Red Verdon will undergo a veterinary examination before final acceptances for the Melbourne Cup 2018 after missing a trackwork session at Werribee with a bruised heel. Racing Victoria stewards said …

Mornington-based Shane Nichols is looking forward to I Am A Star’s attempt at creating another piece of history in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes. I Am A Star became …

Long Leaf’s family features a host of classy sprinters and connections of the talented colt believe a decision to save him for the stallion-making Coolmore Stud Stakes can be rewarded …

EMPIRE ROSE STAKES * The Empire Rose Stakes is a Group One, $500,000 weight-for-age race * It is run at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse over 1600m by fillies and mares only …

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has every reason to approach the Melbourne Cup carnival with confidence, having hand-picked three horses he believes are going to be suited by the spacious Flemington …

If there are any chinks in the armour of the leading Victoria Derby fancies, trainer John Sargent is confident Geelong Classic winner Home Ground will have the staying capacity to …

Victory by Farooq in the Victoria Derby will be a family first for the McEvoys. The three-year-old will be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy in Saturday’s Group One race at Flemington …

The Rosehill meeting will take a back seat to the rich Derby day program at Flemington but Sydney punters might be offered an early 2019 Golden Slipper insight. Having won …

English jockey Jim Crowley has his eye in ahead of a Melbourne Cup assignment, claiming a winning double at Bendigo with his first two rides in Australia. Crowley will ride …

Queensland provincial racing will be the biggest beneficiary from the immediate injection of $18 million for prize money from the state government. The government and stake holders reached an agreement …

It will be a case of swings and roundabouts if the Gerald Ryan-trained Red Excitement can break a winning drought at his home track of Rosehill on Saturday. The nine-year-old, …

Dean Yendall is in the box-seat to win a third-consecutive Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington with the ride on Thousand Guineas winner Amphitrite. A prolific winner across Victoria for a …

Toby Edmonds will be trackside at Flemington on Saturday to saddle up three horses at the Victoria Derby meeting but he will be keeping a close eye on his contingent …

Corey Brown has the runs on the board when it comes to winning Australia’s big races. He’s won 47 Group One races including two Melbourne Cups, his latest in 2017 …

James Cummings has already etched his name into the history book of Australia’s oldest Classic race as a fourth generation Victoria Derby-winning trainer. On Saturday Cummings saddles up Aramayo, striving …

Being an expensive yearling brings with it racetrack expectation. And high-priced colt Diplomatico has earned his opportunity on the big stage to deliver a Group One win in the Coolmore …

Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1) 3200m (Apprentices cannot claim) Prize money: $7,050,000; 1st $4,000,000 and trophies $250,000; 2nd $1,000,000; 3rd $500,000; 4th $300,000; 5th $200,000; 6th-12th $150,000. 1 _ 1111 Best …

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has put Melbourne Cup mount Cross Counter through his paces at Werribee in preparation for the $7 million race at Flemington. It was McEvoy’s first ride on …