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Lee Freedman is leaving his options open with promising young stayer Mount Everest.Freedman, who returned from the Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sales on Monday, entered Mount Everest for the ...
Jason Coyle is loving life as a Sydney trainer and is hoping Subtle Cove will give Patinack Farm its first stakeswinner out of its Warwick Farm stables.Coyle, 31, relocated from a 20-horse stable a...
Keen fisherman Matthew Palmer is hoping for a big catch at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The 22-year-old apprentice, who loves to throw in a line at his canal home on the Gold Coast, will outride his clai...
Moments after the Golden Slipper is run each year, a statue of a jockey at the Rosehill winning post is painted in the colours of the victorious owner.John Singleton reckons they can put his blue a...
More Joyous did more than rocket up the Golden Slipper betting charts with a stunning win on debut.The filly confirmed that her trainer Gai Waterhouse might have a modern day freak on her hands.But...
Mick Price says he is a little bit nervous about Light Fantastic maintaining his unbeaten first-up record after the grey drew barrier one for Friday night's Group Two Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valle...
Two-time Group One winner Theseo will be given his chance to become Tulloch Lodge's latest weight-for-age star.Trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed an exclusive weight-for-age campaign for Theseo after...
Juvenile Alright Already surprised Gary Portelli with his debut victory but the trainer believes it will be no shock to see the colt defeat the much-hyped Manhattan Rain at Rosehill on Saturday.The...
Trainer Bryan Guy is trying to tread a diplomatic path at home ahead of the clash of stablemates Masai Pride and Pentacity at Doomben.Magic Millions Cup winner Masai Pride is part-owned by Guy's wi...
Golden Slipper hopeful Horizons has everyone at Tulloch Lodge excited about her autumn prospects after she held her own in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick.The Choisir filly will have her n...
Key issues are surfacing in the long drawn-out Danny Nikolic case...A ruling against the jockey could mean a 'gag' being placed on media interviews by jockeys. It also could mean they would have to...
The whip crisis...Seems like some big-name trainers are in 'full support' of the jockeys against the new whip rule...providing it doesn't inconvenience them or cost them a few dollars. The jockeys ...
The NSW Trainers Association (NSWTA) has thrown its support behind the jockeys' bid to have the controversial whip rules amended.Jockeys around the country walked off the job on Thursday after the ...
ARB chief Bob Bentley has dismissed the participation of owners, trainers and breeders in 'peace talks' to settle the whip crisis. In what will be seen as a contemptuous slap in the face for some o...
The Australian Jockeys Association will launch a major drive to have the controversial new whip laws amended next month when it meets members of the Australian Racing Board (ARB). A spokesman says:...
Even in an age when personal privacy is being crushed by governments and big corporations, the suggestion that jockeys should have their phones tapped in a bid to weed out corruption is a dangerous...
AUSTRALIAN racing is suffering a problem shared by most Western countries. As Australians grow taller and heavier, fewer and fewer have the shape and size to be jockeys and trackwork riders, and tr...
I was going to follow up my trainer blog tomorrow, or even Saturday morning, but as I will be chauffering a punting mate from Queensland this weekend and time may be an issue I thought I would have...
The whip rules saga has moved to another weird level with Chief NSW stipe Ray Murrihy warning jockeys that they could not rely on compensation from owners or trainers for breaking the controversial...
A rebellion is brewing against Racing NSW....The board and CEO Peter V'landys have been hit with a vote of no confidence by NSW trainers. Members of the NSW Trainers Association met on Monday night...