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Self Sense will have to carry top weight in his attempt to extend his unbeaten run over jumps to four in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. The David Brideoake-trained …

Pierata has made an instant impression on star jockey James McDonald who will ride the talented horse in a race for the first time in the Missile Stakes. McDonald rode …

Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes runner-up Invincible Star will make an appearance on Missile Stakes day at Randwick for a gallop between races as she builds up for her spring …

Queensland jockeys are to get an increase in riding fees taking them to $200 per mount. It brings them into line with Victorian jockeys who are engaged in protracted negotiations …

A number of spring contenders will be put through their paces at Cranbourne in the lead-up to the richer races ahead. A total of 24 trials have been scheduled for …

A half-brother to Group One winner Single Gaze has put his hand up as an early Victoria Derby contender with a maiden win at Sale. Resurge was having his third …

Three-year-old filly Causeway Girl will be tested in town for the first time when she heads to Moonee Valley for an early season race against her own age and sex. …

The Victorian Jockeys’ Association hopes a timely resolution can be reached with Racing Victoria as they remain locked in a stalemate over an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. The VJA had hoped …

Group Two winner Menari has suffered a career-threatening leg injury, ruling him out of the spring and the $13 million Everest. Trainer Gerald Ryan said the horse had run in …

Trainer Desleigh Forster is taking a cautious approach to the comeback run of her new stable acquisition Cannyescent at Doomben. Cannyescent was originally trained by Gabrielle Englebrecht at Warwick Farm …

Norm Provan wouldn’t say it himself as he watched Wednesday night’s rugby league Immortals ceremony from home, but those closest to the 85-year-old will say it for him. It’s about …

More mass inductions into the NRL’s Immortals concept may not be out of the question after selection panel chairman Ian Heads said it could be considered again in four years …

Second seed Sloane Stephens has suffered a shock 2-6 6-4 6-2 loss to Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the Citi Open, disrupting the American’s buildup to her …

Adam Blair concedes he’s playing too close to the edge and has vowed to shed a dirty player tag by toning down his tackle technique. Blair returns from his second …

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Washington Open with a hip injury in a further setback to his build-up for this month’s US Open. Kyrgios had injured his hip a …

Wallabies prop James Slipper says his status with the Queensland Reds is murky and it will be a tough situation for him whether he stays or leaves his home state …

The decision to elevate three players from the pre-World War II era to rugby league Immortality has only made his elevation to the elite group more illustrious, according to new …

Meeting your idol can be fun. Barking orders at them? Not so much. But North Queensland five-eighth Jake Clifford is up for the daunting task of yelling instructions at childhood …