Danny Nikolic cops 15-meeting suspension
Jockey Dan Nikolic was suspended for 15 meetings after he adversely affected the chances of several runners in the sixth heat of the Winter Championship at Flemington.
Jockey Dan Nikolic was suspended for 15 meetings after he adversely affected the chances of several runners in the sixth heat of the Winter Championship at Flemington.
RSPCA inspectors were at Gosford racecourse for Takeover Target Stakes day on Friday to investigate a complaint made to the animal welfare group in relation to whip use.
Top Australian jockey Zac Purton has been heavily fined by the Hong Kong Jockey Club after failing to tell them he was approached by the punter at the centre of the Chris Munce tips-for-bets scandal.
Former federal politician Peter McGauran has resigned his position as chief executive with Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) and Aushorse Marketing.
Group One-winning trainer Ciaron Maher has been fined $10,000 for lying in regard to the condition of a horse he scratched at Casterton last month.
Geelong Racing Club has secured Centrebet as the naming rights sponsor for the Geelong Cup for another five years.
Australian Turf Club will remain the name for Sydney’s merged racing entity.
High-profile jockey Corey Brown is the latest to be fined after being caught with a modified safety vest.
A Perth jockey who allowed his bank account to be used by his best friend in a scam to siphon more than $11,000 from Racing and Wagering WA has been fined $3000.
Reconstruction of the famous Cox Plate course is set to begin in 2016 as part of a multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Moonee Valley precinct.
Apprentice Daniel Stackhouse, on loan to leading trainer Peter Moody, was among four riders fined $1000 for being in possession of a modified safety vest at the weekend.
The chief executive of the partnership that controls six of the main racing clubs in New Zealand’s lower North Island has resigned after less than two years in the job.
Just a week after stewards found several modified safety vests in the jockeys’ room at Rosehill, Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins has been fined for going to the scales with the same equipment.
The Melbourne Racing Club has announced the introduction from 2012 of a lucrative new feature race for three-year-olds on Caulfield Guineas day.
The Victoria Racing Club has announced a huge financial incentive to overseas Global Sprint Challenge winners to race in this year’s Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington.
Bendigo has been granted a premier stand alone Saturday meeting for three years with the first to be held in March next year.
Victorian racing authorities have rejected the turnover model used by Racing NSW to charge wagering operators and will stay with its preferred method of charging based on a percentage of gross revenue.
Racing Victoria’s recruiter Leigh Jordon leaves for Asia on Sunday to try to attract horses to the Melbourne spring carnival.
Gold Coast Turf club chairman Andrew Eggleston has been banned for two months following a Racing Queensland Limited inquiry into allegations of “unseemly behaviour”.
Professional punter Stephen Fletcher has been disqualified over his involvement in a Brisbane racing scandal.