News

Super Cash ready for MV but start doubtful

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 4:53pm

Trainer Andrew Noblet has planned a first-up assault on the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley but is fearful she will miss out on a start.  Read more »

Chautauqua to make strides towards Everest

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 4:43pm

Brenton Avdulla expects Chautauqua to improve on his first-up run in The Shorts when the world's highest rated sprinter continues his lead-up to The Everest.  Read more »

Oscietra favourite for Flemington race

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 3:28pm

Three-year-old filly Oscietra, a daughter of champion Black Caviar, is set to have her third career start in a midweek race at Flemington.  Read more »

BRC loses money on its tote

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 3:22pm

Brisbane Racing Club has made a loss on its on-course totalisator in an overall loss of more than $800,000 it will declare at its annual general meeting.  Read more »

Flight Stakes then Oaks for Legal Girl

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 2:39pm

Clarry Conners will set Legal Girl on the same path he took with champion Research who claimed the Flight Stakes and VRC Oaks almost three decades ago.  Read more »

Hartnell gets another look at Caulfield

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 2:16pm

Hartnell and three of his Godolphin stablemates have galloped on the course proper at Caulfield ahead of the Underwood Stakes meeting.  Read more »

Egg Tart still on track for Epsom

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 2:08pm

Chris Waller's racing manager Charlie Duckworth cannot see any reason why Egg Tart will not be fit to run in the Epsom Handicap despite an eye problem.  Read more »

Victoria Derby aim for Weather With You

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 1:53pm

Weather With You will be among the three-year-olds vying for a ballot exemption to the Victoria Derby when he runs in the Trial at Flemington.  Read more »

Pride to gauge Passage Of Time's promise

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 12:35pm

Joe Pride will assess the former James Cummings-trained Passage Of Time when he makes his debut for the Warwick Farm trainer at Rosehill.  Read more »

Maher assistant can't take over: Bailey

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 11:33am

Suspended Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher and Racing Victoria stewards are discussing options for the horses in his stable during his six-month ban.  Read more »

Happy Clapper firming Epsom favourite

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 10:47am

Happy Clapper is a firming Epsom Handicap favourite but there are doubts over second-elect Egg Tart who has failed a vet examination of an eye problem.  Read more »

Field of 14 for Epsom Handicap

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 10:23am

Happy Clapper heads a field of 14 for the Epsom Handicap and will carry topweight of 57kg.  Read more »

Epsom winner Hauraki retired

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 10:14am

Godolphin stalwart Hauraki has been retired a year after his crowning moment in the Epsom Handicap.  Read more »

Spill The Beans to stand in England

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 8:58am

Spill The Beans will become the first son of Snitzel to shuttle to Europe where he will stand at the National Stud at Newmarket.  Read more »

Spill the Beans to Shuttle

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 8:53am

The National Stud, in partnership with Atlas Stallions Ltd and Aquis Farms, is delighted to announce that multiple Group winning sprinter Spill The Beans will reverse shuttle from Australia to the UK for the 2018/2019 northern hemisphere breeding season in a deal brokered by McKeever/Ferguson Bloodstock.  Read more »

Twenty still in the mix for the Arc

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 6:03am

Highland Reel and Order Of St George are among seven Aidan O'Brien-trained horses left in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.  Read more »

Royal Symphony out to remain unbeaten

Monday 25 September 2017, 6:16pm

Unbeaten colt Royal Symphony is favourite for the Caulfield Guineas and is likely to clash with a number of other Guineas contenders in the Prelude.  Read more »

Michael Freedman trains HK double

Monday 25 September 2017, 5:59pm

Michael Freedman has saddled his first Hong Kong winner and added another for good measure at the Sha Tin meeting.  Read more »

Happy Clapper Epsom favourite

Monday 25 September 2017, 5:52pm

Happy Clapper remains the Epsom Handicap favourite ahead of six horses from the Chris Waller stable.  Read more »

Clearly Innocent still aimed at Everest

Monday 25 September 2017, 4:54pm

Trainer Kris Lees is hoping Clearly Innocent can stake his claim for a slot in The $10 million Everest when he runs in the Premiere Stakes.  Read more »

Hartnell among 16 entries for G1 Underwood

Monday 25 September 2017, 4:52pm

Godolphin's Hartnell is among 16 nominations for the Underwood Stakes while stablemate It's Somewhat headlines nominations for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.  Read more »

Russian Revolution on target for G1 Moir

Monday 25 September 2017, 2:32pm

Russian Revolution has continued preparations for the Group One Moir Stakes with a solo hit-out at Moonee Valley.  Read more »

Queensland filly Cellargirl on Flight path

Monday 25 September 2017, 1:36pm

Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida is confident he made the right decision to miss the Golden Rose with Cellargirl in favour of the Flight Stakes.  Read more »

Houtzen to put Everest hopes on show

Monday 25 September 2017, 12:01pm

Houtzen's performance in a Group Three race for fillies at Moonee Valley will determine whether she presses on to the $10 million Everest as planned.  Read more »

Harlem handed 0.5kg penalty for Cups

Monday 25 September 2017, 11:21am

Naturalism Stakes winner Harlem has been penalised half a kilogram for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, taking his weight to 51.5kg.  Read more »

Cracksman to miss Arc, Enable odds-on

Monday 25 September 2017, 6:06am

Trainer John Gosden has confirmed Cracksman will miss the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with stablemate Enable now odds-on.  Read more »

