After a wretched start to the World Cup, Heyneke Meyer’s two-time champions South Africa get another shot at redemption on Saturday against Scotland. It is a crucial match in unravelling …
Continue reading Springboks aiming to get back on trackHawthorn legend Dermott Brereton has backed Daniel Chick’s honesty in the wake of his explosive allegations about West Coast’s drug culture during the mid-2000s. Brereton said he had a deep …
Continue reading Daniel Chick does not lie: BreretonPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lamented the lack of “people and excitement” in Melbourne a day before the AFL grand final. “Very peaceful trip on no 11 tram – eerily …
Continue reading Turnbull missing grand final excitementMichael Cheika has delivered a blunt response to England’s scathing assessment of the Wallabies’ rebuilt scrum: talk is cheap. For the first time in the build-up to the Wallabies crunch …
Continue reading Cheika bites back at England scrum jibesThe 2015 Rugby World Cup at a glance after Wales beat Fiji and France beat Canada in pool matches Thursday: Pool A At Cardiff Wales 23 Fiji 13 Standings (played, …
Continue reading Rugby World Cup at a glanceFP – Queensland great Matt Bowen has been given the chance to add a Super League title to his glittering list of achievements after Wigan booked a place in the …
Continue reading Bowen’s Wigan into Super League decideror-age HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One status in 2013. From 2007 to 2014 run at 1200m but …
Continue reading What you need to know about the Moir Stakes 2015Tommy Berry believes punters aren’t showing Melbourne’s weight-for-age form enough respect and has declared Entirely Platinum a major player in Saturday’s Epsom Handicap. Hawkes Racing made the decision to send …
Continue reading Berry Entirely happy with G1 Epsom Handicap mountChris Waller is calling on his next generation of stars to deliver on their potential as his stable tries to extend a winning streak in Randwick’s famous mile races. In …
Continue reading Winx, Sadler’s Lake lead Waller’s 2015 Epsom Handicap teamVictorian horse trainer Mark Riley has been cleared of a doping charge and had his three year ban overturned by the Supreme Court. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board found …
Continue reading Vic horse trainer cleared of dopingHorse trainer Mark Riley’s three-year ban has been overturned after the Victorian Supreme Court cleared him of a doping charge. Mr Riley was accused of administering a prohibited substance to …
Continue reading Doping ban overturned for trainer RileyRising Romance has the outside barrier in the Turnbull Stakes but co-trainer Tom Dabernig is confident the mare is still capable of being a force. Last year’s ATC Australian Oaks …
Continue reading Rising Romance spot-on for Turnbull Stakes 2015If Buffering can win the Group One Moir Stakes he will join two champions of Australian sprinting to have passed $5 million in stakes. The eight-year-old is $120,000 short of …
Continue reading Buffering chasing milestones in Moir StakesWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TURNBULL STAKES $500,000 set weights and penalties 2000m A watershed race for horses heading to the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup …
Continue reading Turnbull Stakes 2015 – what you need to knowIn a different era, a French import making its way to Australia via a Group One race in Singapore would be cause for intrigue in the Metropolitan. But such has …
Continue reading Orbec and overseas mates dominate 2015 Metropolitan Handicap FieldMiss Cover Girl’s historical form pattern has trainer Kelly Schweida in two minds about whether to run the stakes winner at Doomben on Saturday. The mare is a $2.10 favourite …
Continue reading Miss Cover Girl uncertain Brisbane starterJames Cummings will saddle up his first Group One runner as a trainer in his own right when Ocean Tempest takes her place in Saturday’s Flight Stakes at Randwick. A …
Continue reading Flight Stakes 2015: Cummings first G1 runnerMark Riley says he wants to get on with the job of training racehorses after having a three-year ban overturned by the Victorian Supreme Court. “It’s been a very trying …
Continue reading Mark Riley relieved to have ban overturned

