South Australian racing deal hits a hurdle with key bookmakers
The Victorian racing television channel's multimillion-dollar play for South Australian racing could hit a hurdle from day one.
The Victorian racing television channel's multimillion-dollar play for South Australian racing could hit a hurdle from day one.
Brenton Avdulla will hope Argent D'or's victory over the Hugh Bowman-ridden favourite Spending To Win by a nose can be replicated in the Sydney jockeys' premiership in the final week of their title stoush.
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has an unbeaten record with Sound Proposition in two runs and is set to give the former Kiwi a shot at a feature race in his new hometown after a fighting win at Randwick on Saturday.
The VRC's bid to stimulate staying races in Victoria has begun well after a high-class filly took out Saturday's Byerley Handicap.
Rachel King and Memes have enjoyed a great relationship - a winning one - as they have come through the grades together.
Shane and Lauren Tritton are expecting a new arrival any day and also have another baby, My Sweetchilliphilly, ready to make her return at Menangle on Tuesday.
The trifecta from the Country Championships final – Free Standing, After All That and Not For Export – will be given direct entry into the $200,000 Highway Anniversary Handicap to be run over 1400 metres on Everest day.
Max Presnell has spent more than 60 years in racing - and he's now put it all down in a book.
Racing NSW have deferred a decision on Canberra's future in Highway Handicap for three months.
The unbeaten rise of Pelethronius this preparation has taken trainer David Pfieffer by surprise.
Jockey Blake Shinn might have already won a Melbourne Cup, but he believes five weeks in the US have shown him how much he still has to learn.
Regarding the Everest there is a Gordon Gekko "greed is good" enthusiasm about Peter V'Landys, the general who repelled the corporate hordes plus extracting blood out of a stone from the New South Government for racing.
If the lightly raced Balcazar can repeat his astonishing performance in the three-year-old final a fortnight ago, he will be an undeniable chance in Saturday's Trainers Handicap.
Marc Conners has always thought flying filly Super Too would get to stakes level but after a six-month break from racing and bone chip surgery he just wants her to show she is back on race day.
Former leading jockey Peter Mertens is proud that son Beau has become a highly successful jockey, but it brings out his protective side.
A suspension that Brenton Avdulla thought would cost him his shot at a first Sydney jockeys' premiership might become a refocusing point for his title aspirations.
Australian Turf Club chief executive Darren Pearce is focused on $150 million in infrastructure projects to deliver better facilities across the club's four tracks and take racing into the 21st century.
Last Monday brought another marvellous set of barrier trials at Rosehill, with a selection of rising three-year-olds who celebrate their birthday in 10 days time and a large number from Gerald Ryan's stable doing themselves proud.
Kris Lees has had his best season as a trainer and will look to close it on a high with an old favourite, Felines, and a horse for the future, Sound Proposition, at Randwick on Saturday.
The VRC will race at Flemington during Royal Melbourne Show week for the first time in a bid to showcase racing to a new audience.
Harness Racing NSW has decided to maintain the whip in racing, rejecting a national ban.
Racing NSW is expecting October's Everest to be Sydney's biggest betting race for the year, with lotto-like jackpots for punters to chase that will fuel the $10 million sprint being raced for $15 million or even $20 million in coming years.
Some of Japan's most powerful and influential stables are eyeing Australia's three most important Spring Carnival events, the Cox Plate and the Caulfield and Melbourne cups.
It was a 68th birthday to remember for Godolphin boss Sheikh Mohammed when his speedster Harry's Angel scorched down the track to win Newmarket's July Cup.
It wasn't the normally reserved Mick Kent that emerged to meet the media after his gifted stallion Supido toyed with his opposition in winning the weight for age Monash Stakes on Saturday.
Adam Hyeronimus paid credit to Tim Martin after a winning treble at Rosehill on Saturday, including victories with Pick Me Up and Hunter Jack, both from the yard where he has been working hard.
Jason Coyle has been waiting for more than two years for Slightly Sweet to return to the winner's circle and things finally held her way in the Winter Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
Tommy Berry got off Siege Of Quebec and headed straight for Coolmore representative Seb Hutch and said: "You've got my number - I'll come to ride him in anything."
Windsor has few prestige races yet it provides a cheery experience. Hen parties cluster on the lawns, sharp suited likely lads who spend more on their hair cuts than a case of pinot noir chat up lasses with cheery banter amid queues from better-than-average food shacks and the access to the parade ring and winner's enclosure is ultimately informal."
To what degree the Darren Weir magic, so effective with Black Heart Bart, works on Chocolate Holic will be seen in John Monash at Caulfield, billed down south as the best race in Australia today.
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