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Germany’s Julia Goerges took a while to learn to love grass but her patience has been rewarded after reaching her first final on the surface with a win over American …

They Sydney Roosters want to develop a long-term deal to continue taking NRL games to Adelaide, after Saturday night’s experiment was declared a success. More than 21,000 fans turned out …

Smart mare Cruising Speed could be headed back to Victoria for the spring carnival after scoring an all-the-way win at Doomben. Jockey Jeff Lloyd brought up his 128th metropolitan winner …

James Cummings will join Godolphin’s Australian operation with his confidence sky high after giant sprinter Burning Passion won the Group Three WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Doomben. Cummings’s solo training …

Despite winning two races in Hong Kong, Riyadh is relishing life in Australia. The Peter Healey-trained galloper picked up his biggest cheque since arriving in Australia after winning the David …

Champion jockey Craig Williams believes the recently gelded Ability has what it takes to figure in better-class sprint races after back-to-back wins this campaign. The Robert Smerdon-trained four-year-old was gelded …

Consistent gelding Religify has signed off on a successful winter carnival campaign with an emphatic win in the Listed GH Mumm Open Quality (1615m) at Doomben. Religify, the $2.80 favourite, …

The combination of jumping and wearing blinkers for the first time has enabled Charlevoix to record a strong win at Flemington. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes said the stable …

Trainer Helen Page rarely gets too excited about a win but she was elated when her tough gelding Rudy went over the $1 million mark in prize money at Doomben. …

Surprise packet Collateral has delivered his fourth win for the Bjorn Baker stable and brought up an important milestone for his jockey Tye Angland at Randwick. The former Queenslander’s victory …

Curdled has broken through for his first win at Doomben but jockey Jim Byrne believes the best is yet to come. Curdled was well backed from $8.50 into $6 with …

Two-year-old Dream Kisses will head north for her final run this winter after her win in the Furnaces @aquis Farm Crystal Slipper at Doomben. Dream Kisses ($4.80) strode up outside …

Apprentice Nick Heywood has made amends aboard Yuma Desert at Randwick, with the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained mare leading all the way to deny Test The World a fifth straight …

Craig Newitt has no doubts Overstep is a coming Group winner after recording a narrow victory at Flemington. Overstep showed an explosive turn of foot at the 400m mark of …

Lipizzan has underscored the success of Gary Portelli’s training regime for two-year-olds to kick-start an early double for apprentice Rachel King at Randwick. Portelli’s young brigade, spearheaded by Golden Slipper …

Royal Symphony has made a one-act affair of a late-season juvenile race at Flemington in a performance that has his trainer and jockey excited about the future. The two-year-old backed …

Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez has helped banish the memory of one of his most painful defeats by beating Grigor Dimitrov to set up an Aegon Championships final against Marin Cilic. …

Strange things have happened at night across round 14 in the AFL. North Melbourne’s controversial one-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium was in keeping with events in …