• Chris Roots
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Mark Purdon has set his sights on sweeping the biggest races in Australia.

Hugh Bowman has been named as the world's best jockey at the annual Longines Hong Kong International Races Gala - the first Australian to win the award.

• Chris Roots

The death of Black Heart Bart's part owner Craig Delacy will serve as inspiration for jockey Brad Rawiller in the final group 1 of the year, the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on Saturday.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Rachel Hunt will ride with a heavy heart at Rosehill aboard Highly Geared in memory of Samara Johnson.

• Michael Lynch

You can't keep a good man down, and that applies to a horse just as well.

• Chris Roots

Gosford trainer Angela Davies warned the owners of Waitandwatch when they were naming the six-year-old to be careful what they called him because it could come true.

• Max Presnell

A bad season for trains, my chosen transport to the races, was active at Rosehill Gardens last Saturday.

• Marcus Armytage

Jack Kennedy, one of Ireland's brightest young riding talents, made an acrobatic, bordering on miraculous, recovery on his mount in the two-mile beginners' chase at Clonmel yesterday (Thursday) - and still managed to win the race.

• Chris Roots

The Inter Dominion final has turned into a battle between his heart and his head for owner Kevin Riseley.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra horse trainer Garry Kirkup remains gravely ill following a car crash on Sunday.

• Chris Roots

It has been 18 months since Mark Newnham stepped out on his own as a trainer and the hard work to establish a base and a team continues, but results are starting to flow.

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The shock of loss around Canberra racecourse will not subside for a long while. The death of Samara Johnson this week has rocked a tight-knit community, but their focus will be one horse, Highly Geared, at Rosehill on Saturday.

• John Holloway

The second session of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale at Newmarket on Tuesday was breathtaking. A European record for a broodmare sold at public auction was established on a day when 10 mares sold for seven-figure sums.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Highly Geared is the eight-year-old mare that could mend broken hearts at Rosehill this Sunday.

• Michael Lynch

A newly launched $1 million two-year-old sprint to be run at Caufield from April 2019 is something out of the ordinary, at least for Victoria.

• James Buckley

Samara Johnson has been remembered as a beautiful girl and an excellent jockey, following her death on Sunday.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra jockey Samara Johnson died in the car crash , while trainer Garry Kirkup was seriously injured.

• Chris Roots

Trevor Casey, the owner of Inter Dominion favourite Lazarus, had a couple of worrying moments before drawing gate two for his superstar in Friday night's Grand Final at Gloucester Park.

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The time is right for Hugh Bowman to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame after his incredible 2017.

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Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time has gone around the world to get home from the Japan Cup after the house full signs were up on Australian quarantine facilities.

• Chris Roots

When Hugh Bowman crossed the line on Cheval Grand to win the Japan Cup last week his first thoughts were of himself as an eight-year-old marvelling at a trophy in the tiny town of Mendooran.

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Viddora was the nearly horse. It was nearly no more at Ascot on Saturday, as Viddora careered away from the Winterbottom Stakes field.

Written By is by stallion Written Tycoon out of Yau Chin and was bred by the trainer's father, Neville, who part-owns the colt.

• Chris Roots

Veteran Toowoomba jockey Nozi Tomizawa has made a rare trip to Brisbane and his win on Ardoyne Road has earned him a ride in the Magic Millions Classic.

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Owner Angelo Konstantos climbed the heights of racing when he won a Golden Slipper with Vancouver, but Saturday provided another proud moment as his two blue colours celebrated their first double at Rosehill.

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New Zealand superstar Lazarus finally put his mark on the Perth Interdominion, winning the final heat of the series in track record time at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

• Chris Roots

Canberra-trained horses ran in their final Highway Handicap on Saturday, but from the new year they will have a bonus race at every meeting in the Nation's Capital to target in $750,000 initiative by the Canberra Race Club.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra Racing Club will introduce the $50,000 Federal to replace Highway Handicaps.

• Chris Roots

There is a variety to a good book of rides for Brenton Avdulla at Rosehill on Saturday, from a warhorse to the potential of a two-year-old, from a boom sprinter to last start group 2 winner. There is a variety to Brenton Avdulla's good book of rides for at Rosehill on Saturday, from a warhorse to the potential of a two-year-old, from a boom sprinter to last-start group 2 winner.