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Blinkers back on for Passage Of Time
Sydney
Thursday 12 December 2019, 5:08pm
A soft barrier draw and key gear change have Joe Pride confident Passage Of Time can find his best form in the Razor Sharp Handicap. Read more »
St Joeys in first city test at Flemington
Melbourne
Thursday 12 December 2019, 4:42pm
After easily winning a maiden at Warrnambool, lightly raced three-year-old St Joeys is set for his first city test over 1400m at Flemington. Read more »
Tambo's Mate gets 1400 test in The Gateway
Brisbane
Thursday 12 December 2019, 4:14pm
Trainer Stuart Kendrick believes Tambo's Mate's ability to run a strong 1400m will get a genuine test in The Gateway at Eagle Farm. Read more »
Gold Fields future hinges on Villiers run
Melbourne
Thursday 12 December 2019, 4:11pm
Connections will wait until after the Villiers Stakes at Randwick to decide whether Gold Fields heads to Dubai or stays home for an autumn campaign. Read more »
McDonald shows faith in Nursery prospect
Sydney
Thursday 12 December 2019, 2:45pm
Trainer John Sargent is hoping the faith jockey James McDonald has shown in juvenile Encountabull proves well placed when they team up at Randwick. Read more »
Griffiths ready for return to the track
Melbourne
Thursday 12 December 2019, 1:57pm
After a period convalescing from surgery for a brain aneurism, Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griifiths is ready to get back to the races at Flemington. Read more »
Tyzone stays home for Lough Neagh
Brisbane
Thursday 12 December 2019, 1:33pm
Trainer Toby Edmonds has kept Tyzone in Queensland for the Lough Neagh Stakes rather than taking him to Sydney for his return. Read more »
Raquel Clark faces uncertain riding future
Melbourne
Thursday 12 December 2019, 1:22pm
Jockey Raquel Clark admits there is a possibility she may not be able ride again as a result of a brain injury suffered in a fall after a race in Adelaide. Read more »
Bigger track to help The Candy Man
Brisbane
Thursday 12 December 2019, 12:55pm
A return to the big Eagle Farm track is expected to help The Candy Man as he continues on the Magic Millions trail. Read more »
Variety key as Waller shoots for fifth Cup
Sydney
Thursday 12 December 2019, 12:18pm
Chris Waller has enjoyed incredible success with imported stayers and he says the secret to keeping them happy is a simple one. Read more »
Outback Barbie to break Eagle Farm hoodoo
Brisbane
Thursday 12 December 2019, 11:52am
Trainer Tony Gollan believes Outback Barbie's three unplaced runs at Eagle Farm are no guide to her chances in The Gateway. Read more »
Heavy rainfall at Doomben ahead of meeting
Brisbane
Thursday 12 December 2019, 9:22am
The parched Doomben racecourse has received 59mm of rain on the eve of its State Of Origin Jockeys series meeting. Read more »
Singapore apprentice lands Sandown winner
Melbourne
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 6:47pm
Singapore apprentice Simon Kok has followed a win at Tatura in country Victoria with his maiden metropolitan win at the twilight meeting at Sandown. Read more »
Price, Kent Jr train four-timer at Sandown
Melbourne
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 5:53pm
Co-trainers Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr have had four winners and a second placegetter from six runners at Sandown. Read more »
Juveniles out to make immediate impression
Melbourne
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 5:50pm
Co-trainer Ben Hayes is hopeful of good showings from two-year-olds Dark Horse and Wide Awake in a Flemington race that features a number of first starters. Read more »
Money Ad earns another visit to the city
Brisbane
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 5:11pm
Prolific country-winning galloper Money Ad has earned another crack at big city prize money with his win at Dalby. Read more »
NSW team favourite for Qld jockeys' series
Brisbane
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 4:00pm
The NSW team of Michael Rodd and Kathy O'Hara has been installed favourite to win the 'Origin' Jockey Series in Brisbane. Read more »
Gailo Chop back home after Perth G1 run
Melbourne
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 4:00pm
Kingston Town Classic runner-up Gailo Chop is back in Victoria after his trip to Perth for the Group One race and will now spend some time in the paddock. Read more »
Illustrious Lad returns for new trainer
Melbourne
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 2:29pm
Having being sent to Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams for a change of environment, sprinter Illustrious Lad is set to make his race return at Flemington. Read more »
Boom times for leading sire to continue
Brisbane
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 2:23pm
Top Queensland sire Spirit Of Boom is chasing his 12th stakes winner from just three crops to race at Doomben. Read more »
O'Shea a Live chance for third G2 Villiers
Sydney
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 12:52pm
Live And Free has continued to thrive since his narrow last-start defeat and returns to his favourite track of Randwick for a shot at the Villiers Stakes. Read more »
Boomsara theories tested in $250k Gateway
Brisbane
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 12:48pm
The arguments about when smart gallloper Boomsara races best will be tested after he drew the rails in The Gateway at Eagle Farm. Read more »
Snowden juvenile poised to Strike at Wyong
Sydney
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 11:13am
Peter And Paul Snowden will be chasing a second Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic win when they saddle up debut winner Strike and the improving Remorseless. Read more »
Regan Bayliss to return to Australia
Sydney
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 9:30am
Australian jockey Regan Bayliss will return to Melbourne after deciding not to seek an extension on his Hong Kong riding contract. Read more »
Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut dies
