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QRIC warns about severe bans for fixing

Sunday 8 October 2017, 9:26am

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has warned participants in all three racing codes they face hefty bans if found guilty of match fixing.  Read more »

Aidan O'Brien moves closer to G1 record

Sunday 8 October 2017, 8:10am

Roly Poly has won the Sun Chariot Stakes to push trainer Aidan O'Brien to 23 Group One wins for the year and closer to the world record.  Read more »

Pure Pride gets welcome Flemington victory

Saturday 7 October 2017, 6:42pm

Pure Pride has given her trainer Murray Johnson a change of fortune with her victory in the Paris Lane Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Now Or Later wins, brightens Smerdon's day

Saturday 7 October 2017, 6:28pm

Now Or Later has taken out the Group Two Blazer Stakes at Flemington as trainer Robert Smerdon faces an alleged raceday treatment inquiry.  Read more »

Bring Me Roses races into Oaks favouritism

Saturday 7 October 2017, 6:26pm

The Tony McEvoy-trained Bring Me Roses has finished strongly to win the Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington, earning favouritism for the VRC Oaks.  Read more »

Amelie's Star earns Melbourne Cup berth

Saturday 7 October 2017, 6:16pm

A strong win in the Group Three Bart Cummings at Flemington has earned Amelie's Star a ballot exemption into this year's Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Dixie Blossoms wins Group 3 Angst Stakes

Saturday 7 October 2017, 6:10pm

Dixie Blossoms has beaten Daysee Doom in the Angst Stakes to provide veteran trainer Ron Quinton with another major-race quinella.  Read more »

Godolphin colt Viridine extends sequence

Saturday 7 October 2017, 5:07pm

Viridine has extended his unbeaten record to four races after claiming the Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Mighty mare Winx makes it 21 wins in a row

Saturday 7 October 2017, 4:28pm

Mighty mare Winx has notched up her 21st consecutive win before an adoring crowd at racing's 'headquarters', Flemington.  Read more »

Ace High a popular Spring Champion winner

Saturday 7 October 2017, 4:20pm

Ace High has given David Payne and long-time owner John Cordina a first Group One together in the Spring Champion Stakes.  Read more »

Ric McMahon continues rich run on Outraged

Saturday 7 October 2017, 4:10pm

Jockey Ric McMahon has shown his affinity with tough gelding Outraged who scored an impressive win at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Keen Array wins Group Two Gilgai Stakes

Saturday 7 October 2017, 4:03pm

Five-year-old Keen Array has broken through for his first win in 12 months, beating Sold For Song in a photo finish to the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Highway Handicap trifecta for Matthew Dunn

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:44pm

Matthew Dunn has trained a Highway Handicap trifecta after entering three runners in the race for country-trained horses for the first time.  Read more »

Wonder mare Winx makes it 21 wins on end

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:27pm

Winx has strolled to one of the easiest wins of her career, taking out the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

More success for Dusty, this time at races

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:19pm

Dustin Martin and a syndicate of Richmond players now have a winning racehorse, and likely $1.5 million Victoria Derby contender at Flemington.  Read more »

Main Stage on target for Victoria Derby

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:16pm

Main Stage has put his credentials on the line for the Victoria Derby with an impressive victory in a lead-up race at Flemington.  Read more »

Gingernuts Caulfield Cup plans in disarray

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:04pm

Co-trainer Stephen Autridge says he will consider all options for Gingernuts who has missed a vital Caulfield Cup lead-up because of rain.  Read more »

Torgersen finds winning ways at Gold Coast

Saturday 7 October 2017, 3:00pm

Former stakes-placed galloper Torgersen has responded to new training tactics to score his first win in nearly two years at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Weir happy to be proven wrong by Snitzepeg

Saturday 7 October 2017, 2:55pm

The Darren Weir-trained Snitzepeg has stepped up to claim a Listed win at Flemington over the fast-finishing Bravo Tango.  Read more »

Waller claims sure win in three-horse race

Saturday 7 October 2017, 2:50pm

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has claimed a guaranteed winner and trifecta in a three-horse race at Randwick.  Read more »

Interlocuter makes up for protest defeat

Saturday 7 October 2017, 2:48pm

Interlocuter has avenged his last-start loss on protest with a decisive win at Randwick.  Read more »

Nomothaj on Magic Millions Classic path

Saturday 7 October 2017, 2:11pm

Two-year-old Nomothaj will be set for the Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast after her debut win in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Munce continues impressive run with babies

Saturday 7 October 2017, 2:03pm

Chris Munce has been training for less than three years but he is already a force in the juvenile ranks.  Read more »

Goodfella's victory a slam dunk for Baker

Saturday 7 October 2017, 1:50pm

The Bjorn Baker-trained Goodfella has made his own luck in running to beat Our Mantra at Randwick.  Read more »

Gold Coast 2YO result stuns Zielke stable

Saturday 7 October 2017, 1:23pm

Trainer John Zielke was surprised when his two-year-old You Know The One finished in front of stablemate Rains Aplenty at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Mar Nero on track for Highway Handicap

Friday 6 October 2017, 6:58pm

Cameron Crockett has planned methodically for Mar Nero's tilt at the Highway Handicap at Randwick through two lead-up tests.  Read more »

