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Overseas entries soar as Snow Sky, Protectionist share topweight status for 2015 Melbourne Cup
Adam Pengilly 11:08 PM Racing Victoria is confident of assembling the most potent international travelling squad for this year's Melbourne Cup after the best credentialled of the contingent, English stayer Snow Sky, was made joint topweight with defending champion Protectionist on Tuesday.
Murrihy wants tighter security after attack on jockey's car
Adam Pengilly 4:45 PM Racing NSW's chief steward Ray Murrihy has asked the Australian Turf Club to tighten security afforded to jockeys as the culprit who vandalised Tye Angland's vehicle at Rosehill on Saturday remains unidentified.
Rare condition derails First Seal
Adam Pengilly Bewildered Randwick trainer John Thompson said he was stunned to find a condition he had never seen in more than 25 years of working in some of Australia's biggest stables had derailed glamour mare First Seal's spring campaign.
Police ban jockey Nikolic from all Vic racetracks
Patrick Bartley, Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker 9:12 PM One of Australia's most controversial jockeys, Danny Nikolic, has been barred from all Victorian racecourses by new chief police commissioner Graham Ashton.
Protectionist heads weights for Cup, as O'Brien enters four
Michael Lynch 7:12 PM The former German-trained stayer Protectionist, last year's Melbourne Cup winner, will have to make history of sorts if he is to go back to back in this year's renewal, after being allocated joint top weight of 58 kilograms for the great race alongside English entry Snow Sky, who would also have to defy 65 years of statistics to triumph.
Three time's a charm for jockey Jess Taylor at Queanbeyan
Jon Tuxworth Apprentice jockey Jess Taylor showed why she believes she's in the best form of her young career after riding the first three winners at the Queanbeyan meeting on Sunday.
Struggling Uncle Gerry gets another chance to step up at Queanbeyan
Jon Tuxworth The horse Joe Cleary named in homage to businessman Gerry Harvey is yet to prove it deserves the title.
Fawkner favourite for Cox Plate
Mathew Toogood Fawkner's first-up win in the Makybe Diva Stakes has signalled he is on target to give prominent owner Lloyd Williams a first Cox Plate win.
Seasons of love has Catkins coming up smelling roses
Chris Roots There is something about a horse that punters get to know like Catkins. Her win in Saturday's Sheraco Stakes brought a group 1 response from the crowd of more than 8000 at Rosehill.
Waller refines in-form team for group 1 targets
Chris Roots In some of the early group races it has been by numbers but as the group 1 targets become closer the top end ot his team will be refined at Randwick on Saturday.
Godolphin's Sweynesse and Hauraki up to George Main challenge
Chris Roots Godolphin trainer John O'Shea believes Sweynesse and Hauraki can give his team back-to-back group 1 wins in the George Main Stakes at Randwick on Saturday but remains mystified by the flops of Holler and Shards in the Golden Rose.
Spring stars to clash in Coolmore as Moodie tips Kinglike to be his best
Michael Lynch Flemington's Makybe Diva Stakes meeting is always a critical juncture on the road through the spring. If a horse wins well at headquarters in early September, connections can dream of riches to come.
Fawkner grabs first Flemington group 1 and vindicates Oliver's judgment
Michael Lynch Top jockeys are paid to make split second decions on the track, but it's off the course where they make their most crucial calls, electing to ride one horse rather than another.
Godolphin demands swabs after runners fail
Chris Roots Godolphin trainer John O'Shea demanded stewards swabbed his two beaten runners over suspicions they might have been doped after stablemate and favourite Exosphere won the Golden Rose at Rosehill on Saturday.
Eyes wide open for Chris Waller as Winx looms as next golden girl
Adam Pengilly With a wry smile, Chris Waller knew Winx wasn't supposed to win the Theo Mark Stakes in her return to racing. Not when she trailed the field into the straight, spotting leader Strawberry Boy a seemingly impossible lead.
Jason Coyle's little Secret out as Kathy O'Hara produces a gem
Adam Pengilly There are few bigger supporters of Kathy O'Hara than Jason Coyle and the Warwick Farm trainer was hailing the jockey after Something Secret sailed to victory at Rosehill on Saturday.
Silverball heads to the Metropolitan after the Kingston Town victory
Chris Roots When He's Your Man won last year's Kingston Town Stakes, Chris Waller changed tack and got him to win the Epsom but that will not happen with Silverball following his strong win at Rosehill on Saturday.
Mates come and go, but Chris Waller has best friend in darling of the turf
Adam Pengilly Mates come and go, horses stay forever. Catkins will always be the darling of the Ingham family - with an adoring Sydney racing public also laying a small claim to her now - and she is more than just a horse to Sydney's premier trainer.
Indigenous drivers series continues to grow
Chris Roots Five years ago driver Jimmy Brown had his idea for an indigenous drivers race become reality at the Fishers Ghost meeting at Menangle and it is only getting better.
Hoping the future bodes well for Nostradamus
David Polkinghorne Can the Canberra sprinter salute in the group 2 Theo Marks Stakes?
McEvoy says Alpine Eagle ready to step up
Andrew Garvey On a day when the Victorian racing industry remembers Bart Cummings at a memorial service at Flemington, another South Australian, Tony McEvoy, is following a well worn path trodden by the training legend in days gone by.
Bulli dog race finishes in numerical order
Chris Roots Punters might have groaned when $34 outsider Gun Pizza won the seventh race at Bulli on Thursday night but the race beat the odds in another more significant way.
Speak Fondly ready to make waves
Max Presnell Speak Fondly, the Gai Waterhouse filly out to break a hoodoo in Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens, carries the benefit of a Crockett education.
Fourth generation breeder Peeping over the fence
Adam Pengilly Newhaven Park hadn't seen snow for more than 20 years until this winter, roughly the same amount of time which has expired since their progeny was wading through Golden Slipper triumphs.
McEvoy hopes Eagle will land group 1 success
Chris Roots When Tony McEvoy saw a High Chaparral colt at the Karaka Sales a couple of years ago, he wrote "nice athletic type" and wasn't going to leave New Zealand without him. It took $240,000 to secure what has become Alpine Eagle but was there more in the tank?
Racing NSW clears up confusion over country trainer gong
Adam Pengilly Racing NSW has moved to clear up confusion regarding the nominees for the Country Trainer of the Year in the annual awards ceremony early next month.
Press Statement 'not as crazy the rest' but in Rose
Chris Roots Press Statement is last man standing heading into Saturday's Golden Rose at Rosehill.
Ravi's impressive trial form lives up to breeding history
John Holloway This is a tale with a tip and concerns an exciting unraced three-year-old filly from the Peter and Paul Snowden stables called Ravi, a daughter of Redoute's Choice from the American-bred mare Mambo In Freeport.
Fawkner supported in Makybe Diva betting
An awkward barrier draw hasn't stopped punters supporting Fawkner for his return at Flemington.
Olympic pressure comes to Canberra racing
David Polkinghorne How will the Barbara Joseph and Paul Jones duo cope with their return to racing on Friday?
