News
Son of Polanski chasing a Vic Derby start
Melbourne
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
Brisbane
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
London
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
Melbourne
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
Sydney
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
Gold Coast
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
Gold Coast
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
Brisbane
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
Brisbane
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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"
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
London
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
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
Brisbane
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
City Of London
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
Brisbane
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
Sydney
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
London
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
Melbourne
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Brisbane
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
Sydney
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
Melbourne
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
Melbourne
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
Brisbane
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
Melbourne
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
Brisbane
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
Brisbane
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 »