News

Lightz switched on for Rosebud bid

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 2:10pm

Jim and Greg Lee are confident three-year-old Lightz is in for a much-improved campaign starting with The Rosebud at Rosehill.  Read more »

Budget Bender after three in a row

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 1:35pm

Rejuvenated galloper Budget Bender is set to back up at Doomben from a win at Caloundra in an attempt to complete a hat-trick.  Read more »

Oscietra draws barrier four at Geelong

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 12:46pm

Oscietra, the daughter of unbeaten Black Caviar, will attempt to break her maiden status on the synthetic track at Geelong.  Read more »

Trainer Trent Pennuto to front RAD Board

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 10:22am

Trainer Trent Pennuto and a stable employee have a date before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over the alleged stomach tubing of Chatober.  Read more »

Jockeys Lever, Pitomac remain in hospital

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 7:51am

Jockeys Chad Lever and Daniel Pitomac remain in Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital where they are being assessed for injuries suffered in falls at Scone.  Read more »

Spirit Trial Winner Goes Boom

Wednesday 9 August 2017, 7:40am

Eureka Stud's exciting young sire Spirit of Boom nailed it in NZ with his first official trial winner scoring by a commanding eight lengths over 600m at Waverley race course on Tuesday.  Read more »

Payne excited to compete in Shergar Cup

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 6:00pm

The 2015 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is excited about competing in the Shergar Cup at Ascot in England.  Read more »

Pfieffer excited about black-type bid

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:47pm

David Pfieffer-trained filly I Am Excited will seek more black type in just the third start of her career when she tackles The Rosebud at Rosehill.  Read more »

Catchy among 35 in Guineas from Hayes

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:20pm

Horses from David Hayes' Lindsay Park stables make up more than 10 per cent of the 327 nominations for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas.  Read more »

Michelle Payne hopeful of Cox Plate ride

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 5:03pm

Michelle Payne has already won a Melbourne Cup and says she hopes to ride international horse Kaspersky in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.  Read more »

Premier's Cup Prelude next for Loyalty Man

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:42pm

Last-start Randwick runner-up Loyalty Man is likely to have two more Sydney starts this campaign, beginning with the Premier's Cup Prelude at Rosehill.  Read more »

Chad Lever injured in fall at Scone

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:18pm

Jockey Chad Lever has been injured after falling from his mount Anticipate during a Maiden Plate at Scone.  Read more »

Horse flu crisis hurt Leica trainer Freyer

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 4:06pm

The son of the late NSW Riverina trainer Richard Freyer says his father did everything for his horses and would have never had a holiday in his life.  Read more »

Cartel set for Sydney debut in Highway

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 3:58pm

Promising Danny Williams-trained colt Cartel will make the journey from Goulburn to Rosehill for a Highway Handicap.  Read more »

Healthy Abbey Marie ready for her return

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:59pm

A fit and healthy Abbey Marie is ready for a tilt at the spring carnival following her second placing in a Cranbourne barrier trial.  Read more »

Winx headlines 141 Cox Plate nominations

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:47pm

The Cox Plate has attracted 141 nominations headlined by champion Winx along with 15 international entries.  Read more »

Webster happy to send Clapper to Memsie

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:44pm

Pat Webster is thrilled with Happy Clapper's third in a barrier trial but will be even happier not to run into Winx again this spring.  Read more »

Eccellere aims for back-to-back wins

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 2:16pm

Warwick Farm trainer Richard Litt is seeking back-to-back wins at Canterbury with five-year-old mare Eccellere.  Read more »

First Foal for Pride of Dubai

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 1:56pm

Former brilliant dual Group I winning two year-old Pride of Dubai has his first foals on the ground this spring and it only seems fitting that one of the first to be born at Coolmore is for his breeder Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.  Read more »

Lindsay Park fillies impress at Cranbourne

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 12:59pm

Catchy, Formality and Tulip have lived up to Lindsay Park's expectations with impressive trials at Cranbourne.  Read more »

Moroney has spring hopes for Tribal Wisdom

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 12:04pm

Trainer Mike Moroney is hoping Listed winner Tribal Wisdom can step up this campaign and earn a crack at some better races such as the Toorak Handicap.  Read more »

No fear or favour' in racing leak probe

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 11:54am

The racing integrity commissioner's barrister is responding to former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie's attempt to have his cobalt leak report quashed.  Read more »

One to Watch – Swan Hill

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 10:16am

Champion trainer Darren Weir gave us the One to Watch on Monday with a brilliant return for this three-year-old half-brother to a Group I sprint winner.  Read more »

US Stakes win for Animal Kingdom colt

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 9:06am

A convincing victory by 2YO colt Continental Divide in Sunday's Del Mar $US100,000 Graduation Stakes has given Animal Kingdom his second winner of a Stakes race from 11 first-crop US runners.  Read more »

Waller reckons Winx can't get much better

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 9:04am

Chris Waller says champion mare Winx is as good as she has been in her past two spring campaigns after she recorded her first barrier trial win at Randwick.  Read more »

Second US Stakes-Winner for Animal Kingdom

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 8:55am

Two year-old colt Continental Divide scored a stylish win in the $US100,000 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar on Sunday to give Animal Kingdom (USA) his second stakes-winner from 11 first-crop US runners.  Read more »

