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All slots sold for The Everest

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 4:59pm

All 12 slots for the inaugural subscription race, The Everest, have been sold less than two months after the concept was announced.  Read more »

Freeze Over impresses on debut at Sandown

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 4:58pm

Trainer John Sadler will consider chasing black type with Freeze Over at her second start after the filly impressed with a debut win at Sandown.  Read more »

Plenty of wins ahead for Zielke

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 4:55pm

In-form Dreams A Plenty will be set for the Listed Weetwood Handicap after winning at Doomben before rain forced the last three races to be cancelled.  Read more »

Redkirk Warrior to go extra mile

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 4:31pm

A resurgent Redkirk Warrior seeks to enhance his second coming with back-to-back Group One victories in Saturday's $3 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick.  Read more »

Rain follows Forster's pair home

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 3:37pm

Desleigh Forster-trained stablemates Too Good To Refuse and Cylinder Beach have fled Sydney's big wet only to face another deluge in Brisbane.  Read more »

Back of Bourke trainer takes on Randwick

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 3:24pm

A three-day drive from the back of Bourke to Randwick won't keep country trainer James Hatch from the Country Championships Final.  Read more »

Prized Icon primed for drought-breaker

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 2:28pm

James Cummings predicts Prized Icon can emerge from a weather-affected preparation to produce a dominant run in the $2 million Australian Derby at Randwick.  Read more »

Merovee beaten but connections upbeat

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 1:44pm

The $1.6 million Frankel colt Merovee hasn't been able to win on debut at Newcastle but his trainer and jockey have no doubt he will make his mark in future.  Read more »

TJ first for Chautauqua before Everest

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 12:39pm

Connections of Chautauqua are keen to chase the Everest dream but first would like to see the grey win a third straight TJ Smith Stakes.  Read more »

Glenlogan Stud to disperse stallions

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 12:20pm

Queensland's Glenlogan Park Stud will no longer stand stallions as it scales back its operation  Read more »

Group 1 sire Husson relocates to Aquis Farm

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 9:17am

Leading Queensland thoroughbred breeding and racing outfit Aquis Farm is pleased to announce the acquisition of proven Group I producing sire Husson (Arg), who has been purchased from Vinery Stud in a deal brokered by Julian Blaxland’s Blue Sky Bloodstock  Read more »

Chapple-Hyam books Payne for Royal Ascot

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 12:05am

British-based Australian trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam has booked Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne to ride her new recruit Kaspersky at Royal Ascot.  Read more »

First Australian runner for Frankel

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 6:20pm

All eyes will be on Merovee at Newcastle where he will become the first southern hemisphere-bred progeny of Frankel to race in Australia.  Read more »

Gingernuts zeroes in on Derby double

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5:49pm

Rosehill Guineas winner Gingernuts is favourite to add the Australian Derby to his win in the New Zealand Classic.  Read more »

Pateman gets first winner as a trainer

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5:37pm

Zagaya has given leading jumps jockey Steven Pateman his first winner as a trainer with victory in a 1400m flat race at Geelong.  Read more »

Tivaci chasing elusive G1 win at Randwick

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5:34pm

The Mike Moroney-trained Tivaci gets another shot at a Group One win when he rises to weight-for-age in the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Rebel Dane to stand at Swettenham Stud

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5:18pm

Rebel Dane will join the stallion roster at Victoria's Swettenham Stud in the next breeding season.  Read more »

Gold Coast trainer faces cobalt charges

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5:10pm

Queensland stewards have opened an inquiry into charges relating to illegal cobalt levels returned by horses in the stable of Gold Coast trainer Marcus Wilson.  Read more »

Bendigo Guineas option for Milwaukee

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 4:52pm

Trainer Mike Moroney is looking to step last-start Pakenham winner Milwaukee up to Listed grade in the Bendigo Guineas.  Read more »

Le Romain poised to end Waller's reign

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 4:45pm

Kris Lees has rarely had a runner in the Doncaster Mile but has two chances to end Chris Waller's winning sequence in Sydney's historic handicap.  Read more »

Inglis Easter First Season Sires

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 3:15pm

A closer look into the first season sires at the 2017 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale   Read more »

Fillies favourites for G1 Sires' Produce

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 3:10pm

The two Golden Slipper minor placegetters, Frolic and Tulip, are the market leaders for the Group One Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Japanese Champion Sprinter & Miler Mikki Isle to join Arrowfield Roster

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 2:57pm

Arrowfield has announced that Mikki Isle, Japan’s Champion Sprinter & Miler of 2016, will join the Stud’s stallion roster for the 2017 season.  Read more »

Alrouz after back-to-back Sandown wins

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 2:27pm

Trainer Doug Harrison is hoping his fortunes have turned around and last-start winner Alrouz can back up for another win at Sandown.  Read more »

Multiple G1 winner Our Ivanhowe retired

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 1:57pm

Dual hemisphere Group One winner Our Ivanhowe has been retired from racing, having won seven of his 24 career starts.  Read more »

Le Romain draws eight in Doncaster

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 10:58am

The Kris Lees-trained favourite Le Romain has drawn barrier eight in the Doncaster Mile.  Read more »

