Horse Racing News

• Scone carnival worth $1.8 million

  The Scone Cup carnival will reach new heights this year with $1.8 million on offer over two days and organisers predict it will just be the start of things to come.

   
• Black Caviar deserves Derby day spotlight

  The trainer of the AJC Australian Derby favourite is happy for his horse to be reduced to a support role on Saturday.

   
• Smart Missile passes barrier test

  Controversial Golden Slipper scratching Smart Missile is back in the running for autumn carnival spoils.

   
• Black Caviar to be tested in the TJ Smith

  Black Caviar could have as many as eight Group One winners as rivals when she makes her Sydney debut at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Black Caviar ready for the TJ Smith Stakes

  Black Caviar will be kept in familiar surroundings for as long as possible ahead of her first start outside Victoria.

   
• 2/4/2011 Rosehill wrap-up – Golden Slipper day

  Brilliance, boilovers, drama and class summed up Golden Slipper Day on Saturday. It was a mixed day for punters with several favourites winning whilst there were some major upsets thus putting the campaign of some leading horses under a cloud.

   
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  Smart Missile, Do You Think confirmed Sires starters

  Smart Missile, scratched at the barrier from the Golden Slipper, will be given a chance at redemption in this Saturday’s Group 1 AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

   
• Rangirangdoo undergoes tests

  Tests later this week will decide the future of dual Group One winner Rangirangdoo.

   
• Sepoy to stay in Australia

  Sepoy is unlikely to be rushed onto the international racing stage despite confirming his dominance of Australian juvenile racing with his Golden Slipper triumph.

   
• Right Of Refusal on track for Galilee Series Final

  Exciting young stayer Right Of Refusal is back on track for the Listed Galilee Series Final at Caulfield after a virus threatened to derail his campaign.

   
• What the jockeys said after the Golden Slipper

  What the jockeys said after the running of the $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

   
• Stewards gear swiped before Slipper

  A would-be thief almost caused mayhem before the start of Saturday’s Golden Slipper.

   
• Popular galloper Theseo retires

  Popular galloper Theseo, a genuine weight-for-age performer for much of his career, has run his last race.

   
• 2/4/2011 Rosehill Race Scratchings – Golden Slipper day

  There have been some very important scratchings at Rosehill today including scratchings in the Tulloch Stakes. View the full list of Rosehill Scratchings on Golden Slipper day.

   
• Just Horse Racing’s 2011 Golden Slipper Preview

  The Golden Slipper may be a lottery in many ways, but it is one of those rare occasions where every racegoer is convinced they have unlocked the secret to the race.

   
• Golden Slipper day preview: do you think it will be Satin Shoes’ lucky day?

  Australia’s richest raceday promises, as always, to be a great spectacle.

   
• History: 2004 Golden Slipper – Dance Hero

  With the running of the 2011 Golden Slipper tomorrow we take a look back in time to the fastest running of the race when Dance Hero held off Charge Forward and Alinghi in the 2004 Golden Slipper in a very quick time of of 1-8.60 which is just 21 hundreds… Read More »

   
• Queen a once in a lifetime for Layt

  Neville Layt has spent his working life in racing waiting for a horse to come along good enough to be in a race like the Golden Sipper.

   
• Smart horses, smart owners in the Golden Slipper

  It is the flag-bearer of Sydney racing and one of most significant races on the Australian turf calender.

   
• O’Shea tense ahead of Golden Slipper

  Golden Slipper week is always tense, but John O’Shea admits it’s even more so for him this year.