Gorrel hopes Liabilityadjuster will help him on new career path
There's no such thing as a part-time trainer, with Canberra's Doug Gorrel operating on no sleep as he chases his dream.
HORSE RACING
Admire Deus coup lifts Weir's Cup hopes
Trainer Darren Weir's hopes of winning a second Melbourne Cup in three years have moved much closer to reality after high-class Japanese stayer Admire Deus was purchased by an Australian syndicate in the past 48 hours.
Bott's Siege mentality to the fore with unbeaten colt
Million-dollar colt Siege Of Quebec has only further fuelled Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott's confidence he can preserve his unbeaten record in The Rosebud despite coming back in trip for the first of the big Golden Rose lead-ins.
Shuttle stallions whet the appetite for season
Racing at Del Mar in America last weekend shone a light on a couple of shuttle sires, Arrowfield's Kentucky Derby-winning Animal Kingdom and Spendthrift Farm's group 1 performer Jimmy Creed.
Ritchie Swinging for fences with group 1 dream
It's just a dream at the moment. A little sliver of hope. But having clung to just that for the last 12 months, Craig Ritchie is allowing his imagination to wander. Just a bit. Which is why he wants to take his partner back home for a group 1 dance in New Zealand more than a year after a serious trackwork incident.
Red-hot Pfieffer hoping to weave another dose of Magic
David Pfieffer's blazing end to the 2016-17 racing season has already transferred into the new year – and he can't see any reason a two-pronged attack on the Rosebud card at Rosehill won't trigger more success on Saturday.
Saint or Sinner? Cav hoping to pull right Highway rein
Off just one impressive barrier trial victory, Scone-based Brett Cavanough has plunged the well-backed Another Sin into the $60,000 Highway Handicap.
A possible rival to the world's best race mare
Just when it seemed that the all-conquering Winx had a mortgage on a third Cox Plate, a talented overseas competitor has emerged that could well test the world's finest race mare. When nominations closed on Tuesday for
Winx heavier but as good as ever, says Waller
Winx is heavier than this time last year but her showing in a Randwick barrier trial win has Chris Waller confident the world's best horse on turf is as good as ever.
Battaash a chance against Chautauqua, if the sheikh will let it run
His jockey, British champion rider Jim Crowley, says he is "a motorbike" - a horse with serious pace and all the gears.
How did punters do money cold on admin bungle after warning?
It was just a few lines in a stewards' report last week, but the embarrassing bungle of a horse being disqualified from a Gosford race a few days after it had won and bets paid out is not the first time something similar has happened in NSW in the past year.
TAB figures fall again in Victoria
Financial returns to the three codes of Victorian racing from its joint venture with TAB have dipped for the second successive year.
Brown's Gem lands Missile Stakes surprise after Kokoda trek
Corey Brown hobbled off the Kokoda Trail and then out of the winning stall after the Missile Stakes. If he was a horse, he might not have passed the morning vet check. Yet while the body might be slowing, the brain - and tongue - remains as sharp as ever.
Shogun Sun causes boilover at Randwick
The Golden Rose bubble has burst for a couple of highly touted Sydney colts, but it's very much intact for Shogun Sun.
History may produce another Cup for Williams
The burning question at Flemington on Saturday was, would history repeat itself later in the spring after the imported Aloft was successful in the Nursery Handicap?
The mail: Waller has his eye on a spring cups trail with Sayed
Sayed crushed his rivals to make it back-to-back wins since switching to Sydney.
'It was horrific': trainer in historc legal case after fall
Riverina trainer Wayne Sullivan has reluctantly launched groundbreaking legal action against Harness Racing NSW to recover rehabilitation costs and damages from potential lost earnings over a shocking incident involving his filly Jovial Rock in last year's Leeton Breeders Plate final.
Lees upbeat about Le Romain, Invincible Gem's chasing roles in Missile
Kris Lees doesn't doubt the effectiveness of his Missile Stakes duo Le Romain and Invincible Gem despite the prospect of unfamiliar racing roles back in the field in the Missile Stakes.
Racing NSW Country hunting new top dog
Racing NSW Country has unearthed a range of candidates as it searches to replacement outgoing chief executive Paul Weekes.
Plumptre admits 'serious bullying issue' clouded strangles call
Henry Plumptre admitted a "serious bullying issue" clouded his judgement in the non-reporting of strangles condition.
Cobbie's gone but other turf characters still walk tall
Cobbie's gone but scratch the surface and there are still characters, the Carrot Cake Kid for instance, on the turf.
Stars return at Randwick on Saturday
Crack Newcastle sprinter Le Romain returns to racing on Saturday at Randwick in the group 2 Missile Stakes and his record is hard to fault.
Krushka found Tara's Tiara, now for Missile swansong
Tony Krushka had to wait 20 years to win as an owner-breeder the group 1 he should have won as a trainer.
Schofield has Missile to fire as Cummings reunion beckons
The Godolphin jockey merry-go-round? Glyn Schofield doesn't say it in these exact words, but you sense he'd like to climb aboard and ride the carousel for as long as he can.
Ryan targets base camp with Rain to dodge Everest climbers
Not every Sydney sprinter is going to end up with a slot in the $10 million Everest - and that suits Gerald Ryan just fine.
Olive has Gaze fixed on Caulfield Cup
With Aussie supermare Winx owning the Cox Plate, Canberra trainer Nick Olive will set Single Gaze for the Caulfield Cup.
Godolphin pair charged in strangles probe
Godolphin's former head trainer John O'Shea will be asked to answer a charge of giving false or misleading evidence to stewards while Sheikh Mohammed's ex-Australian boss Henry Plumptre also faces sanctions before the resumption of the strangles inquiry later this week.
Some of Australia's best horse people donate time for the retired racehorse
They came in all shapes and sizes, ages and colours, they arrived in some very old horses floats and some very new trucks. People from across the racing world converged on Geelong racecourse on Tuesday morning for a horse's birthday with a difference.
Fell Swoop galloping into Australian racing history
Champion Canberra gelding Fell Swoop is raring to go ahead of the world's richest race on turf - The Everest.