The Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival kicks off this weekend with the running of the Group 2 Expressway Stakes at Warwick Farm racecourse. Throughout the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival there is a total of twenty one Group 1 races including the Golden Slipper Stakes, The BMW, AJC Australian Derby, TJ Smith Stakes and the Doncaster Handicap. View [...]
With the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival for 2013 about to get into full swing with the running of the first Group 1 event this weekend we take a look at the dates and races for the coming months of racing which include the Lightning Stakes in which star mare Black Caviar [...]
Brad Rawiller’s winning run has been stalled with the leading Victorian jockey suffering a broken bone in a foot in a barrier incident at Terang on Sunday. Rawiller, who has a healthy lead over Dean Yendall in the state premiership, is expected to be out for two to three weeks. [...]
Former jockey Mark Newnham will make a return to the saddle to ride star colt Pierro in a barrier trial on Tuesday. Newnham, raceday foreman and a track rider for the Gai Waterhouse stable, is Pierro’s regular work partner. With Nash Rawiller sidelined by a broken ankle, Newnham has received [...]
How Black Caviar mania will hit Caulfield on Saturday * Free Black Caviar flags and face masks at the entry gates. * A Black Caviar photo booth will be open from 12:30pm to 4:30pm (AEDT). * Author of `Black Caviar’ Gerard Whateley to sign copies of his book from 2pm [...]
Lawyers for the Racing Victoria stewards have called for a two-year disqualification for Tony Karakatsanis and one year for his son Con. The pair were earlier found guilty of charges in relation to an intention to stomach tube the horse Howmuchdoyouloveme before it raced at Flemington on November 3. Dr [...]
Chris Symons has tried to make the best of a frustrating few months but he can’t wait to be back race riding on Saturday. The popular jockey returns from a broken foot with three rides in Adelaide for trainer Tony McEvoy, an opportunity he hopes to capitalise on as he [...]
Corey Brown has been reminded of his professional responsibilities after weighing in 1.2kg overweight on Kristy Lee who finished in a dead-heat for third at Warwick Farm. Stewards told Brown it was the difference between the filly claiming third prize outright in her 1200m race. Instead she shared the purse [...]
Sydney’s best mare More Joyous will make her first public appearance since the Cox Plate in a Randwick barrier trial next week. The prolific winner has been nominated for a 1050m heat on Tuesday which also includes exciting Gai Waterhouse-trained stablemate Proisir. Another horse who hasn’t been seen publicly since [...]
Apprentice Blake Spriggs was lucky to escape injury when his mount Circle Of Power collapsed and died in the final race at Rosehill on Saturday. Spriggs sensed something was wrong with the Rod Craig-trained gelding at the top of the straight and tried to ease him out of the race. [...]
