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De Little Engine confirms staying promise

Saturday 22 November 2014, 1:42pm

De Little Engine has given his rivals a galloping lesson at Ballarat while jockey Stephen Baster has ridden an early double at the stand-alone meeting.  Read more »

Grahame Begg to close Randwick stable

Friday 21 November 2014, 6:04pm

Grahame Begg is to close his Randwick stable after a stellar career training winners in Australia and internationally.  Read more »

Trainer Grahame Begg quitting Randwick

Friday 21 November 2014, 6:03pm

Trainer Grahame Begg has announced he will close his Randwick stable which has been in his family for many years.  Read more »

Don't discard Motivado at Ballarat

Friday 21 November 2014, 5:21pm

A rock hard track and the loss of his two front shoes brought about the downfall of Motivado at Flemington and improvement is on the cards at Ballarat.  Read more »

Qfighter to come out swinging at Randwick

Friday 21 November 2014, 5:17pm

Qfighter has come full circle since leaving the Gerald Ryan stable as a two-year-old and has plenty more to offer.  Read more »

Tuscan Fire ready to jump at Cup chance

Friday 21 November 2014, 4:12pm

After showing promise over the jumps, Tuscan Fire is looking to add another provincial cup to his record on his home track of Ballarat.  Read more »

Aspery patience bucks Sydney racing trend

Friday 21 November 2014, 3:35pm

Bart Cummings says patience is the cheapest thing in racing but the thing most seldom used and Scott Aspery is happy to employ the master's philosophy.  Read more »

Are You Sure saved for $100k Goulburn Cup

Friday 21 November 2014, 3:08pm

Cameron Crockett will chase a bigger prize money purse with Are You Sure when he runs the bush star in the Goulburn Cup.  Read more »

Shiraz Attack set to continue winning run

Friday 21 November 2014, 2:22pm

Trainer Gillian Heinrich and jockey Robbie Fradd have struck up a winning partnership with the expectation of more success at Doomben.  Read more »

Cummings trio to test Villiers claims

Friday 21 November 2014, 1:03pm

Stakes placegetter Surge Ahead is poised to begin a campaign that could take in the biggest race of the Sydney summer.  Read more »

Arabian King stepping up at Grafton

Friday 21 November 2014, 12:51pm

Arabian King will take another step on the path his trainer hopes leads to the Country Championships when he runs at Grafton.  Read more »

O'Sullivan optimistic with first starter

Friday 21 November 2014, 12:45pm

Captain Crackerjak was purpose bought with the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic in mind by trainer Dan O'Sullivan.  Read more »

Someday to have first start for Gollan

Friday 21 November 2014, 12:23pm

Stakes winner Someday will have his first start for premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan when he run in the Listed Keith Noud at Doomben.  Read more »

Frankel filly breaks Irish auction record

Friday 21 November 2014, 8:55am

A Frankel filly out of dual Group One winner Finsceal Beo has set a record for a foal at public auction in Ireland.  Read more »

Key points of the RNSW strategic plan

Thursday 20 November 2014, 10:09pm

Key points of the RNSW strategic plan.  Read more »

Racing NSW releases strategic plan

Thursday 20 November 2014, 10:09pm

Racing NSW has released its strategic plan but its implementation is not guaranteed unless changes to the tax on TAB revenue is approved.  Read more »

Gai Waterhouse saddles up for Bong Bong

Thursday 20 November 2014, 6:10pm

Gai Waterhouse will break new ground as a trainer with her first runner at the famous Bong Bong picnic race meeting.  Read more »

Hot weather affects NSW race meetings

Thursday 20 November 2014, 6:05pm

A predicted heatwave for NSW has led to a country race meeting being called off while protocols will be put in place for other fixtures.  Read more »

Angelic Light can make amends: Griffiths

Thursday 20 November 2014, 5:40pm

Trainer Robbie Griffiths says Winterbottom Stakes favourite Angelic Light is holding her form well enough to give him a breakthrough Group One win.   Read more »

Aegean Sea to kick-start Conners' 2YO team

Thursday 20 November 2014, 4:40pm

Golden Slipper-winning trainer Clarry Conners will saddle up his first two-year-old runner of the season at Randwick.  Read more »

Mujadale puts Forrester in frame for Cup

Thursday 20 November 2014, 4:17pm

After almost 40 years in the saddle, jockey Kevin Forrester would love nothing more than victory in his hometown Cup.  Read more »

Kensington track clear for action: Murphy

Thursday 20 November 2014, 2:22pm

A makeover of the Kensington track has it ready for racing but officials concede it needs a major renovation.  Read more »

Baster out to go one better with Trieste

Thursday 20 November 2014, 1:06pm

Old Trieste has the advantage of drawing barrier one in the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat.  Read more »

The Cleaner tactics to assist Fury: Gollan

Thursday 20 November 2014, 12:07pm

The front-running style of The Cleaner can help Alma's Fury overcome a wide barrier in the $1 million Railway Stakes, according to trainer Tony Gollan.  Read more »

