One of Australia's leading jockeys has been dragged into a betting scandal with James McDonald voluntarily standing himself down from riding after being charged over the placement of a bet on Astern in his first race start.
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The nature of Chris Waller's training method allows him to take Good Project, Vanbrugh and Mackintosh fresh and ready to add another group 1 or two to the stable's tally to close the year in Perth.
Leading jockey Glyn Schofield has managed to ride throughout the spring carnival despite being suspended.
Several stables around the country have been thinking it was only a matter of time until an irregularity to illicit substances was recorded, such as the positive test to ice announced by the Chris Waller stable this week.
Charlie Appleby completed his spring sojourn in Melbourne with the Sandown Cup.
Carly Frater hopes her third serious injury is her last.
Godolphin as a team had a great day on Saturday. But the Australian component of team from the John O'Shea yard started to roll out the next generation with Veranillo stamping himself as a horse to watch for the Golden Slipper with a winning debut at Rosehill.
They came, they saw, and, with three major exceptions - the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups and Cox Plate - they completely conquered.
Anything Charlie Appleby can do, John O'Shea can to.
Newmarket trainer Charlie Appleby won't move permanently Down Under, but with the success he has had in Melbourne during the spring he must surely be tempted to.
It's election time. The USA's is done but there's one coming up at the ATC, on the verge of being dollar-rich and Saturday-field size poor.
Tim Martin has a deep link to Moral Victory and his family, which continues to grow into the next generation.
On Saturday night the huge horse float carrying the four international stayers from there day at Sandown races will journey along Dandenong Road heading for the Werribee quarantine station for the last time this spring.
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The imperious performance of Winx in last month's Cox Plate has earned her the place as the world's best horse on turf in latest Longines World's Best Racehorse rankings released on Friday.
Gundagai's Snake Gully Cup has been a happy hunting ground for Canberra's trainers but Paul Jones is yet to taste success at the main race of the popular two-day event.
Leading harness owner Harvey Kaplan has been banned from owning horses for 12 months and fined $20,000 on an improper conduct charge for a text message he sent to trainer-driver Nathan Jack, who is faced with a show cause notice relating to a Goulburn race on Australia Day in 2015.
Robert Smerdon concedes that his classy sprinter Under The Louvre's hopes of a significant spring success will hinge on next Saturday's meeting at Sandown however the horse's trainer can see no fault with the Under The Louvre condition or form not to register a victory..
The Patinack connection with Ben Lawrence has already delivered John Thompson an Oaks placegetter in Honesta, and handy sprinter Nieta could be the next to step up to black type for a group of Queensland owners.
Team Hawkes has plenty of two-year-olds by All Too Hard and they are showing the right signs to be factors as juveniles. Groundbreak, which won a barrier trial at Rosehill on Monday, steps out as the Hawkes' first runner by their former star on his home track on Saturday.
Frankie Dettori cannot crack it for a big-race winner in Australia but captured his 12th Breeders' Cup winner on English-bred mare Queen's Trust at Santa Anita.
When Australian wonder mare Winx walloped the Cox Plate field by eight lengths and more on that stormy Saturday in Melbourne some three weeks ago she was not just galloping into the Australian record books: she was putting herself on a par with the previous queen of the Australian turf, Black Caviar.
Cessnock trainer Todd Howlett doesn't get surprised anymore by wide draws for Nic Vendetta, he is just used to them.
It might be too much to hope for but Tim Clark would love it if he jumps on Infra Dig looking for a fifth winner of the afternoon again at Rosehill on Saturday.
One of the most successful broodmares in Australian racing over the past two decades, Circles Of Gold, has died at the age of 25.
Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith has an eye towards The Championships with Faraway Town has she takes on the boys in the Sandown Guineas on Saturday.
The organiser of a Victorian punters club has been accused of defrauding $129 million from the syndicate members.
Melbourne Cup winner Almandin will not run at Sandown with owner Lloyd Williams ruling out a start in the Zipping Classic.
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