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Damien Ractliffe is the Chief Racing Reporter for The Age.

How Oscar Piastri wowed the F1 world in his rookie season

How Oscar Piastri wowed the F1 world in his rookie season

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri exceeded all expectations in his first season on the Formula 1 grid. This is how the Melbourne rookie took the F1 world by storm.

  • by Damien Ractliffe

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Barwon Heads to the big time: Cats champion unearths draft gem in bush league

Barwon Heads to the big time: Cats champion unearths draft gem in bush league

First he helped Geelong recruiters identify Tom Stewart’s talents, now club great Matthew Scarlett has helped find another hidden gem for the Cats, convincing Oliver Wiltshire he has what it takes to be an AFL footballer.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
‘Groundhog day’: Cranbourne fights back after Flemington’s bid to snatch race meeting

‘Groundhog day’: Cranbourne fights back after Flemington’s bid to snatch race meeting

The CEO of the Cranbourne Turf Club has criticised a Victoria Racing Club pitch to take over Cranbourne Cup day, saying that holding more meetings at Flemington would just be groundhog day and not attract new fans to racing.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
AFL draft night two as it happened: Draftee’s hug with mum before late pick; Hawks take son of Paul Dear; Jiath’s Collingwood dream comes true

AFL draft night two as it happened: Draftee’s hug with mum before late pick; Hawks take son of Paul Dear; Jiath’s Collingwood dream comes true

Follow along for the remaining rounds of the AFL draft from Marvel Stadium.

  • by Damien Ractliffe, Claire Siracusa, Marc McGowan and Michael Gleeson
Thousand Guineas trophy on the plane to NZ

Thousand Guineas trophy on the plane to NZ

Businessman Brendan Lindsay’s confidence in filly Joliestar was fully justified when the Chris Waller-trained daughter of Zoustar proved too strong in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
Punters in dark over money as bookie site goes ‘under maintenance’ during Cup carnival

Punters in dark over money as bookie site goes ‘under maintenance’ during Cup carnival

Punters are waiting for answers after they were allegedly unable to make withdrawals by bookmaker Bet Deck, only for the site to go “under maintenance”.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
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This race was Melbourne’s answer to Peter V’landys’ Sydney showpiece, but fans will no longer have a voice

This race was Melbourne’s answer to Peter V’landys’ Sydney showpiece, but fans will no longer have a voice

The field for Racing Victoria’s prized autumn feature pop-up, the All-Star Mile, will no longer be voted on by the public.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
‘Deny, deny, deny’: Text messages revealed, stewards accused of ‘smear campaign’ in Kah hearing

‘Deny, deny, deny’: Text messages revealed, stewards accused of ‘smear campaign’ in Kah hearing

Star jockey Jamie Kah says she didn’t know stablehand Ruby McIntyre was recording her cutting lines of a white powder on a plate with an ID card, footage which has become central to a charge of conduct prejudicial to racing.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
Ride of the week, the fairytale and the horse to follow: Best of the Cup carnival

Ride of the week, the fairytale and the horse to follow: Best of the Cup carnival

Flemington has enjoyed a carnival to remember, with mostly glorious weather greeting more than 260,000 spectators across the four days.

  • by Damien Ractliffe
McDonald the carnival king as Flemington misses a last-minute Oliver twist
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Spring racing carnival

McDonald the carnival king as Flemington misses a last-minute Oliver twist

James McDonald stamped himself as the king of the Melbourne Cup carnival by claiming the Champions Stakes, denying Damien Oliver a fairytale Melbourne finish.

  • by Andrew Wu, Damien Ractliffe and Rob Harris
Missing airman’s ID tag found in Egyptian desert, 81 years after crash

Missing airman’s ID tag found in Egyptian desert, 81 years after crash

The first trace of an Australian airman whose plane vanished with seven crew during WWII has been uncovered by two Egyptian tour guides.

  • by Damien Ractliffe

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