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All Aged Stakes field down to 13 runners

Wednesday 17 April 2019, 12:04pm

The Group One All Aged Stakes field has been reduced to 13 after the scratching of dual acceptor Home Of The Brave who will instead run in the Hall Mark Stakes.  Read more »

Chris Waller stable dominate Tails Stakes

Wednesday 17 April 2019, 10:46am

Chris Waller will have numbers on his side with seven of the 11 runners in the Tails Stakes at Doomben.  Read more »

Push to upgrade BRC Sires' Produce Stakes

Wednesday 17 April 2019, 10:38am

The Brisbane Racing Club is hoping a prize money increase and some outstanding recent winners will help the BRC Sires' Produce Stakes regain Group One status.  Read more »

Trainer Ben Currie to give phone evidence

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 6:41pm

Trainer Ben Currie is expected to give evidence via phone into two historical allegations made against him in a stewards' inquiry.  Read more »

Hugh Bowman to ride Santa Ana Lane in HK

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 6:39pm

A costly suspension to Mark Zahra has given Hugh Bowman the nod to ride Santa Ana Lane in the Chairman's Sprint Prize in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Pierata primed for another shot at G1

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 6:33pm

The Greg Hickman-trained Pierata will line up in the All Aged Stakes in his bid to snare a Group One win.  Read more »

Shoals sibling scores a maiden Bendigo win

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 5:31pm

The Anthony Freedman stable intends to step the younger sister of Shoals up in distance after her maiden win at Bendigo.  Read more »

Vinco out to halt Godolphin 2YO onslaught

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 5:21pm

Two-year-old Vinco will back up from an unlucky Fernhill Handicap run in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Zebulon back in distance for Victoria Hcp

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 3:46pm

The injury-prone Zebulon has not had a sore day since joining the Warrnambool stable of Aaron Purcell and could have his fifth campaign run at Caulfield.  Read more »

Owners reject offer for Melody Belle

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 3:27pm

The owners of champion New Zealander Melody Belle have rejected a substantial offer for the mare.  Read more »

Glen Boss wants to return home eventually

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 3:10pm

Glen Boss has told the launch of the Brisbane winter racing carnival he is keen to end his days as a jockey in his home state of Queensland.  Read more »

RQ understood to be moving to bar Currie

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 1:47pm

Racing Queensland is looking at a modernised rule to refuse all nominations by Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie until charges against him are resolved.  Read more »

Jackson Murphy to return at Ipswich

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 8:28am

Apprentice Jackson Murphy will return to riding at Ipswich after being sidelined for three months with a wrist injury.  Read more »

RV release race dates for 2019/20 season

Tuesday 16 April 2019, 8:11am

Racing Victoria has released its program of race dates for 2019/20, with 558 meetings to be run across the state, one more than the current season.  Read more »

Queensland racing integrity crisis deepens

Monday 15 April 2019, 8:21pm

The crisis over integrity in Queensland racing has deepened with the president and vice president of the Trainers' Association resigning.  Read more »

Distance rise to suit Lindsay Park pair

Monday 15 April 2019, 6:52pm

Furrion and European import Alfarris are set to line up for Lindsay Park in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.  Read more »

Nick Souquet suspended for nine weeks

Monday 15 April 2019, 6:44pm

Jockey Nick Souquet has been suspended for nine weeks after pleading guilty to a charge of placing 10 bets on thoroughbred races he was not involved in.  Read more »

No winter carnival runners for David Hayes

Monday 15 April 2019, 5:39pm

Lindsay Park head trainer David Hayes says he will not be running any horses in Queensland during the winter carnival over integrity concerns in the state.  Read more »

Godolphin nominates Flit for Champagne

Monday 15 April 2019, 4:49pm

Godolphin has been a dominant force in the major races for juveniles this season and the global operation has Flit nominated for the Group One Champagne Stakes.  Read more »

Jumps jockey Small undergoes surgery

Monday 15 April 2019, 4:41pm

Jockey Braidon Small has undergone surgery in a Melbourne hospital following a fall in a jumps race at Pakenham.  Read more »