Soros primed to debut for Schweida stable

Thursday 20 November 2014, 11:55am

Former Melbourne galloper Soros is ready to kick-off his Brisbane career for trainer Kelly Schweida when he contests the Keith Noud Handicap.  Read more »

Frequendly to tread familiar Millions path

Thursday 20 November 2014, 11:39am

Talented two-year-old Frequendly will resume racing at Doomben as part of her build-up to the Magic Millions Classic.  Read more »

Trainer, jockey celebrate Sandown firsts

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 6:21pm

Trainer Danny Curran has finally landed a Sandown win after 20 years while jockey Casey Bruce has claimed a metropolitan first for her career.  Read more »

Extended time bonus for Sydney apprentice

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 5:43pm

Jess Taylor, who has ridden her third city winner at Canterbury, has successfully applied to have her apprenticeship extended into a fifth year.   Read more »

McDonald makes SOS call for Spalato ride

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 5:34pm

Leading jockey James McDonald has won on Binary at Canterbury while making hasty arrangements to ride Singapore sprinter Spalato in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Outsider Hakkasan in Gold Coast surprise

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 5:20pm

She's Miss Divine, expected to make a winning return to racing at the Gold Coast, has been upstaged by Hakkasan.  Read more »

Cup fav autopsy report still weeks away

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 5:08pm

The final autopsy report into the collapse and death of Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti is at least three weeks from being finalised.  Read more »

First-starter Eclat right for reverse way

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 4:13pm

It's Ballarat's big day of racing and a feature of the meeting is a race for two-year-olds trying to make their way into the Magic Millions Classic.  Read more »

Hard work paying off for Sam Clipperton

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 3:43pm

Sam Clipperton's recent good form hasn't gone unnoticed with three of Sydney's top stables booking him for Randwick rides.  Read more »

OTI Racing chasing more big spring success

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 3:15pm

With OTI Racing in-form with imported gallopers, Count Of Limonade will be out to give the ownership group more success in the Ballarat Cup.  Read more »

Lordag win confirms merit of stable switch

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 2:59pm

Promising four-year-old Lordag has made it three wins from his past five starts with an against-the-odds victory at the Gold Coast..  Read more »

Modest Moore strives for racing perfection

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 1:54pm

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Ryan Moore has played down popular racing opinion that he is the best rider in the world.  Read more »

Sebrina thrills her owners!

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 11:56am

Prestige Racing owner Bruce Young describes his experience as a winning owner of promising filly Sebrina..  Read more »

Weighty task for Love Rocks in Keith Noud

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 11:27am

Steve Tregea claims Love Rocks is weighted on potential instead of his racing record for the Listed Keith Noud Handicap at Doomben.  Read more »

Prime Thoroughbreds Dispatch Edition 39

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 11:19am

Terra Amata was very impressive winning at Warwick Farm on Wednesday which came on the back of her very good win at Canterbury.  Read more »

ATC and banned employees part company

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 5:27pm

Two Sydney racing officials disqualified for betting on racedays have ended their employment with the Australian Turf Club.  Read more »

Racing icon Freedman returns to training

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 4:52pm

Few trainers have had a more decorated career in racing than Lee Freedman, the Hall Of Famer who is making a comeback.  Read more »

Valcot set to go distance in hat-trick bid

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 4:14pm

Valcot, one of the surprises in country trainer Luke Griffith's in-form stable, will be chasing his third city win in a row at Randwick.  Read more »

Anthony Cummings to stay close to home

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 1:59pm

Anthony Cummings is putting a frustrating spring behind him, closing his Caulfield stable to keep his horses close to home.  Read more »

Date set for Tegan Harrison ban appeals

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 1:45pm

A date for in-form rider Tegan Harrison's appeal against two suspensions has been decided, more than a month after her first ban was handed out.  Read more »

Part-timer after first win on metrop track

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 1:20pm

A Sandown victory will provide trainer Matthew Gilmore with a city first as well as a winning hat-trick for Tallat.  Read more »

Kavanagh adds to Rawiller Canterbury book

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 12:32pm

If leading Victorian jockey Brad Rawiller can't ride a Sydney winner for his brother Todd, Sam Kavanagh reckons he has the horse to do the job.  Read more »

Lee Freedman to return to training

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 9:37am

Champion trainer Lee Freedman will return to training in partnership with his brother Anthony at Flemington.  Read more »

Jockey Tom Queally banned from driving

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 6:58am

Frankel's jockey Tom Queally has been convicted of drink driving after a court rejected his defence of "sleep driving".  Read more »

ATC officials outed for betting offences

Monday 17 November 2014, 6:45pm

Two Australian Turf Club officials have been disqualified for race day betting offences during their duties as judges or assistant judges.  Read more »

Majestic Beast to step up to open company

Monday 17 November 2014, 6:22pm

Six-year-old mare Majestic Beast has earned her chance at open company at Randwick with three recent wins.  Read more »