Was there a plan to fix the Tramway Stakes?
The James McDonald inquiry heard several jockeys acknowledged a controversial punter while parading before a major spring carnival race in Sydney. Was there a fix on?
The James McDonald inquiry heard several jockeys acknowledged a controversial punter while parading before a major spring carnival race in Sydney. Was there a fix on?
Gerald Ryan has challenged his apprentice James Innes Jnr to etch his name alongside the likes of Hugh Bowman, Tommy Berry and Tim Clark in winning the Sydney apprentices' premiership - even though he is set to come out of his time before the end of the season.
He comfortably earns more than Johnathan Thurston and Lance Franklin from his sporting prowess in any average year, but a paltry $1000 bet has destroyed the career of one of Australia's best jockeys.
Star Turn is the latest of the stellar crop of three-year-olds to find a home beyond the racetrack with Vinery Stud buying into the group 1 placegetter.
Gary Moore's best buy out of Adelaide's Magic Millions sale was a one-eyed horse which later scored an invite to one of the richest race meetings in the world – and the trainer himself suddenly developed his own imperfection on a recent visit to the city of churches.
Jay Ford couldn't get within lengths of the winner in a Nowra maiden back in April when he last rode Esteban. Yet somehow he's back on the spruik horse of the summer.
NSW premiership leader Brenton Avdulla has had a huge scare in the stewards' room after an early double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
The net has been cast so wide into the James McDonald betting scandal that it appears there is far more than one jockey who has been in the crosshairs of Racing NSW stewards.
Kris Lees started the year winning the first big feature Randwick mile and finished it the same way.
It wasn't named the Christmas Cup for no reason. Race week rain, a heavy track and conditions tailor made meant Destiny's Kiss ended a drought stretching back to Australia Day at Randwick.
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