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Barrier key to Rebel Dane in 10,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »