Trainer John McArdle is eyeing his second VRC Oaks after Smart As You Think confirmed plans to target the Classic with a victory over older horses at Moonee Valley. McArdle …

Lightweight Hong Kong-based jockey Chad Schofield will reunite with the Lindsay Park stable when he rides Seaburge in the Group One Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Three-year-old Seaburge will carry 50kg …

Don’t Doubt Mamma has won two of the lead-up races to the Myer Classic and is poised to chase her first Group One win in the fillies and mare’s feature. …

Happy Trails has run in his last Cox Plate but his trainer is keen to give him the chance to bow out of racing on a better note. The rain …

Far from moping, the Wallabies believe they can salvage an elusive grand slam from an otherwise dismal 2016 campaign. With seven defeats from their first 10 Tests, including humbling 3-0 …

Blues’ Super Rugby young gun Rieko Ioane had a late one on Saturday, but it wasn’t due to a night of debauchery. Instead, he was just busy playing the Playstation. …

Jamie Whincup has claimed pole position for Sunday’s final Gold Coast 600 race. The six-time Supercars series champion clocked one minute, 10:88 seconds, just 0.08 of a second ahead of …

Michael Cheika is refusing to be gagged, not backing down on Sunday after All Blacks coach Steve Hansen accused his Wallabies counterpart of “hijacking” New Zealand’s Test world record celebrations. …

Essendon will welcome back their banned stars with a blockbuster clash against Hawthorn in round one of the 2017 AFL season. The Bombers and Hawks will face off on a …

It’s the magical number that has defined sporting icons like Nicklaus, Navratilova and Phelps but eluded the great Roger Federer. But now that the mighty All Blacks have chalked up …

Jamie Whincup has claimed provisional pole position for the Gold Coast 600’s second and final race on Sunday. The six-time Supercars champion clocked one minute, 10:31 seconds to be fastest …

Group One winner The United States has shown his class with a feature win on Cox Plate day, even if it wasn’t in the race his connections had originally hoped. …

Iron-horse Denoninator could be headed back to Victoria for next month’s Ballarat Cup after scoring another Eagle Farm win. Denoninator has been the mainstay of the John Symons-Sheila Laxon training …

New Zealand three-year-old Sacred Elixir has been promoted to the top of Victoria Derby betting with his win in a lead-up race at Moonee Valley. Sacred Elixir took out the …

Surround remains the only filly to have won the Cox Plate, but trainer David Vandyke couldn’t have been prouder of Yankee Rose’s placing. Yankee Rose joins the 2008 placegetter Samantha …

Richard Gasquet rallied from a set and a break down to win 3-6 7-5 6-2 and reach the final of the European Open in Antwerp at the expense of Britain’s …

Daniel Ricciardo has qualified third fastest for the US Grand Prix with Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton claiming pole ahead of Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton, 33 points behind …

Wayne Bennett expressed his satisfaction after making a winning start as England coach. The veteran Australian handed out five new caps in the absence of his skipper Sam Burgess and …