Winning doubles to Chris Waller at Doomben and Randwick could not ease the pain of the loss of stable stalwart Rangirangdoo on Saturday. The Waller-trained Zoustar won the Group Two Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben and Hawkspur took out the Group Three Premier’s Cup before Rangirangdoo broke down in the [...]
The father-and-son training team of Bill and Symon Wilde will face a Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing over a positive swab returned by one of their horses. Racing Victoria stewards issued a charge to the co-trainers on Tuesday as a result of Great Lane testing positive to the banned [...]
Outstand mare Ortensia, who has Group One wins in three countries, has been retired after finishing unplaced in the race named in her honour at Scone on Saturday. Trainer Paul Messara told stewards the mare had raced for the last time after she laboured into ninth place, four lengths from [...]
The Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival continues this weekend with the Group 1 Doomben Cup being run at Eagle Farm racecourse. The Doomben 10,000 will follow the week after with the Stradbroke Handicap being run on the 11th of June. We take a look at the race days, dates and races for [...]
Racing NSW stewards have laid two charges against trainer Gai Waterhouse over the More Joyous affair.
Successful Victorian training partners Bill and Symon Wilde are set to face a stewards’ inquiry over a positive swab. A horse in the care of the co-trainers tested positive after winning on debut at Warrnambool. Racing Victoria confirmed on Tuesday a post-race urine sample taken from Great Lane after its [...]
The autumn racing carnival may be over, but its effect off the turf on the fashion fields will likely linger to next season, stylists say. The Sydney Cup day at Randwick on Saturday marked the end of the autumn carnival and plenty of racegoers embraced the modest, demure and covered-up [...]
A relieved Chris Waller will head to the final day of the Sydney autumn carnival cleared of wrongdoing over positive swabs returned by three of his horses which consumed contaminated feed. However the company which supplied the feed, Agricure, will be referred to government authorities over its lack of quality [...]
Star jockey Craig Williams is heading back abroad for another stint in Japan. Williams will chase Group One success at Randwick on the final day of Sydney’s autumn carnival on Saturday before leaving for Japan on Monday to ride for two months. It will be the jockey’s fourth stint in [...]
Australia’s superstar mare ‘Black Caviar’ has been officially retired today after a press conference was announced by Peter Moody at 3pm at Caulfield racecourse where she is stabled. All owners where in attendance for the conference which brought speculation around lunchtime that her retirement was immanent. More information to come..