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Payne still not clear to ride at the Magic Millions
Michelle Payne is not yet guaranteed a licence to ride in Queensland with stewards to decide next week whether she can partner Husson Eagle at the Magic Millions carnival in January.
Michelle Payne is not yet guaranteed a licence to ride in Queensland with stewards to decide next week whether she can partner Husson Eagle at the Magic Millions carnival in January.
Race experience counts for a lot when it comes to two-year-olds and it seems winning counts for even more with Serena Bay refusing to be beaten at Rosehill on Saturday.
Racing Queensland Alan Reardon says there are no plans to allow Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne to ride at the January's Magic Millions meeting, even though she had claimed on social media on Saturday she had being cleared to ride.
Queanbeyan track rider James Gibbs suffered suspected spinal injuries during a nasty fall on Thursday morning.
Warrnambool, a wing of the massive Darren Weir training empire, and major contributing factor to the Melbourne Cup triumph of Prince Of Penzance, is under siege from evolution and rising training costs, a red blot on the racing industry.
Jockey Hugh Bowman is confident that high-class sprinter Terravista is poised to return to the Group 1 form of last autumn when he competes in Saturday's $1 million Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot, Perth.
Joe Pride has focused on one horse and one goal for the past fortnight, Terravista and the Winterbottom Stakes.
Moonee Valley racing preview
Noel Mayfield-Smith-trained Unequivocal has form around group 1 performers but she is still good odds at Rosehill on Saturday.
Rosehill Gardens racing preview
Brodie Loy hadn't watched a race in five months when he was sitting in a pub with friends earlier this year.
While his name appears as trainer alongside exciting Sydney sprinter Takedown in Saturday's $1 million group 1 Winterbottom Stakes in Perth, his appearance will raise few eyebrows to a new generation of racegoer. But Gary Moore remains one of the most respected jockeys that this country has produced.
New Zealand Bloodstock has released catalogues for the 2017 January/February yearling sales at Karaka.
New Zealand owner Scott Richardson has a simple philosophy when it comes to owning horses, and $200 purchase Mr Steal is the ultimate example of what happens when it goes right.
Canberra trainer Joseph Ible is a young man building a career, who will look for a first city winner when Major Sharpe takes on the Highway Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday.
Tommy Berry got to experience racing from the other side of the fence a couple of Friday nights ago as Firsthand won at Canterbury.
Gai Waterhouse has long used Kembla Grange as a testing ground for her better horses in maidens and the latest to come through a winning debut at the South Coast circuit is Serena Bay.
The organiser of a Victorian punters' club charged with defrauding syndicate members of $128 million also allegedly attempted to destroy evidence when the accusations came to light.
Peter and Paul Snowden are leaning towards missing the Magic Millions with Breeders Plate winner Khan to focus on a Golden Slipper.
Tracey Bartley has Cudabeen and Shudabeen heading to Warwick Farm on Wednesday and is hoping not to be looking for excuses as their names would suggest.
Chris Meehan, the jockey who made headlines when run over by an ambulance earlier this year, has broken his leg again in a trampoline accident.
Australia's most listened-to and revered race caller, Greg Miles, has announced his retirement from calling races.
The small world of racing and the relationships within it will be explored during the James McDonald's bet inquiry across the next week.
Racing investigators could foil one of the nation's most elusive con men, Peter Foster, from cashing in on his holdings in the high-class mare.
John O'Shea's Circular stormed to victory in the Goulburn Cup on Sunday to deny Just A Blur back-to-back titles.
Victoria's top racehorse trainers fear an exodus of horses and owners to richer pastures in NSW.
A streaker running across the finishing line just ahead of the field in the last race at Newcastle International Paceway on Saturday night stole the spotlight.
Brenton Avdulla was lucky to escape serious injury when Cottage played up in the barriers and flipped over on Saturday.
Tommy Berry can't remember the last time he had a three-week break from racing and some ways it agreed with him and others it didn't.
Stawell handler Terry O'Sullivan often pops up with a city class horse that gets him a ticket to racing's big days, and he is hoping that his lightly raced filly Green Patina can follow in a long line of stable companions who have picked up good prizes in town.
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