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Chris Waller to split Rosehill entries

Monday 13 June 2016, 4:11pm

Trainer Chris Waller is eyeing the Ipswich Cup for Dance Of Heroes but is likely to still have Loophole and Beyond Thankful in a 2000m-race at Rosehill.  Read more »

Short break in Qld for Stradbroke winner

Monday 13 June 2016, 3:39pm

With spring not that far away, Under The Louvre will only have a short break in Queensland before returning to Melbourne.  Read more »

At Your Command gains maiden win

Monday 13 June 2016, 2:33pm

Despite star gazing up the home straight At Your Command has dug deep to land his maiden win at Mornington.  Read more »

Chatauqua to stay at home in the spring

Monday 13 June 2016, 2:26pm

Chautauqua will do his spring racing in Australia with connections to bypass an attempt to win a lucrative bonus in Japan.  Read more »

Jumbo Prince to back up in Ipswich Cup

Monday 13 June 2016, 1:15pm

Jockey Jim Byrne says Jumbo Prince's Eagle Farm run is best forgotten with the horse likely to back up in the Ipswich Cup.  Read more »

Soft track for Royal Ascot meeting

Monday 13 June 2016, 6:50am

Rain is expected for most of the at Royal Ascot meeting with the track already in the soft range.  Read more »

Provocative's win a milestone for Zabeel

Sunday 12 June 2016, 6:25pm

The late champion sire Zabeel has equalled his own father Sir Tristram's Australaian record of 45 individual Group One winners.  Read more »

Last races for Hutchings as an apprentice

Sunday 12 June 2016, 5:32pm

Rory Hutchings will graduate to the senior riding ranks after the Canterbury meeting where he will try to consolidate his apprentices' premiership lead.  Read more »

Sold For Song to bypass Tatt's Tiara

Sunday 12 June 2016, 5:09pm

Three-year-old filly Sold For Song will be kept to her own age group with trainer Kevin Kemp to resist the temptation of the Group One Tatt's Tiara.  Read more »

Price-trained colts preparing for spring

Sunday 12 June 2016, 4:42pm

Mick Price-trained Group One winners Tarsino and Extreme Choice are gearing up for their major spring targets.  Read more »

Cancelled meetings causing headaches

Sunday 12 June 2016, 3:59pm

Trainer Jason Warren has been forced into a back-up plan with Been Scene who is chasing her third straight win this campaign.   Read more »

Canterbury hopes for This Is Australia

Sunday 12 June 2016, 3:02pm

Trainer Gerald Ryan believes a wide barrier could work in favour of This Is Australia who begins a winter campaign at Canterbury.  Read more »

Dwayne Dunn retains lead in Melbourne

Sunday 12 June 2016, 2:09pm

After winning Brisbane's showcase race, Dwayne Dunn returns to action at Mornington to do battle with Craig Williams for the Melbourne premiership.  Read more »

Baster worried by apprentices' workload

Sunday 12 June 2016, 1:54pm

Victorian Jockeys' Association chairman Stephen Baster believes the workload on apprentices is too heavy.  Read more »

Creator pulls off Belmont Stakes upset

Sunday 12 June 2016, 9:50am

The Steve Asmussen-trained Creator has worn down Destin to win the Belmont Stakes with Japanese colt Lani third.  Read more »

Oliver suspended at Eagle Farm

Saturday 11 June 2016, 5:40pm

Stewards have suspended champion jockey Damien Oliver for 11 days for causing interference aboard Onemorezeta in the Dane Ripper Stakes.  Read more »

Tony Vasil returns with first-up win

Saturday 11 June 2016, 5:27pm

After taking a sabatical from training General Truce has given Tony Vasil a return win at Flemington.  Read more »

Kathy O'Hara suspended at Randwick

Saturday 11 June 2016, 5:13pm

At her first meeting back at Randwick since she was injured in a fall in the Australian Oaks, Kathy O'hara has earned a careless riding suspension.  Read more »

Hutchings, Jennings shine at Randwick

Saturday 11 June 2016, 5:06pm

Sydney's two leading apprentices Rory Hutchings and Koby Jennings have ridden three and two winners respectively at Randwick.  Read more »

Provocative wins G1 Queensland Oaks

Saturday 11 June 2016, 5:01pm

Provocative will follow in the footsteps of Ethereal and be aimed at the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups after winning the Group One Queensland Oaks.  Read more »

Danish Twist adds another black-type win

Saturday 11 June 2016, 4:49pm

Danish Twist has put herself firmly in line for a start in the Group One Tattersall's Tiara with her win in the June Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Jacquinot Bay in first-up Flemington win

Saturday 11 June 2016, 4:38pm

Jacquinot Bay will chase the final of the Winter Championship after his first-up win in the third heat of the series at Flemington.  Read more »

Eagle Way wins G1 Queensland Derby

Saturday 11 June 2016, 4:12pm

Eagle Way is Hong Kong-bound after winning the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm for trainer Bryan Guy and jockey Tommy Berry.  Read more »

Goodwood defeat aids Louvre in Stradbroke

Saturday 11 June 2016, 4:04pm

Under The Louvre held on to beat Black Heart Bart by a short half head in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap sprint at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Opinion defies odds and weight at Randwick

Saturday 11 June 2016, 3:18pm

The class of Group One winner Opinion has offset his 62 kilogrrams in the Stayers Cup at Randwick over the Melbourne Cup distance.  Read more »

