Racing writer for The Age
Racing Victoria is seeking leave to mount a Supreme Court appeal after its cobalt doping case against top trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh collapsed at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) last month.
The head of Racing New South Wales maintains he is unrepentant at the prospect that one of Victoria's most important racing days is under pressure from a lavish meeting being planned for the same day in Sydney.
One of the features at Bendigo's huge day of racing on Saturday will be to see if the amazing winning sequence of Burning Front can continue in the $150,000 Golden Mile.
Australian jockeys, trainers and senior racing executives have come out in full support of the proposed $11 billion merger between TabCorp and Tatts.
Difficult to tell if it's been done before, an Adelaide Cup winner that has managed to back up and win the Mornington Cup after a break of just two weeks.
Just over 40 years ago, Garry Bachell would go early every Saturday afternoon to tackle the arduous task of mowing his grandmother's spacious back yard lawn.
With the Melbourne Autumn carnival slowly coming to an end it would seem Darren Weir is intent on finishing the way he started and that's with big race winners.
While Darren Weir went close to achieving the much-coveted Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup double last week, it would seem the trainer will have a lot less difficulty winning the final major race of the VRC Autumn carnival on Saturday.
One off Australia's most decorated horse trainers has slammed the Melbourne Racing Club over its proposed weight-for-age Caulfield Cup.
Imported stayer Annus Mirabilis has taken out Monday's Group 2 Adelaide Cup, and is now a genuine chance to collect more major prizemoney at next month's Sydney Cup.
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