The Wallabies’ stirring comeback win over Argentina and uncertainty around Michael Cheika’s team selection have the All Blacks wary heading into Saturday’s final Bledisloe Cup clash of the year. While …
Continue reading All Blacks wary of confident WallabiesIsrael Folau is set to play for Australia to the end of 2022 after reportedly signing a four-year contract extension with the Wallabies and NSW Waratahs. The 29-year-old superstar put …
Continue reading Folau pens new Wallabies, NSW deal: reportTwo NRL players accused of stripping naked at a Sydney pub during Canterbury’s Mad Monday celebrations are expected to enter a plea in court in November. Adam Elliott and Asipeli …
Continue reading Dogs pair face court over Mad MondayMelbourne’s weather is set to play a role in the preparation of the Moonee Valley track ahead of the Cox Plate. The weather bureau says there is a 40 per …
Continue reading MVRC on Cox Plate day weather watchThe Moonee Valley Racing Club committee has used its discretion to exclude Trap For Fools from the Cox Plate, saying his form does not warrant him starting in the $5 …
Continue reading Trap For Fools omitted from Cox Plate FieldBeauden Barrett is open to the idea of a sabbatical in Japan as he and other leading All Blacks eye lucrative offshore moves following next year’s World Cup. Playmaker Barrett …
Continue reading Top All Blacks eye Japanese career breakNew Zealand supporters can thank the fortitude of Dallin Watene-Zelezniak’s wife for his assured performance in their upset of the Kangaroos. In the lead-up up to Saturday’s first Test against …
Continue reading Kiwis skipper praises wife and coachTony McEvoy’s hopes that three-year-old filly Sunlight can upstage the older sprinters in the Group One Manikato Stakes have been boosted after the barrier draw for the $1 million race. …
Continue reading Sunlight set to shine in Manikato Stakes 2018Dual winner of The Everest, Redzel, headlines the 34 sprinters still in contention for the $1 million VRC Sprint Classic at Flemington. First acceptances were taken on Tuesday for the …
Continue reading 34 contenders remain in VRC Sprint Classic contentionNew Zealand stayer Jon Snow will miss the Melbourne Cup for the second year in a row with the five-year-old on his way home. The 2017 Australian Derby winner finished …
Continue reading NZ stayer out of the Melbourne Cup 2018Godolphin’s Kementari has drawn barrier 12 of 14 in the Group One Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. Despite the alley, the four-year-old remains favourite at $4.60 ahead of three-year-old filly …
Continue reading Final Field of 14 for Manikato Stakes 2018Winx will have seven rivals in the Cox Plate with the Moonee Valley Racing Club rejecting the entry of the Jarrod McLean-trained Trap For Fools. The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Benbatl …
Continue reading Eight horses to line-up in Cox Plate FieldChampion Winx is to start from her widest barrier as she attempts an historic fourth win in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Part-owner Peter Tighe selected barrier six in …
Continue reading Hugh Bowman happy to let Cox Plate unfoldWithhold is favourite to add his name to the list of international winners of the Geelong Cup and jockey Kerrin McEvoy believes the English stayer has what it takes to …
Continue reading Withhold heads odds for G3 Geelong CupAustralia’s John Millman missed out on a potential showdown with Roger Federer after suffering a straight-sets defeat to Jan-Lennard Struff at the Swiss Indoors tournament. Millman shocked Federer by dumping …
Continue reading Millman misses another shot at FedererWinx has attracted a large early morning crowd at Moonee Valley where she has had a work-out over 1000 metres ahead of her bid for a fourth Cox Plate. Hugh …
Continue reading Winx tunes up for Cox Plate 2018He’s long been an X-factor but now Will Genia believes Quade Cooper could prove to be even more to the Melbourne Rebels. Eight years after Genia and Cooper guided Queensland …
Continue reading Genia: Rebels can win it with Super CooperDefending champion Caroline Wozniacki staved off the threat of an early exit at the WTA Finals in Singapore with a three-set victory over Petra Kvitova. The Australian Open champion defeated …
Continue reading Wozniacki outlasts Kvitova in Singapore


