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Caulfield or Flemington for We've Got This

Thursday 21 April 2016, 4:18pm

We've Got This is second emergency for the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes, but has also been entered for a 1200m race at Flemington two days later.  Read more »

Prime Dispatch Edition 111

Thursday 21 April 2016, 3:11pm

This week's edition of the Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill   Read more »

Abbey Marie on trial for Adelaide Guineas

Thursday 21 April 2016, 2:43pm

Abbey Marie will be racing for a possible trip to Adelaide when she lines up in a three-year-old fillies race at Caulfield.  Read more »

James McDonald chases 100 Sydney winners

Thursday 21 April 2016, 1:34pm

Godolphin jockey James McDonald is on a tight schedule to ride 100 Sydney winners for the 2015-2016 racing season.  Read more »

Tommy Berry gets nod for Chautauqua ride

Thursday 21 April 2016, 11:53am

Tommy Berry has been selected over Dwayne Dunn to ride Chautauqua in the Chairman's Sprint Prize in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Coolmore Australia announce 2016 fees

Thursday 21 April 2016, 9:31am

Coolmore have announced service fees for 2016 on a roster of 12 stallions for Australia with champion sire Fastnet Rock again listed with a private fee and Golden Slipper winners Vancouver and Pierro priced at $66,000.  Read more »

Vinery Stud set 2016 Service Fees

Thursday 21 April 2016, 9:29am

Vinery Stud has announced its service fees for 2016 with Champion sire More Than Ready and star galloper All Too Hard being joined by exciting newcomers Press Statement and Headwater.  Read more »

Starspangledbanner to Coolmore Australia

Wednesday 20 April 2016, 10:22am

Champion Sprinter Starspangledbanner will return to Coolmore Australia for the 2016 season having stood the last three southern hemisphere seasons at Rosemont Stud in Victoria where he was also foaled and raised.  Read more »

Press Statement retired to stud

Tuesday 19 April 2016, 10:32am

Two time Group 1 winner Press Statement has been retired from racing and will stand this coming breeding season at Vinery Stud in the Hunter Valley.   Read more »

Widden announce 2016 Fees with Sebring headlining an eight strong roster

Tuesday 19 April 2016, 10:07am

Forward Thinking – A notion born out of bold progression, considering not just the present but the future.  Read more »

Swettenham announces 2016 fees

Friday 15 April 2016, 8:51am

Enhancing what is already one of Australia’s most highly regarded stallion rosters through the recent addition of multiple Group One winner, Trust In A Gust, Swettenham Stud has announced its 2016 stallion fees … along with the introduction of a Live Foal Payment.  Read more »

Arrowfield announces 2016 service fees

Friday 15 April 2016, 8:49am

Arrowfield Stud has announced the service fees for the 12 stallions on its 2016 roster.  Read more »

WRITTEN TYCOON Nominations to be Auctioned Online via Bloodstock.com.au's 'Everyday Auctions'

Friday 15 April 2016, 8:41am

Woodside Park Stud in conjunction with Inglis Digital have announced an exclusive opportunity to secure a nomination for the 2016 breeding season to the hottest sire in Australasia, WRITTEN TYCOON. The 2016 service fee of $49,500 inc. GST was announced by Woodside late last week and his book is already closed just a few days later.  Read more »

Prime Dispatch Edition 110

Wednesday 13 April 2016, 8:52am

This week's edition of the Prime Dispatch compiled by Joe O'Neill  Read more »

Kavanagh/O'Brien cobalt case drags on

Monday 11 April 2016, 5:55pm

An appeal of trainer Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh's cobalt disqualifications will not be heard before August.   Read more »

Yankee Rose short odds for G1 Champagne

Monday 11 April 2016, 5:53pm

Yankee Rose and Press Statement are favourites in early markets to win Sydney's final two Group One races for the season.  Read more »

Two options for If Not Now When's next run

Monday 11 April 2016, 5:51pm

Trainer Henry Dwyer has two options for bargain filly If Not Now When's next start, including the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Ingot at Caulfield.  Read more »

Carpenter rates Winx as world's best mare

Monday 11 April 2016, 4:48pm

Winx should be crowned as the highest rated mare in the world, according to Australia's representative on the International Panel of Handicappers.  Read more »

Almighty Girl on path to G1 sprint in SA

Monday 11 April 2016, 4:26pm

Trainer Mitchell Beer is looking to start stakes-winning filly Almighty Girl in the VOBIS Gold Sprint as a lead-up to the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes.  Read more »

Zasorceress heading to Frank Packer Plate

Monday 11 April 2016, 3:53pm

Trainer Jason Warren is planning to run Adrian Knox Stakes placegetter Zasorceress in the Frank Packer Plate.  Read more »

Vandyke's focus firmly on Yankee Rose

Monday 11 April 2016, 3:30pm

Yankee Rose's trainer David Vandyke is living and breathing Yankee Rose as he prepares the filly for the Group One Champagne Stakes.  Read more »

Black Heart Bart to run in G1 All Aged

Monday 11 April 2016, 2:39pm

Former Perth galloper Black Heart Bart will head to Sydney for the Group One All Aged Stakes after impressing in his first two starts for trainer Darren Weir.  Read more »

Ryan Wiggins booked for Too Good To Refuse

Monday 11 April 2016, 1:20pm

Desleigh Forster has booked Ryan Wiggins to ride Too Good To Refuse who begins a campaign aimed at major winter features in the Toowoomba Guineas.  Read more »

O'Hara to remain in hospital after fall

Monday 11 April 2016, 9:10am

Kathy O'Hara is having blood and air drained from her punctured lung suffered when she fell from Single Gaze in the Australian Oaks.  Read more »

