Almoonqith dies after collapsing on first lap in Sydney Cup
Racing stewards were forced to call off the Sydney Cup mid-race after Almoonqith collapsed on the first lap, breaking its leg.
HORSE RACING
Shoals' win leaves Messara overcome with emotion
The architect of The Championship John Messara has a Queen Elizabeth Stakes with It's A Dundeel but the win of Shoals in Saturday's Percy Sykes Stakes left him so emotional he couldn't go to the presentation.
Maryore full franks Canberra switch to Provincial Champs
Canberra horses finished first and third in the $400,000 Provincial Championships Final at Randwick on Saturday.
Baker channels Bart’s nonchalance as Bonneval toys with Oaks rivals
There is a touch of Bart Cummings in Murray Baker, who wanders around after winning group 1s like he has nothing better to do. And his touch at winning big group 1 targets is almost as good as the master's.
Winx wins Queen Elizabeth Stakes to notch 17th consecutive win
Winx has put her name firmly in the discussion for Australia's greatest ever horse with her 17th consecutive victory in the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick.
Maryore gives Canberra the Provincial Championship
Former hobby trainer Phillip Courtney will always remember the 2017 Provincial Championships after Maryore swept away with the Final of a series he didn't think she would be running in.
Davidson chases Overdue Gundagai Cup success
Albury trainer Kym Davison will look to qualify Overdue will look for a place in next month's Wagga Cup by winning Sunday's Gundagai Cup.
Mini trots stars head to New Zealand
Andrew Bourke and Jemma Howard-Coney have been elected to represent NSW mini trotting in the Kidz Karts Lizzie's of Rosland Series in New Zealand later this month.
The science behind what makes Winx so good
How does science comprehend the almost unrivalled dominance of Winx?
Starting gate the only worry for Winx in Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The thing that gives me goosebumps is the reception Winx gets as she comes out onto the track.
Dale set to Swoop on Everest
Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has his sights set on the world's richest turf race - the $10m Everest.
First Seal chases second group 1 in Queen Of The Turf
There are a couple of five-year-old mares at Randwick on Saturday whose careers have gone in different directions since they first met 2½ years ago.
Two-mile master McEvoy has the right horse for another Sydney Cup
The distance jockey can call on the experience he gained during a decade of riding over two-mile events in Europe.
Winx winning outfit ready for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes
It is the outfit which has become as much a part of the Winx story as Chris Waller, Hugh Bowman and happy punters and owner Debbie Kepitis isn't changing it.
La Bella Diosa goes from favourite to outsider for the Oaks
New Zealand trainer Mandy Brown was left "gobsmacked" the last time she went to Randwick on a raceday with La Bella Diosa and she is hoping for a similar feeling after Saturday's Australian Oaks.
The tree of knowledge
The gavel crash of John Inglis followed by the wail of "sailo", the call to auction, still reverberates. "Every time it struck I lost a leaf," commented the Moreton Bay Fig, who has stood long and proud at Newmarket Stables, Randwick, for more than a century.
Why nobody understands what Waller is going through – except for Moody
Training a horse that's always expected to win brings untold pressure, as Waller is finding out with superstar Winx.
How well do you know Winx?
Think you're the true champion?
Galilee showcases up-and-coming stayers on ultra-competitive card
The creme de la creme of Australian racing might be on display at Randwick this weekend but what the Caulfield card might lack in outright quality it more than makes up for in competitiveness.
Canberra trainer Courtney backing Maryore to impress at The Championships
Canberra Racing preview with Philip Courtney
Waller gives Highclere hope of going one better
Highclere Racing will hope it is third time lucky in the Sydney Cup with trainer Chris Waller, when Libran steps out at Randwick on Saturday.
Winx to get the crown of the best in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The tour de force of Winx is set to continue in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick but where does the queen of racing sit in terms of history?
Pomelo ready to step up again in the Provincial Championships
Gwenda Markwell has been the Queen of Kembla Grange for the past 14 years, winning premierships after premiership, but it has been a while since she had a horse like Pomelo.
Clipperton back to chase emotional win with Dixie Blossoms
It had always about been the three of them for Sam Clipperton. Ron Quinton , his wife Margaret, and Sam.
Bloodlines: Doubt I'm Dreaming provides early bonanza for owners
Doubt I'm Dreaming was a star from the first time he made his way to a yearling sale in Melbourne at the 2015 Inglis Premier Sale. The only thing which prevented him taking his place in the sale was a second broken jaw!
'You don't doubt yourself as much': why Curtis stands on Oaks double brink
Lee Curtis remembers sitting in near darkness eating Chinese behind a card table waiting to load a 100-1 bolter on to a float bound for Melbourne for the Victoria Oaks. So what's changed for one of racing's good guys in the six months since?
Winx a measuring stick for Hong Kong-bound trio
Winx will be used as the measuring stick for next month's QE II Cup in Hong Kong by The United States, Exospheric and Hartnell in Saturday's $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick.
Bonneval picture of health leading into Australian Oaks
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman believes the partnership of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman can join greats Clarry Conners and Tommy Smith if Bonneval can win the Australian Oaks at Randwick on Saturday.
Mayfield-Smith Unequivocal in support of improved mare
She beat two subsequent group 1 winners at just her second start and for so long has been regarded as the nearly horse, but Noel Mayfield-Smith has raised expectations Unequivocal will have her best preparation yet before resuming at The Championships.
Ramsey wants Glenall to be the stallion he deserves to be
Stuart Ramsey knows he can bank "a couple of million" from Glenall when he wants but the best horse he has bred deserves more.