Expert rates Bonneval as NZ’s best
LEADING form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan from The Rating Bureau in Australia has rated Bonneval as the best of New Zealand’s classic winners in the 2016-17...
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A decade on, is Australia ready for an equine influenza outbreak?
A DECADE on from the equine influenza outbreak that threatened to bring the thoroughbred racing industry to its knees, a leading vet from the Flemington...
Big Orange second in Goodwood Cup
The John Gosden-trained three-year-old Stradivarius has upset Big Orange's bid for a third successive Goodwood Cup.
Makybe Diva vs. Phar Lap in the greatest Melbourne Cup ever run
THE world’s best stayers have all converged for the $1 million Staying Legends Final at Flemington this Saturday and the bookmakers believe it will be...
Case of the scratched Melbourne Cup horse hits the courts
A vet who treated a Melbourne Cup hopeful with a banned substance in the lead-up to the race knew “full well” the horse was due...
Payne links up with Precedence for farewell race
MELBOURNE Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne will ride Precedence for the first and last time this Saturday in the $150,000 Sandown Cup. The James Cummings-trained...
Excess Knowledge wins Lexus to earn Melbourne Cup start
IMPORTED galloper Excess Knowledge defied both a track bias and an inquiry to earn a spot in the 2015 Melbourne Cup. The Gai Waterhouse-trained runner...
Defending champion Protectionist ruled out of 2015 Melbourne Cup
2014 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist was one of two guaranteed entrants to pull out of the Melbourne Cup this week. The Kris Lees-trained runner will...
Track talk: Are ticket prices chasing away the grass roots fan?
THE grass roots murmurings about the ticket prices and general feel it costs too much for Victorians to enjoy a day at the races during...
Kirramosa on track for Cups
THE John Sargent-trained Kirramosa has been sparingly raced since winning the 2013 Group 1 Victoria Oaks, but it is on track for the Caulfield and...
Precedence aiming at another Cup tilt
THE Bart and James Cummings-trained Precedence is preparing towards yet another tilt at the Melbourne Cup on November 3. The 10-year-old is a Melbourne Cup...
Melbourne Cup winners cleared after drug testing
AFTER harness racing identity John Camilleri stated “I know a horse that won a Melbourne Cup on cobalt and EPO”, tests were performed on the...