the season.  Read more »

Linlithgow repays Toby Edmonds' work

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 5:01pm

Trainer Toby Edmonds has been repaid for his hard work with Linlithgow when the trouble-prone four-year-old mare won her second race at her third race start.  Read more »

Better things to come from Sandown winner

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 4:40pm

Plunge winner Our Libretto is headed for bigger and better things after storming home to break her maiden status at Sandown.  Read more »

Thornton out to clinch Rising Stars title

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 4:25pm

Stephanie Thornton is hoping to finish this season's Rising Stars Series in style when she rides So Splendid in the Final of the series at Flemington.  Read more »

Jameka gallops between races at Sandown

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 4:14pm

A race day gallop at Sandown has Jameka edging closer to a return to the racetrack.  Read more »

Former top rider Glen Charles dies

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 3:12pm

Former champion Brisbane apprentice Glen Charles has died aged 68 after a short illness.  Read more »

No Annamossity chases first stakes win

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 2:51pm

No Annamossity has the chance to follow in the footsteps of elder brother Buffering and win a stakes race at Doomben.  Read more »

FALCON ISLAND Wins in Dynamic Style Smashing Multiple Records

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 2:02pm

On Saturday afternoon at Wyong Racecourse, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott trained Dynamic Syndications galloper FALCON ISLAND atoned for his narrow last start 2nd, when crushing his peers in winning Race 7 the Citrus Clean Benchmark 67 Hcp 1600m event.  Read more »

Racing NSW increases prize money

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 1:32pm

Racing NSW has announced prize money increases designed to benefit all participants and bolster field sizes.  Read more »

Lachlan King appeals Caulfield suspension

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 1:26pm

Apprentice Lachlan King has appealed a careless riding suspension incurred at Caulfield, having also been suspended a week earlier.  Read more »

Academy ideal way to find staff: Corstens

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 12:58pm

A lack a trained staff has Troy Corstens proposing Victoria could develop an academy to attract newcomers to the industry.  Read more »

PRIME THOROUGHBREDS UPDATE 18/07/2018

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 10:48am

We have plenty of action on the track starting with the consistent mare Hussy’s Glow running at Sandown today.   Read more »

Country horses get their own "Everest"

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 10:29am

NSW country-trained horses will vie for positions in the $1.3-million Kosciuszco to be held on the same program as the $13-million Everest.  Read more »

Ciaron Maher back to work at Caulfield

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 5:39pm

A broken femur may have cost Ciaron Maher a start in the Mongol Derby but it hasn't stopped him keeping an eye on his team at Caulfield trackwork.  Read more »

Mollyfied to back up at Warwick Farm

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 5:05pm

Trainer Gerald Ryan will test Mollyfied over 1600 metres at Warwick Farm a week after her last start.  Read more »

Empire in line for Flemington honours

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 4:40pm

Nordic Empire will be chasing his fourth win of the season when he runs in a 1200m benchmark race at Flemington.  Read more »

Melody Belle on track for new season

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 3:55pm

New Zealand Group One winner Melody Belle is on track for the new season after a disappointing three-year-old year.  Read more »

Coonawarra chasing third-straight city win

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 3:51pm

After wins at Canterbury and Rosehill at his past two starts, four-year-old Coonawarra will try to continue his winning run at Randwick.  Read more »

Gale force winds halt racing at Pakenham

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 2:03pm

The race meeting at Pakenham has been abandoned after one race because of strong winds.  Read more »

Sasko chasing winning hat-trick at Sandown

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 1:54pm

Trainer Tony McEvoy has elected to remove the blinkers from Sasko despite the stayer wearing the headgear to victory at his past two starts.  Read more »

Marmelo fighting fit after French win

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 11:54am

Trainer Hughie Morrison says Melbourne Cup contender Marmelo may have one more run before heading to Australia.  Read more »

Stallion Hinchinbrook has died aged 10

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 9:19am

Popular stallion Hinchinbrook has died after breaking a leg at the age of 10.  Read more »

Rising Stars Series set for city finale

Monday 16 July 2018, 5:20pm

The Rising Stars series for apprentice jockeys in Victoria will culminate in the series Final at Flemington.  Read more »

Veteran trainer Fred Cowell dies aged 78

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:53pm

Veteran Central Coast trainer Fred Cowell has died after a long illness aged 78.  Read more »

Fun Fact chasing Derby spot in Byerley Hcp

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:46pm

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has sent two-year-old Fun Fact south to Melbourne to chase a Victoria Derby ballot exemption in the Byerley Handicap.  Read more »

