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Hypnotist conjures up another win
Sydney
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 3:23pm
Impressive Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt Hypnotist has made it three from three with a win on his city debut at Canterbury. Read more »
Paragon to defy breeding in Queensland Cup
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 2:46pm
Sydney stayer Paragon is bred to be a sprinter but looms as a major player in the Queensland Cup over 3200 metres. Read more »
Street Impact wins narrowly on debut
Melbourne
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 2:18pm
Trainer Robert Smerdon is convinced Street Impact has more to offer after her narrow debut win at Sandown. Read more »
Ninth Legion perseveres for Peter Robl
Sydney
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 2:15pm
Veteran gelding Ninth Legion continues to impress his trainer Peter Robl, who rode him to victory on debut five years ago. Read more »
Apprentice Matt McGillivray gets a stay
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 12:52pm
Apprentice Matt McGillivray has got a stay on an increased penalty for causing interference until it goes to a Queensland Civil and Administrative hearing. Read more »
Marcus Wilson outed on cobalt charges
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 9:13am
Gold Coast trainer Marcus Wilson has been disqualified for 12 months after pleading guilty to two cobalt related charges. Read more »
Premiership battle to continue at Sandown
Melbourne
Wednesday 12 July 2017, 6:55am
Craig Williams returns to city racing after a suspension with a strong book of rides at Sandown as he bids to close the gap on premiership leader Beau Mertens. Read more »
Victorian jockey banned for four months
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 5:58pm
Victorian jockey Patrick Holmes has pleaded guilty and been banned from racing for four months after testing positive to an unnamed drug. Read more »
Matt Dale heading to another Highway
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 5:06pm
Amid uncertainty about the country status of Canberra trainers, Matt Dale will bring Surprise Party to Sydney for the Highway race at Rosehill. Read more »
Cosmic Reign reaches for new heights
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 4:53pm
Stephen Gleeson hopes Hugh Bowman engineers the win that proved elusive the last time the trainer came to Sydney when Cosmic Reign makes his Highway debut. Read more »
Jeweller replaces Crown as Oaks sponsor
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 4:09pm
The Australian jeweller that will sponsor the VRC Oaks for the next five years will also replace Longines as Flemington's official timekeeper. Read more »
In-form Schism could back up at Caulfield
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 3:09pm
The Ciaron Maher-trained Schism could back up in a 1400m open handicap at Caulfield, seven days after winning the Leilani Series Final at Flemington. Read more »
Chocante to race in Sydney as Cup lead-up
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 2:53pm
New Zealander Chocante, winner of the Brisbane Cup, will do his spring racing in Australia on his way to the Melbourne Cup. Read more »
PRIME Dispatch Edition 165 11/07/17
11/07/17
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 2:09pm
Prime Thoroughbreds PRIME Dispatch Compiled by Joe O'Neill Read more »
Viceroy seeks to continue admirable record
Sydney
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 2:06pm
Canberra trainer Luke Pepper has a two-pronged attack at Canterbury with Viceroy finally finding a track that suits and Erins Zar earning a Sydney debut. Read more »
Yogi chases third-straight win at Sandown
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 1:37pm
Improving stayer Yogi will chase his third-straight city win when he steps up to 2100m on the Sandown Lakeside circuit. Read more »
Yankee Rose trials well at Doomben
Brisbane
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 11:11am
Group One winner Yankee Rose has had a solid trial at Doomben as she prepares for a comeback after eight months away from racing. Read more »
Lankan Rupee continues on comeback trail
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 8:12am
Multiple Group One winner Lankan Rupee has had his first jump-out this year as he builds towards a race return in the Bletchingly Stakes. Read more »
Dettori bids for Classic double on Enable
London
Tuesday 11 July 2017, 7:21am
Epsom Oaks winner Enable remains on course to bid for a Classic double in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh. Read more »
Badajoz favourite for Ramornie Handicap
Sydney
Monday 10 July 2017, 6:16pm
Badajoz is favourite for two sprint races over the Grafton carnival but has drawn barrier 17 in the Ramornie Handicap. Read more »
Bayliss returns to trackwork after injury
Melbourne
Monday 10 July 2017, 5:12pm
Group One-winning jockey Regan Bayliss has ridden trackwork for the first time since suffering a broken wrist as he builds towards a return to the races. Read more »
ACCC wants review of Tatts-Tabcorp deal
Melbourne
Monday 10 July 2017, 4:59pm
The ACCC wants the Federal Court to review the Australian Competition Tribunal's authorisation of the Tatts-Tabcorp merger. Read more »
Washington Heights back in Australia
Sydney
Monday 10 July 2017, 4:49pm
Washington Heights has won a barrier trial at Randwick ahead of his return to Sydney racing after a stint in Hong Kong. Read more »
Monash Stakes target for Murt The Flirt
Melbourne
Monday 10 July 2017, 3:34pm
Murt The Flirt has been effective first-up in the past and will chase the biggest win of his career when he resumes in the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes. Read more »
Burning Passion in first start for Newnham
Sydney
Monday 10 July 2017, 3:10pm
