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Ashleigh Barty has moved into the third round of the Canadian Open with victory over Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck. World No.16 Barty, who is seeded 15th in Montreal, prevailed 7-6 …

Four-times champion Novak Djokovic has advanced to the third round of the Canadian Open with a routine victory over local wild card Peter Polansky. Djokovic, coming off his fourth Wimbledon …

Debutante Symi has lived up to her breeding to win at Canterbury and put jockey Tommy Berry on the board after his return home from a season in Hong Kong. …

Untapped Aramayo is on the way towards improving his standing among Godolphin’s equine hierarchy after winning at Canterbury. A half-brother to the 2014 ATC Australian Derby runner-up Tupac Amaru, Aramayo …

A benchmark 70 race at a metropolitan city meeting is not your usual stepping stone to later spring features. But that’s what trainer Tony McEvoy is hoping when Illumicon runs …

Promising filly Baccarat Baby gained some valuable education as she took the first step towards a possible Melbourne campaign at Caloundra on Wednesday. A prohibitive favourite, Baccarat Baby ($1.28) had …

The spring carnival prospects of Brave Song will be put to the test in the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. Brave Song faces a field on Saturday which …

Strong efforts at their last starts has trainer Kelly Schweida hopeful stable stalwarts Outraged and Stella Ombra can reach prize money milestones on Saturday. Outraged will pass $600,000 in earnings …

Brad Widdup is keeping an open mind on a seasonal return for Sandbar despite the disappointment of a wide barrier in the Rosebud at Rosehill. Sandbar has drawn the deepest …

Star sprinter Redzel has come through the first public appearance of his latest preparation in fine order as he continues his build-up towards his defence of The Everest. Redzel stepped …

Horse racing in Melbourne could be headed to the CBD with a crazy idea seriously being considered by the local government to host a horse a race or multiple races …

Unbeaten colt The Autumn Sun has been installed favourite for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas after the release of nominations for the Group One race for three-year-olds. The TAB has …

The Seymour racetrack has been given extra time to regenerate, resulting in the transfer of four meetings. The track came in for criticism when last raced on in April, its …

Wigan rugby league great Shaun Edwards is to return to the Super League club as their new head coach but not until after the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup. Edwards, …

Anthony Griffin has turned the heat on Phil Gould to deliver the premiership he promised Penrith fans fans six years ago after being sacking by the “jealous” Panthers supremo a …

The thought of farewelling Johnathan Thurston as an NRL wooden spooner doesn’t bear thinking about for the living legend’s North Queensland teammates. “JT’s last year – obviously no one wanted …

St George Illawarra star Paul Vaughan has set himself the task of whittling his recovery time to just two weeks in a bid to be back before the NRL finals. …

Carlton great David Parkin fears they are two or three years away from being competitive and hopes the Blues receive an AFL priority draft pick. The Blues, who are headed …