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Flouting the whip and Cojuangco's passing show racing's depth of change
Jockeys using a ball and chain, like medieval jousting, will be the only way a protest will be upheld in Australia for whip abuse this weekend.
- by Max Presnell
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Horse racing
Smith launches tri-state attack looking for the right races
Matthew Smith has stable charges travelling far and wide as he looks for winners in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on Saturday.
- by Chris Roots
Horse racing
Race-by-race tips and preview for Randwick on Saturday
It’s a nine-race card at headquarters this week and Brad Gray of Racing NSW has all you need to land a winner at Royal Randwick.
- by Brad Gray
Horse racing
King Of Hastings looking for stakes win
McNeil Stakes runner-up King Of Hastings is searching for his first stakes win in Saturday’s listed Creswick Stakes for three-year-olds at Flemington.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Racing integrity
Chief steward calls urgent meeting over whip rules
Racing Victoria's chief steward Robert Cram has called an urgent meeting with Victorian Jockeys' Association boss Matt Hyland in an attempt to iron out issues with the whip rules.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Racing integrity
Horse tests positive to cocaine after maiden win
Caulfield trainer Brendan McCarthy says he will defend any charges arising out of irregularities to cocaine in the post-race sample of his Pakenham winner Vladking.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Horse racing
McDonald needs four more for another Sydney ton
The magic three figures of wins is within touching distance for James McDonald for the second season in a row in Sydney, and it could come on Saturday.
- by Chris Roots
Horse racing
Freedmans look to Exhibition to continue solid two-year-old run
Exhibition looks to be the latest two-year-old to roll off the Freedman brothers production line at Randwick on Saturday.
- by Chris Roots
Racing integrity
O'Shea faces charge after Pretty In Pink tests positive to ice
Queensland stewards have charged Sydney trainer John O'Shea after Pretty In Pink returned a positive result for ice from last year's Moreton Cup.
- by Chris Roots
Horse racing
'One of the backbones of the industry': Pride's tribute to Cojuangco
Gooree owner Eduardo Cojuangco has been remembered for his passion for racing in Australia following his death aged 85.
- by Chris Roots
Horse racing
Pride using winter stepping stone for Superium and Threeood
Joe Pride takes Superium and Threeood to Randwick looking to turn their good form into a Saturday victory.
- by Chris Roots