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Chief Joseph gives Lloyd upset win
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 5:14pm
Top jockey Jeff Lloyd has shown he can win on roughies as well as favourites with an upset win on Chief Joseph at the Sunshine Coast. Read more »
Track condition key for Charmed Harmony
Melbourne
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 4:53pm
Trainer John Sadler is hoping Charmed Harmony can strike a track with enough moisture in it to give him his best chance to win the Victoria Handicap. Read more »
First Australian win for All Too Hard
Sydney
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 4:39pm
The Mighty Fed has given his sire All Too Hard his first Australian winner at Warwick Farm. Read more »
Class drop offsets weight for Felines
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 4:08pm
Newcastle mare Felines has a big weight at Doomben but should have a class advantage on her rivals. Read more »
Miles to call final meeting at Caulfield
Melbourne
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 3:09pm
After a distinguished race calling career spanning almost four decades, Greg Miles is preparing for his final meeting at Caulfield. Read more »
Hartnell off to the spelling paddock
Sydney
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 1:58pm
Hartnell will not travel to Hong Kong for the QEII Cup with Godolphin deciding he will spell ahead of another spring preparation. Read more »
Eagle Farm stables up and running
Brisbane
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 1:01pm
The new $20 million Eagle Farm stabling complex is in use after a troubled 12 months of construction delays. Read more »
Fields of 10 for Randwick Group One races
Sydney
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 11:27am
Fields of 10 have been declared for the Group One All Aged Stakes and Champagne Stakes at Randwick. Read more »
Prime Dispatch 12/04/2017
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 9:02am
Catch up on the latest in the Prime Stable in this week's Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill Read more »
James Doyle to return to England
Sydney
Wednesday 12 April 2017, 6:26am
James Doyle will return to England to ride for Godolphin over the northern hemisphere spring and summer. Read more »
Frolic to spell, misses Champagne Stakes
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 6:17pm
Golden Slipper runner-up Frolic will miss the Champagne Stakes robbing trainer Michael Freedman of a Group One winning chance before he heads to Hong Kong. Read more »
Black Hart Bart heading to The Goodwood
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 5:40pm
A defence of the Group One Goodwood in Adelaide will be Black Heart Bart's next start with trainer Darren Weir ruling out the All Aged Stakes. Read more »
New Spendthrift stallions are the Bomb, we Swear!
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 4:29pm
Spendthrift Australia have announced the addition of two new stallions to its 2017 roster, as well as service fees for their remaining stallions. Read more »
Champion Aussie Sires Firing Up in Europe
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 4:28pm
Sunday was another red-letter day in Europe for champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock with promising Group winners in both France and Ireland, while Redoute's Choice also made his mark at Chantilly with royally bred filly Gold Luck. Read more »
Le Romain eyes Doncaster redemption
Sydney
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 3:57pm
The well-beaten Doncaster Mile favourite Le Romain is set to atone when he runs in the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Read more »
Charge follows substitution of horses
Sydney
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 3:35pm
Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been granted an adjournment after being charged in relation to substituting horses in a public track gallop. Read more »
Observational on target for Easter Cup
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 3:30pm
Trainer John Sadler and his jockey son Tom will combine in the Group Three Easter Cup with last-start Bendigo Golden Mile winner Observational. Read more »
Deanne Panya happy back in the saddle
Sydney
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 2:25pm
Talented apprentice Deanne Panya will return to metropolitan racing at Warwick Farm after a successful return from injury at Goulburn. Read more »
Tourneur breaks ribs in trackwork fall
Melbourne
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 2:05pm
Jockey Dom Tourneur has suffered four broken ribs in a trackwork fall in Adelaide. Read more »
Start Wondering bound for Brisbane sprints
Sydney
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 1:15pm
New Zealand Group One-winning sprinter Start Wondering will be aimed at the Brisbane' winter carnival rather than Hong Kong. Read more »
Melanie Bolwell in stable condition
Sydney
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 10:01am
Apprentice Melanie Bolwell will not need surgery on a brain bleed suffered in a three-horse fall. Read more »
Fallen jockeys unlikely to walk again
Brisbane
Tuesday 11 April 2017, 9:17am
The two trackwork riders who fell at Toowoomba have had surgery but are unlikely to walk again. Read more »
Sydney Cup to be re-run at Randwick
Sydney
Monday 10 April 2017, 6:29pm
The Sydney Cup has been rescheduled after the original race was declared void because of a fatal fall. Read more »
Grey Lion among 28 Easter Cup entries
Melbourne
Monday 10 April 2017, 6:19pm
Trainer Matt Cumani says import Grey Lion is in great shape for his return from a spell over 2000m in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield. Read more »
James McDonald loses second appeal
Sydney
Monday 10 April 2017, 5:21pm
