News

Empire in line for Flemington honours

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 4:40pm

Nordic Empire will be chasing his fourth win of the season when he runs in a 1200m benchmark race at Flemington.  Read more »

Melody Belle on track for new season

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 3:55pm

New Zealand Group One winner Melody Belle is on track for the new season after a disappointing three-year-old year.  Read more »

Coonawarra chasing third-straight city win

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 3:51pm

After wins at Canterbury and Rosehill at his past two starts, four-year-old Coonawarra will try to continue his winning run at Randwick.  Read more »

Gale force winds halt racing at Pakenham

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 2:03pm

The race meeting at Pakenham has been abandoned after one race because of strong winds.  Read more »

Sasko chasing winning hat-trick at Sandown

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 1:54pm

Trainer Tony McEvoy has elected to remove the blinkers from Sasko despite the stayer wearing the headgear to victory at his past two starts.  Read more »

Marmelo fighting fit after French win

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 11:54am

Trainer Hughie Morrison says Melbourne Cup contender Marmelo may have one more run before heading to Australia.  Read more »

Stallion Hinchinbrook has died aged 10

Tuesday 17 July 2018, 9:19am

Popular stallion Hinchinbrook has died after breaking a leg at the age of 10.  Read more »

Rising Stars Series set for city finale

Monday 16 July 2018, 5:20pm

The Rising Stars series for apprentice jockeys in Victoria will culminate in the series Final at Flemington.  Read more »

Veteran trainer Fred Cowell dies aged 78

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:53pm

Veteran Central Coast trainer Fred Cowell has died after a long illness aged 78.  Read more »

Fun Fact chasing Derby spot in Byerley Hcp

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:46pm

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has sent two-year-old Fun Fact south to Melbourne to chase a Victoria Derby ballot exemption in the Byerley Handicap.  Read more »

World traveller Jetwings back in Sydney

Monday 16 July 2018, 4:20pm

After two stints in Hong Kong and one in New Zealand, Jetwings has made his way back to the Gerald Ryan stable in Sydney.  Read more »

Gollan and Lloyd combine in Tatt's Mile

Monday 16 July 2018, 3:56pm

Trainer Tony Gollan and Jeff Lloyd will combine with Sheiswhatsheis in the final stakes race of the Queensland season at Doomben.  Read more »

Purton prevails in HK premiership battle

Monday 16 July 2018, 1:46pm

After a gripping battle with Joao Moreira, Australian jockey Zac Purton has clinched the Hong Kong jockeys' premiership.  Read more »

Trainer admits lying but denies cheating

Monday 16 July 2018, 12:05pm

Victorian training partners Lee and Shannon Hope are appealing their cobalt bans, arguing there was an inadvertent administration through feed and supplements.  Read more »

Derby winner Masar out for the season

Monday 16 July 2018, 11:30am

Derby winner Masar will not run again this season but has been given the green light to stay in training as a four-year-old.  Read more »

Kris Lees calls on Jeff Lloyd for Doukhan

Friday 13 July 2018, 3:29pm

Trainer Kris Lees has given veteran jockey Jeff Lloyd his last chance to win the Queen's Cup with the ride on Doukhan.  Read more »

Naturalism dies aged 29

Friday 13 July 2018, 1:03pm

Group One-winning racehorse and subsequent stallion Naturalism has died aged 29 at Meringo Stud.  Read more »

Best Solution possible Melb Cup runner

Friday 13 July 2018, 10:41am

Best Solution has registered a gritty success in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket to set up a possible tilt at the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

PRIME THOROUGHBREDS UPDATE 13/07/18

Friday 13 July 2018, 10:06am

Reneged topped off a good week on the track when he ran a gallant 3rd in the Grafton Cup over 2350m. Craig Newitt put him in a nice place heading out of the straight but the eventual winner put him in a pocket and kept him there until they turned for home which probably cost us the race.  Read more »

Chautauqua as good as ever: Tommy Berry

Friday 13 July 2018, 8:23am

Champion sprinter Chautauqua has jumped cleanly from the barrier in a Flemington jump-out to pass the first of two required tests to be reinstated to race.  Read more »