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Blinkers back on for Passage Of Time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »