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Hong Kong Group double for Arrowfield & Inglis

Friday 2 October 2015, 10:26am

Not Listenin'tome and Contentment have more in common than being highly impressive Australian-bred Group winners at Sha Tin on Thursday evening.   Read more »

Notlistenin'tome wins Hong Kong Group 3

Friday 2 October 2015, 6:59am

Former Australian sprinter Not Listenin'tome has claimed the Group Three National Day Cup at Sha Tin, the first stakes race of the new Hong Kong season.  Read more »

Moir Stakes highlights Valley meeting

Friday 2 October 2015, 6:33am

A field of 13 sprinters is set to line up in the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley with exciting filly Petits Filous the favourite.  Read more »

Treve draws barrier eight for Arc

Friday 2 October 2015, 6:28am

Star mare Treve has drawn barrier eight as she bids for a third win in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.  Read more »

Cummings takes Flight with first G1 runner

Thursday 1 October 2015, 5:25pm

A month after the death of Bart Cummings, grandson James will saddle up his first Group One winner in his own right.  Read more »

Miss Cover Girl uncertain Brisbane starter

Thursday 1 October 2015, 3:58pm

Miss Cover Girl has an outstanding first-up record and Kelly Schweida is tempted to make full use of it in a stakes race in Sydney.  Read more »

Orbec and overseas mates dominate Metrop

Thursday 1 October 2015, 3:26pm

There are no southern hemisphere-bred horses in the Metropolitan as overseas stayers such as Orbec continue to find their way into Australian stables.  Read more »

Turnbull Stakes - what you need to know

Thursday 1 October 2015, 3:23pm

Turnbull Stakes - what you need to know  Read more »

Buffering chasing milestones in Moir

Thursday 1 October 2015, 3:15pm

Buffering will attempt to become the first three-time winner of the Moir Stakes and just the third sprinter to bank more than $5 million prize money.  Read more »

Rising Romance spot-on for Turnbull

Thursday 1 October 2015, 2:40pm

Tom Dabernig is bullish about the Turnbull Stakes chances of Rising Romance while warning punters not to let stablemate Extra Zero under their guard.  Read more »

Mark Riley relieved to have ban overturned

Thursday 1 October 2015, 1:56pm

Mark Riley has won his appeal against a three-year ban and says he can't wait to start training winners.  Read more »

Winx, Sadler's Lake lead Waller Epsom bid

Thursday 1 October 2015, 1:51pm

Chris Waller has left it up to Winx, Sadler's Lake and to a lesser extent Silverball to bring him Epsom Handicap success for the third year in a row.  Read more »

Berry Entirely happy with G1 Epsom mount

Thursday 1 October 2015, 1:26pm

Entirely Platinum has been competitive in the best company in Melbourne, form jockey Tommy Berry expects will stack up in the Epsom Handicap.  Read more »

What you need to know about the Moir

Thursday 1 October 2015, 12:15pm

The Moir Stakes has been won by many of the country's leading sprinters.  Read more »

Singapore star to race at Cranbourne

Thursday 1 October 2015, 8:34am

Trainer Michael Freedman has confirmed champion Singapore juvenile Super One will have his first Australian start in the Aprach Cat Classic at Cranbourne.  Read more »

Ball Of Muscle to make G1 debut in Moir

Thursday 1 October 2015, 6:36am

Stakes-winning sprinter Ball Of Muscle will attempt to become the latest member of his family to win a Group One when he lines up in the Moir Stakes.  Read more »

Doping ban overturned for trainer Riley

Thursday 1 October 2015, 3:29am

Victorian horse trainer Mark Riley has had a three-year ban overturned after the Victorian Supreme Court cleared him of a doping charge.  Read more »

Kapour unlikely runner in G1 Metrop

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 6:18pm

Imported stayer Kapour is expected to bypass a start in the Metropolitan to remain in Melbourne for The Bart Cummings at Flemington  Read more »

Sooboog on quick back-up to Randwick

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 6:11pm

Hawkes Racing has declared its intention to back up Rosehill winner Sooboog in the Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Beaten Up Metropolitan move on the money

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 5:45pm

It's been a long time since Beaten Up has won a race but Chris Waller won't be surprised if the horse ends his run of outs in the Metropolitan.  Read more »

Volkstok'n'barrell to back up in Turnbull

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 5:37pm

Volkstok'n'barrell is set to back up in the Turnbull Stakes with co-trainer Chris Gibbs saying the horse continues to improve fitness-wise.  Read more »

Berry reunites with Speak Fondly in Flight

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 3:58pm

Tommy Berry expects Speak Fondly to confirm her rating as Sydney's dominant three-year-old filly in the Flight Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Epsom Hcp topweight a forgotten runner

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 3:50pm

Hooked ran the race of his life on the limit weight in last year's Epsom Handicap and will have to do the same again as topweight for the famous mile.  Read more »

Vlad Duric chasing back-to-back G1 wins

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 3:39pm

Vlad Duric will bid to back up his Group One win on Mourniho with a Moir Stakes victory aboard the consistent Flamberge.  Read more »

Patient approach pays off with Harlem Lady

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 2:33pm

Harlem Lady has won her maiden race at Rosehill and trainer Chris Waller says the daughter of Zabeel has plenty of potential.  Read more »