World traveller Jetwings back in Sydney

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:20pm

After two stints in Hong Kong and one in New Zealand, Jetwings has made his way back to the Gerald Ryan stable in Sydney.  Read more »

Gollan and Lloyd combine in Tatt's Mile

Monday 16 July 2018, 3:56pm

Trainer Tony Gollan and Jeff Lloyd will combine with Sheiswhatsheis in the final stakes race of the Queensland season at Doomben.  Read more »

Purton prevails in HK premiership battle

Monday 16 July 2018, 1:46pm

After a gripping battle with Joao Moreira, Australian jockey Zac Purton has clinched the Hong Kong jockeys' premiership.  Read more »

Trainer admits lying but denies cheating

Monday 16 July 2018, 12:05pm

Victorian training partners Lee and Shannon Hope are appealing their cobalt bans, arguing there was an inadvertent administration through feed and supplements.  Read more »

Derby winner Masar out for the season

Monday 16 July 2018, 11:30am

Derby winner Masar will not run again this season but has been given the green light to stay in training as a four-year-old.  Read more »

Kris Lees calls on Jeff Lloyd for Doukhan

Friday 13 July 2018, 3:29pm

Trainer Kris Lees has given veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd his last chance to win the Queen's Cup with the ride on Doukhan.  Read more »

Naturalism dies aged 29

Friday 13 July 2018, 1:03pm

Group One-winning racehorse and subsequent stallion Naturalism has died aged 29 at Meringo Stud.  Read more »

Best Solution possible Melb Cup runner

Friday 13 July 2018, 10:41am

Best Solution has registered a gritty success in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket to set up a possible tilt at the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

PRIME THOROUGHBREDS UPDATE 13/07/18

Friday 13 July 2018, 10:06am

Reneged topped off a good week on the track when he ran a gallant 3rd in the Grafton Cup over 2350m. Craig Newitt put him in a nice place heading out of the straight but the eventual winner put him in a pocket and kept him there until they turned for home which probably cost us the race.  Read more »

Chautauqua as good as ever: Tommy Berry

Friday 13 July 2018, 8:23am

Champion sprinter Chautauqua has jumped cleanly from the barrier in a Flemington jump-out to pass the first of two required tests to be reinstated to race.  Read more »

Chris Munce trains Grafton Cup winner

Thursday 12 July 2018, 5:48pm

Chris Munce has trained First Crush to win the Listed Grafton Cup, a race he won twice as a jockey.  Read more »

Williams chasing even more city wins

Thursday 12 July 2018, 5:15pm

Melbourne premiership leader Craig Williams has another strong book of rides at Caulfield as he looks to continue his outstanding late-season form.  Read more »

QRIC apologises on prize money release

Thursday 12 July 2018, 5:07pm

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has apologised for releasing incorrect information regarding withheld prize money from Weetwood day.  Read more »

Sir Bacchus gets Winter Stakes start

Thursday 12 July 2018, 5:05pm

Sir Bacchus gets his chance for a stakes win after gaining a start in the Listed Winter Stakes with the scratching of Widgee Turf.  Read more »

MRC honour Jim Moloney with Listed race

Thursday 12 July 2018, 4:56pm

The Melbourne Racing Club has announced a new Listed race named the Jim Moloney Stakes which will be run at Caulfield for the first time this spring.  Read more »

Connections rapt with Crystal Dreamer

Thursday 12 July 2018, 3:34pm

Co-trainer Simon Zahra says Crystal Dreamer has had a faultless build-up to the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Weight worry for Megablast at Caloundra

Thursday 12 July 2018, 3:29pm

Tough stayer Megablast will have to set a modern day weight-carrying record if he is to complete the Caloundra Cup-Queen's Cup double.  Read more »

Two Japanese horses confirmed Cup entries

Thursday 12 July 2018, 3:29pm

Racing Victoria has confirmed Japanese horses Chestnut Coat and Sole Impact have been entered for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.  Read more »

Bragging rights on line in sprint

Thursday 12 July 2018, 2:31pm

Bragging rights about who is the best horse over the Caloundra 1000 metres go on the line when four track and distance specialists meet at the track.  Read more »

Big track lures Schweida's young stars

Thursday 12 July 2018, 11:31am

The spacious Caloundra track has convinced trainer Kelly Schweida to miss the Grafton Guineas and run Shogun Sun and Bluebrook at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »