Horse racing
Grafton Cup carnival kicks off with a bang
The first of five meetings over 15 days in Grafton boasts quality horses from top trainers.
- by John Schell
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Race-by-race preview and tips for Sunday’s meeting at Grafton
All the information required to make your selections for Sunday’s nine-race card.
- by John Schell
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Courts
‘I will destroy you in court’: Top jockey’s night of drunken, racial abuse of police
Chad Schofield was meant to be in Wagga for a lucrative horse racing carnival, but instead ended up in custody after a wild confrontation with police.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Animal cruelty
Darren Weir handed two-year ban over the use of jiggers
The disgraced trainer has been issued a further disqualification for using an electronic shock device on three racehorses in 2018.
- by Andrew Wu
Race-by-race preview and tips for Friday’s meeting at Goulburn
All the information required to make your selections for Friday’s NSW feature meeting.
- by Neil Evans
Race-by-race preview and tips for Saturday’s meeting at Randwick
All the information required to make your selections for Saturday’s NSW feature meeting.
- by Brad Gray
Does any horse deserve a stakes win? Bjorn Baker thinks he has one
He’s anxious he’s gone to the well one time too many, but Bjorn Baker is confident he can nab the Winter Stakes before Iknowastar’s spring campaign.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘Good for the town, but good for me’: Dar Lunn’s 50-year journey to Elson Boy fame
The larrikin jockey-turned-trainer has seen plenty of horses in his time, but few as good as Elson Boy.
- by Adam Pengilly
High hopes for Zaragoza at Kembla, but weather worries cloud the issue
There’s already a “plan B” in place for Robert and Luke Price’s ex-Godolphin recruit Zaragoza should the weather halt Thursday’s Kembla Grange meeting.
- by Ray Hickson
Race-by-race preview and tips for Thursday meeting at Kembla Grange
All the information required to make your selections for the NSW feature meeting.
- by Ray Hickson
Race-by-race preview and tips for Canterbury on Wednesday
All you need to know to pick a winner or two from Wednesday’s seven-race card at Canterbury.
- by Nick Berney
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