Damien Oliver unsuccessful in appeal to VCAT
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has had his appeal against a reckless riding charge from two weeks ago at Caulfield rejected by VCAT.
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Patrick Bartley
Racing writer for The Age
Work on $128m Flemington grandstand to start days after Cup carnival
Flemington Racecourse, the home of Australia's most important race the Melbourne Cup, will embark on the construction of a new state-of-the-art grandstand just days after this year's spring carnival.
Huge crowd expected if Winx makes it to Flemington for Emirates Stakes
Excited VRC officials are confident that a Melbourne Cup sized crowd could attend the last day of the club's four day carnival if world champion race mare Winx starts in the $2 million Emirates Stakes.
Racing Victoria missed the marketing coup of the decade with Michelle Payne
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne should be centre-stage as the first woman to win the race, but slipped through the fingers of Racing Victoria.
Japanese stayer Curren Mirotic 'on target' for Melbourne Cup
Sole Japanese entrant Curren Mirotic has 'acclimatised well' in his preparations for Melbourne Cup.
Winx to set a new standard in her international rating
Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter believes champion race mare Winx's stunning performance in winning her second Cox Plate on Saturday will lift her international rating beyond 132, eclipsing the figure Black Caviar held at the peak of her career.
Winx will now aim for three Plates
Just moments after Winx reaffirmed her position as one of the world's best horses, trainer Chris Waller declared she would now be specifically set for a third Cox Plate.
Wet weather may be risky business for Moonee Valley
Moonee Valley's bold attempt to have two Group 1 meetings within 24 hours may end badly for the club with Saturday's Cox Plate facing the prospect of being run on an inferior track.
Waller family comes first
Every week night around six o'clock Chris Waller shuts down his laptop, turns off his phones and becomes like hundreds of thousands of young fathers around Australia.
Typhoon leaves ride on Cox Plate fancy blowing in the wind
Cox plate third favourite Vadamos is without a jockey for Saturday's $3 million event after world champion rider Joao Moreira was unable to fulfill his engagements following unpredictable typhoon activity in and around Hong Kong where he is based.
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