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Barrier key to Rebel Dane in 10,000
Sydney
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 3:27pm
Trainer Gary Portelli hopes to send Rebel Dane to stud on a high but wants a low number in the Group One Doomben 10,000 barrier draw. Read more »
Prime Dispatch 9/5/2017
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 2:08pm
This week's Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill Read more »
Track gallop has Anaheim in Derby field
Melbourne
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 1:20pm
Anaheim has pleased co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young in a track gallop and will take his place in the South Australian Derby. Read more »
John Morrisey loses cobalt appeal
Brisbane
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 1:16pm
Gold Coast-based Group One-winning trainer John Morrisey has failed in an appeal against a nine-month disqualification for a cobalt offence. Read more »
Father shows faith in daughter at Sandown
Melbourne
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 12:22pm
Apprentice Stephanie Thornton will make her city debut with two rides for her father Glenn at Sandown. Read more »
All American relocates to Chatswood Stud
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 11:11am
Chatswood Stud is thrilled to announce Group 1 producer, All American, as a new addition to their stallion roster for the 2017 breeding season. Read more »
Trainer Jason Attard injured in trackwork
Sydney
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 9:28am
Trainer Jason Attard will undergo surgery on a broken shoulder suffered in a trackwork accident at Hawkesbury. Read more »
ATC Mounted Security Division charges
Sydney
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 9:23am
The Australian Turf Club says it is committed to the highest standard of horse care and management after two staff members were charged over welfare breaches. Read more »
Fabrizio out to add another Cup
Sydney
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 8:45am
Hawkesbury Gold Cup winner Fabrizio is equal topweight with 59kg for the Scone Cup. Read more »
Declaration of War sires first winner
Tuesday 9 May 2017, 8:31am
Newmarket trainer Tom Clover celebrated his first winner on Monday evening when Declarationoflove (2c Declaration Of War-Mary’s Daughter, by Royal Applause) got his sire Declaration Of War off the mark as a stallion. Read more »
Caulfield option for Ceylon over 2000m
Melbourne
Monday 8 May 2017, 6:00pm
Three-year-old filly Ceylon could have her next start over 2000m at Caulfield after being scratched from the Australasian Oaks after a barrier mishap. Read more »
Murwillumbah called off after one race
Sydney
Monday 8 May 2017, 5:48pm
Just weeks after floods damaged the Murwillumbah track, its first meeting since has had to be called off because of rain affecting the surface. Read more »
Anaheim gallop to decide SA Derby start
Melbourne
Monday 8 May 2017, 4:48pm
A trackwork gallop will determine whether Anaheim presses on to the Group One South Australian Derby. Read more »
Ana Royale with more interstate targets
Melbourne
Monday 8 May 2017, 4:43pm
Australasian Oaks minor placegetter Ana Royale is set to press on to the SA Fillies Classic in Adelaide before a possible crack at another Oaks in Queensland. Read more »
Reiby Rampart back from illness
Sydney
Monday 8 May 2017, 3:42pm
Reiby Rampart has recovered from illness and will run at Scone but her Jason Attard-trained stablemate Sons Of John is heading for a spell. Read more »
Upstart aiming high in Doomben 10,000
Brisbane
Monday 8 May 2017, 2:22pm
Sprinter Upstart Pride's liking for the 1200 metres at Doomben gives him his chance at Group One level at the track. Read more »
Queensland integrity chief reassigned
Brisbane
Monday 8 May 2017, 12:59pm
The head of Queensland's racing integrity regulation unit has been permanently reassigned after an investigation into a complaint. Read more »
Beau Mertens knocks back G1 opportunity
Melbourne
Monday 8 May 2017, 12:41pm
Premiership contender Beau Mertens will remain in Melbourne rather than take the Group One ride on Bassett in The Goodwood in Adelaide. Read more »
Winter wins 1000 Guineas for O'Brien
London
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:33am
Winter, trained by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, has won the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Read more »
QRIC rejects whip complaint
Brisbane
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:32am
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has rejected a complaint regarding a whip rules breach in the Gunsynd Classic. Read more »
Historic Group 1 double for Redoute's Choice
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:18am
Before Saturday, Redoute's Choice already had a same-track, same-day Group 1 double on his extraordinary record. That was achieved more than a decade ago, when Nadeem & Snitzel won the Blue Diamond and the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on 25 February 2006. Read more »
Galileo Rules the Guineas
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:07am
Coolmore's champion sire Galileo achieved a memorable Group I double over the weekend with his son Churchill capturing the Group I English 2,000 Guineas and then his dashing grey daughter Winter taking out the Group I English 1,000 Guineas. Read more »
Group 1 double for Sebring over the weekend
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:05am
Leading Australian sire Sebring has enjoyed a red letter weekend with his daughter Egg Tart capturing the Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks and this his brilliant son Lucky Bubbles leading home an Aussie bred trifecta in the Group I Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin on Sunday. Read more »
Stallion Service Donations highlight Fundraiser
Monday 8 May 2017, 9:02am
