Sprinter shooting for first win in nearly two years
Shooting For Gold hasn’t won in nearly two years but gets his best chance to break that drought at Eagle Farm in the easiest race he has contested for some time.
Shooting For Gold hasn’t won in nearly two years but gets his best chance to break that drought at Eagle Farm in the easiest race he has contested for some time.
Victoria’s Supreme Court of Appeal has wiped a punter’s $150,000 debt to a bookmaker due to paperwork failures.
Vlad Duric will go down as one of the greats of Singapore racing and the four-time champion jockey wants to sign off in style with a final win in the Derby at Kranji on Sunday.
NSW trainer Jason Grimson has found a way to beat Leap To Fame twice, and is confident one of his four Sunshine Sprint runners can upset the champ again.
Top jockey Blake Shinn delivered a perfect ride on Deny Knowledge to land his third Grafton Cup.
Trainer Margaret De Gonneville has had an extraordinary career in racing after moving from New Zealand to Sydney in 1956 before she started riding trackwork for the great Tommy Smith at Randwick.
Mishani man Mike Crooks has a new trainer and she is heading to Goondiwindi in the Queensland bush for her first runners on Saturday.
The Snowden family added another Ramornie Handicap success at Grafton on Wednesday before the training partnership is set to end.
James McDonald restored his three-win lead over Nash Rawiller in the Sydney jockeys premiership after his lead was cut following a messy incident in an earlier race.
Trainer Mathew Ellerton, recovering from a recent stroke, received a welcome boost with a winner at Sandown on Wednesday.
Leviathan owner Kevin Seymour will channel John Singleton and shout the bar if his superstar Leap To Fame can win the Group 1 Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park.
When Australia’s richest and newest two-year-old race was unveiled late last year, Ballarat trainer Damien Burns immediately made it a dream target for the then-unraced Hesitate.
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Melbourne’s riding ranks will be boosted by the return of two star jockeys, Jamie Kah and Ben Melham.
The winner of the US race won by 2021 Cox Plate champ State Of Rest will now earn a guaranteed start in The Valley’s greatest race in October.
James McDonald hasn’t ridden for three weeks due to a stomach complaint and during this period rival Nash Rawiller has closed to within three wins in the title race.
It might be mid-winter but reappearance of the three proven Group 1 performers is a tell-tale sign that the spring carnival is near.
A strong formline from his last-start win makes the Warwick Capper-owned Capper Thirtynine one of the better bets of Tuesday’s Ballarat Synthetic meeting.
It can often be a baptism of fire for new jockeys in Hong Kong and it was no different for Ben Thompson, who has weathered the storm and looking to make an impact in the new season come September.
Vlad Duric added another winter carnival stakes victory in the Winx Guineas since his return from Singapore, and winning for the Snowden stable made it more satisfying.
The connections of Punch Lane took advantage of the postponed Glasshouse Handicap as the gelding made a mess of his rivals to land a massive plunge.
A smart ride by Angela Jones proved the difference in the Caloundra Cup with the victory capping a breakout winter carnival.
Leap To Fame now holds a 2-1 advantage over older sibling Swayzee after a blistering win in the Mr Feelgood, and will be out to exact revenge in the Black A Fake.
Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner gives his top selections for the Pakenham Synthetic meeting on Monday.
Central Queensland warhorse Master Jamie has been denied a fairytale third straight Rockhampton Cup after a pair of polocrosse players combined to win the Beef Capital feature on Saturday.
After an unlucky fifth at his stable debut, the Chris Waller-trained Aramco bounced back with a handy in at Randwick.
Champion jockey Nash Rawiller rode a winning treble including navigating spectacular wide runs on Ha Ha Ha and South Of India – but it was a losing ride which is likely to cost him any chance of winning the Sydney premiership.
Trainer Bjorn Baker had two suitable races for War Eternal but his decision to bypass a Big Dance Qualifier was justified by the gelding’s strong win at Randwick.
An official at Doomben said he did not see a jockey thrown off her horse before the start of a race, leading to a bungled jump, bizarre circumstances and four non-runners.
Being overseas by the pool has provided some magic racing moments for champion Queensland trainer Tony Gollan, who on Saturday surged past his own mark for the most city winners in a season.
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