Sacred Elixir strolls to J J Atkins win

Saturday 11 June 2016, 3:05pm

Sacred Elixir set the huge Eagle Farm crowd alight when he strolled to the lead at the 200m mark and ran away to win easy in the J J Atkins Stakes.  Read more »

Myers creates history in Brisbane Cup

Saturday 11 June 2016, 2:29pm

Rosie Myers gained access to an exclusive club when she won the Group Two Brisbane Cup aboard New Zealand stayer Benzini.  Read more »

Flemington firsts for trainer and jockey

Saturday 11 June 2016, 2:06pm

Rich Charm has given her trainer a Flemington first with Leveraction giving her jockey a maiden metropolitan success.  Read more »

Spill The Beans off to stud after win

Saturday 11 June 2016, 1:37pm

Jockey Tim Clark said Spill The Beans did well to win after race leader Eloping stopped quickly and left the colt in front earlier than expected.  Read more »

Buffering stars on Stradbroke Day

Saturday 11 June 2016, 1:15pm

The redeveloped Eagle Farm reopened after 22 months with 180 runners but there was only one horse racegoers wanted to see - star sprinter Buffering.  Read more »

Tsaritsa clinches hat-trick in Qld Guineas

Saturday 11 June 2016, 1:08pm

Chris Waller and champion Hong Kong-based jockey Joao Moreira have combined to win the Group Two Queensland Guineas with Tsaritsa.  Read more »

Conchita wins tough battle at Randwick

Saturday 11 June 2016, 12:53pm

The Paul Perry-trained Conchita has made a successful comeback at Randwick, fighting off Star Crossed in the two-year-old race.  Read more »

Apprentice Bayliss rewarded for hard work

Saturday 11 June 2016, 12:46pm

Jake Bayliss followed instructions to the letter as he guided Southerly Wind to an impressive debut win at Flemington.  Read more »

Quick return for Aquis Farm on Cradle Me

Saturday 11 June 2016, 12:34pm

Zac Purton reminded Eagle Farm punters of why he's rated one of the best jockeys in the world when he got an inside run on Cradle Me to win at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Hopfgarten salutes in Wayne Wilson Mile

Saturday 11 June 2016, 12:02pm

Jockey Damian Browne was back in the good books with trainer Robert Heathcote after Hopfgarten won the Wayne Wilson Mile at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

My Country wins first on new Eagle Farm

Saturday 11 June 2016, 11:20am

My Country will have a short break after winning the Lancaster Stakes at Eagle Farm, before coming back for the spring three-year-old races.  Read more »

Pat Smullen to ride Max Dynamite at Ascot

Saturday 11 June 2016, 7:15am

Recent Irish Derby-winning jockey Pat Smullen will ride Melbourne Cup runner-up Max Dynamite in the Ascot Gold Cup.  Read more »

Exaggerator primed for Belmont win

Friday 10 June 2016, 6:26pm

Trainer Keith Desormeaux says Exaggerator is a confident horse as he attempts to add the Belmont Stakes to his Preakness win.  Read more »

Waller weighs up Hawkspur's chances

Friday 10 June 2016, 6:18pm

On the third anniversary of his Queensland Derby win, Hawkspur will be trying to recapture his form in a distance race at Flemington.  Read more »

Michelle Payne contemplates her future

Friday 10 June 2016, 5:53pm

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne will take her time deciding whether she returns to race riding.  Read more »

Hawkesbury track drying out

Friday 10 June 2016, 5:51pm

The Hawkesbury track has improved to the soft range, two days out from its family race day with a further upgrade expected.  Read more »

Darren Weir reaches triple century of wins

Friday 10 June 2016, 5:32pm

Thermal Current's win in the Golden Topaz at Swan Hill has given trainer Darren Weir his 300th win for the season.  Read more »

Guineas distance test for Sold For Song

Friday 10 June 2016, 4:14pm

Trainer Kevin Kemp admits the Queensland Guineas will be a distance test for Sold For Song as she steps up to 1600 metres for the first time.  Read more »

Artlee, Bell together again for Stradbroke

Friday 10 June 2016, 3:39pm

Jockey Mitchell Bell goes to the Stradbroke Handicap confident Artlee is his best chance yet to snare a Group One win.  Read more »

Iggimacool on Winter Championship campaign

Friday 10 June 2016, 2:39pm

Robert Smerdon has set his sights on the Winter Championship at Flemington with former Tasmanian mare Iggimacool.  Read more »

Spieth's Randwick options down to two

Friday 10 June 2016, 2:35pm

Spieth's three Randwick options have been narrowed from three to two with trainer Bryce Heys sweating on the colt getting a June Stakes start.  Read more »

Successful team together for Atkins

Friday 10 June 2016, 1:16pm

Veteran trainer Kelso Wood is looking to Nikitas to give him another win in the Group One J J Atkins for two-year-olds at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Rawiller relaxed ahead of big day

Friday 10 June 2016, 1:04pm

Brad Rawiller is relaxed ahead of what could be one of his biggest days with leading chances at the feature Eagle Farm meeting.  Read more »

Frankuus makes it 4 from 5 for Frankel

Friday 10 June 2016, 8:52am

Frankuus has become the fourth debut winner from just five starters for champion racehorse for his sire Frankel.  Read more »

Holler thriving ahead of Royal Ascot

Friday 10 June 2016, 8:17am

Trainer John O'Shea has arrived in England and is pleased with what he has seen of Australia's Royal Ascot contender Holler.  Read more »