• Marcus Armytage
• 1 hr ago

For some, weight loss is always worth the agony. Michelle Payne's ban shows that jockeys are still struggling with an age-old problem.

• Adam Pengilly

Former NSW premier Morris Iemma will be charged with resurrecting the greyhound industry after landing the role as chairman of the state's governing body.

• Chris Roots

A master of apprentices, Ron Quinton doesn't just produce good jockeys, he produces good men.

• Patrick Bartley

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne, who on Thursday was suspended for four weeks after testing positive to a banned substance, admitted to Racing Victoria investigators that she had used the drug to "maintain her weight level".

• Chris Roots

The lure of winter black type has champion Victorian trainer Darren Weir launching his biggest raid on Sydney on Saturday and a couple of wins could have consequences well into the future.

• Chris Roots

Joe Pride has timed the preparation of Destiny's Kiss to peak for Saturday's Winter Cup at Rosehill, but the top weight of 61 kilograms has left him feeling his planning might come to naught.

• John Holloway

Not even the might of Chris Waller's exalted mare Winx could stop the 2016-17 Australian stallions' premiership going the way of Arrowfield Stud's Snitzel.

• Melissa Cunningham, Patrick Bartley

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has tested positive to a banned substance.

• Patrick Bartley

Tabcorp supremo David Attenborough has raised new questions about racing.com's promotion of corporate bookmakers, saying the broadcaster is undermining the funding of Victorian racing.

• Patrick Bartley

Bendigo racecourse had never been more silent in years than on Wednesday morning, as trainers and jockeys moved quietly about their business, not uttering anything of the events of the day before.

• Chris Roots

Godolphin and its former trainer John O'Shea will be back in front of Racing NSW stewards in August after an inquiry heard revelations about an unreported case of a horse in Australia's biggest privately-owned stable that had strangles last year.

• Michael Lynch

Racing is a fashion game as much as a form game. On the track, not just in the grandstands and cocktail bars at carnival time. 

• Michael Lynch

Breeding champion gallopers has become an obsession for the Victorian studmaster over the past 20 years.

• Chris Roots

The Australia gambling market on racing is among the strongest and most diverse in the world but self interest, as always, plays a big role in what is the best way forward for the sport and betting.

• Chris Roots

The horse which became a viral sensation for an amazing charge to victory from last at its first start, may literally stop the internet this time by doing just that in a race.

• Chris Roots

Owner-breeder Sid Brown was hoping My Field Marshal wouldn't let him down but was still a little surprise when New Zealand five-year-old caused a surprise by winning the Len Smith Mile at Menangle on Sunday.

• Chris Roots

Jason Coyle will nominate talented mare Slightly Sweet for black type races in two states on Saturday, but is likely to stay at home for the Civic Stakes at Rosehill.

• Michael Lynch

An Australian broodmare has hit the headlines as the matron of honour for two of her progeny at the best carnival in the world, Royal Ascot in England. 

• Patrick Bartley

Broadcaster racing.com wanted to impose conditions on racing bodies across Australia that would have been "detrimental to them" when issuing future media rights, the competition tribunal found.

• Chris Roots

Kerrin McEvoy knew he owed Tycoon Tara a good ride and it came in the Tatts Tiara as she crown a comeback with group 1 glory at Doomben on Saturday.

• Michael Lynch

Mornington trainer Peter Healey could not remember the last time he had a runner, never mind a winner, at Flemington.

• The mail
• Chris Roots

Apprentice Sam Clarke referred to a bizarre incident that caused Balmain Girl to be scratched from a race at Kembla Grange as "more than unfortunate".

• Adam Pengilly

Rachel King's red letter day has added spice to an intriguing apprentices premiership after she matched Tye Angland's Randwick treble on a day of milestones for two of the riding ranks' hottest riders.

• Michael Lynch

Twenty years ago it was quite easy to dismiss winter two-year-old form.

• Chris Roots

James Rattray is confident talented Tasmanian two-year-old Ignatius is up taking home the Breeders Challenge title for juvenile colts and geldings by repelling stars from two of biggest stables in Australasia on Sunday

• Max Presnell

The winning streaks and demeanour of Bjorn Baker, the new age happy-go-lucky Kiwi, is a far cry from "Mo" Bernard and Cyril Neville when New Zealanders were renowned for stealth and cunning. However the picket fence, 1111, with Baker has replaced duck eggs, 0000, before winning for which his countrymen were renowned.

• Chris Roots

Young Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman can look back on the frustration of the first year of Eckstein's racing career and smile now as she reaches the heights he thought she would.

• Chris Roots

Forbes trainer Barry Molloy might be closing in on 80, but it is amazing how a good horse can make you feel younger.

• David Polkinghorne

Inglis boss Mark Webster is hoping Fell Swoop captures Canberra's imagination the same way Takeover Target did.