Caravaggio sore after French failure

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 6:59am

Caravaggio has pulled up sore after his second successive defeat and trainer Aidan O'Brien admits a trip to Sydney for The Everest is doubtful.  Read more »

Moodie leaked cobalt info, court told

Tuesday 8 August 2017, 3:30am

A judge has reserved his decision in former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie's bid to quash the racing integrity commissioner's cobalt leak findings.  Read more »

Royal Request gives Dyer third Darwin Cup

Monday 7 August 2017, 6:35pm

Royal Request has given Victorian trainer Neil Dyer an emotional third Darwin Cup as he and jockey Jarrod Todd remembered their late friend Roger Booth.  Read more »

Tiberian on target for Melbourne Cup tilt

Monday 7 August 2017, 5:28pm

French stayer Tiberian, part-owned by Australian interests, has taken another step towards the Melbourne Cup with a Group Three win at Deauville.  Read more »

Pride keen for Terravista to climb Everest

Monday 7 August 2017, 5:15pm

Terravista is the forgotten horse in the talk about slots for The Everest but Joe Pride is training him for the $10 million race.  Read more »

Riverina trainer Richard Freyer dies at 69

Monday 7 August 2017, 4:08pm

Popular NSW Riverina trainer Richard Freyer has died after a long illness aged 69.  Read more »

Vale Mr Richard Freyer

Monday 7 August 2017, 3:22pm

The racing industry is mourning the passing of well-known Riverina trainer, Richard Freyer, last night following a long battle with illness.  Read more »

Group I winner retired

Monday 7 August 2017, 2:43pm

A mare which finished last at Warrnambool on debut before scaling the heights to win at Group I level has been retired.  Read more »

Budding three-year-olds to step out

Monday 7 August 2017, 2:41pm

Several of the new season's three-year-olds will step out in the Rosebud on the way to bigger spring targets.  Read more »

Deauville next stop for Melbourne Cup favourite

Monday 7 August 2017, 2:30pm

Melbourne Cup favourite Red Cardinal will continue his build-up to November's great race with an outing in France on August 20.  Read more »

Eurell's Got Aurie's Star in his sights

Monday 7 August 2017, 1:51pm

Six-year-old We've Got This, placed in two Group races down the Flemington straight last spring , will make his return in the Aurie's Star Handicap.  Read more »

Racing chair 'devastated' by leak report

Monday 7 August 2017, 11:20am

Former Racing Victoria chairman wants a judge to quash the racing integrity commissioner's findings against him over a cobalt investigation leak.  Read more »

Debut South African Winner for Shadwell

Monday 7 August 2017, 9:38am

Scoring an easy debut win at Turffontein in South Africa on Sunday was three year-old colt Alwahsh, the highest priced yearling by Sepoy from his second crop.  Read more »

Group Two Winner for Jimmy Creed

Monday 7 August 2017, 9:30am

Spendthrift Australia will stand four stallions at their Victorian base this spring and among them is Jimmy Creed (USA), who sired his first stakes-winner in the US on Saturday with exciting filly Spectator landing the Group II Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar.  Read more »

Ability Spoils the Party for Lankan Rupee in Bletchingly Stakes

Monday 7 August 2017, 9:20am

Fans let out a roar when former Horse Of The Year Lankan Rupee hit the front 250 metres out in Sunday's $150,000 Group III Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown but out of the corner of the eye, the red, white and blue silks of the in form Reward For Effort gelding Ability were looming large.  Read more »

Caravaggio disappoints in French G1 race

Monday 7 August 2017, 6:45am

Caravaggio has finished a disappointing sixth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest in France, throwing doubt on a trip to Sydney for The Everest.  Read more »

Ability goes four straight in Bletchingly

Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:48pm

Ability has risen to the challenge of weight-for-age company to take out the rescheduled Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown.  Read more »

Byrne's winners keep coming

Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:33pm

Jockey Jim Byrne four winners at Doomben have added to his claim for more Brisbane records.  Read more »

Devil Hawk special winner for Waller

Sunday 6 August 2017, 4:12pm

Winx is top of the tree at the Chris Waller stable but Devil Hawk has claimed a significant win in Brisbane.  Read more »

Allen adds GN Hurdle to feature jump wins

Sunday 6 August 2017, 3:54pm

John Allen has collected another feature jumps win, guiding Ancient King to victory in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown.  Read more »

Wells finally gets another win at Sandown

Sunday 6 August 2017, 3:19pm

Wells has outstayed his five rivals to score a narrow win in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown.  Read more »

Sanadaat impressive in Sandown return

Sunday 6 August 2017, 1:34pm

Sanadaat has scored an impressive first-up win at Sandown with Lindsay Park now looking towards richer spring races.  Read more »

Best to come for Shogun Sun

Sunday 6 August 2017, 1:26pm

Trainer Kelly Schweida believes Shogun Sun can run well in the Golden Rose but believes his best will be seen in the autumn.  Read more »

Stanley is looking ahead to spring riches

Sunday 6 August 2017, 12:29pm

Brent Stanley is looking forward to the upcoming spring carnival as he puts together a nice team of horses.  Read more »