Horse Racing

Sydney’s premiership trainer Chris Waller will saddle up his first Cox Plate runner at Moonee Valley tomorrow and insists that Shoot Out isn’t just there to make up the numbers.

The four times Group 1 winner Shoot Out hasn’t come under very much discussion in the lead up to the Group 1 $3m Sportingbet Cox…

Team Hawkes will send Caulfield Guineas winner All Too Hard to the paddock win, lose or draw after Saturday’s Group 1 $3m Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley.

All Too Hard rocketed into Cox Plate calculations with a powerhouse win over Pierro in the Group 1 $1m BECK Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on…

English stayer Gatewood gets his chance to show Australian racegoers his true quality when he lines up in the Group 3 $300,000 Centrebet Geelong Cup (2400m) at Geelong on Wednesday.

The John Gosden trained Gatewood was sent out the $4 favourite at his first Australian start in the Group 2 $220,000 Sportingbet Herbert Power (2400m)…

Champion jockey Damien Oliver threw aside the turmoil of the last week by taking out his fifth Group 1 $500,000 Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) on Commanding Jewel at Caulfield today.

The Leon Corstens trained filly also carried on the family tradition following unbeaten half-sister Atlantic Jewel who took out the fillies Group 1 feature last…

Jockey Corey Brown will be the new rider for Queensland sprinter Temple Of Boom when he lines up in the Group 1 $500,000 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on October 26.

Brown will be reunited with Temple Of Boom taking over from top Kiwi rider James McDonald who has been the regular rider for…

Jockey Damien Oliver has been unceremoniously dumped as the rider of My Quest For Peace in the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup this weekend.

Oliver was due to ride the English galloper in the 2,400 metre race, however, has since been replaced by Corey Brown.

The replacement comes after Oliver was accused of participating in a…

The Spring Carnival jockey merry-go-round continues with Sydney jockey Corey Brown being announced as the new rider for Cox Plate favourite Pierro.

The Gai Waterhouse trained Pierro is an easing favourite in the Group 1 $3m Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 27 after suffering his first defeat when second to rival…

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Damien Oliver can rebound from negative reports which surfaced over the weekend by steering Commanding Jewel to victory in the Group 1 $500,000 Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on Wednesday.

Oliver was dumped from Cox Plate chance Green Moon and Saturday’s Caulfield Cup contender My Quest For Peace following allegations…

Queensland leading trainer Robert Heathcote continued his great Spring success with Solzhenitsyn taking out the Group 1 $400,000 David Jones Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield today.

The Toorak win wrapped up a memorable day for Heathcote with his top class sprinter Buffering winning the Group 2 $220,000 Schweppes Schillaci Stakes (1000m) earlier in the day.…

Trainer Gerald Ryan will proceed to Flemington in three weeks with Snitzerland after the filly took out the $250,000 Catanach’s Jewellers Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in breathtaking style today.

The odds on favourite was always in the firing line, sitting outside the leader Lankan Rupee and after being clearly headed fought back to…