Horse racing
McDonald to return to the saddle next week after health scare
Champion jockey James McDonald has been cleared to return to race riding on the Kensington track at Randwick next Wednesday.
- by Chris Roots
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‘I’m proud of the steps I’ve taken’: Bourke proving herself up to city class
Molly Bourke is getting stronger and better as she targets becoming the next premier apprentice in Sydney.
- by Chris Roots
Top flight: Proven combination takes pride in record season
The Proven Thoroughbred silks have become familiar because of Think About It and Private Eye, but In Flight is keeping them in the limelight this winter.
- by Chris Roots
Race-by-race preview and tips for Scone on Friday
Everything you need to know to find a winner at the horse capital of Australia.
- by Neil Evans
Race-by-race tips and preview for Hawkesbury on Thursday
Eight races are set down for Hawkesbury’s Thursday meeting.
- by Ray Hickson
Late-starting Mega Fight another battling Royale for trainer
Robert Price’s old warhorse took nine starts to break through, and the trainer sees a bit of him in his winless three-year-old.
- by Ray Hickson
Race-by-race tips and preview for Warwick Farm on Wednesday
Everything you need to know to pick a winner on a seven-race card.
- by Nick Berney
Cummings hoping to have rivals covered with Tarpaulin and Kerguelen
Trainer James Cummings will have two promising types coming off narrow last-start defeats when he heads to Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
- by Nick Berney
Miss Cartel has the horsepower to monopolise at Muswellbrook
Jockey Andrew Gibbons believes the mare has been drawn to extend her winning run.
- by John Schell
Race-by-race tips and preview for Muswellbrook on Tuesday
Everything you need to know to pick a winner on an eight-race card.
- by John Schell
In-form trainer looks to stub out Victorian challenge
So often has leading Albury trainer Ron Stubbs carried the local load in the face of a swarm of Victorian raiders crossing the border to feast on superior prizemoney.
- by Neil Evans