EXCLUSIVE: Legendary jockey Greg Hall back working in racing
Legendary jockey Greg Hall has experienced the highs and lows of racing, and has taken up a surprise role at a Sunshine Coast stable as he looks to reconnect to the sport he loves.
Legendary jockey Greg Hall has experienced the highs and lows of racing, and has taken up a surprise role at a Sunshine Coast stable as he looks to reconnect to the sport he loves.
Racing Victoria has started an independent recruitment for a permanent chief executive as its new chairman unveils his vision for the future in an exclusive interview.
TROA chairman Jonathan Munz says selecting a new Racing Victoria chairman from the incumbent directors was a mistake.
Irish training genius Aidan O’Brien is considering sending a team of horses to the Sydney spring carnival, Coolmore Australia supremo Tom Magnier has revealed.
Herald Sun and Racenet racing writer Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over Saturday’s card at Flemington.
Herald Sun and Racenet racing writer Gilbert Gardiner’s selections for Monday’s meeting at Pakenham.
Australian Bloodstock and Ciaron Maher have struck on one of the hottest prospects to come out of Europe, as they look to find their next Gold Trip following his retirement earlier this year.
Bella Nipotina could start a hot odds-on favourite in the final Group 1 of the season on Saturday and she will have a new jockey with regular rider Craig Williams in Ukraine carrying out his humanitarian work.
In a boon for Sydney’s flagship The Everest race day in October, hope is growing that King Charles will attend the meeting which also features the King Charles III Stakes.
Trainer Mick Bell, now working for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, was on hand to watch Hedged race to victory at Ipswich on Saturday.
While he was a tragedy beaten last start, jocket Luke Currie took bad luck out of the equation to guide Craig to victory at Flemington on Saturday.
Mindspace is a big chance of claiming his fourth win in his past six starts after making the successful move to Coffs Harbour.
Trainer James Cummings has declared everything is on the table as to what gun juvenile Broadsiding’s spring assault looks like.
Racing will be unaffected at Saturday’s Ipswich Cup, despite a small electrical fire in the old grandstand on Friday night which was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
Racing Victoria directors have unanimously elected a new chair and deputy.
Asfoora gave trainer Henry Dwyer the biggest win of his career as she silenced the Aussie doubters by taking out the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m) at Royal Ascot.
Apprentice Molly Bourke is keen to make her presence felt in Sydney and gets a great chance to do so in the Civic Stakes.
Sydney trainer Joe Pride has declared favourites King Of The Castle and The Black Cloud “hard to beat” at Flemington on Saturday.
Nozi Tomizawa used to punch home winners in Korea through driving snow, so the conditions on Ipswich Cup day will present little issues for the journeyman jockey.
Sneaky Sunrise could enhance her spring credentials with another victory at Flemington on Saturday.
James Cummings will record his 300th stakes win if Tamerlane takes out the Civic Stakes on Saturday — a milestone the Godolphin trainer was unaware of.
Vauban, unplaced in the Melbourne Cup last year as favourite, is set to return for another crack at Australia’s greatest race.
Robbie Dolan will look to secure back-to-back Ipswich Cups with Regal Lion, but he is daring to dream of much bigger Cups with Knight’s Choice later in the spring.
Racenet and The Herald Sun form analyst Gilbert Gardiner is keen on a Lindsey Smith-trained galloper who put the writing on the wall at Geelong last start.
Trainer Pat Carey has his sights on a third-straight success with Who Dares before his attention turns to the Listed Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final at Flemington on July 6.
After months of speculation, former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan will no longer put his hand up for the key role amid industry speculation he will be named the new chief executive of Tabcorp.
Champion jockeys Glen Boss and Damien Oliver are looking down the bottom of the weights in Saturday’s $3m Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap.
Paul Messara has flagged the Winx Guineas as a possible destination for Know Thyself if he runs up to expectations at Rosehill on Saturday.
Trainer Kris Lees is eyeing off a cross-border feature race double at Rosehill and Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Zouna will undergo a vet inspection on Saturday morning before being cleared to take his spot in the JJ Atkins, while Ryan Maloney is looking to cause another upset.
The speedy daughter of Deep Field will attempt to round out her preparation on a high note in the Precise Air Benchmark 78 Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Trainer Robert Hickmott needs to keep weight off the powerfully built gelding for an assignment at Caulfield at the end of June.
James Cummings says if Stradbroke Handicap favourite Vilana isn’t in contention in the final stages, his gaze will switch to a rival runner ridden by a young jockey who he says rides with great bravery.
Ray Thomas and Ron Dufficy analyse all 10 races at Rosehill on Saturday, plus they cast their eyes over the Stradbroke Handicap and JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm.
Socially Sassy has Mornington Peninsula retirement villages, Frankston RSL and even tax men in raptures for her Sandown test on Saturday.
Still a teenager and not taking to schooling, the French-born now Australian horse trainer found himself riding trackwork on the beaches of Normandy.
Racing Victoria has endorsed a “short trial” of Saturday night summer racing at Cranbourne.
Archie Alexander would love to have a stable of Crackerjack Princes, especially if the consistent galloper can post a third-up win at Sandown on Saturday.
Things are transpiring against Bella Nipotina in Saturday’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, however her jockey says he’d rather be on no other course as he looks to break all kinds of records in the race.
Trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy will follow the lead of one of Australia’s training immortals with imported galloper Concorde, who makes his local debut at Sandown on Saturday
A powerful last-start win could lead to another success for a Shane Nichols-trained galloper at Friday’s Ballarat Synthetic meeting.
A couple of Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg’s previous stars have gone close to winning the Stradbroke Handicap but Magic Time might be the one to break the drought.
A winner of two of her eight starts in Ireland, Ha Ha Ha, hasn’t raced for 20 months but Adrian Bott says the rising six-year-old is ready to return to competition.
Broadsiding is long odds-on to grab his second Group 1 in the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday, with Godolphin set to consider races like the Cox Plate for the rising star colt.
Cricket hero David Warner is trying to win a T20 World Cup for Australia, but he is also striving to win racing’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday.
Mick Price reveals larrikin fellow trainer Mick Bell, of Jungle Edge fame, is helping to prepare Stradbroke Handicap fancy Amenable.
Matty and Benny chat about some syndicators’ mayonnaise, who’s better out of Chris Waller and Ciaron Maher, and they look ahead to Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap, JJ Atkins and the Q22.
Handy filly Batrana could bounce back from an unlucky first-up run while a consistent performer from the Lindsay Park camp could produce an upset at Saturday’s Sandown Hillside meeting.
Trainer David Brideoake says his Blue Point colt has progressed nicely since a Caulfield victory but is mindful of a 2.5kg weight disadvantage when he steps out at Sandown on Saturday.
A Godolphin three-year-old can build on a promising first-up run while the Patrick Payne stable will produce the best value runner of the day at Echuca on Thursday.
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