Ciaron Maher took one final look at Ruthven as Hugh Bowman got on him for Saturday's Queensland Derby and thought "that's the best his looked" but not even he was expecting the demolition job that followed at Doomben.
Darren Beadman has won 86 group 1 around Australia but he has never ridden one as hard as he rode Impending from his lounge chair in Sydney to get his first group 1 as a trainer in Saturday's Stradbroke.
Ben Thompson arrived at Flemington on Saturday a little downcast following the scratching that morning of one of the leading apprentices best rides on the program.
Tommy Berry knows little gestures mean big things to children.
Barbara Joseph and Paul Jones will officially open their Sapphire Coast stables on Sunday and look to celebrate by winning the Merimbula Cup with Darts Away.
Harness Racing Australia will continue to work toward whip-free racing but the target to start at the new season has had to be reassessed.
One of the world's finest trainers of stayers, Andreas Wohler, has produced another class distance galloper that is now a new Melbourne Cup favourite.
Single Gaze's stellar Queensland campaign will draw to a close at the Brisbane Cup on Saturday.
Ciaron Maher had his eye on this day back in the spring with Ruthven. The Queensland Derby, he figured, would be when the raw talented three-year-old could become man and a group 1 winner.
Josh Adams was in danger of becoming one of silent statistics that the drug ice claims in Australia every year.
There's a fair chance, in fact nearly a one in two probability of Saturday's group 1 Queensland Derby being won by a three-year-old who is trained with a sir name starting with W.
Hugh Bowman on Clearly Innocent will be out to do a Jim Cassidy in Saturday's Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben, the major Queensland race in which local greats have failed to leave their mark.
Kris Lees had a smile on his face this week when he watched the video of Winx's first win three years ago.
Tim Clark took one look at the weight for Broadside in Saturday's Stayers Cup and thought it might be a bit too much.
Bjorn Baker thought he had "at least a Magic Millions filly" in Champagne Cuddles after her debut, but sometimes as a trainer you are forced to wait.
Leading racehorses from five different countries will have an all-expenses paid trip to Australia to encourage them to topple local superstar Winx.
During his hall of fame as a jockey career, Darren Beadman never won a Stradbroke, it is something he could set right as the trainer of Impending at Doomben on Saturday.
Attention Frankel lovers: here is another chapter on the champion racehorse/stallion and the impact he has had on one of Australia's best boutique thoroughbred nurseries – Cressfield, situated about 10 kilometres north of Scone.
A statewide move to take official fluctuations from a quorum of corporate bookmakers has seen metropolitan on-course bookmakers stop offering high-end clients top fluctuation as a product.
Jessica Harrington could "train a rusty bike to win a group 1 race," according to one leading trainer.
Winning the Melbourne Cup can open up opportunities. Just ask Kerrin McEvoy.
Fresh from setting a new record for winners in a season in Victoria, champion trainer Darren Weir is now setting his sights on winter gold in Queensland.
Racing.com has ambitions to create a racing channel for hotels and clubs in competition with the long-standing Sky racing service, it has been revealed.
The fastest horse to grace the Ballydoyle gallops, Caravaggio, could be heading for the $10 million Everest after a royal appointment at Ascot this month.
Nick Olive is immensely proud of Single Gaze but after her O'Shea Stakes win on Saturday his thoughts were for fellow trainer Desleigh Foster and the connections of Cylinder Beach.
While Chris Waller could hardly conceal his delight, the trainer inwardly knew that Egg Tart's brave win in the Queensland Oaks at Doomben on Saturday was not the work of an average classic winner.
Trainer Darren Weir went into the record books again at Moonee Valley on Saturday when he saddled up a double to set a new benchmark for metropolitan winners in a season.
Anything Craig can do, Beau can do too.
Sydney's spring carnival will be moved back, more than $1 million in stakes will be added to the prize pool and there will be a greater focus on pathways to big Melbourne races, meaning champion Winx is likely to stay at home right up to her crack at a third Cox Plate.
Adrian Bott is adamant his training partnership with Hall of Famer Gai Waterhouse won't be wound up, brushing off a report which suggested the Tulloch Lodge union will unravel before the new season.
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