Horse Racing

Boom sprinter Nature Strip is among the headline nominations for the Flemington Finals day meeting with the gelding set to contest the Creswick Series Final.

Racing Queensland is looking at changing the rules for horses running in rich stayers and sprinters finals series.

Owner Lloyd Williams says it’s unlikely last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling and runner-up Johannes Vermeer will head to the race again.

New Zealand jumper Monarch Chimes, a winner at Pakenham, will return to Victoria with the Australian Hurdle a goal.

Group One-winning two-year-old The Mission will be the first sire in Queensland to have a $1 million bonus scheme for his offspring.

Trainer Steve Tregea is considering taking his best horses Niccanova and Bergerac to Rockhampton for the Cup-Newmarket carnival.

Trainer David Payne has Group One plans for Toulouse and more big races for stablemate Ace High.

Campo is looking to continue his good form at Sha Tin (Hong Kong) at today’s meeting. Plus will Magic Joe eat into Zac Purton’s premiership lead?

Trainer Dan McCarthy has Group One targets in mind for Ashlor in the coming season after the gelding returned to winning ways under a big weight at Caulfield.

Allan Reardon has finished his contract as Queensland’s chief steward but is keen to keep working in the industry.

A winner at Caulfield has kept apprentice Ethan Brown within five wins of the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership lead, with one month of the season remaining.

Trainer Toby Edmonds and jockey Justin Stanley have both reached 100 winners for the season after successes at different venues.

Latrobe has won the Irish Derby for trainer Joseph O’Brien, his jockey brother Donnacha and owners Lloyd and Nick Williams.

Lani Fancourt has finished her apprenticeship the way she wanted with winners at Ipswich and the Gold Coast.

Withhold has run his opposition into the ground to enhance his Melbourne Cup credentials with victory in the Northumberland Plate.

The Dan McCarthy-trained Ashlor has carried 63kg to victory at Caulfield.

Victorian mare Jamaican Rain is headed to Melbourne spring Group One races after winning the Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast.

Ken Keys has trained his first Melbourne metropolitan double with wins to Al Passem and Wenner at Caulfield.

Jockey Damian Browne and trainer Nigel Tiley have turned in outstanding performances to help Megablast win the Caloundra Cup.

Craig Williams is two wins ahead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership after racing at Caulfield.

An extended stay in Queensland has worked in favour of The Bostonian after the New Zealand three-year-old’s win in the Sunshine Coast Guineas.

The Chris Waller-trained Liapari has caused an upset in the Listed Civic Stakes at Rosehill to win his first race for almost a year.

A victory by Pacodali at Caulfield has brought up a training record for Darren Weir for most Victorian metropolitan winners in a season.

Jockey Brad Stewart has had to survive a protest to win the $100,000 Sprinters Final on Super Suave at the Sunshine Coast.

Group One-placed Harper’s Choice has claimed an overdue win in the Listed Winter Cup at Rosehill.

Trainer Matt Dunn made an early exit from the Sunshine Coast meeting and missed The Fire Trap’s win the Bruce McLachlan Classic.

Cranbourne trainer Brett Conlon has celebrated his biggest pay day this season and apprentice Quayde Krogh a milestone victory with Gala Moshea at Rosehill.

Apprentice Zac Spain has made it two wins from as many rides on the Mick Price-trained Masculino with victory over 2000m at Caulfield.

Extra training to help shed some unwanted kilos has paid dividends with Shogun Sun, an easy Sunshine Coast winner.

Two-year-olds Dio D’Oro and Toulouse have hit the line together at Rosehill but will head in different directions.