Maher banned over conman's horse ownership

Monday 25 September 2017, 5:27am

Trainer Ciaron Maher says he is glad the matter of the ownership of five horses in his stable is over after being suspended for six months and fined $75,000.  Read more »

Gingernuts building for Cups campaign

Sunday 24 September 2017, 5:23pm

Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts will try to add to his NZ Group One tally before returning to Australia for the Cups.  Read more »

No Epsom for Rose winner Trapeze Artist

Sunday 24 September 2017, 4:36pm

Three-year-old Trapeze Artist will not back up in the Epsom Handicap from his Golden Rose win but Gerald Ryan still has two possible runners.  Read more »

Tavago heading to JRA Cup at Moonee Valley

Sunday 24 September 2017, 3:24pm

Group One winner Tavago is set to have his second start of the spring in the JRA Cup at Moonee Valley.  Read more »

Supido to put best foot forward in G1 Moir

Sunday 24 September 2017, 3:09pm

Trainer Mick Kent expects improvement from Supido in the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley after being disappointed with his last-start fifth.  Read more »

Big test for Rancho Montoya

Sunday 24 September 2017, 3:06pm

Rancho Montoya will be tested for a southern campaign in the Three-Year-Old Handicap over 1600m at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

Big names to gallop at Moonee Valley

Sunday 24 September 2017, 1:50pm

Group One winners Russian Revolution and Vega Magic are among a host of horses scheduled to head to Moonee Valley for trackwork gallops.  Read more »

Darren Bell benefit fund reaches $38,000

Sunday 24 September 2017, 1:38pm

A fund to help Queensland trainer Darren Bell, who has been forced to quit because of debts incurred following a strangles case, has reached $38,000.  Read more »

Wayne Wilson Medal finalists decided

Sunday 24 September 2017, 9:37am

The finalists have been decided for the Wayne Wilson Memorial Medal which honours an outstanding training performance by a Queenslander.  Read more »

Jockey Neilson fractures vertebrae in fall

Sunday 24 September 2017, 9:34am

South Australian jockey Matthew Neilson remains in Royal Adelaide Hospital nursing injuries suffered in a fall at Morphettville.  Read more »

Blake Shinn, Josh Parr suspended from Rose

Saturday 23 September 2017, 6:30pm

Blake Shinn will miss the $10 million Everest but Josh Parr will be back in time from his ban after both were outed for interference in the Golden Rose.  Read more »

Oliver among three suspended at Caulfield

Saturday 23 September 2017, 5:59pm

Damien Oliver has been suspended for 14 meetings for careless riding at Caulfield while Nikita Beriman and Noel Callow have both been suspended for 12 meetings.  Read more »

Quinton mares quinella G2 Golden Pendant

Saturday 23 September 2017, 5:56pm

Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms have finished one-two in the Golden Pendant for trainer Ron Quinton at Rosehill.  Read more »

Chris Meagher in dream start to training

Saturday 23 September 2017, 5:23pm

Savanna Amour has provided Chris Meagher with the perfect start to his training career in winning a stakes race at Caulfield.  Read more »

Harlem books his spot in the Caulfield Cup

Saturday 23 September 2017, 5:15pm

Harlem has earned a ballot exemption into the $3 million Caulfield Cup with a convincing victory in the Group Three MRC Foundation Cup over 2000m.  Read more »

Hot hand for Ace High in Gloaming Stakes

Saturday 23 September 2017, 4:35pm

Ace High and Tye Angland have dealt a winning hand for trainer David Payne in the Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill.  Read more »

Bons Away scores an upset win at Caulfield

Saturday 23 September 2017, 4:13pm

The Ciaron Maher-trained Bons Away has upstaged The Everest-bound Brave Smash in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield.  Read more »

Trapeze Artist wins Group One Golden Rose

Saturday 23 September 2017, 4:07pm

Trapeze Artist has beaten Champagne Cuddles and his highly fancied stablemate Menari to win the $1 million Golden Rose.  Read more »

Washington Heights earns Epsom Hcp start

Saturday 23 September 2017, 3:51pm

Washington Heights has earned a berth in the Epsom Handicap with his win in the Shannon Stakes, a temptation his owners are likely to resist.  Read more »

Sircconi beats older horses at Caulfield

Saturday 23 September 2017, 3:45pm

Trainer Peter Morgan believes there's improvement to come from three-year-old Sircconi after the colt beat older horses in a 1400m handicap at Caulfield.  Read more »

Waller runners to the fore in Queensland

Saturday 23 September 2017, 3:40pm

Chris Waller has shown his team is ready to be a force in Queensland with a two-centre treble at Ipswich and the Gold Coast.  Read more »

Waller urges cautious approach for Alward

Saturday 23 September 2017, 3:33pm

Alward has won two of his three Sydney starts but it might not be enough for the imported stayer backs up in The Metropolitan.  Read more »

Egg Tart works out before Epsom Handicap

Saturday 23 September 2017, 2:51pm

Epsom Handicap second favourite Egg Tart has tuned up with gallop between races at Rosehill.  Read more »

Wide draw causes no concern for Bandipur

Saturday 23 September 2017, 2:44pm

Bandipur has been able to keep out of trouble on his way to recording a narrow victory in the Fight Cancer Foundation Plate at Caulfield.  Read more »