• Patrick Bartley

Stewards in Victoria and NSW have warned jockeys could be in breach of rules if money is being exchanged for race pointers after new online tipping guide launched.

• Chris Roots

David Vandyke is not locked into certain races on certain days for Sires Produce Stakes winner Yankee Rose.

• Chris Roots

It is the time of year when Mondays and Tuesdays get has much focus as Saturday race meetings as the stars of the turf return at barrier trials in preparation for the spring.

• Chris Roots

Damien Oliver has wasted no time getting back into the winners' circle after a short break.

• Patrick Bartley

It didn't take long for champion jockey Damien Oliver to remind us just how good a tactician he is after a heady ride on Flemington mare Wild Rain to win the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.    

• Chris Roots

It was the right day for Oxford Poet in the Winter Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

There are ways of grabbing attention, winning three on end is one way, but doing by margins totalling 21 lengths, like Esteban, makes the trainer, punters and owners think what's next.

• Chris Roots

Harness Racing NSW is looking to secure the next generation of the sport by offering to pay the licensing fees of young drivers graduating from mini trots for five years.

• Chris Roots

Clarence River Jockey Club chief executive Michael Beattie has overseen another successful Grafton carnival, but on Sunday he will be looking for a win of his own on final day with miracle mare Wendy's Baby.

• Max Presnell

P​unters are the beneficiaries of the current clash between Craig Williams and Dwayne Dunn for the Melbourne premiership at a time when the tongue tie has been released from jockeys.

• James Hall

Matthew Dale all but confirmed his first Canberra trainer's premiership Friday with a "tradesman" like win from his gelding Bitburg at Thoroughbred Park.

• Chris Roots

The listed-winning mare has been given a track farewell starting in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

• Patrick Bartley

 David Hayes is not concerned that his talented sprinter, Fast N Rocking is competing in one of the early black type races in the harsh Melbourne winter as the trainer believes the next six weeks will be pivotal to the horse's spring carnival.

• Chris Roots

Tye Angland knew he had a great book of rides for Saturday's Rosehill meeting but amore importantly good draws may allow him to celebrate his birthday in style.

• Tom Hackett

The Winter Stakes is the highlight of the nine-race card at Rosehill on Saturday.

• Tom Hackett

The group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes is the highlight of the day at Caulfield.

• Adam Pengilly

The Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Trust was under the control of the same administrator appointed to probe governance failures at Rookwood Cemetery weeks before the Special Commission of Inquiry handed down its findings into the state's greyhound racing industry.

• Patrick Bartley

Racing purists and one of Australia's most renowned veterinary surgeons are among a small group patiently awaiting the return to the racetrack of gifted sprinter Lord Of The Sky in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.

• James Hall

Richie Bensley will make his return to the track this Friday at Thoroughbred Park after fracturing his pelvis.

• John Holloway

The popularity of Japanese super sire Deep Impact reached spectacular heights at this week's JRHA Select Sale at Hokkaido with 10 of the stallion's yearlings selling for seven-figure sums from the overall total of 14 youngsters, which made a million dollars and more.

• Mathew Toogood

Craig Williams has surged to the lead in the Melbourne jockeys' premiership and admits it's the competition with Dwayne Dunn that is spurring on his late-season form.

• Chris Roots

After a couple of seconds this time in, Godolphin trainer John O'Shea has reached for the blinkers with two-year-old Morton's Fork at Rosehill on Saturday. "He has run into a couple of smart ones but just been a bit caution in the field," O'Shea said. "The blinkers will hopefully help with that and I think getting out to 1400m will also help him. He has been going really well and I think the blinkers will make a difference. Although he is up in the weights but is ready to win."

• Chris Roots

There is something old-fashioned about Wine 'N' Dine; he just keeps backing up week after week.

• Chris Roots

Taylor Marshall learnt more about horsemanship in a three-month stint with former champion jockey Johnny Murtagh in the Irish summer than he has in the rushed environment of Australian racing.

• Adam Pengilly

Lucy Longmire may not have a Highway Handicap win next to her name, but John Bateman reckons she can lay claim to two in the past fortnight.

• Chris Roots

The Grafton greyhound carnival is usually a celebration of the sport but on Wednesday, Cup night, the usual excitement and smiles were replaced by concerned faces about their futures.

• Chris Roots

Luck is a funny thing in racing when it's with you, it's great but it can quickly turn as jockey Tye Angland can attest in Grafton this week already.

• COMMENT
• Patrick Bartley

The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) declaration that it supports the banning of greyhound racing in NSW is cynical.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra's horse racing industries unconcerned over greyhounds ban, confident they don't have similar issues.