Nevis and Mallyon combine for second win

Sunday 10 April 2016, 5:44pm

Katelyn Mallyon has two rides on import Nevis for two wins and believes the best is still to come from the lightly raced gelding.  Read more »

Lucia Valentina to race for another season

Sunday 10 April 2016, 5:07pm

Thoughts of retiring Lucia Valentina to the broodmare barn have been shelved with the mare to ba aimed at the Cox Plate.  Read more »

Kermadec, Press Statement for All Aged

Sunday 10 April 2016, 4:10pm

The All Aged Stakes will be a chance for stablemates Press Statement and Kermadec to put their Royal Ascot credentials to the test.  Read more »

Sadler considers Oaks for Bengal Cat

Sunday 10 April 2016, 3:34pm

The Australasian Oaks is a likely target for Bengal Cat following her first win for the season over 1600m at Sandown.  Read more »

All horses safe after Grand National

Sunday 10 April 2016, 3:18pm

Although only 16 horses have finished the Grand National, all others and their jockeys have come through the race safely.  Read more »

He's Our Rokkii to run in Packer Plate

Sunday 10 April 2016, 2:30pm

The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained He's Our Rokkii will be tested at 2000m for the first time in the Frank Packer Plate at Randwick.  Read more »

Matt Dunn backs apprentrice Jim Orman

Sunday 10 April 2016, 10:16am

In-form trainer Matt Dunn will back James Orman with more rides as the apprentice tries to hold on to his slender lead in the Brisbane premiership.  Read more »

Rule The World dominates Grand National

Sunday 10 April 2016, 7:44am

Veteran trainer Mouse Morris and teenage apprentice David Mullins have combined with Rule The World to win the Grand National.  Read more »

Damien Oliver suspended for Aust Oaks ride

Saturday 9 April 2016, 6:35pm

Damien Oliver's celebrations for his two Group One winners at Randwick have been tempered by a suspension for careless riding.  Read more »

Two Blue gives Buchanan first Group win

Saturday 9 April 2016, 6:16pm

Two Blue has given trainer Kristen Buchanan her first success at Group level, scoring an all-the-way win in the Sapphire Stakes.   Read more »

Double to Glen Boss and O'Brien at Sandown

Saturday 9 April 2016, 5:42pm

Zahspeed and Bullpit, both by the stallion Speed 'n' Power, have brought up a winning double at Sandown for trainer Danny O'Brien and jockey Glen Boss.  Read more »

Luke Nolen guides Charlevoix to Listed win

Saturday 9 April 2016, 5:02pm

Luke Nolen has ridden favourite Charlevoix to victory in the Listed Galilee Series Final, giving the jockey his first city win since a return from injury.  Read more »

Lucia Valentina wins the Queen Elizabeth

Saturday 9 April 2016, 5:00pm

Lucia Valentina has come from last to win Sydney's richest race, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Azkadellia crowned Queen of the Turf

Saturday 9 April 2016, 4:05pm

Azkadellia has broken through at Group One level in winning the Queen of the Turf Stakes at Randwick.   Read more »

Dunn brings up consecutive city trebles

Saturday 9 April 2016, 3:56pm

Perfect Dare, Kebede and Caillebotte have won at Doomben to give trainer Matt Dunn six metropolitan winners for the week.  Read more »

Lloyd Williams wins fourth G1 Sydney Cup

Saturday 9 April 2016, 3:31pm

Prominent owner Lloyd Williams has collected his fourth Sydney Cup with Gallante upsetting the favoured Chris Waller-trained trio.  Read more »

Kathy O'Hara injured in ATC Aust Oaks fall

Saturday 9 April 2016, 3:13pm

Jockey Kathy O'Hara has sustained a broken collarbone and possible chest injuries in a fall during the Australian Oaks at Randwick.  Read more »

She's Miss Devine upstages French Emotion

Saturday 9 April 2016, 3:07pm

Chris Waller-trained stablemates have fought out the finish in a race at Sandown with She's Miss Devine beating French Emotion.  Read more »

Japonisme's class prevails in Arrowfield

Saturday 9 April 2016, 3:04pm

Group One winner Japonisme has held off his Chris Waller-trained stablemate Counterattack in a close finish to the $500,000 Arrowfield Sprint.  Read more »

NZ filly Sofia Rosa wins Gr1 Aust Oaks

Saturday 9 April 2016, 2:59pm

New Zealand-trained horses have continued their dominance in Sydney's three-year-old Classics with Sofia Rosa winning the ATC Australian Oaks.  Read more »

Missrock recovers to win G2 Percy Sykes

Saturday 9 April 2016, 2:30pm

Missrock has won the Group Two Percy Sykes Stakes, her first race since recovering from a broken pelvis.   Read more »

Danish Twist wins Provincial Championship

Saturday 9 April 2016, 2:26pm

Danis Twist, the most favoured of Kris Lees eight runners, has won the $400,000 Provincial Championship Final at Randwick.  Read more »

Oink survives protest for Doomben victory

Saturday 9 April 2016, 1:36pm

Two-year-old Oink has scored a narrow win at Doomben in racing silks that have been designed as a tribute to Tim Bell, the top jockey who died last year.  Read more »

Pyx Chamber breaks through in Sandown win

Saturday 9 April 2016, 1:08pm

Godolphin two-year-old Pyx Chamber has scored his first career win at Sandown to give trainer John O'Shea and early two-state double.  Read more »

3YO Handfast delivers on early promise

Saturday 9 April 2016, 12:47pm

Handfast has claimed his first stakes race in the South Pacific Classic at Randwick having undergone throat surgery and a gelding operation.  Read more »

Prized Icon claims Listed Fernhill Hcp

Saturday 9 April 2016, 12:31pm

The James Cummings-trained Prized Icon has won the Listed Fernhill Handicap at Randwick.   Read more »