Peter V'landys is not someone who would be on top of most peoples' list as a dinner guest however it's remarkable how healthy racing in this state is at the moment on the eve of The Championships.
A couple of concreting brothers from Sydney's west are about to turn everything normal about the Doncaster Mile on its head - but when will their horse Le Romain get the respect he deserves?
The Kiwis may have one hand on the Australian Derby, but a rare two-year-old raid across the Tasman "is a different mountain to climb" for Wexford Stables.
A mid-year national stewards conference will discuss whether concussion protocols for jockeys will be tightened and made uniform across different states after it emerged NSW and Victoria had different requirements for when a rider could return to the saddle after a fall.
Golden Slipper winning jockey Ben Melham will miss the final two days of the Sydney carnival after being suspended for 14 days and fined $2000 after hitting Assign 15 times before the 100 metre mark as he won Saturday's Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill.
Trained turned television commentator Peter Moody had a hand in all three Vinery Stud placegetters as the father-and-son training partnership of Leon and Troy Corstens scored just their second group 1 win in a messy Vinery Stud Stakes.
Mick Bell reckons he had an angel on his shoulder, but wore it too right across his chest. And the same angel might be telling him to find the $55,000 to go in search of a first group 1 win next Saturday.
Ben Hayes trains like his father, sounds like his father and might even look like him one day. But the newest member of the Lindsay Park partnership wasn't always going to be a racehorse trainer.
Big businesses that snap up a slot in The Everest will be given approval to splash their brands on jockey colours as multiple free-to-air networks wrangle to broadcast Sydney's new $10 million race.
Russian Revolution overcame a dose of pre-race drama and his dogged stablemate Redzel to win his first group 1 race and seal a career as a future stallion.
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