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Trainer Sam Kavanagh says Absalon is pain free and in career best form. Kavanagh believes those factors helped Absalon to win Saturday’s Tattersall’s Recognition Stakes (1615m) at Doomben. [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”] …

While Kathy O’Hara was at home nursing a sore head, Brenton Avdulla stepped into the breach to ride one of her favourite horses to win the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. …

NSW young gun Kurtis Patterson led a fightback against Tasmania at Bellerive with a first half-century since becoming the youngest player to make a Sheffield Shield hundred. Patterson was unbeaten …

Unbeaten mare White Sage has stepped up to the plate for her first black-type win at Rosehill with jockey James McDonald taking control of the Festival Stakes from the barrier …

Former Test batsman Marcus North has been granted leave by Western Australia from the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland after his brother was killed in an accident on Friday. The …

England’s spin twins outfoxed the Chairman’s XI top-order batting but the home side fought back to reach 6-189 at tea on Saturday’s second and final day of their clash in …

Mitch Marsh fell agonisingly short of a century but not before ensuring Western Australia posted a competitive first innings total on Saturday in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at …

Golf’s man of the moment Adam Scott is poised to complete a summer slam after extending his lead over the Australian Open field to four strokes with a cool third-round …

Declaring the rotation policy dead and buried, Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann says pace spearhead Ryan Harris won’t be rested from the second Ashes Test. And Lehmann says Australian players …

New Zealand’s significantly cooler weather and its less hectic cricket environment will provide a challenge and some respite for the West Indies after their tour of India, skipper Darren Sammy …

As a boy, he dreamt of winning Wimbledon. As a precocious teenage golf talent, Ryan Ruffels is eyeing a place in next year’s British Open field after continuing his remarkable …

Mitch Marsh fell agonisingly short of a century but not before ensuring Western Australia would post a competitive first innings total on Saturday in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland …

South Australia’s Callum Ferguson has raced to a century to continue the punishment for Victoria on day two of their Sheffield Shield game at the MCG. In reply to the …

Girl In Flight winning the Leigh Thomas Gift at Caulfield ridden by Ryan Maloney and trained by Robbie Griffiths - (photo by Steven Dowden/Race Horse Photos Australia)

Exciting filly Girl In Flight is headed for the Australasian Oaks in Adelaide in May after a last-to-first Caulfield win on Saturday. The Robbie Griffith-trained three-year-old lived up to her …

Adam Scott has extended his lead over the field to five strokes midway through his third round of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. Scott’s much-hyped head-to-head duel with Rory …

A winning debut from two-year-old Nordic Empire at Caulfield has stamped him as a Magic Millions Classic contender. The Mick Price-trained colt attracted late support ahead of Saturday’s Flemington Equine …

Anthony Cummings couldn’t find any takers when he tried to sell shares in Forget Maybe and kept the colt for himself. The trainer had the last laugh at Rosehill on …

Three-time major runner-up Jason Day has awoken from his slumber to charge up the leaderboard on moving day at the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. Starting the third round at …