Full field of 20 for Doncaster Mile

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 9:19am

The Doncaster Mile on Day One of The Championships has attracted a full field of 20 plus three emergencies.  Read more »

The Last Lion to shuttle to Darley Kelvinside

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 9:03am

Outstanding European juvenile, The Last Lion (IRE) winner of last year's Group I Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket, will join the Darley roster at Kelvinside this season.  Read more »

G1 winner Hucklebuck succumbs to colic

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 7:47am

Group One winner Hucklebuck has had to be put down after suffering a bout of colic.  Read more »

Jameka suffering travel sickness

Monday 27 March 2017, 6:15pm

Star mare Jameka has been found to have travel sickness on her return home to Melbourne from Sydney where she was an emphatic winner of the BMW at Rosehill.  Read more »

Jockeys Callow and Melham appeal penalties

Monday 27 March 2017, 5:47pm

Noel Callow has appealed a reckless riding ban and fine for his winning ride on Montoya's Star while Ben Melham has appealed the severity of a whip-related ban.  Read more »

Bendigo return to spark Observational

Monday 27 March 2017, 5:07pm

Imported galloper Observational is set to make a return to the track where he has scored his one and only Australian win.  Read more »

Happy Clapper a happy camper

Monday 27 March 2017, 4:56pm

Trainer Pat Webster is looking forward to Happy Clapper's return to Group One racing in the Doncaster Mile.  Read more »

Craig Williams booked for Doncaster ride

Monday 27 March 2017, 4:45pm

If he can pass a cognitive test, injured jockey Craig Williams will be allowed to ride at the Doncaster Mile meeting.  Read more »

Baster reunites with Sircconi in Sires'

Monday 27 March 2017, 3:51pm

Dual Victorian licence holder Linda Meech has had to forgo the ride on Sircconi in the ATC Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

High winds halt Stony Creek meeting

Monday 27 March 2017, 3:11pm

The Stony Creek meeting in country Victoria has been abandoned because of safety concerns over high winds.  Read more »

First Winner for All Too Hard

Monday 27 March 2017, 3:03pm

Vinery Stud’s four-time Group 1 winning champion All Too Hard (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}--Helsinge {Aus}, by Desert Sun {GB}), a half-brother to the undefeated superstar Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}), sired his first winner, Lincoln Hills(Aus), at Tauherenikau, New Zealand Sunday.  Read more »

Mixed first day for Poon at Sha Tin

Monday 27 March 2017, 7:28am

Apprentice Matthew Poon has had a dramatic introduction to Hong Kong racing with a winner and a fall.  Read more »

Perelin, After All That into Country final

Sunday 26 March 2017, 6:56pm

Perelin and After All That have raced their way into the $400,000 Country Championship final via the last-chance Wild Card at Scone.  Read more »

Time called on Decision's career

Sunday 26 March 2017, 5:58pm

A tendon injury has ended the racing career of Decision Time, runner-up in the 2010 Golden Slipper and a Conners stable favourite.  Read more »

Buffering's colours live on with Privlaka

Sunday 26 March 2017, 5:03pm

The colours made famous by champion Buffering will again be carried in the winter carnival by rising star Privlaka.  Read more »

Spectroscope to tackle Doncaster Mile

Sunday 26 March 2017, 4:29pm

French import Spectroscope has emerged as a surprise packet for Godolphin and is now n the third line of Doncaster Mile betting.  Read more »

Craig Williams out of hospital after fall

Sunday 26 March 2017, 3:33pm

Craig Williams has been released from hospital after a fall at Morningotn but will miss rides at Randwick including Tosen Stardom in the Docnaster Mile.  Read more »

Big plans for Sold For Song

Sunday 26 March 2017, 2:01pm

Queensland mare Sold For Song is back home from Sydney but trainer Kevin Kemp has big plans for her starting with the Brisbane winter carnival.  Read more »

Awesome Arrogate rules the world in Dubai

Sunday 26 March 2017, 4:19am

World No.1 Arrogate had to show courage as well as class to win the Dubai World Cup with a sensational performance at Meydan.  Read more »

Stewards crack the whip on Ben Melham

Saturday 25 March 2017, 7:13pm

Golden Slipper-winning jockey Ben Melham has had an unhappy return to Rosehill, with excessive whip use drawing a suspension.  Read more »

Callow outed for reckless riding in G1

Saturday 25 March 2017, 7:10pm

Noel Callow has copped a double whammy, being outed for a month and fined $15,000 for reckless and careless riding after winning the Vinery Stud Stakes.  Read more »

Sad aftermath to Mornington Cup

Saturday 25 March 2017, 6:30pm

In a sad end to the Mornington Cup, champion jockey Craig Williams has been knocked out after The Gold Trail broke down, leaving it unable to be saved.  Read more »

Bowman ponders former glories

Saturday 25 March 2017, 6:21pm

Hugh Bowman might be on mare of the moment Winx but he still derived great satisfaction from guiding Zanbagh's retention of the Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill.  Read more »

O'Dea lands first Saturday treble

Saturday 25 March 2017, 5:36pm

Trainer Steve O'Dea has shown he will be a force in the winter carnival with his first Saturday treble at Doomben.  Read more »