Carlton are eyeing not just a priority pick but a friendlier draw and a major trade target or two as it seeks a return to competitiveness in 2019. A tortured …
THE GROUP ONE MEMSIE STAKES Caulfield, 1400m, weight-for-age HISTORY: First run in 1899 at one mile (1600m) and won by Veneda. 1900-1970 run over nine furlongs (1800m). 1971-79 run over …
Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter says he faces a difficult 12 days as he wrestles with the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Nominations for the two spring …
For the second year in a row Corey Brown is pinning his hopes on an international horse as he chases a third Melbourne Cup. Brown has already secured the ride …
The blinkers will go back on Oohood for the Furious Stakes, the filly’s next attempt to get rid of the unwanted tag of Australia’s best maiden. Trainer Tony McEvoy has …
While two of the horses he beat last time will step up to Group One level in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, Pierata will run in the Tramway Stakes at …
A rise in prize money has led to an increase in nominations across the board for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. International entries for the Melbourne Cup have risen from …
Sydney mare I Am Excited has arrived in Melbourne to begin a campaign her trainer David Pfieffer hopes can culminate in a crack at the Group One Darley Classic. I …
Showtime will put his future as a stallion on the line when he tackles Group One company at Caulfield. The Hawkes Racing-trained horse contests the Memsie Stakes (1400m) off a …
Lindsay Park will take the wraps off new stable addition Aylmerton at Caulfield where the Group-winning colt will clash with unbeaten stablemate Tony Nicconi in the McNeil Stakes. Aylmerton made …
Wimbledon champion and world No.4 Angelique Kerber has held off a powerful challenge by Sweden’s Johanna Larsson to advance to the third round of the US Open. Larsson, ranked 83rd, …
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev beat a second lucky loser at the US Open, overcoming Nicolas Mahut 6-4 6-4 6-2 to reach the third round as he bids for his first …
Wimbledon champion and world No.4 Angelique Kerber has held off a powerful challenge by Sweden’s Johanna Larsson to advance to the third round of the US Open. Larsson, ranked 83rd, …
An extraordinary mid-match pep talk from the chair umpire has fired Nick Kyrgios into a likely US Open third-round blockbuster with Roger Federer in New York. Swedish official Mohamed Lahyani …
Australian John Millman has scored one of the biggest wins of his career to charge into the US Open third round in New York. Millman upset 14th-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini …
The sister of Collingwood star Travis Varcoe has died four days after she sustained a head injury during a football game. Maggie Varcoe, 27, was admitted to hospital on Sunday …
Ashleigh Barty is on guard against a US Open ambush as she plots to break her third-round jinx and reach the second week of a grand slam for the first …
Brisbane may be “doing it for Benny” but Anthony Milford has hailed Broncos assistant Kurt Richards for helping him step up at five-eighth ahead of the NRL finals. Milford said …