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 6:17pm
Four-year-old horse Extra Brut, winner of the 2018 Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington, has died in Hong Kong after an accident on a horse walker. Read more »
Magic Millions Cup on radar for Morrissy
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 5:46pm
Co-trainer Troy Corstens hopes Morrissy has better luck than at his most recent start when he runs at Flemington ahead of a potential Queensland trip. Read more »
Quackerjack will not duck Villiers task
Sydney
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 5:32pm
Quackerjack is ready to fulfil a long-range plan when he runs in the Group Two Villiers Stakes over the famous Randwick mile. Read more »
Living Legends to share in new VRC fund
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 4:18pm
A Victoria Racing Club Equine Wellbeing Fund has been established to provide extra funds for Living Legends as well as post-race recovery tools at Flemington. Read more »
Sydney race planned for Stonefield debut
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 4:16pm
After winning a barrier trial at Albury, Melbourne two-year-old Stonefield is on track to make his debut in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick. Read more »
Jusufovic out to keep run going at Sandown
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 2:48pm
Bullock will attempt to add to trainer Enver Jusufovic's recent good form when she makes her racetrack return at Sandown. Read more »
McEvoy's Millions plans disrupted
Brisbane
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 1:33pm
Trainer Tony McEvoy believes Queensland authorities should look at chartering planes to ensure southern horses can get to carnivals each year. Read more »
O'Brien and Freedman get Williams horses
Melbourne
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 12:56pm
Horses owned by Lloyd and Nick Williams are set to go to trainers Danny O'Brien and Anthony Freedman following the decision to sell Macedon Lodge. Read more »
The Drinks Cart has a slight setback
Brisbane
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 11:44am
Leading Magic Millions hopeful The Drinks Cart's return to racing will be delayed a week after he had a slight setback and missed a track gallop. Read more »
Barrier trials off because of smoke haze
Sydney
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 10:52am
Barrier trials at Randwick and Gosford have been called off because of worsening smoke haze over Sydney and surrounding areas. Read more »
Superhard returns to Flemington for sprint
Melbourne
Monday 9 December 2019, 5:21pm
With Standish Handicap plans for Superhard, trainer John Sadler will give the sprinter another look at the Flemington straight in an 1100m-sprint. Read more »
Strome unlikely starter in G2 Villiers
Sydney
Monday 9 December 2019, 4:51pm
The Mark Newnham-trained Quackerjack is the early favourite for the Villiers Stakes with Strome unlikely to run. Read more »
Laing hoping to return to training soon
Melbourne
Monday 9 December 2019, 3:24pm
Trainer Robbie Laing is hopeful he will get his training licence back when the Racing Victoria Board holds its next meeting. Read more »
Queensland out to break Origin duck
Brisbane
Monday 9 December 2019, 3:08pm
Queensland riders Jim Byrne and Matt McGillivray are determined to break Queensland's duck in the Jockeys State Of Origin series in Brisbane. Read more »
Vlad Duric lands a third Singapore title
Melbourne
Monday 9 December 2019, 1:54pm
Not only has former Melbourne-based rider Vlad Duric landed a third straight Singapore jockeys' premiership, he has had his most successful season. Read more »
Dee gets New Zealand Christmas call-up
Melbourne
Monday 9 December 2019, 1:42pm
In-form Melbourne jockey Michael Dee will mix business and pleasure when he returns home to New Zealand for Christmas. Read more »
Maximum Security smokes them in Cigar Mile
New York
Monday 9 December 2019, 8:06am
Maximum Security, famous for being disqualified as the winner of the Kentucky Derby, has ended the season with victory in the Cigar Mile. Read more »
Japan dominates HK International day
Sydney
Monday 9 December 2019, 7:45am
Japan has dominated the Hong Kong International meeting at Sha Tin with victory in three of the four Group One races. Read more »
Two Villiers runners likely for Waller
Sydney
Sunday 8 December 2019, 6:22pm
Cellarman and Sambro are Chris Waller's likely runners in the Group Two Villiers Stakes over the famous Randwick mile. Read more »
Cassidy overcomes kidney stones to ride
Brisbane
Sunday 8 December 2019, 5:42pm
Larry Cassidy has again shown the toughness of jockeys by riding at Doomben after suffering from a kidney stone. Read more »
Memories as Lonhro officially turns 21
Melbourne
Sunday 8 December 2019, 4:11pm
Champion racehorse and sire Lonhro is about to officially turn 21 with his former trainer and jockey remembering what made him great. Read more »
The Drinks Cart could run in Phelan Ready
Brisbane
Sunday 8 December 2019, 3:26pm
A track gallop will determine whether The Drinks Cart will have his next start in the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes at Doomben. Read more »
Twilight racing comes to Flemington
Melbourne
Sunday 8 December 2019, 2:01pm
The VRC is preparing for the first of four experimental twilight race meetings at Flemington in the off-season. Read more »
Two trainers fined for dexamethasone
Brisbane
Sunday 8 December 2019, 12:45pm
Two Rockhampton-based trainers have been fined after traces of the drug dexamethasone was found in urine samples taken from their horses. Read more »
Seven Britsh jockeys banned in void race
London
Sunday 8 December 2019, 12:36pm
In a dramatic conclusion to the London National at Sandown, the race has been declared void and seven jockeys suspended. Read more »
In Her Time ruled out of Hong Kong Sprint
Sydney
Sunday 8 December 2019, 12:29pm
Newcastle mare In Her Time has been ruled out of the Hong Kong International Sprint with a hoof injury. Read more »