Latest racing news
The Cleaner has 12 months and another Cox Plate run left, says owner
Adam Pengilly 10:20 PM Mick Burles didn't want The Cleaner to have another race. But his owners insist the horse has another "12 months" left following an ugly split with the knockabout trainer.
Heat may force change in Flemington timings
Patrick Bartley 6:14 PM Senior Racing Victoria officials are closely monitoring weather patterns for later in the week following the prospect of stifling heat conditions.
The Cleaner to find new home without Burles at Mornington
Craig Brennan The Cleaner's career may not yet be over but he has run his last race for Tasmanian trainer Mick Burles.
Racing industry rallies against govt
7:33 AM Owners, trainers, jockeys to protest government changes.
Festive season a chance to honour Tony Campbell for Cleary clan
Jon Tuxworth 7:29 PM He made a cameo behind the microphone two years ago, but Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary knows no one can fill the void left by late race caller Tony Campbell.
Can Dylan Dunn take top honours?
Michael Lynch 4:59 PM Could lightning strike twice for the same stable?
Would Lane win on a broomstick? Probably
Michael Lynch 12:35 PM When a top batsman is in the form of his life he is said to be "seeing it like a beach ball".
Cobalt hearing: Peter Moody revises story on racehorse feeding regime
Patrick Bartley Leading horse trainer Peter Moody had presented a revised version of the supplement-feeding regime for his horse, Lidari.
Not just any pub in a Storm for Green's debutant
David Polkinghorne Queanbeyan-bred horse to make debut after almost dying in horrific paddock accident.
Kensington track nearing return to use
Adam Pengilly Randwick's troubled Kensington track has been deemed healthy enough to host barrier trials in the coming weeks. And officials are likely to make a call on its future after the summer period.
Two jockeys makes Olive and Bensley's century better than with one
David Polkinghorne Highland Secrets' head-bobbing win gives trainer-jockey partnership 100th win together.
Highland Reel wins the Hong Kong Vase
Chris Roots Cox Plate-placed Highland Reel might have been around the world this year but the three-year-old saved his best for last, winning the Hong Kong international Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Moody's day of reckoning arrives
Patrick Bartley Australia's leading trainer will seek to explain elevated cobalt readings returned for his horse, Lidari, at the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary board.
Hong Kong International meeting keeps going from strength to strength
Chris Roots Hong Kong has become the year end celebration of racing and the ambitious tag of the "turf world championships" is becoming more of a reality.
School's out for Tarzino as Derby history on agenda
Adam Pengilly Equestrian school is almost out for spring hero Tarzino, which will attempt to become just the third horse to win the famed Victoria Derby-Australian Derby double during The Championships.
Lane makes it 10 winners in six days
Michael Lynch Christmas is on the horizon, but there will be no holidays for several of Saturday's Flemington winners who will find themselves chasing higher status races over the Christmas and New Year period.
Olive and Bensley in search of century
David Polkinghorne Canberra trainer and Goulburn jockey have three chances to bring up hundred at Canberra's Thoroughbred Park.
Conga line of kisses on offer as Clapper does it again
Adam Pengilly Hardened racing men don't kiss other men without good reason. Perhaps it was a recognition of the popularity Pat Webster engenders in the sport they couldn't stop offering after the Villiers Stakes.
Helicopter called in to locate runaway horse at Kembla Grange
Adam Pengilly Bemused racing officials were forced to charter a helicopter to find a horse which got loose before the start of a Kembla Grange race and became lost in dense bushland.
Baker's Sniper takes down Hellbent
Adam Pengilly It took him a couple of years longer than he would have hoped, but Bjorn Baker finally managed to get his hands on Lady Sniper. And didn't he make it count.
O'Brien happy with racebook omen
Michael Lynch Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien has spent the week at the RAD board as one of the key figures in the long running cobalt saga, so to simply step out on a race track in the summer sunshine to saddle up a handful of runners with live chances must have felt like a huge relief.
Price Slipper dreaming after nursing Extreme talent to Inglis win
Adam Pengilly Mick Price would have walked away thinking he should have won the Golden Slipper this year. He might have another handy one in the arsenal for next year.
Australian jockeys on show against the best in Hong Kong
Chris Roots The jockeys room at Sha Tin on Sunday could quite easily be Randwick or Flemngton with no less than nine Australian riders saddling up for Hong Kong International day.
Evidence by vet 'a web of lies', cobalt hearing told
Patrick Bartley Senior counsel for Flemington trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh have said the evidence of former racehorse vet Tom Brennan was "a web of lies" that should not be believed.
Change in racing weight policy is the right call
Max Presnell "What the hell is the old fool doing?" Ron Quinton, then on the rise as a saddle master, recollected on a lesson in pace and guile from George Moore.
Can dreams come true for Lees and Waller in Hong Kong?
Chris Roots Faded photos, faded memories remind Chris Waller and Kris Lees of their first time in Hong Kong as they preparation for the Hong Kong International races on Sunday.
Happy as Larry: Cattle king Webster mixing business with pleasure
Adam Pengilly Pat Webster's mornings are moulded around Happy Clapper and Angus cattle. A Villiers victory with the first will lead to a celebration with the latter for one of the last remaining small stables in Sydney.
No time like Motime as Vella Slipper dreaming
Adam Pengilly History won't remember One Time as a particularly outstanding racehorse, but Gratz Vella will never forget the thrill of having a Golden Slipper runner. And he is now starting to dream about another a decade on.
O'Shea bemoans Villiers weight as little incentive to target summer
Adam Pengilly John O'Shea is worried top horses will dodge the Sydney summer in future after his leading Villiers Stakes hope It's Somewhat was lumped with the top weight for the group 2 race.
Criterion draws poorly in the Hong Kong Cup
Chris Roots David Hayes used some reversed logic to explain the chance of Criterion after he drew gate 13 for Sunday's Hong Kong International Cup at Sha Tin.