STALLION sire service donations totalling almost $50,000 have been donated to the Racing Reaches Out Fundraiser at Clifford Park on Saturday, May 13. Read more »
Hong Kong star Rapper Dragon euthanised
Sydney
Monday 8 May 2017, 7:23am
Rapper Dragon has had to be put down after suffering a fractured pelvis during the Champions Mile in Hong Kong. Read more »
Melbourne Cup runner-up euthanised
Sydney
Sunday 7 May 2017, 9:45pm
Heartbreak City, second to Almandin in the Melbourne Cup, has been euthanised after breaking a leg in a racecourse gallop in Ireland. Read more »
Cup challengers for It's Somewhat
Brisbane
Sunday 7 May 2017, 5:17pm
Godolphin's It's Somewhat will be at short odds to win the Doomben Cup but rivals believe they have genuine chances to beat him. Read more »
Odeon in form for shot at SA Derby
Melbourne
Sunday 7 May 2017, 5:07pm
With three wins and a second from his four starts this campaign, three-year-old Odeon is the early favourite to claim the Group One South Australian Derby. Read more »
Queensland Oaks next for Egg Tart
Sydney
Sunday 7 May 2017, 4:35pm
Chris Waller has confirmed Egg Tart will head to Brisbane to try to add the Queensland Oaks to her Group One victory in Adelaide. Read more »
New Sunshine Coast chief executive
Brisbane
Sunday 7 May 2017, 3:18pm
The new Sunshine Coast chief executive John Miller will start work earlier than expected so he can gain knowledge of the club's main race day in June. Read more »
International travel an ambition for Weir
Melbourne
Sunday 7 May 2017, 3:07pm
After another record breaking season, champion trainer Darren Weir would like to one day race on the international stage. Read more »
Win an omen for Wood and Gesler
Brisbane
Sunday 7 May 2017, 2:30pm
The Kelso Wood-Patricia Gesler training partnership has had its first winner and is hoping it is an omen for a bigger success at Doomben. Read more »
More drug tests for Qld winter carnival
Brisbane
Sunday 7 May 2017, 10:05am
Queensland officials have stepped up drug testing for the winter carnival starting with the Gold Coast meeting. Read more »
Always Dreaming wins Kentucky Derby
Louisville
Sunday 7 May 2017, 9:57am
Always Dreaming has given the durable partnership of trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez a first Kentucky Derby together. Read more »
Churchill gives O'Brien Guineas record
London
Sunday 7 May 2017, 9:50am
Champion trainer Aidan O'Brien has claimed a record eighth 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Read more »
Mertens closes gap in premiership race
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 6:10pm
Apprentice Beau Mertens has ridden a winning treble at Flemington to move to within two wins of the lead in the Melbourne jockeys' premiership. Read more »
Andrew Mallyon rides Flemington double
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:49pm
Jockey Andrew Mallyon has combined with the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable to land a winning double at Flemington aboard Crystal Dreamer and Booker. Read more »
Hutchings suspended after breakthrough win
Sydney
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:40pm
New Zealand jockey Rory Hutchings' first win for Godolphin has come at a cost after he was suspended for careless riding at Rosehill. Read more »
Zamzam back to winning form at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:18pm
Former Blue Diamond placegetter Zamzam has returned to winning form with an impressive victory at Flemington. Read more »
Untamed Diamond a cut above at Rosehill
Sydney
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:14pm
Back-to-back wins in Sydney have enhanced Untamed Diamond's bid to eventually contest a stakes race in Australia. Read more »
Secret Agenda wins first $1m Adelaide race
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:09pm
Secret Agenda has outrun her rivals to capture Adelaide's first $1 million race, the UBET Classic at Morphettville. Read more »
Mare top of Anthony Cummings' list
Sydney
Saturday 6 May 2017, 5:03pm
Top Of My List's win in the Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill has cemented a trip to Queensland for the Group Two Brisbane Cup. Read more »
Savanna Amour in G1 hunt after Guineas win
Gold Coast
Saturday 6 May 2017, 4:56pm
Savanna Amour will chase Group One races during the winter carnival after defying an alarming betting drift to win the Gold Coast Guineas. Read more »
Egg Tart wins Group One Australasian Oaks
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 4:34pm
The Chris Waller-trained Egg Tart has beaten favourite Kenedna in a thrilling finish to the Group One Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Read more »
Roguish proves himself at Rosehill
Sydney
Saturday 6 May 2017, 4:20pm
The Tim Martin-trained Roguish has taken his fourth win from 10 starts in the 1500m handicap at Rosehill. Read more »
O'Shea has last stakes win for Godolphin
Gold Coast
Saturday 6 May 2017, 4:15pm
John O'Shea has registered his last stakes victory as trainer for Godolphin, with It's Somewhat winning the Group Two Hollindale Stakes. Read more »
Divine Quality impresses at Flemington
Melbourne
Saturday 6 May 2017, 3:44pm
Three-year-old filly Divine Quality has raced to her second impressive victory from as many starts with a 3-1/4-length success in her city debut at Flemington. Read more »
With A Promise scores boilover in Stocking
Gold Coast
Saturday 6 May 2017, 3:39pm
With A Promise has given bookmakers a bonanza result by upstaging her more fancied rivals to win the Silk Stocking on the Gold Coast. Read more »
Canny ride, draw produce scent of victory
Sydney
Saturday 6 May 2017, 3:24pm
Cannyescent has claimed his third win in six starts this preparation by taking advantage of a handy draw at Rosehill. Read more »
Bowman works hard for treble on Gold Coast
Gold Coast
Saturday 6 May 2017, 3:11pm
Hugh Bowman had to work overtime to bring up a treble for the day on Religify in the Listed Prime Minister's Cup on the Gold Coast. Read more »