Juvenile premiership a wide open affair

John Holloway   There has hardly been a champion juvenile premiership season quite like this one with no standout freshman stallion emerging and a surprise leader after last Saturday's final group1 two-year-old race of the season – the $600,000 J.J. Atkins Stakes – at Eagle Farm.

Canberra-based Dale a rising star on his terms

Chris Roots   Group 1 success is on his radar, but Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has no intentions of moving from his base in the nation's capital.

Payne gets value for money from Lope De Vega progeny

Chris Roots   It's usually a pretty good sign when a stallion doesn't not return to Australia, think Galileo, Dubawi and Shamardal, who's exploits on the other side of the world have outweighed those down under.

Riding out tough times pays off for jockey Koby Jennings

Chris Roots   Koby Jennings has made a late charge at the apprentices' title with nine winners in the past fortnight in Sydney, but it nearly didn't happen.

O'Hara caught using phone in jockeys' room

Chris Roots   Racing NSW stewards confiscated Kathy O'Hara's mobile phone on Wednesday after she found using it in the jockey's room at Warwick Farm and she is facing investigation into her raceday use of it.

Jockey chooses Ascot ride over baby birth, but both are winners

Michael Lynch   It's perhaps the finest day of racing on the British calendar, boasting three group 1 races and a host of top qualify horses, jockeys and trainers. 

Berry chases win for his wife

Chris Roots   Tommy Berry will head back to Japan for the next couple of weekends to link with his Melbourne Cup ride Curren Mirotic, but there is more important business on the home front at Canterbury on Monday 

Eagle Farm a first-day success and will only get better

Chris Roots   Opening a new track comes with expectations, these days usually of doom, but the new Eagle Farm showed in its first 10 races that it could become one of the best tracks in the land.

Holler settles in well for Royal Ascot assignment

Chris Roots   Godolphin trainer John O'Shea is mindful of having Holler peaking for his Royal appointment in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on Saturday.

Pike get two group 1s and there might more to come

Chris Roots   New Zealand trainer Tony Pike might have take home the JJ Atkins and Queensland Oaks, courtesy of Sacred Elixir and Provocative, at Eagle Farm for his best day in racing, but the promise of what's to come should have him licking his lips.

Under The Louvre finally gets his group 1 in the Stradbroke

Chris Roots   Under The Louvre was one of those horses, until Saturday's Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm.

The Mail: Great start for Aquis Farm

Chris Roots   New player Aquis Farm had a great opening day at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Eagle Farm reopens with Stradbroke thriller

Cameron Atfield   It was a week late, thanks to the east coast low that swamped most of Australia's eastern seaboard last week, but they were finally off at the Eagle Farm race course on Saturday for a full day's racing.

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Eagle Way powers away with the Queensland Derby

Chris Roots   John Moore owner is set to become John Moore trainer of Eagle Way after the son of More Than Ready took the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Nisbet in no-win situation as she eyes apprentices' premiership

Jared Dorrington   Kayla Nisbet has a nervous wait until the end of the racing season to see if she can retain her lead in the Canberra apprentices' premiership.

The time right for a move to horse country for Cavanough

Chris Roots   Leading country trainer Brett Cavanough says it is the right time of his life to make the move from Albury to Scone.

Martin to be the star of the HRNSW conference

Chris Roots   Star Thoroughbreds' Denise Martin will be the key note speaker at the Harness Racing NSW conference in Campbelltown at the end of the month.

Jones hoping for Ripper run at 'ridiculous odds'

David Polkinghorne   Canberra trainer feels his mare is over the odds in group 2 race in Queensland.

Stakes high as Music Magnate looks to join list of Brisbane greats in Stradbroke Handicap

Max Presnell   Tradition, the running mate of The Master, Bart Cummings, is in the spotlight this week with the Mackinnon Stakes switch at the Melbourne Cup carnival, but today's Eagle Farm meeting has thrived on change.

Injured Michelle Payne 'lost memory of Melbourne Cup win'

Craig Dixon and Larissa Nicholson   Jockey says she's yet to make up her mind on a return to riding as she faces weeks of recovery from a serious race fall.

Crockett's dream becomes Barbass' reality in JJ Atkins

Chris Roots   Mudgee trainer Cameron Crockett had a dream when he got Barbass of running in the JJ Atkins. He put it down to just that until last month when it became an expensive reality.

Moore brothers chase special afternoon in Stradbroke and Derby

Chris Roots   The Moore family might be men of the world but they are proud Queenslanders. So for brothers Gary and John having hopes in a Stradbroke Handicap and Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm on Saturday is "special".

Bensley returns to trackwork after fall

David Polkinghorne   Goulburn jockey Richie Bensley gets back in the saddle for first time since breaking pelvis.

Randwick Saturday preview: Big day out for triple acceptor Spieth

Tom Hackett   The three-year-old looks like a winner on Saturday but working out what race he'll be in could be difficult.