News

Hard Work Pays Off for ARBEITSAM

Friday 25 November 2016, 8:40am

An inch is as good as a proverbial mile when it comes to determining the winner of any race. The result is the same. To the winner goes the spoils – to those who finished behind the winner – they didn’t win !  Read more »

Crowley named No.1 rider for Sheikh Hamdan

Friday 25 November 2016, 6:49am

Britain's champion jockey Jim Crowley will take up a position as No.1 rider for Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum.  Read more »

Winners keep rolling in for Darren Weir

Friday 25 November 2016, 6:25am

Darren Weir is set to build on his stunning numbers of winners with 33 acceptors at meetings in Victoria in the coming days.  Read more »

Trackwork rider injured at Queanbeyan

Thursday 24 November 2016, 6:52pm

A Queanbeyan trackwork rider has suffered a neck injury in an early morning fall.  Read more »

Berry eager for HK International meeting

Thursday 24 November 2016, 6:02pm

Jockey Tommy Berry says Hong Kong champion Able Friend impressed him during his comeback from injury in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint at Sha Tin.  Read more »

McSweeney elected to ATC board

Thursday 24 November 2016, 5:32pm

Angela Belle McSweeney will take up a position on the board of the Australian Turf Club with Bill Evans re-elected after the annual general meeting.  Read more »

Meetings moved from Sandown Lakeside track

Thursday 24 November 2016, 4:50pm

Remedial works on the Sandown Lakeside track has caused three upcoming meetings to be moved.  Read more »

Record Blue Diamond first acceptors

Thursday 24 November 2016, 4:43pm

First acceptances for the 2017 Blue Diamond have been taken with a total of 686 juveniles paid up for including 55 from the stable of Mick Price.  Read more »

Zielke settled at new Toowoomba base

Thursday 24 November 2016, 4:37pm

Trainer John Zielke will have his first Brisbane runners from his new base in Toowoomba.  Read more »

Interstellar set to reach greater heights

Thursday 24 November 2016, 2:57pm

Jockey Tommy Berry is confident former Kiwi mare Interstellar can reach stakes level as he prepares to ride her first-up at Rosehill.  Read more »

Allen after another city win aboard Lyuba

Thursday 24 November 2016, 2:48pm

Ben Allen is leading the Melbourne apprentices' premiership and his book of rides at Moonee Valley includes Lyuba, his first ever city winner.  Read more »

Valley trip is ideal for Biased Witness

Thursday 24 November 2016, 2:41pm

Robert Smerdon will have three Moonee Valley runners, Biased Witness, Very Choosy and Dulverton, with Craig Williams to ride the trio.  Read more »

Hopfgarten needs to be at best at Farm

Thursday 24 November 2016, 1:46pm

Trainer Robert Heathcote believes Hopfgarten will have to reproduce one of his best runs to win the Recognition Stakes.  Read more »

Beau Rada to resume in Valley sprint race

Thursday 24 November 2016, 1:30pm

Beau Rada makes his return in a 1000m sprint at Moonee Valley having made his mark over short courses at the track in his previous campaign.  Read more »

Temperature forces Tumbler out of race

Thursday 24 November 2016, 12:25pm

Injury-prone mare Tumbler will miss the Listed McAlpine Memorial Stakes at Eagle Farm because of yet another problem.  Read more »

Magnus Filly Stays Unbeaten

Thursday 24 November 2016, 11:20am

Sun Stud's Magnus is on target for more Group I success this Saturday with his star sprinter Malaguerra set to run in the Group I WATC Winterbottom Stakes, but it was one of his up and coming prospects that caught the eye at Sandown on Wednesday.  Read more »

James Doyle to ride for Godolphin in Aust

Thursday 24 November 2016, 9:20am

James Doyle has been recruited from England to fill in for Godolphin's retained rider James McDonald while he waits for a hearing into a betting offence.  Read more »

Stables quarantined after strangles found

Thursday 24 November 2016, 8:51am

Quarantine at Matt Cumani's Ballarat stables has been expanded to ensure a case of strangles is contained.  Read more »

Fields declared for HK International races

Thursday 24 November 2016, 7:13am

All four defending champions have been confirmed in the fields for the Group One races at Hong Kong's International meeting.  Read more »

Sydney campaign likely for Sofia Rosa

Thursday 24 November 2016, 6:21am

After pulling the pin on Sofia Rosa's Melbourne spring campaign, New Zealand trainer Stephen Marsh is looking to bring the mare back to Sydney in the autumn.  Read more »