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More Than Ready reaffirms his super sire status

Monday 9 March 2015, 9:37am

More Than Ready has gone back-to-back with a juvenile stakes-winning double for the second Saturday in a row  Read more »

Takedown wins the Black Opal Stakes

Sunday 8 March 2015, 6:37pm

Takedown has led all the way to win the Group Three Black Opal Stakes, giving trainer Gary Moore his biggest win since returning from Macau.   Read more »

Small field for Newmarket Handicap

Sunday 8 March 2015, 5:42pm

The Newmarket Handicap seems likely to have a small field but the world's top three sprinters will assure it is the highest quality.  Read more »

Rom Baro wins Group 3 Canberra Guineas

Sunday 8 March 2015, 5:21pm

Rom Baro has taken out the Canberra Guineas with trainer Matthew Dale keen to aim the three-year-old at the Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick.   Read more »

McEvoy excited about Alpine Eagle's future

Sunday 8 March 2015, 5:08pm

Alpine Eagle had to settle for second in the Group One Australian Guineas but trainer Tony McEvoy is excited about what the future holds for the colt.  Read more »

Diamond Oasis wins on Black Opal day

Sunday 8 March 2015, 3:50pm

Diamond Oasis has booked himself a trip to Melbourne with a Group One winning stablemate with victory in the Camarena Quality at Canberra.   Read more »

Oaks favourite set for Flemington run

Sunday 8 March 2015, 3:11pm

Set Square will have her second run back after her VRC Oaks victory last spring when she lines-up in the Matron Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Ryan to open Hawesbury stable

Sunday 8 March 2015, 3:06pm

Gerald Ryan is to open a satellite stable at Hawkesbury in conjunction with long-time client Damion Flower.  Read more »

Red Cadeaux team keeping tabs on Hartnell

Sunday 8 March 2015, 3:04pm

The Red Cadeaux team is getting a handle on the opposition in the Australian Cup through European form lines.  Read more »

Long trip no worries for Highest Note

Sunday 8 March 2015, 2:01pm

Highest Note provided Port Lincoln trainer Darryl Carrison now he's hoping she can give him a first Melbourne city win at Moonee Valley.  Read more »

Macdonald seeking first Adelaide Cup

Sunday 8 March 2015, 1:56pm

Adelaide trainer Leon Macdonald will have his first two runners in his home town Cup trying to foil the favourite Taiyoo.  Read more »

Walsh to ride Faugheen at Cheltenham

Sunday 8 March 2015, 9:08am

Ruby Walsh has chosen Faugheen over Hurricane Fly as his mount in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.  Read more »

Sam Clipperton booked for Sweynesse in G1

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:51pm

Sam Clipperton has committed to losing 4kg in four weeks in order to ride Godolphin colt Sweynesse in the Doncaster Mile.  Read more »

Nayeli scores surprise win in Fireball

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:41pm

Gai Waterhouse has ended Randwick Guineas day with a quartet of winners in Sydney and a Group One triumph in Melbourne.  Read more »

Whatalovelyday earns winter carnival tilt

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:37pm

Whatalovelyday has overcome a pre-race scare to confirm a winter carnival campaign in winning at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

Three straight for Chloe In Paris

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:35pm

Trainer Ciaron Maher celebrated the black type victory of Chloe In Paris at Flemington and can now look to bigger riches.  Read more »

Wolf Blass toasts despite missing Guineas

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:23pm

It was trainer Gai Waterhouse's day at the Flemington and Randwick races, but winemaker Wolf Blass still had reason to celebrate.  Read more »

Higgins' syndicate eyes Group One victory

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:04pm

On a day when late champion jockey Roy Higgins was remembered at Flemington, there's still big plans for his racehorse syndication business.  Read more »

Miracles Of Life up to the Challenge

Saturday 7 March 2015, 6:01pm

Miracles Of Life has produced an explosive finish to beat a classy field of sprinters in the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Randwick.  Read more »

Madam Gangster rises to the challenge

Saturday 7 March 2015, 5:34pm

Talented mare Madam Gangster has continued her rise through the grades, capturing the Frances Tressady Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

Crafty Cruiser wins Roy Higgins Quality

Saturday 7 March 2015, 4:59pm

The Bryce Stanaway-trained Crafty Cruiser has taken out the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington, a race named in honour of the late champion jockey.  Read more »

Prebble guides Wandjina to G1 Guineas win

Saturday 7 March 2015, 4:53pm

Brett Prebble has returned from Hong Kong to win the Australian Guineas on Wandjina for champion trainer Gai Waterhouse.  Read more »

Cosmic Endeavour stars for Waterhouse

Saturday 7 March 2015, 4:31pm

Cosmic Endeavour gave Gai Waterhouse the first leg of a two-state Group One double with a record-breaking Canterbury Stakes win at Randwick.  Read more »

Adorabeel prevails in four-way G3 finish

Saturday 7 March 2015, 4:26pm

Sam Clipperton has made the most of a rival jockey's defection to win his first stakes race for Joe Pride aboard Adorabeel.  Read more »

Amorino gives Alexander career highlight

Saturday 7 March 2015, 3:55pm

Amorino has had to undergo a veterinary inspection before providing Ballarat trainer Archie Alexander with Group success at Flemington.  Read more »

Hallowed Crown rules Randwick Guineas

Saturday 7 March 2015, 3:51pm

Hallowed Crown has again had the measure of Sweynesse and Shooting To Win in the Randwick Guineas.  Read more »

Cheers as Phrases wins Listed race

Saturday 7 March 2015, 3:16pm

Country gelding Phrases has beaten a field of well-performed city horses to win the Listed Randwick Stakes for trainer Bindi Cheers.  Read more »

Dram Of Red in winning debut at Caloundra

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:56pm

Inexperience hasn't stopped the Matt Dunn-trained two-year-old Dram Of Red from dominating his opposition at the Sunshine Coast.  Read more »

First-up Flemington win for Sino Eagle

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:45pm

A stakes win for Sino Eagle will be one of Peter Moody's priorities following the first-up win of the mare at Flemington.  Read more »

Group One sprint looms for Victorian mare

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:33pm

Melbourne mare Griante has upstaged the locals to win the Wenona Girl Handicap at Randwick and book her place in a Group One race.  Read more »

Ready For Victory enters Slipper picture

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:20pm

The Mick Price-trained Ready For Victory has raced into Golden Slipper calculations with a debut win in a Listed race at Flemington.  Read more »

Soldier caps off trainers' great carnival

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:14pm

Improved gelding Sakhee's Soldier has held off Rising Romance in the New Zealand Stakes, both on the track and in the inquiry room.  Read more »

Antelucan favourite to win G3 Black Opal

Saturday 7 March 2015, 2:08pm

A Blue Diamond Stakes campaign didn't work out for Antelucan but the filly is strongly fancied to find her best form in the Black Opal Stakes.  Read more »

Vancouver reinstated as Slipper favourite

Saturday 7 March 2015, 1:52pm

Vancouver has won the Todman Stakes to reassert his authority on Golden Slipper betting, giving Gai Waterhouse her second 2yo winner at Randwick.  Read more »

English storms into Slipper contention

Saturday 7 March 2015, 1:11pm

The Gai Waterhouse-trained English announced herself as a genuine Golden Slipper contender with a professional win in a lead-up race at Randwick.  Read more »

Taps turned on at Cheltenham

Saturday 7 March 2015, 7:24am

Selective watering has begun at Cheltenham with little rain forecast in the lead-up to the famous jumps Festival.  Read more »

Victoria Pendleton aims to become a jockey

Saturday 7 March 2015, 7:18am

Retired English cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has switched her attention to becoming an amateur jumps jockey.  Read more »

Toast Of New York out of World Cup

Saturday 7 March 2015, 7:17am

Pre-race favourite Toast Of New York will miss the Dubai World Cup after suffering a soft tissue injury.  Read more »

Sheza Gypsy wins Country Championship heat

Friday 6 March 2015, 6:34pm

Sheza Gypsy and Explosive Scene have cemented their places in the Country Championship final by running one-two in the Port Macquarie heat.  Read more »

Wild Card race added to Country series

Friday 6 March 2015, 5:49pm

A race has been added to the Country Championship series as a Wild Card, giving horses a last chance to qualify for the $300,000 final.  Read more »

Tiz My View fresh for Flemington sprint

Friday 6 March 2015, 5:42pm

Sam Pritchard-Gordon says Tiz My View has improved since a freshen-up and is confident the filly can run a bold race at odds at Flemington.  Read more »

Waller in wait and see on Golden Slipper

Friday 6 March 2015, 5:15pm

Chris Waller doesn't have a runner in two Golden Slipper lead-up races at Randwick but the results will shape plans for his unbeaten filly Always Allison.  Read more »

Challenge on for young and old sprinters

Friday 6 March 2015, 5:06pm

Rain Affair will be out to defy his age and some younger competitors in the Challenge Stakes, three years after he won the Group Two race.  Read more »

Class will count with Criterion: Bowman

Friday 6 March 2015, 4:21pm

Hugh Bowman will be reunited with Criterion in the Canterbury Stakes, confident the four-year-old can match it with the weight-for-age sprinters.  Read more »

Alpine Eagle ready for Guineas challenge

Friday 6 March 2015, 3:16pm

Tony McEvoy admits the Australian Guineas is Alpine Eagle's big test but believes the colt is up for the challenge in the $500,000 Group One race.  Read more »

Heys banking on Purton factor in Guineas

Friday 6 March 2015, 1:49pm

Sworn To Silence has been overshadowed in Randwick Guineas discussions despite stable confidence he will be strong at the end of 1600m.  Read more »

Maher pair facing big tests

Friday 6 March 2015, 1:35pm

With a good record at 1400m, Akavoroun is racing for a trip to Sydney while stablemate Chloe In Paris chases a black type win.  Read more »

Rising Romance a good test for Soriano

Friday 6 March 2015, 12:57pm

Rising Romance's presence will help the Rogerson stable assess how competitive Soriano could be in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in Sydney.  Read more »

Short course trip to suit Mossfun

Friday 6 March 2015, 12:44pm

A distance drop could help Group One-winning filly Mossfun return to the winner's list when she takes on more experienced sprinters in the Challenge Stakes.  Read more »

Passatorio at home at Sunshine Coast

Friday 6 March 2015, 12:42pm

Passatorio has a home track advantage at the Sunhine Coast where he will be aiming for four-straight.  Read more »