In WA over the past two years, we’ve come to know Bjorn Baker for his boisterous post-race celebrations, but when Stefi Magnetica won the Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick, he was overcome by emotion.
Hayden King
Globetrotting gelding Dubai Honour made it a perfect hat-trick of Australian Group 1s, taking his third from as many appearances in Rosehill’s $1.5 million Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m).
A Qantas flight bound for Perth has been forced to turn around and make an sudden landing on Monday morning.
Matt Shrivell
Collingwood’s AFL premiership-winning coach Craig McRae celebrated a trophy of a different kind on Saturday when Feroce, a horse he part-owns, ripped away with the Group 1 $1 million Australian Guineas (1600m).
Two of the best mares to come out of WA will lock horns in Saturday’s Group 2 $300,000 Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) at New South Wales’ Randwick racetrack when Amelia’s Jewel and Alsephina reignite their rivalry.
The New South Wales Premier met with his friend of 20 years - a racing executive - for a ‘meet and greet’ shortly before a massive $5bn racetrack sell-off was announced.
Blair Jackson
Bright, colourful and classic fashion has prevailed at the Golden Slipper races, a stark contrast to the skimpier outfits the event has been known for in the past.
Grace Baldwin
A new mini city could be built in the middle of Sydney, with the government flagging plans to turn a major racecourse into a metro station and 25,000 homes.
Jessica Wang
A jockey is in ICU under close observation after a horror racetrack accident left four riders injured.
Duncan Evans
An unheralded trainer who was a former picnic and jumps jockey and his young sprinter upstaged Australian racing’s most powerful stables to claim a memorable win in the world’s richest race on turf.
Jay Rooney
Widden Stud announced late on Thursday night it had acquired a share in the brilliant last-start winner of the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill.
Showmanship was a candidate for The Everest before his injury and could spark interest from slot-holders for the $15 million Randwick sprint after his impressive return.
Images have emerged of the heartwarming moment a jockey who was on life support after a race fall reunites with her favourite animal.
Daniela Pizzirani
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit flood-affected areas of NSW later this week as the Federal Government announces financial aid for those impacted, after the crisis was declared a natural disaster.
Kimberley Caines
Form analyst Adam Sherry runs the rule over Sunday’s meeting at Wellington.
Adam Sherry
After declaring the Group 1 winner would only race in WA for the rest of the year, trainer Dan Morton is now exploring the possibility of a crack at the famous Randwick sprint in October.
The champion jockey will reunite with leading owners Bob and Sandra Peters, his biggest supporters during his glittering WA career, when he rides Inspirational Girl in the Doncaster Mile.
Think It Over and Hope In Your Heart had special Sunday morning workouts ahead of Group 1 tests at Newcastle on Monday.
Ray Thomas
Trainer Dan Morton has been forced to search for lightweight jockeys after the $3 million Group 1 Doncaster Mile emerged as his preferred Sydney option for Kissonallforcheeks.
A wash out forced Saturday night’s Miracle Mile meeting to be postponed.
Adam Hamilton
Kacy Fogden heads to Saturday’s Canonbury Stakes with a handy colt but admits she has one fear ahead of the race.
Matt Jones
Form analyst Shayne O’Cass runs the rule over Monday’s meetings across New South Wales.
Shayne O’Cass
Trainer Jason Deamer expects his horse Greek Hero to peak at Rosehill on Saturday and he’ll have to if he’s to get the win.
Shayne O’Cass runs the rule over Monday’s cards at Bathurst and Tamworth.
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