Australian Open locks in No.1 drawcard
Reigning Australian Open champion Jordan Spieth will return Down Under to defend his title later this year after tournament organisers locked in their No.1 drawcard.
Reigning Australian Open champion Jordan Spieth will return Down Under to defend his title later this year after tournament organisers locked in their No.1 drawcard.
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.
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.
Wagering on a midweek meeting at Warwick Farm will be 51 per cent more expensive than trading on the Melbourne Cup for Betfair under an imminent race fields fee hike, which the betting exchange claims will drive further wagering on NSW races to offshore operators.
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.
A horse trainer who went missing for three days in bushland prompting a large scale search will allege she was pushed in the chest four times, grabbed by the arm and threatened by Taree racing officials on her own property in a case set to be heard in the Newcastle District Court.
The Australian racing industry is on the brink of being "brought to its knees" by Malcolm Turnbull's crackdown.
Murray Baker may have plundered the Australian Derby-Oaks double - and another horse schooled under the canny Kiwi horseman is in line for the Randwick carnival scraps. Only this time the most successful New Zealand trainer in Australian group 1s won't be picking up the cheque.
The Australian Turf Club has already discussed semi-permanent measures such as a lighting or siren system that could be installed at Randwick within weeks in order to prevent a repeat of the bizarre Sydney Cup confusion.
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.
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