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Stable expects big future for filly Penultimate Star
It was a day for winning doubles at Thoroughbred Park on Sunday.
It was a day for winning doubles at Thoroughbred Park on Sunday.
Australian jockey Zac Purton dominated Hong Kong International day as he took a group1 double, winning the Sprint with Aerovelocity before steering Beauty Only to success in the Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday.
It is, without question, one of the toughest events in international racing. A true test of endurance and stamina but also requiring street smarts and local knowledge.
Just two years after the tragic death of two young international track riders on a Melbourne training track, some in the industry are concerned that Racing Victoria the state's central body has stalled on some of it's planned safety reforms.
The brave decision by Harness Racing Australia to ban whips from next September show a racing code that is finally in touch with modern standards.
Goulburn trainer Danny Williams wins his third Highway Handicap.
Barry O'Farrell will walk into a storm over the use of whips in horse racing when he heads up the code's peak body after the RSPCA hailed trotting administrators for the imminent ban on their use in the country.
Australian captain Steve Smith's confidence might be sky high, but so is that of his horse.
Apprentice Jack Martin looked anything but a novice as he rode the perfect staying race on Goathland.
Magic Millions sales topper Chauffeur is in line to repeat the Gold Coast heroics of his mother Mirror Mirror after the colt with a string of high-powered owners mowed down his rivals to win on debut at Rosehill.
Racing NSW has extended the contract of chief executive Peter V'landys until 2020 in a move to keep the best racing administrator in the country at the helm of the premier state.
Winx wandered back into Chris Waller's Rosehill base the morning he copped a $30,000 whack over the baffling Betcha Thinking ice inquiry, but the hat didn't need to be passed around long at home the next day.
Antony Thompson can't remember the last time the Widden Stud silks were worn to win a group 1 but he thinks it might be a fair bet that a Moore was involved.
One of the world's finest jockeys, Douglas Whyte, was on Friday suspended for a month following a charge of not riding his mount, Scales Of Justice, to the line in last Saturday's $1 million Kingston Town Classic at Ascot in Perth.
Sometimes things just work out right in life and for the combination of Ben Melham, Rebel Dane and the Hong Kong International Sprint it is exactly what happen in past couple of months.
Australia's leading trainer Chris Waller copped a hefty penalty after stewards finalised an inquiry into one of his horses returning traces of the party drug ice in its system.
Leading trainer Tony McEvoy returns to Flemington on Saturday with his promising middle distance performer Brown Ben a winner of his last three starts in South Australia.and will compete in the final race of the day the Western Health Foundation Stakes.
As expected, former AFL executive and Racing Victoria strategy officer, Andrew Catterall, has formally been announced as the new racing.com chief executive.
Jockey Bobby El-Issa is matter-of-fact about having a bone marrow infusion a couple of weeks.
Gary Moore knew he had to change something at the beginning of the spring to get his stable to the next level.
David Hayes admits that he has left no stone unturned in his bid to win his first Magic Millions Classic early next year, with the rich juvenile event being one of the very few major races on the Australian calendar that has eluded the three-generation Hayes dynasty of horse trainers.
With the yearling sales to kick off in the new year, which stallions have the most offspring headed to the major outlets in Australia and New Zealand?
Barry O'Farrell's appointment as Racing Australia's chief executive officer has surprised many in the industry.
Champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte wants to fly to Western Australia late on Thursday night to defend in person the serious charge of not riding the Perth-trained Scales Of Justice out to the finish in last Saturday's group 1 Kingston Town Classic.
An inquiry into a horse under the care of Australia's leading group 1 trainer Chris Waller which tested positive to the drug ice has been scheduled for Friday after confirmation its second sample was also positive.
After a controversial last-strides loss by Scales of Justice in Perth, trainer Lindsey Smith defends champion Hong Kong jockey against accusations he 'stopped.'
A decade ago Australian racehorse trainers were complaining about the influx of foreign raiders cashing in on Melbourne's big spring carnival races, with even a legend like the late Bart Cummings floating the idea of a cap on international runners in the Melbourne Cup.
Godolphin trainer John O'Shea has set his sights on the Villiers Stakes with ATC Cup winner Malice after his impressive win at Rosehill on Saturday.
Chris Waller has been the Broadway act, starring Winx, in 2016, but just off-Broadway has been Darren Weir continues his remarkable career.
The work is done with Rebel Dane for next Sunday's Hong Kong International Sprint, because trainer Gary Portelli wants him fresh for Sha Tin.
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