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Trainer Tony Vasil will decide after trackwork on Thursday morning whether to back up in-form mare Bird Of Fire in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Classic.The four-year-old daughter of Stravinsky woul...
Promising three-year-old Arjuna will go into his spring grand final a fresh horse in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.Trainer John Collins said he was always going to give the Giant's Causeway ...
Talented gelding Caymans mended his ways to win today's Group Two Sandown Guineas and give himself a chance at the cream of the three-year-old autumn races in Sydney.Trainer Peter Snowden listed th...
Douro Valley could be Australia's sole representative at the rich international meeting in Hong Kong.Although disappointed the gelding was beaten by Zipping in Saturday's Sandown Classic, trainer D...
Promising stayer Circle Of Fame is beginning to justify trainer Rod Craig's faith in his ability and will step up to open company at Randwick on Saturday.The four-year-old has won two of his four s...
The moment of truth will soon arrive for up-and-coming star Burdekin Blues who is back in work ahead of his tilt at Group One glory in Melbourne in the autumn.Burdekin Blues has been in work with t...
Jockey Stathi Katsidis is expected to be sidelined for up to three months after breaking his leg in a track mishap.Katsidis is due to be released from Redlands Hospital on Brisbane's bayside on Thu...
Heavy rain has forced Wednesday's Doomben race meeting to be abandoned.Queensland Racing Limited chief steward Reid Sanders had no hesitation calling off the meeting after Doomben was drenched foll...
Rookie trainer Eden Petrie is hoping more than two decades studying the methods of Ron Quinton and John Wallace will pay dividends and give him his first metropolitan win with talented sprinter Alb...
Melbourne Cup winner Viewed is expected to launch his autumn carnival campaign in a race that has twice confirmed the genius of trainer Bart Cummings.As Viewed rests in a paddock near Bowral in the...
When Deane Lester talks racing, people listen. Deane’s rapid rise to the top of his profession has earned him respect as a key media form analyst. His peers are the first to say he’s shrewd...
MELBOURNE Cup favourite Puissance de Lune will kick start his spring campaign in the Peter Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield on August 17. Trainer Darren Weir said Puissance De Lune, winner of the Be...
The Makybe Diva Stakes is firming as the probable next start for Spring Racing Carnival banner horse Puissance de Lune. Trainer Darren Weir says the $350,000 Group 1 event, at Flemington on 7 Sep...
New Zealand stayer Deane Martin has moved a step closer to securing a start in the $6 million Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) after being issued with a one kilogram penalty for his win in ...
With punters facing the prospect of more and more the inevitable outcome is that they're tempted to bet on too many races and study each race with less attention than ever. It's an enormous shame ...
There has never been a great emphasis on trackwork gallops in Australian racing and less so in recent years, with the growth in the numbers of meetings held resulting in punters having less time t...
Racing Victoria stewards considered imposing an improper riding charge against Daniel Stackhouse on Wednesday, but downgraded it to careless riding before banning him for 12 meetings. Stack...
To the many newcomers to the racing fraternity, recognition of the name Dominic Beirne may be pretty much restricted to those who have access to pay television’s Sky racing channel, and identif...
When it comes to the class division in racing, the average punter usually has a lot of questions to ask. What is the higher class of race - a OMW (no metropolitan win) or a Class 6? How many Maid...
QUEENSLAND Racing's chief handicapper Lester Grimmett said yesterday he was prepared to use his discretionary powers to keep filly Ortensia's Stradbroke Handicap hopes alive by ensuring she gains a...