News

Smerdon picked to train WA star Luckygray

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 5:08pm

Caulfield trainer Robert Smerdon is to be the new trainer for classy West Australian galloper Luckygray.  Read more »

NZ Derby winner Habibi sold to US

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 4:51pm

New Zealand Derby winner Habibi will be sent to the US and aimed at the Breeders' Cup meeting after being sold to a prominent US buyer.  Read more »

Long John out to set himself up for spring

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 4:12pm

Long John will be out to end his juvenile season unbeaten when he steps to Listed level for the first time in the Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington.  Read more »

It's A Dundeel form a guide to Double Halo

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 4:09pm

Double Halo, who went close to beating It's A Dundeel at the start of the season, will be out to confirm country cups plans at Canterbury.  Read more »

Aliyana Tilde mount a boost for Williams

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 3:47pm

It's been a quiet Sydney carnival for high-profile jockey Craig Williams but it could end on a winning note with Aliyana Tilde in the Sydney Cup.  Read more »

Honey Flower heading to Hawkesbury, Scone

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 3:44pm

Talented mare Honey Flower is ready to return to her best at Caulfield on Saturday, but a trip north is also a possibililty.  Read more »

Snitzerland gets fitted up for Sangster

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 3:29pm

Sydney filly Snitzerland will closely follow the Black Caviar example as she prepares to win the same Adelaide races the champion mare claimed last year.  Read more »

Dundeel ready for weight-for-age test

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 2:00pm

Four-time Group One-winning three-year-old It's A Dundeel is primed for his first test against older horses in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.  Read more »

Dawn Approach on target for Guineas

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 9:07am

Trainer Jim Bolger rates leading Derby contender Dawn Approach the equal of any horse he has trained.  Read more »

Godolphin horses test positive to steroids

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 6:25am

Trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni will front a British Horseracing Authority hearing after 11 horses raced by Sheikh Mohammed tested positive to steroids.  Read more »

Riocetto to chase Group One Champagne

Monday 22 April 2013, 5:56pm

Three decades after he won the Champagne Stakes as a jockey, trainer Neville Voigt is looking for another victory with surprise packet Riocetto.  Read more »

Awakening Dream ready for Warrnambool

Monday 22 April 2013, 5:56pm

Defending Grand Annual Steeple champion Awakening Dream has run into some obstacles ahead of his defence of the race.  Read more »

Kelinni strengthens hold on Sydney Cup

Monday 22 April 2013, 5:51pm

History is against Kelinni winning the Sydney Cup but trainer Chris Waller is happy with the favourite's lead-up form.  Read more »

Serpent to target SA Derby after Leger

Monday 22 April 2013, 5:50pm

Serpent is on trial for the South Australian Derby when he runs in the VRC St Leger at Flemington.  Read more »

Tommy Berry ready for Hong Kong challenge

Monday 22 April 2013, 4:33pm

Sydney's latest big-race specialist Tommy Berry has one more chance to increase his local tally before taking up a riding contract in Hong Kong.  Read more »

Manighar back on track

Monday 22 April 2013, 1:58pm

Manighar, the leading middle-distance galloper of last autumn, has shown he is ready to reproduce his best form in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.  Read more »

McNamara transferred to Dublin

Monday 22 April 2013, 1:05pm

Paralysed jockey JT McNamara has returned home to Ireland to continue his rehabilitation from the injury he received in a fall at Cheltenham.  Read more »

No National Encore for Auroras

Sunday 21 April 2013, 6:44pm

Auroras Encore has failed to repeat his Grand National success at Aintree in the Scottish version won by Godsmejudge.  Read more »

Sandown Racecourse to get upgrade

Sunday 21 April 2013, 6:34pm

The course proper at Melbourne's Sandown racecourse will be replaced in a multi million dollar upgrade over the summer.  Read more »

Ichihara wins the Gosford Guineas

Sunday 21 April 2013, 6:06pm

The Allan Denham-trained Ichihara has given owner/breeder George Altomonte another big race success in the $250,000 Gosford Guineas.  Read more »

Hay List's racing options remain open

Sunday 21 April 2013, 5:30pm

Problem plaged sprinter Hay List will be entered for the All Aged Stakes but his focus may be switched to the Brisbane carnival if he doesn't run.  Read more »

Snitzerland seeking Adelaide Group One win

Sunday 21 April 2013, 4:44pm

Flying filly Snitzerland will head to Adelaide in a bid to snare an elusive Group One win starting with the Robert Sangster Stakes.  Read more »

Wallace looking forward to Hong Kong trip

Sunday 21 April 2013, 4:01pm

New Zealander King Mufhasa is ready to leave Sydney for Hong Kong while his trainer is hoping to be a more frequent visitor to Australia.  Read more »

Star colt Pierro has been retired

Sunday 21 April 2013, 1:47pm

Greg Kolivos will begin talks with major studs over the next few weeks after announcing the retirement of his star colt Pierro.  Read more »

Buffering is 'new kid on the block'

Sunday 21 April 2013, 12:53pm

Buffering has impressed trainer Robert Heathcote with his recovery from a hoof injury as he prepares for a return to racing in the Victory Stakes.  Read more »

Berry adds Doncaster Mile to feature haul

Saturday 20 April 2013, 6:04pm

Jockey brothers Tommy and Nathan Berry provided their hospitalised mother Julie with reason to smile when they won three races between them at Randwick.  Read more »

