Makybe Diva Stakes raceday preview
Melbourne race day preview: Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
HORSE RACING
Weir looks for more group 1 glory while Moor pleased with live chance
Another Saturday, another group one race, another field studded with Darren Weir contenders.
Cobalt a performance enhancer, RV vet says
The science is "overwhelming" that cobalt can act as a doping agent and is performance enhancing for racehorses, Racing Victoria's head vet maintains.
Canberra set to spring into racing
Spring racing gets underway at Canberra's Thoroughbred Park.
Top-grade mares for freshmen stallions
The 2016 breeding season is in full swing in the Hunter Valley with horse floats bustling to and from the major stud farms as thoroughbred players aspire to produce a future superstar. The exciting part of the first 10 days of the season has been a tremendous push for the freshmen stallions, hopeful of transferring their racetrack deeds to the breeding barn.
Winx leads Australian horse of the year nominations
NSW horses dominate the nominations for the Australian horse of the year awards, which will be presented at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney on September 29.
Racing Victoria head vet thought cobalt testing was OK
The driver of Racing Victoria's cobalt rule believed there was no issue over the testing despite the racing labs lacking specific accreditation covering horse urine.
Payne set to return to racing in Sale on Sunday
The long and much debated saga on Michelle Payne's return to the saddle is over after the Melbourne Cup winning jockey took a mount at the Sale race meeting next Sunday.
Southern Legend faces next test in the Theo Marks Stakes
There is a pleasure in riding Southern Legend for Tim Clark, given it is trained by Melbourne Cup winner Les Bridge. The wily trainer has been a supporter of Clark's since he was an apprentice and it was Bridge's Hot Danish that helped earn him a Hong Kong stint.
Divine Prophet grows into the Golden Rose for Berry
Tommy Berry has won a Golden Rose, his first group 1 on Epaulette, but he has never gone into the race as confident as he is about Divine Prophet's chances at Rosehill on Saturday.
Winx's little brother ready to show his best in Golden Rose
Adrian Bott is planning to wear his birthday present from training partner Gai Waterhouse, a tie that is "a bit flamboyant like her" to Golden Rose day and hoping it will be in the winning photos with either El Divino or Thronum.
Cobalt delays due to lab backlog: Bailey
Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey has blamed a backlog at the testing laboratory for the delays in telling trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh about their cobalt positives.
Zahra at centre of legal claim over horrific 2010 race fall
Top jockey Mark Zahra's insurance provider is being sued by WorkCover to recoup more than $1.4 million in costs and any ongoing expenses relating to a race fall at Moonee Valley in 2010.
Racing NSW creates new horse welfare fund
Racing NSW has announced a horse welfare program to be funded by a levy on a new prizemoney package that was announced on Tuesday.
Omei Sword to take on the boys in the Golden Rose at home
Premier trainer Chris Waller weighed up all the options for star filly Omei Sword before deciding to run her in Saturday's Golden Rose on her home track of Rosehill.
Rules of racing not "strictly" followed in cobalt testing, chief steward Bailey admits
Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey admits the rules of racing were not "strictly" followed in testing for cobalt.
Lucky Liberty to make Sandown comeback
The long wait for connections of Lucky Liberty is almost over with the talented but injury-plagued gelding ready to race for the first time in 18 months at Sandown.
Omei Sword installed as Golden Rose favourite
Silver Shadow Stakes winner Omei Sword is favourite for Saturday's Golden Rose after Chris Waller announced she would run on Monday.
'They're taking something away from us': fury over fashions on the field
Serial fashions on the field entrants are unhappy with changes to the event's format.
Victorian racing loses chief vet to Hong Kong
The loss of Dr Brian Stewart from Victorian racing is a massive blow in this state according to racing officials.
Cup riches a lure for Middle Eastern rulers as carnival draws contenders
Sheik Fahad Al Thani of Qatar's ruling family could not have had a better introduction to Australian racing than winning the Melbourne Cup with Dunaden in 2011.
Sydney prizemoney to be the envy of the rest of the country
The Australian Turf Club already has several Melbourne trainers looking for stables at its tracks and the list is only going to grow with the prizemoney rise to be confirmed on Tuesday.
Yankee Rose set for Golden Rose return after passing gallop test
David Vandyke's worries have eased with Yankee Rose heading into Saturday's Golden Rose after a raceday gallop at Sunshine Coast.
The mail
Team Hawkes continued their great run with three-year-old and added another name to the watch list as Swear continued his unbeaten in the Ming Dynasty Quality at Randwick on Saturday.
Hauraki scores first win in 18 months in the Tramway Stakes
Godolphin chief executive John Ferguson came out to Australia to check out the operation this week and was on hand for a winning double at Randwick on Saturday.
Wild Rain to target Moir as Baster boots home feature race double
The Moir Stakes has been the personal fiefdom of that great old sprinter Buffering for the past few years, but Mark Kavanagh is aiming to not just see off the Queensland hero but also Australia's star sprinter Chautauqua in this year's contest at the end of Septmeber.
Awesome Rocks them in Dato romp, gets "golden ticket'' for Cox Plate
Awesome Rock blew away his rivals to guarantee himself a Cox Plate start with a storming two length win in the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley, belying his $31 starting price and gaining a measure of compensation for his disqualification in the Australian Cup last season.
Hartnell gaps them in the Chelmsford
There was no Winx at Randwick on Saturday, Hartnell provided a star performance in the Chelmsford Stakes.
Bayliss ride gets Mihany home, Weir's mob fail to make frame
It's not often Darren Weir goes into a Melbourne metropolitan race mob-handed and fails to land a winner, never mind a placed horse.
In the sport of kings, Bold Sniper carries the Queen's hopes at Moonee Valley
Her Majesty The Queen, the owner of Bold Sniper who is taking the low road to the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in Saturday's Signs Handicap at Moonee Valley, was a cog below royal reserve when Bob Hawke rode home a result with unabated enthusiasm at Canberra in 1988.