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Racing Victoria has made the early decision to transfer the Cranbourne meeting on Thursday to the Polytrack at Pakenham. It follows more than 40mm of rain falling on the Cranbourne …

One day you might be feeling well and the next you could be struck down by unbearable shoulder pain, the kind that takes your breath away. Then comes the first …

The biggest event on Derby’s social calendar returns this weekend, with the Kimberley town expecting up to 2000 people to attend this year’s anticipated Derby Cup. The annual race meeting, …

Many of Ciaron Maher’s key spring players are nearing trial stage, but one of his Group 1 winners who might have a later start to spring than many is Socks …

Nick Olive has been happy to take it run by run with in-form three-year-old Toes In The Water, with the Maurice filly to have her eighth run of a preparation that …

Saturday’s Deane Lester Flemington Cup is the logical progression for many who contested the Banjo Paterson Series Final, but Phillip Stokes is happy one horse in particular is not among the …

It might be smack-bang in the middle of winter but James Cummings has got an early start on the spring preparations for some of his potential spring stars, including a couple …

Gai Waterhouse’s European holiday was not all just about laying back and enjoying the sunshine as some astute work was also done at the bloodstock sales. One purchase, a three-year-old …

Rather than being an inconvenience, the postponement of the Sunshine Coast’s feature races following relentless rain last weekend to a Sunday card a week later, co-trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman grabbed …

The number of black-type races, especially Guineas features, is thinning out as the season draws to a close but father and son, Peter and Paul Snowden, are continuing their success …

Quietly satisfied is what trainer Annabel Neashem seemed to be when former French galloper Don Diego De Vega won for the first time on Australian soil at Randwick. Steered by …

Ethan Brown suggested Manolo Bling’s future lay outside off-season grade after she got her career off to the perfect start at Caulfield on Saturday. The daughter of Grunt proved too classy for …

Adrian Bott is not quite sure yet where Wanaruah will fit within the powerhouse stable’s next season rising three-year-old ranks but he is highly confident that there can be a lot more …

Zac Lloyd will be at long odds to produce his heroics of a week ago at Randwick, but regardless of whether he ticks off any more achievements, his season will go …

Trainer Cliff Brown believes he has a ready-made replacement for the horse he was initially intending to run in a Stakes race at Caulfield. Little Miss Kubi will represent Brown in the …

Minsk Moment enters unchartered territory, but trainer Adam Durrant is cautiously optimistic about his winning chances at Belmont on Saturday. The well-travelled five-year-old resumes in the Listed Beaufine Stakes and …

Warrnambool trainer Tom Dabernig is banking on a return to Caulfield and a rain-affected track turning around the fortunes of Ashford Street. The sprinter has had three starts since joining Dabernig’s …

Kerrin McEvoy will miss the next two city meetings as he heads off for a short family break, but he is already looking forward to the new season and reuniting …