Patrick Bartley

Tempting weight for world champion sprinter

The Racing Victoria handicapping department have given sprinter Chautauqua a weight in Saturday week's $1.25 million Newmarket Handicap that could well help reignite the horse's profile.

Ciaron Maher pays a record price for a yearling in Victoria.

Colt cracks million-dollar barrier at Victorian yearling sales

A neat, strong colt by leading sire I Am Invincible became the most expensive yearling ever purchased in Victoria when it fetched $1.4 million at Monday's Inglis Yearling Sales.

Joao Moreira, having won on Sheidel at Caulfield, had a rare fail in Hong Kong.

Jockey breaks his own record – but it's one he'd rather forget

For the first time since April 2016, Moreira went through a meeting in Hong Kong riding a winner, ending a remarkable sequence of success.

Quality: Catchy's victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes makes her a realistic contender to win the Golden Slipper.

Catchy ready for Slipper after coming through Diamond in great shape

Most trainers will tell you that the 24 hours immediately after a race like the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes can be so critical when trying to map out a young horse's short-term future.

Hugh Bowman riding Winx wins the Chipping Norton Stakes at Royal Randwick.

Two outstanding female racehorses set to rule the autumn

While world champion racemare Winx ploughed through the wet at Randwick to continue her amazing run of success a much younger but very talented star was born at Caulfield when Catchy showed experience beyond her years to win the Blue Diamond Stakes.

Arresting the lead: Craig Williams riding Catchy defeated Blake Shinn riding Pariah (right).

Williams makes the right call

It was only in the last few strides of Saturday's $1.5 million Blue Diamond that Craig Williams finally proved to be a superior judge of two-year-olds when high class filly Catchy scored.

New VRC chair Amanda Elliott plans to "oversee the delivery of key VRC initiatives".

Elliott becomes first female VRC chair

Amanda Elliott has become the first female chairman of the Victorian Racing Club, the home of the Melbourne Cup and one of Australia's oldest racing institutions