For the first time in her 12-start career, Vain Queen was not the favourite when she went onto the track for the Group Three Mumm Stakes at Flemington. But it …
Warwick Farm-based trainer David Pfieffer celebrated a Melbourne breakthrough when Atmospherical won at Flemington. Ridden by James McDonald, Atmospherical ($4.60) scored by 1-1/2 lengths from Consorting ($17) with Straight Gold …
Set Square has capped a meteoric rise with a fine staying performance to win the Group One VRC Oaks at Flemington. Trainer by Ciaron Maher, the filly was having just …
Hugh Bowman has salvaged his spring carnival with a Group One victory aboard Set Square in the VRC Oaks at Flemington. But a few things had to fall into place …
Punters are pinning their hopes on Chautauqua to line their wallets on the final day of the Flemington carnival tomorrow. SPECIAL OFFER: Sign-up at Sportingbet.com.au via this link for a $700 …
Popular Tasmanian galloper The Cleaner will be back in Melbourne for the Group One Emirates Stakes which has attracted a capacity field. The Mick Burles-trained The Cleaner captured the racing …
A field of 13 has accepted for the $1 million Darley Classic, including Irish sprinter Slade Power. A winner of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and July Cup at his two …
An autopsy on Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti has revealed the Japanese stayer died of heart failure. “(The horse’s death) is caused by a large heart mass, a really rapid …
Trackwork rider Willie Hulbert’s calming influence on horses has earned his father Peter an impressive new stable acquisition in Salut The Solution. Although now a six-year-old, Salut the Solution has …
Clarry Conners will make sure he is standing far away from rival trainer John Sargent when they leg their jockeys aboard for the VRC Oaks. Conners saddles up Yesterjoy at …
A Melbourne Cup day win was a new experience for country trainer Gwenda Johnstone. But she will be back at Flemington on VRC Oaks day with a runner in a …
Joe Pride’s decision to steal a nap on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney on Wednesday had an unwanted aside. He woke to find the plane descending towards a foreign …
Trainer Robert Heathcote was furious after Queensland racing officials scrapped an open company race in Brisbane for the second week in a row. Racing Queensland deleted a 1050m event from …
Racegoers could be banned from having flags at Victorian race meetings in the wake of Melbourne Cup runner Araldo’s death. It has been reported a flag-waving Cup-day reveller spooked Araldo, …
Champion trainer Andreas Wohler won’t be taking the Melbourne Cup home to Germany, but he did get a share of $3.6 million and a free breakfast. The softly spoken German …
Promising filly Star Drop belied her parade-ring looks when she broke her maiden status in easy fashion at Ipswich on Wednesday. Star Drop, who had form around some of Queensland’s …
Hucklebuck hasn’t won over a mile or at Group One level but he has an opportunity to deliver on both accounts in the Emirates Stakes. Trainer Phillip Stokes and owner …
The horse racing industry has rejected cruelty claims after two horses died in the Melbourne Cup, saying critics have no idea how well the animals are treated. Co-owner of Melbourne …
