Last updated: September 12, 2017

Trainer plots second go at Winx

rosehill Races
Trainer Gerald Ryan gets another chance to plot the downfall of Winx this weekend.

Makybe duel to colour in Caulfied

Melbourne Racing
The Caulfield Cup picture will take shape on Saturday at Flemington with Humidor taking on Hartnell.

Deploy on course for The Everest

Deploy on course for The Everest
The gelding showed his explosive speed at Rosehill to set back-to-back track records.

Big offerings kick off Keeneland

APRIL 29, 2004 : Racehorse Tapit, Kentucky Derby hopeful ridden by exercise rider Joe Ferriday during early morning trackwork at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, 29/04/04.
Turf / Training
The world’s biggest yearling sale, Keeneland’s September, begins the first of 12 selling days in for Kentucky.

Wall Of Fire set for Cup

WOF
Wall Of Fire nods his head furiously as if he knows exactly what trainer Hugo Palmer is talking about.

Maher admits error of judgment

CAPTION (all pics) Ruthven winning the Queensland Derby at Doomben for jockey Hugh Bowman and trainer Ciaron Maher. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography
Caulfield Cup-winning trainer Ciaron Maher has conceded the error of his ways in a statement to stable clients.

Waller to shuffle Winx schedule

Chelmsford Stakes Day
Trainer Chris Waller is not wedded to a program as he eyes a third consecutive Cox Plate win for wonder mare Winx.

Rancho Montoya has youth to burn

Rancho Montoya wins at Doomben, September 2, 2017.Must credit:Grant Peters, Trackside Photography
Mark down Saturday’s Doomben winner Rancho Montoya as a classy, young prospect of the future.

Helen Street’s legacy lives on

Helen Street’s legacy lives on
A filly who won the Irish Oaks 32 years ago made quite an impact on the two key races in Australia on Saturday.

Winx beats a clever challenge

Winx Special
Bold tactics were afoot to bring about the demise of the Winx sequence but she went on to take her 19th straight win.

Expect an avalanche of interest

Chris Waller, trainer of champion thoroughbred Winx, during track work at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Thursday, August 31, 2017. Winx is aiming for her 19th consecutive victory this Saturday in the Tattersalls Chelmsford Stakes at Royal Randwick. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING
Expect a flurry of activity to follow racing today as countdown to The Everest intensifies.

Bruise hampers Black Heart Bart

Jockey Brad Rawiller cracks the whip on Black Heart Bart (2nd R) to win the iTalktravel Futurity Stakes on Blue Diamond Stakes Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Saturday. Feb. 25, 2017. (AAP Image/Mal Fairclough) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Black Heart Bart’s bid to back up in Memsie Stakes hit by bruised foot.

Hanson drops in at the races

One Nation leader, Senator Pauline Hanson (left) meets with tourists outside the Birdsville Hotel in Birdsville, Queensland, Thursday, August 31, 2017. Senator Hanson is in Birdsville for the town's famous horse races. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING
Pauline Hanson has returned to Birdsville, the outback town where she rebooted her political career two years ago.

Batgirl champ primed for No 19

Champion thoroughbred Winx is paraded in the mounting yard wearing her ear muffs after a run down the straight at Rosehill Racecourse during track work in Sydney, Thursday, August 31, 2017. Winx is aiming for her 19th consecutive victory this Saturday in the Tattersalls Chelmsford Stakes at Royal Randwick. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING
Racing owes Admiral Henry James Rous so much.

Team Williams to hold sway

Williams
Team Williams will have greatest influence on the handicaps for this year’s Melbourne Cup.

O’Shea escapes with fine

Randwick races
John O’Shea has escaped suspension or disqualification by Racing NSW but fined $30,000 following the Strangles case.

Pharoah tops stud’s roster

Pharoah tops stud’s roster
More than 1500 racing enthusiasts were yesterday introduced to a classic group of stallions.

Snowdens have foot in both camps

MM
Father-son combo Peter and Paul Snowden will have eight horses in Melbourne by the end of the week.

Challenge to Winx is strikingly enabled

$12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational
British filly Enable continues on a dramatic rise which may see her challenge Winx as the world’s best female racehorse.

Almandin sets out on Cup road

2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup winning horse Almandin with owner Lloyd Williams.  Please credit Karon Photography.
Almandin starts down the road to a shot at back-to-back Melbourne Cup victories today.

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