William Buick started his Australian stay copping a black eye from clod at the barrier trials on Thursday but had a winning double to take home after winning on Spectrocope and It's Somewhat at Rosehill on Saturday.
Tim Martin is a hard man from the bush but even he had to shed a tear after Heavens Above completed his comeback by winning the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill on Saturday.
Kerrin McEvoy admitted he was more nervous about galloping Winx at Rosehill on Saturday than for his book of rides.
There are not many better feelings in racing than when a long range plan to target a group 1 race comes off.
ust ten months ago David Hayes was presented with one his toughest training challenges in years, and on Saturday the trainer was rewarded with a history making Newmarket Handicap win with Redkirk Warrior at Flemington.
Peter Morgan is a group 1 performer when it comes to finding new clientele.
Gary Portelli finally has Single Bullet performing to potential after the two-year-old earned his place in the Golden Slipper by winning the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland is the king of Carrathool after he trained the six-race card at the once-a-year meeting.
Female drivers around the country have raised more than $100,000 for the Ovarian Institute in the Teal pants team over the past six weeks.
A barrage of social media concerning the wellbeing of Australian Cup favourite Humidor sent shockwaves through the Australian racing world on Saturday morning.
Hugh Bowman might be riding arguably the world's best horse, but in his first column for Fairfax Media he explains why a trip back to his fire-ravaged home has put it all in perspective before his return to riding this weekend.
Gai Waterhouse reckons Global Glamour will glide across the Rosehill wet in Saturday's Coolmore, Australia's best race for fillies and mares.
Fell Swoop is out of the Newmarket Handicap but is preparing well ahead of the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes.
Even before Adam Hyeronimus jumps on Ecuador for the biggest ride of his career in Saturday's Australian Cup at Flemington, it might have been usurped.
There is one thing that is missing from the family of Euro Angel – a group 1 victory, which she will go about fixing in the Saturday's Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.
Life could have been very different for one of the world's best jockeys.
Mourinho jockey Anthony Darmanin knows better than most what The United States is capable of when the chips are down.
If, and that's a fairly important if high class galloper Humidor brings his A-grade game to Flemington on Saturday he will no doubt be the bet of the day.
The horseman in Tye Angland feels he is on two group 1 horses at Rosehill but Antonio Giuseppe and Heavens Above still have prove it on the track.
Mark Carter is one of those New Zealand breeders who applies a measured approach to preparing a yearling for a major horse sale.
Tim Martin has drawn back on his early years in Sydney to plan the Golden Slipper assault of Limbo Soul, using what he learned from mentors Les Bridge and Tommy Smith.
Joe Pride will be on weather watch for New Tipperary and Ball Of Muscle in Sydney as he heads to Melbourne looking for back-to-back group 1s with Terravista in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday.
Chris Waller has a rich selection of three-year-old fillies this season - Omei Sword, Foxplay and Dawn Wall and has been able to separate them on type and form this week.
Josh Parr didn't have a clue Tim Clark was angling to date his sister while the pair were best of friends. But it's the lessons they have learned off each other since which are helping the pair scale new heights in the NSW riding ranks.
The obvious difference between colts and geldings will shape future plans for Condor Heroes and Albumin should either win the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
It was another phenomenal winning weekend for Snitzel, the Arrowfield super stallion who is the leading sire of two- and three-year-olds this season as well as holding a strong lead in the overall stallions' premierships for prizemoney and races won.
Trainer Bryce Heys can not be worried about "shoulda, woulda, couldas any more" he just wants Spieth to win the Newmarket Handicap ay Flemington on Saturday.
Melbourne Cup winning jockey, Michelle Payne, has been fined $1,500 for posting an insulting tweet directed at Flemington track manager Mick Goodie
Canberra track work rider Riharna Thomson will be farewelled at Tamworth's Allstone Chapel on Friday afternoon.
World class jockey Joao Moreira, who rode a staggering eight winners at last Sunday's Hong Kong race meeting at Sha Tin, was on Tuesday morning stranded without a ride in the rich Newmarket Handicap after his plum ride was declared a non-starter.
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