The new Racing Victoria must be independent or the industry will struggle
Racing Minister Martin Pakula has created a historic opportunity to restore pride and integrity to Victorian racing.
HORSE RACING
McDonald's associates stood to win nearly $1 million from Astern's races
Associates of James McDonald placed bets to win almost $1 million on Astern across some of the country's biggest races including the Golden Slipper and Golden Rose, an inquiry was told on Thursday.
The one-eyed horse, short arms and a Magic Millions contender? Moore's crazy Adelaide tales
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.
Ford in awe of Esteban's motor after inglorious start to career
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.
'We were hoping the photo would go your way': Avdulla's reprieve from stipes
NSW premiership leader Brenton Avdulla has had a huge scare in the stewards' room after an early double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Pakula has rare chance to rebuild Victorian racing
No minister since the late 1950s has been given a greater mandate for change and wide sweeping uncompromised reform of the racing industry than Martin Pakula has been over the past five days..
Williams backs government plans for an independent body to run racing in Victoria
The multiple Melbourne Cup-winning Williams family has thrown its weight behind the Andrews Government decision to throw out the board of Racing Victoria and create a new independent team to oversee the sport in this state.
Hunter Valley's pain could be Victoria's gain as mining row creates uncertainty
Australia's world-renowned Hunter Valley thoroughbred region has been an industry leader for decades, with some of the world's leading racing operations, headed by Sheik Mohammed's Godolphin, Irish giants Coolmore and local flagship breeders such as Arrowfield making multi-million-dollar investments in regional NSW.
Champion horse owned by conman to be stripped of prize money
Australian racing authorities are set to strip champion mare Azkadellia of more than $1.5 million in prize money and are expected to impose bans on a prominent Victorian racing figure over claims he allegedly concealed ownership of the horse on behalf of serial fraudster Peter Foster.
Victorian racing a shambles as industry leaders fall by the wayside
It may be the season to be jolly, but it's hard to find anything heartwarming to say about the way the game is being administered.
Jockey dies in race fall
A jockey has died after a race fall in New Zealand.
Gold Coast El Dorado a great lure for Victorian owners and trainers
This time of year all roads in horse racing lead to Queensland, where the Magic Millions race day in early January offers millions of dollars in prizemoney for horses that, ordinarily, might not quite measure up to the top-class tests where the big stakes are usually found.
The man who made Saintly into a legend
Bart Cummings knew from the very beginning that Saintly would be a very special racehorse and, with the master trainer's skill and dedication, that's what he became.
Why McDonald hasn't been the only jockey probed over betting scandal
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.
Lees' Sense Of Occasion spot-on after bookending Randwick miles
Kris Lees started the year winning the first big feature Randwick mile and finished it the same way.
Christmas Destiny fulfilled as wet-tracker salutes
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.
Bayliss gets early Christmas present as star apprentice rides out his claim
The 19-year-old rider is likely to remember Saturday's Flemington meeting as one of the most significant of his career.
Why She Will Reign still has plenty of work to do to make Golden Slipper
She Will Reign shot to the top of Golden Slipper betting despite still not being guaranteed a run in the world's richest two-year-old race after destroying her rivals in the rich Inglis Nursery.
Bartley: How I became entangled in the cobalt saga
Reluctantly I became an actor in the long-running drama that is the Victorian racing cobalt case.
Racing Victoria hikes stakemoney thanks to carnival riches
Under pressure from owners, trainers and jockeys to lift prizemoney to keep pace with the richer stakes on offer in NSW, Racing Victoria on Friday announced that $5 million in additional funding will be distributed across the industry as a result of a successful spring carnival.
Integrity probe finds Moodie disclosed information and misled RVL
A probe into whether Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie had disclosed sensitive information on cobalt investigations and misled the Racing Victoria board found the claims substantiated, Sal Perna, Victoria's Racing Integrity Commissioner, explained on Friday.
Why Parr is proud to have given up winning rides
Heard of the jockey who confesses to often turning his back on the best ride in the race? Now you have. And he doesn't have one regret about it at all.
She Will Reign's 'massive unknown' fuelling McEvoy's confidence
The trainer of She Will Reign's biggest rival in the Inglis Nursery has warned the Golden Slipper second favourite has a "massive unknown" to overcome, but has justified her short quote in the rich two-year-old sprint at Randwick.
Irish galloper finds Sydney more to his liking
It didn't take David Hayes long to realise the quirkiness of Dibayani who will on Saturday take on the $250,000 Villiers Stakes at Randwick.
Melbourne Cup champ Saintly goes back to 'heaven'
Champion racehorse Saintly, winner of the 1996 Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate and a Bart Cummings favourite, has died at 24.
Greg Hall reveals battle with alcohol
Even with the promise of an outstanding Royal Randwick Villiers meeting on Saturday the period, besieged with the whip being wielded on horse and human, spare a thought for Greg Hall, who as a jockey emitted confidence that your money was being carried in fully committed hands.
Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie resigns
Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie resigned on Thursday night, making him another high-profile head to roll from the cobalt scandal that has dogged the state's racing sector for almost two years.
Thompson picks up major awards as cream of state's apprentices graduate from RVL
Making it to the top as a leading jockey is a tough business.
RSPCA makes surprise admission about whip in horse racing
The RSPCA is adamant "the future of racing is without a whip". But they have made a surprise admission about its ongoing use in horse racing as debate following the harness racing decision heats up.
Royal Randwick: Villiers Stakes Day preview
A preview of the Villiers Stakes Day meeting at Royal Randwick.