Brown lauds Black Magic after Farm win

Saturday 20 April 2013, 5:52pm

The Group One BTC Cup is on the agenda for in-form mare Black Magic after her win in the Juanmo Stakes at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

Famous Seamus sets up Stradbroke campaign

Saturday 20 April 2013, 5:14pm

Hawkesbury trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith knows what it takes to win a Stradbroke Handicap and he has another contender in the shape of Famous Seamus.  Read more »

Speediness out to attempt NSW double

Saturday 20 April 2013, 4:51pm

A return trip to the scene of some of his best performances is on the cards for Pink Ribbon Cup winner Speediness.  Read more »

Chris Waller wins third Doncaster Mile

Saturday 20 April 2013, 4:41pm

Chris Waller thought about scratching most of his Randwick team because of the wet. He didn't and instead he made Doncaster Mile day his own.  Read more »

Better Than Ready on target for BTC Cup

Saturday 20 April 2013, 4:14pm

Better Than Ready will target the Group One BTC Cup after his impressive return to racing in the Mick Dittman Plate at Eagle Farm.  Read more »

A Royal performance in Australian Oaks

Saturday 20 April 2013, 4:00pm

A late decision to run Royal Descent in the Australian Oaks paid handsome dividends when she thrashed her rivals to score a facile win.  Read more »

Kelinni cements Sydney Cup favouritism

Saturday 20 April 2013, 3:31pm

Sydney Cup favourite Kelinni has further enhanced his claims for the Group One staying test with victory in the JRA Plate at Randwick.  Read more »

Williams savours special win at Randwick

Saturday 20 April 2013, 3:23pm

Two years after he overcame a life-threatening illness, Eminent Domain has justified the faith of his trainer with a dominant Randwick victory.  Read more »

Black Caviar farewelled at Caulfield races

Saturday 20 April 2013, 3:19pm

Melbourne racing fans have farewelled world champion sprinter Black Caviar at Caulfield after her retirement from racing.  Read more »

Fantisha on a path to Queensland Oaks

Saturday 20 April 2013, 3:09pm

Fantisha had to survive a protest to win the Princess Stakes at Eagle Farm to clinch a Queensland Oaks campaign.  Read more »

Plantinum Kingdom wins despite waywardness

Saturday 20 April 2013, 2:53pm

New Zealander Platinum Kingdom has won his first Australian start despite giving jockey Jonathan Riddell a torrid time at Randwick.  Read more »

Riocetto scores runaway win in Fernhill

Saturday 20 April 2013, 1:54pm

The sodden Randwick track proved to be to the liking of Riocetto as he posted an emphatic Fernhill Handicap victory.  Read more »

Everage shows she is above average

Saturday 20 April 2013, 1:25pm

Trainer Craig Carmody will map out a spring program for Everage with the youngster ending her two-year-old campaign with a stakes victory at Randwick.  Read more »

Lucky Penny shines in winning return

Saturday 20 April 2013, 1:19pm

After being forced to abandon the spring program he had mapped out for Lucky Penny in 2012, trainer Peter Morgan is hoping to try again this year.  Read more »

Apprentice celebrates Doncaster day win

Saturday 20 April 2013, 12:41pm

Apprentice Alex Stokes gave her career a timely boost with victory aboard French Gift at a rain-soaked Randwick.  Read more »

Mania back In business after race fall

Saturday 20 April 2013, 11:45am

English Grand National-winning jockey Ryan Mania has made an incident-free comeback to riding at Ayr.  Read more »

Toronado a threat in Guineas: Hughes

Saturday 20 April 2013, 11:37am

Jockey Richard Hughes likes the 2000 Guineas chances of Toronado despite Dawn Approach's tight grip on favouritism for the Classic.  Read more »

Injured Mccoy to miss Punchestown

Saturday 20 April 2013, 9:54am

Champion jumps jockey Tony McCoy has been ruled out of the Punchestown Festival after suffering broken ribs in a race fall.  Read more »

Beshara happy to be on the Doncaster trail

Friday 19 April 2013, 5:19pm

Happy Trails is a $26 chance in the Doncaster Mile but his trainer Paul Beshara won't hear of him being beaten.  Read more »

Boss out to build on Doncaster record

Friday 19 April 2013, 4:51pm

Glen Boss is out to build on his record five Doncaster Mile wins but will need luck from an outside barrier on dual Group One winner Streama.  Read more »

Ethiopia returns to scene of biggest win

Friday 19 April 2013, 4:46pm

The odds about Ethiopia winning the Doncaster Mile are long, but his owner and trainer are adamant he is up to the challenge.  Read more »

$1m milestone in sight for Centennial Park

Friday 19 April 2013, 3:46pm

Centennial Park gets his chance to break the $1 million prizemoney barrier when he lines up as one of the favourites in a Listed race Caulfield.  Read more »

More big turf names on verge of retirement

Friday 19 April 2013, 3:34pm

Black Caviar's retirement could spark an exodus of Australian turf stars with her half-brother All Too Hard and Pierro close to the end of their careers.  Read more »

Hayes relies on durable duo for Caulfield

Friday 19 April 2013, 3:15pm

Whisper Downs and Rose Pattern rate as two of the most durable horses in training and are at the head of the David Hayes team for Caulfield.  Read more »