McEvoy excited ahead of Maribyrnong Trial

Friday 6 October 2017, 6:34pm

Trainer Tony McEvoy will saddle up two chances in Melbourne's first juvenile race of the season, the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Winx primed to celebrate 21st in Turnbull

Friday 6 October 2017, 5:33pm

Winx will be chasing her 21st consecutive win and 25th overall when she makes her first appearance at Flemington.  Read more »

Snitzkraft scratched from Roman Consul

Friday 6 October 2017, 5:31pm

Promising colt Snitzkraft's Sydney debut has been called off after illness forced his withdrawal from the Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Harlem out to book Melbourne Cup spot

Friday 6 October 2017, 4:05pm

Imported stayer Harlem will be out to lock in a Melbourne Cup spot via the Bart Cummings at Flemington.  Read more »

Silent Sedition in great order: Noblet

Friday 6 October 2017, 3:33pm

Trainer Andrew Noblet is delighted how Group One-winning mare Silent Sedition has been building up to her spring return in the Gilgai Stakes.  Read more »

Waller can't fault Winx ahead of Turnbull

Friday 6 October 2017, 3:27pm

Chris Waller says the beauty of Winx is she can adapt to all situations as the champion mare prepares to take on a small field in the Group One Turnbull Stakes.  Read more »

Surprise Bullet aims at Spring Champion

Friday 6 October 2017, 2:52pm

Brisbane trainer Barry Lockwood believes he has a developing stayer on his hands in Surprise Bullet who steps up to G1 racing in the Spring Champion Stakes..  Read more »

Torgersen to regain will to win at Coast

Friday 6 October 2017, 1:51pm

Stakes-placed former Sydney galloper Torgersen has worked well enough at the Gold Coast to indicate he is regaining his will to win.  Read more »

Sunquest on Vic Derby trail at Flemington

Friday 6 October 2017, 1:38pm

Sunquest might still be a maiden but his trainer Steve Richards has been eyeing off the Victoria Derby at Flemington for some time.  Read more »

Chris Meagher to make own name

Friday 6 October 2017, 1:25pm

Chris Meagher will have metropolitan runners in his own name at the Gold Coast after officially taking over the family team from his father John Meagher.  Read more »

Rikki Palmer back riding for Harold Norman

Friday 6 October 2017, 10:23am

Veteran trainer Harold Norman is hoping to give his former apprentice Rikki Palmer a winning return to Queensland racing at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Ben Melham, John Allen appeal suspensions

Friday 6 October 2017, 10:23am

Jockeys Ben Melham and John Allen will need to have careless riding suspensions at least reduced on appeal to ride at the Caulfield Guineas meeting.  Read more »

Paul Butterworth wins Wayne Wilson medal

Friday 6 October 2017, 9:01am

Paul Butterworth's Group One win with Capital Gain has earned him the Wayne Wilson Medal for an outstanding effort by a Queensland trainer in 2016-17.  Read more »

Godolphin pay high price for Galileo filly

Friday 6 October 2017, 8:50am

Godolphin has outbid Coolmore at the Tattersalls sale to secure the highest-priced yearling sold at auction this year.  Read more »

William Buick returns from injury at Ascot

Friday 6 October 2017, 7:08am

William Buick will make his return from injury when he rides the Godolphin-owned Blue Point in the Group Three John Guest Bengough Stakes at Ascot.  Read more »

Attempted raceday treatment earns a ban

Thursday 5 October 2017, 6:11pm

A trainer has been disqualified following the attempted race day treatment of three horses that resulted in their scratching from races at Moe.  Read more »

Slow build-up continues for Dream Finnish

Thursday 5 October 2017, 5:10pm

Trainer Michael Nolan will take another slow step to get mare Dream Finnish out to a middle distance at the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Quinton avoids penalty in cobalt case

Thursday 5 October 2017, 5:00pm

Sydney trainer Ron Quinton has avoided a penalty over elevated cobalt levels in two of his horses originating from incorrectly labelled feed.  Read more »

Cummings making no promises for Tally

Thursday 5 October 2017, 4:44pm

Godolphin's head Australian trainer James Cummings says Tally has trained well as he heads into the Bart Cummings.  Read more »

A rundown of Flemington's Turnbull Stakes

Thursday 5 October 2017, 4:29pm

All the key facts and talking points ahead of Saturday's Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, where Winx is aiming for her 21st consecutive win.  Read more »

Skyfire trainer backs G1 debut facing Winx

Thursday 5 October 2017, 4:26pm

Mornington trainer Amy Johnston has defended her decision to run lowly rated gelding Skyfire against Winx in the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Waller expects improvement from Tangled

Thursday 5 October 2017, 4:22pm

Chris Waller is confident Group Two-winning colt Tangled can continue to emerge from a form slump in the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Times tell the story for Cooroi Chase

Thursday 5 October 2017, 3:35pm

Trainer Peter Hulbert has put aside his disappointment at Cooroi Chase's first-up defeat after studying sectional times for the race.  Read more »

Cups King opened a wonderland for Wendy

Thursday 5 October 2017, 3:11pm

Flemington Racecourse is now home to a permanent display of 149 trophies and awards won by the Cups king Bart Cummings.  Read more »