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The first major of the Sydney season has produced an epic battle between an established star and a new kid on the block. Mo’Unga has upstaged glamour mare Verry Elleegant to …

Daniel Moor has been rewarded for his work with the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable landing a stakes win at The Valley. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained He’s …

Queensland Guineas winner Private Eye has signalled his spring carnival intentions with a powerhouse performance to claim the Group 3 Show County Quality at Randwick. The 1200m win took his record …

Less than a week after the death of Deanne Pinney, the mother of trainer Kerry Parker’s two children, Tampering has scored an emotional win for the stable at Randwick. While Parker …

The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Zouzarella has lived up to the pre-race hype with a narrow but impressive debut win at The Valley. The Zoustar filly was well-supported in early betting for the Roll The Dice Racing …

Kyle Wilson-Taylor has had to watch as Jaden Lloyd and Leah Kilner made flying starts to the new season while he was on the sidelines suspended and he was happy …

Adam Durrant admits The Front Bar has been a surprise packet for his in form stable and he has high hopes she can extend her winning form at Belmont Park …

Former jockey Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood has died peacefully in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on Thursday night, aged 62. Thurgood suffered a catastrophic brain injury when Taras Regent suffered a fatal heart attack during the running of the …

Trainer Nick Ryan has been looking for a reason to spell Mahamedeis, but has been unable to find one. For that reason, Mahamedeis will contest the Ranvet Handicap (2040m) at The Valley on Saturday, the gelding’s 11th start of the campaign. …

Xtremetime can give trainer John Thompson his fourth win in the Silver Shadow Stakes. John Thompson reckons his Silver Shadow Stakes contender Xtremetime is like a Formula One racing car. She isn’t …

James Cummings is bullish about the spring prospects of Doncaster Mile winner Cascadian, who makes his seasonal return in the Group 1 Winx Stakes at Randwick. The former French galloper has …

Stay Inside has tuned up for his return in the San Domenico Stakes with a quiet barrier trial at Randwick that got the thumbs up from co-trainer Michael Freedman . It was …

The new racing season is not yet three weeks old and Godolphin and James Cummings have already made a statement with their three-year-olds. Paulele and Ingratiating have returned to claim ‘black type’ victories and …

Phillip Stokes is banking on the unbeaten record of Ancestry at The Valley as being beneficial to the chances of the sprinter in his first-up run from a spell. Ancestry makes his return in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m), the first …

A hit-and-run raid on Melbourne didn’t produce the desired result but it did teach connections of smart mare Villami an important lesson. The daughter of Foxwedge resumed with a Group 3 …

ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Anamoe has suffered a setback with Godolphin confirming the colt has spiked a temperature which will force him to miss some work. Trainer James Cummings said he …

Top jockey Nash Rawiller has suffered a major blow on the eve of the spring carnival, fracturing his foot in a freak incident at Hawkesbury’s Rowley Mile meeting. The injury was …

A Kalgoorlie Cup campaign goes on the line for Scintillating when the Blackfriars gelding lines up in Saturday’s BHP Newman Cup (2100m). Trainer Matthew Stephens believes the way the seven-year-old has …