VICTORIA DERBY DAY – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW * The premier day of Australian racing held at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday, November 4, 2017 * The first day of …
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Craig Williams is taking every opportunity to get to know his Melbourne Cup mount Wall Of Fire. The leading jockey made a trip to Werribee on Wednesday to partner the …
Continue reading Craig Williams getting to know Melbourne Cup horseDaysee Doom is ready to experience her first Derby day at Flemington, but her regular jockey must wait before taking part in one of Australia’s iconic race meetings. Sydney’s premier …
Continue reading Myer Classic: Ben Melham to ride Daysee DoomToorak Handicap winner Tosen Stardom headlines a field of 14 for the $1 million Group One Kennedy Mile and will jump from barrier nine. The Japanese import will be joined …
Continue reading Final Fields released for Derby day at FlemingtonThe Chinese port of Zhuhai is a world away from Ash Barty’s native Queensland, but the 21-year-old insists she feels right at home. And it certainly looked that way when …
Continue reading Barty feeling at home in ChinaThe Wallabies feel they’ll have an advantage over some of their World Cup rivals with Saturday’s historic Test against Japan to be played at the venue for the 2019 tournament …
Continue reading Wallabies hope Japan Test gives RWC19 liftRafael Nadal made sure he would top the ATP rankings at the end of the season when he beat South Korea’s Chung Hyeon 7-5 6-3 in the second round of …
Continue reading Rafael Nadal claims year-end No.1 rankingAsh Barty has one foot in the WTA Elite Trophy semi-finals after an impressive straight sets defeat of Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Wednesday night. The new Australia No.1 produced the …
Continue reading Barty powers to Elite Trophy winChampions Leeds will play two Super League games at Elland Road in 2018 with Danny McGuire’s Hull KR the first visitors. The Rhinos, whose Headingley home is undergoing redevelopment work, …
Continue reading Leeds begin Super League defence v WolvesTrainer Kris Lees is hoping for rain in the lead-up to the Kennedy Mile as he tries to win the Flemington Group One race for a second-straight year. Lees won …
Continue reading Sense Of Occasion freshened for Kennedy MileChris Waller has successfully pinpointed the Carbine Club Stakes as an ideal introduction to stakes racing for emerging three-year-olds and Kaonic is the latest colt to be aimed at the …
Continue reading Kaonic to run in Carbine Club StakesJockey Cory Parish planned to beg trainer David Hayes for a ride, any ride, on Melbourne Cup day. He has never been to a Melbourne Cup, even as a spectator, …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup a dream come true for Cory ParishQueensland trainer Kevin Kemp has chosen to forgive and forget Sold For Song’s unplaced run in the Tristarc Stakes preferring to concentrate on her sterling effort at Flemington. Sold For …
Continue reading Sold For Song headed to Tristarc StakesBookmakers have dual Group One winner Global Glamour as the early favourite to win the Myer Classic at Flemington. The mare’s co-trainer Gai Waterhouse agrees. Global Glamour, winner of the …
Continue reading Global Glamour heads Myer Classic oddsThe Lindsay Park team already has two Melbourne Cup-bound stayers and hopes another will cement his spot via the Lexus Stakes. Ventura Storm and Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time are …
Continue reading Harlem to line-up in the Lexus Stakes FieldTrainer James Cummings is relying on Astoria in his bid to win back-to-back Victoria Derbys and believes the colt has had the right foundation for the Classic. A capacity field …
Continue reading Cummings after second Victoria DerbyNSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson feels invigorated after being handed added freedom to “poke the bear” after a disappointing 2017 Super Rugby season. The Waratahs finished third last with just …
Continue reading Waratahs coach ready to ‘poke the bear’Brisbane coach Chris Fagan hopes the recruitment of Luke Hodge and Charlie Cameron is a sign the tide is turning for the struggling AFL club. Former Hawthorn captain Hodge’s shock …
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