Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist had intentions to return to Australia to try and make it dual victories in the race that stops a nation although those plans now look unlikely. …

Banned Sydney trainer Sam Kavanagh maintains he got a life sentence for cobalt use that he did not deserve. Kavanagh said his cobalt case had destroyed his career and he …

Michelle Payne’s hopes of a second Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance appear to be over. It was revealed on Wednesday that Payne will not partner the Melbourne Cup winner …

Group One-winning jockey Larry Cassidy hopes to make a sooner than expected return to the saddle after a one-year injury lay-off. Cassidy hasn’t ridden since June 8 last year because …

Suavito kicks off her spring campaign looking to add another stakes race over the 1400 metres at Caulfield to her first-up record. The Nigel Blackiston-trained mare runs in the Group …

Capitalist knocked out a Golden Slipper field but that hasn’t dampened Star Turn’s trainers’ appetite for a re-match. The two have not raced since the Slipper at Rosehill in March …

The new racing season is barely a week old and already Darren Weir is notching up the winners. The premier Melbourne trainer’s five-winner haul on Saturday was his best in …

Champion mare Winx has been given another easy barrier trial at Randwick, finishing fourth behind Boss Lane. Hugh Bowman rode Winx quietly before taking her wide in the straight to …

Group One winning sprinter Terravista will soon arrive back in Joe Pride’s stable for a spring preparation which will not include any competitive racing. Rather than run him in any …

Damien Oliver has partnered Xtravagant in a work-out at Flemington ahead of the star New Zealander’s Cox Plate campaign. Named last season’s champion three-year-old in New Zealand, Xtravagant is based …

With the eyes of the world on the Olympics, Australia’s most high-profile commentator in Rio could be forgiven for having one eye on the races. Leading sport broadcaster Bruce McAvaney …

Kentucky Miss will be declared to run in two states with trainer Joe Pride making a compelling case to keep her in Sydney for the San Domenico Stakes. Although the …

Robbie Laing is putting all talk of Lord Of The Sky heading overseas behind him as he prepares the sprinter for a stakes race at Caulfield. Lord Of The Sky …

Lindsay Park will rely on one its greybeards in a black-type race at Caulfield. Nine-year-old Jacquinot Bay will be the stable’s sole representative in the Group Two P B Lawrence …

Golden Slipper winner Capitalist is favoured to return to the track a winner in the Group Three San Domenico Stakes. The prized colt is rated a $1.60 chance in the …

Ciaron Maher will kick off the spring campaigns of two of the stable’s quality mares in a stakes race at Caulfield. Set Square and Jameka, winners of the past two …

A half-sister to unbeaten champion Black Caviar has made her first public appearance in a Cranbourne barrier trial. By Casino Prince out of Helsinge, Brigite is a sister to multiple …

Gary Moore admits Capitalist may be too sharp for new stable recruit Mount Panorama in the San Domenico Stakes. But that doesn’t dampen the trainer’s trademark exuberance about getting a …