Full field declared for G1 Turnbull Stakes

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 11:57am

A full field of 16 plus one emergency has been declared for the Group One Turnbull Stakes with trainer Chris Waller accepting with four runners.  Read more »

Date set for Peter Moody's cobalt hearing

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 11:12am

A date has been set for Peter Moody's RAD Board hearing over charges stemming from the high cobalt reading returned by Lidari.  Read more »

Field of 13 for G1 Moir Stakes at Valley

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 10:34am

Undefeated filly Petits Filous will face her toughest test when she steps up to Group One company in the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley.  Read more »

Frankel filly fetches high price at Goffs

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 7:41am

The China Horse Club has paid STG1.7 million for a Frankel filly out of Alexander Goldrun at the first session of the Goffs sale.  Read more »

Maurus ready for Group One assignment

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 7:05am

The David Vandyke-trained Maurus has recovered from illness and will bid to give the Warwick Farm handler his first Group One win in the Metropolitan.  Read more »

Thierry Jarnet oozing confidence in Treve

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 6:35am

Golden Horn's owner Anthony Oppenheimer says if the ground is firm, the colt can foil Treve's bid for a third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.  Read more »

Gust Of Wind on upward spiral for Turnbull

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 5:47pm

John Sargent is delighted with the way Gust Of Wind is progressing this spring as the mare prepares to run third-up in the Turnbull Stakes.  Read more »

Milton comes to town with Sooner Or Later

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 5:07pm

Part-time bush trainer Mark Milton will take the day off as a coal mine electrician to bring Sooner Or Later to Rosehill.  Read more »

Buffering back to chase third Moir victory

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 4:42pm

Robert Heathcote will have multiple Group One winner Buffering back to the races in the Moir Stakes, a race the sprinter has won twice.  Read more »

Roy Higgins statue for Flemington track

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 4:12pm

The late Roy Higgins, winner of 11 Melbourne jockeys' premierships, will be immortalised with a bronze statue at Flemington racecourse.  Read more »

Sons Of John draw not ideal: Jason Attard

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 4:10pm

Sons Of John has drawn a wide barrier for the $1 million Epsom Handicap as Winx has a firm grip on favouritism,  Read more »

No Long Faces around Grace

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 3:57pm

Syndicator Pacific Bloodstock hoped for a big showing from Long Face Grace at the first of Moonee Valley's night meetings this season and that's exactly what Manhattan Rain's promising daughter delivered  Read more »

Mark Zahra fit to ride in G1 Moir Stakes

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 3:26pm

Mark Zahra will be right to ride Angelic Light in the Group One Moir Stakes, having escaped serious injury in a trackowrk incident.  Read more »

Maurus out of sickbed for Metropolitan bid

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 3:23pm

Maurus has made a rapid recovery from a colic attack to take his place in the Group One Metropolitan at Randwick.  Read more »

Midweek race a Gr 1 stepping stone: Ryan

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 1:08pm

A midweek race at Rosehill will be the stepping stone to the Group One Spring Champion Stakes for Flying Achilles.  Read more »

Favourite Winx draws wide in Epsom Hcp

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 10:46am

Long-time favourite Winx has drawn barrier 13 in the Epsom Handicap for trainer Chris Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman.  Read more »

Meteoric Rise of Testa's Latest Star

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 9:44am

esta Rossa mare Amelie’s Star has completed a meteoric rise up Sydney’s staying ranks with a three-length victory in the G3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill.  Read more »

Fields of 15 for Epsom and Metropolitan

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 9:24am

There will be 15 runners in each of the major spring Group One races at Randwick, the Epsom Handicap and the Metropolitan.  Read more »

Happy Trails heads Turnbull Stakes weights

Tuesday 29 September 2015, 6:52am

Multiple Group One winner Happy Trails will carry topweight of 59kg in the Turnbull Stakes under the set weights and penalties conditions.  Read more »

Singapore international races scrapped

Monday 28 September 2015, 6:38pm

The Singapore Turf Club has made the shock decision to discontinue its international races, the KrisFlyer Sprint and Singapore Airlines Cup.  Read more »

Solicit preparing for another season

Monday 28 September 2015, 6:18pm

Motherhood can wait for Solciit who will be given another season on the track to try to snare an elusive Group One win.  Read more »

Happy Trails fitter for G1 Turnbull Stakes

Monday 28 September 2015, 6:09pm

Jockey Dwayne Dunn is set to renew his association with the Paul Beshara-trained Happy Trails in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Blake Shinn to ride Kirramosa in Epsom

Monday 28 September 2015, 5:23pm

Trainer John Sargent has confirmed Kirramosa will take her place in the Epsom Handicap with Blake Shinn to ride.  Read more »

Perignon to make amends in Flight Stakes

Monday 28 September 2015, 3:11pm

Trainer Gerald Ryan is looking to Perignon to defy her Tea Rose Stakes fifth with a better performance in the Group One Flight Stakes.  Read more »

Peeping wins the Pendant giving Redoute's Choice his 78th Group Winner

Monday 28 September 2015, 10:46am

Tom Kelly's 4YO mare Peeping became the 78th Group winner by champion sire Redoute's Choice when she scored a decisive victory in Saturday's $400,000 $ATC Golden Pendant S. 1400m G2.  Read more »