Jockey James McDonald has failed for the second time to have an 18-month disqualification for a betting offence reduced. Read more »
Jungle Edge seeks a win for the ages
Sydney
Monday 10 April 2017, 5:08pm
Wet track specialist Jungle Edge will target a Group One triumph in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Read more »
Laurie happy to give Aberro a shot at G1
Melbourne
Monday 10 April 2017, 4:06pm
Mornington trainer Matt Laurie will give lightly raced colt Aberro a crack at the Group One Champagne Stakes over 1600m at Randwick. Read more »
English to be vetted before All Aged
Sydney
Monday 10 April 2017, 3:27pm
English will have to undergo a veterinary inspection before her defence of the All Aged Stakes after suffering a laceration to a hock. Read more »
Stewards investigate Toowoomba fall
Brisbane
Monday 10 April 2017, 2:16pm
Stewards have begun investigations into a trackwork fall which has left riders Ben Saunders and Wade Clasohm in intensive care with spinal injuries. Read more »
Promising Tumbler to come back at Doomben
Brisbane
Monday 10 April 2017, 1:41pm
Talented but injury prone sprinter Tumbler has been entered to run at Doomben after being withdrawn from Toowoomba because of a wide barrier. Read more »
Mertens has careless riding ban reduced
Melbourne
Monday 10 April 2017, 11:57am
Leading apprentice Beau Mertens has had one meeting shaved off a careless riding suspension on appeal and will not miss a city meeting in Melbourne. Read more »
First Stakes-Winner for Your Song
Monday 10 April 2017, 11:55am
The leading Australian first season sire by winners, Widden Stud's Your Song passed an important milestone on Saturday when siring his first stakes-winner with promising filly Split Lip taking out the Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes at Morphettville. Read more »
Arrowfield announces stud fees
Sydney
Monday 10 April 2017, 8:51am
Snitzel tops the Arrowfield Stud roster for the upcoming breeding season with a fee of $176,000. Read more »
Group One winner First Seal retired
Sydney
Sunday 9 April 2017, 6:31pm
Lightly raced Group One-winning mare First Seal has been retired by the China Horse Club and trainer John Thompson. Read more »
New campaign for winter carnival
Brisbane
Sunday 9 April 2017, 5:39pm
Racing Queensland hopes a new advertising campaign will encourage people to attend race meetings across the state this winter. Read more »
Changes to Caulfield Easter program
Sydney
Sunday 9 April 2017, 5:21pm
Victorian officials have made changes to the Easter Saturday program at Caulfield to accommodate horses affected by races abandoned because of stormy weather. Read more »
Most Important to miss winter
Brisbane
Sunday 9 April 2017, 5:01pm
Star Brisbane sprinter Most Important has been sent for a spell with trainer Tony Gollan unhappy with his progress heading to the winter carnival. Read more »
Winx heads for a well-earned break
Sydney
Sunday 9 April 2017, 4:56pm
Connections are already planning Winx's spring campaign as the champion heads for a well-earned break. Read more »
Sense Of Occasion earns big in G1 placings
Sydney
Sunday 9 April 2017, 3:29pm
Sense Of Occasion has earned $700,000 prize money for his minor placings in the Doncaster Mile and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Read more »
Brisbane's female apprentices to the fore
Brisbane
Sunday 9 April 2017, 2:56pm
A double by Rebecca Williams at Towoomba has set the scene for Brisbane's female riders to fill the top three positions in the apprentices' premiership. Read more »
Apprentice has bleeding on the brain
Sydney
Sunday 9 April 2017, 10:50am
Apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell is being monitored in the Gold Coast Hospital after suffering bleeding on the brain in a fall at Warialda in northern NSW. Read more »
One For Arthur wins Grand National
Liverpool
Sunday 9 April 2017, 10:20am
Scotland's long wait for a second Grand National winner is over after One For Arthur gave trainer Lucinda Russell and jockey Derek Fox a famous success. Read more »
Popular bush NSW rider dies in race fall
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 6:30pm
Northern NSW jockey Darren Jones has died after a three-horse fall at a country meeting at Warialda. Read more »
Brown, Zahra incur Randwick riding bans
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 6:26pm
Jockey Corey Brown has been suspended for excessive whip use in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes while Mark Zahra has also copped a ban for careless riding. Read more »
Record crowd fills Randwick for queen Winx
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 6:15pm
A record number of racegoers at Randwick have cheered on their champion Winx for her 17th consecutive win. Read more »
Secret Agenda opens up in Sapphire Stakes
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 6:11pm
The Mick Price-trained Secret Agenda has won the Group Two Sapphire Stakes, the final race on the second day of The Championships at Randwick. Read more »
Hugh Bowman leading rider at Championships
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 6:07pm
Hugh Bowman has won the Nathan Berry medal at The Championships at Randwick for the third time. Read more »
Winx co-owner marvels at super racemare
Sydney
Saturday 8 April 2017, 5:49pm
Richard Treweeke has defied vertigo to watch the legendary Winx continue her winning ways in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Read more »
Storm puts paid to Caulfield race meeting
Melbourne
Saturday 8 April 2017, 5:30pm
The final three races at Caulfield have abandoned because of storms and poor light. Read more »
Weetwood finish ends in historic dead-heat
Toowoomba
Saturday 8 April 2017, 5:24pm
The Weetwood Handicap has ended in the first dead-heat in its 120-year history after Jumbo Prince and Col 'N' Lil shared first place. Read more »