Mark Newnham is looking to Burning Passion to maintain his form when he runs in the Listed Winter Stakes for his new stable. Read more »
Wingrove Park Celebrate Stakes Victory for Royal Symphony
Monday 10 July 2017, 2:14pm
THE unbeaten run of Domesday colt Royal Symphony extended into black-type success at Flemington on Saturday, when the colt joined an honour roll of five stakes winners bred by Wingrove Park, with a devastating triumph in the Listed $120,000 Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m). Read more »
Hartnell to kick off campaign in Melbourne
Melbourne
Monday 10 July 2017, 12:43pm
Hartnell will kick off in the P B Lawrence Stakes in Melbourne to begin a campaign likely to take a different path from champion mare Winx. Read more »
Another Derby Hero for Tavistock
Monday 10 July 2017, 8:54am
Cambridge Stud's champion Montjeu son Tavistock added another Derby hero to his resume when classy stayer Infantry took out the Singapore Derby at Kranji on Sunday. Read more »
Joao Moreira sets another Hong Kong record
Sydney
Monday 10 July 2017, 7:02am
Champion rider Joao Moreira has set a new Hong Kong jockeys' record with his 169th winner for the season. Read more »
Godolphin's Thunder Snow wins French G1
Paris
Monday 10 July 2017, 6:23am
Godolphin's Thunder Snow has won the Group One Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly. Read more »
Zed Em wins another feature steeplechase
Melbourne
Sunday 9 July 2017, 6:34pm
The Patrick Payne-trained Zed Em has won the Thackeray Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Read more »
Man of His Word headed to Sydney
Brisbane
Sunday 9 July 2017, 5:32pm
A frustrated Bruce Hill is considering a Sydney trip to tackle the Winter Stakes for the unlucky Man Of His Word. Read more »
Ben Currie in bid to win Queensland title
Brisbane
Sunday 9 July 2017, 4:26pm
Ben Currie fears he is running out of ammunition to hold off Tony Gollan and win the Queensland trainers' premiership for the first time. Read more »
Melbourne spring aims for Savile Row
Melbourne
Sunday 9 July 2017, 4:19pm
Rising four-year-old Savile Row will head across from New Zealand to trainer Mike Moroney's Flemington base to be aimed at Melbourne spring carnival races. Read more »
Houtzen on way to climb Everest
Brisbane
Sunday 9 July 2017, 3:55pm
Star Queensland filly Houtzen is coming along nicely in training as she gets ready to contest the $10 million The Everest. Read more »
Mertens not cheering yet in title race
Melbourne
Sunday 9 July 2017, 1:46pm
Beau Mertens has kicked four wins clear in the Melbourne jockeys' premiership, with six meetings remaining for Craig Williams to bridge the gap. Read more »
QRIC is a success: Barnett
Brisbane
Sunday 9 July 2017, 9:44am
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission boss Ross Barnett says the commission had proved its worth in its first year of operation. Read more »
Ulysses wins Eclipse in a thriller
London
Sunday 9 July 2017, 9:14am
Ulysses has edged out Barney Roy to give master trainer Sir Michael Stoute a record-equalling sixth win in the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. Read more »
Tom Sadler suspended for one month
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 6:29pm
Jockey Tom Sadler has been suspended for a month after being hit with an improper riding charge and a careless riding charge from the same race at Flemington. Read more »
In-form Ability wins again at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 5:23pm
Emerging sprinter Ability has made it three wins from as many starts this campaign, taking out the Listed All Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Read more »
Bowman premiership blitz continues at Farm
Sydney
Saturday 8 July 2017, 5:01pm
Hugh Bowman is closing in on the Sydney jockeys' premiership after riding two winners at Warwick Farm. Read more »
Cummings to embrace Godolphin challenge
Sydney
Saturday 8 July 2017, 4:48pm
James Cummings says he is relishing the prospect of becoming a better horse trainer in his role for Godolphin. Read more »
Tshahitsi wins Winter Championship Final
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 4:46pm
Tasmanian gelding Tshahitsi has notched his third Melbourne win of the preparation with a hard-fought victory in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final. Read more »
Lloyd found not at fault after complaint
Brisbane
Saturday 8 July 2017, 4:14pm
Stewards have found top jockey Jeff Lloyd was not at fault after trainer Will Hulbert complained about his ride on two-year-old Showashadow. Read more »
Irish Constabulary makes up for lost time
Brisbane
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:59pm
Eight-year-old Irish Constabulary has continued to make up for his late start to racing by winning his eighth race at Doomben. Read more »
Super Haze gives McEvoy Flemington double
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:42pm
Five-year-old stayer Super Haze has given trainer Tony McEvoy a winning double at Flemington after an earlier win to boom colt Royal Symphony. Read more »
Kings Of Leon rated a sprinter of future
Sydney
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:34pm
Kings Of Leon has graduated to city-class racing with a come-from-behind win at Warwick Farm. Read more »
Royal Symphony remains unbeaten
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:23pm
Quality two-year-old colt Royal Symphony has remained unbeaten with another dominant display in the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final at his third start. Read more »
Mertens notches milestones at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:14pm
Beau Mertens has extended his lead in the Melbourne jockeys' premiership to four with a Flemington treble on a day he also outrode his claim. Read more »
Nic's Vendetta takes out Highway Handicap
Sydney
Saturday 8 July 2017, 3:11pm
Country apprentice Mikayla Weir has upstaged leading jockey Corey Brown to ride her first city winner at Warwick Farm. Read more »