Horse Racing

Itzhot will bid to deliver Lindsay Park its third feature juvenile win this week when the youngster lines up in the $1 million Golden Gift.

Despite being beaten as favourite in a Group Two sprint a week ago, connections of Zoutori are happy to give him a crack at the Group One Darley Sprint Classic.

Godolphin stalwart Hartnell will have his final start in the Group One Mackinnon Stakes and will join Precedence, Sirmione and Moher as a show horse.

In-form trainer Matt Smith finds himself in unfamiliar territory as he prepares Artarmon for an Australian debut over 2400 metres.

Santa Ana Lane will be out to give the Anthony Freedman stable its third Group One success of the Melbourne spring carnival in the Darley Sprint Classic.

Premier Rockhampton trainer Tom Button hopes to celebrate his move to Caloundra by winning with The Silver Lady at Doomben.

Globe-trotting Melbourne Cup runner-up Prince Of Arran will head to the Japan Cup with Hong Kong still on his agenda.

Jockey Keagan Latham is relishing his new life in Australia and hopes to make a splash in town where his rides include Sidearm in the $1 million Golden Gift.

Smart sprinter Chapter and Verse will be ridden closer to the early pace after drawing a good barrier in the Lusted Keith Noud Quality.

Barry O’Farrell has resigned as chief executive of Racing Australia for undisclosed professional reasons.

Penalties for the use of modified whips could be reconsidered by the British Horseracing Authority following an incident at Chelmsford.

Jockeys Damian Lane, John Allen and Darryl McLellan have been suspended out of the VRC Oaks meeting at Flemington.

Two days after winning his first Melbourne Cup, trainer Danny O’Brien has claimed his first victory in the $1 million VRC Oaks.

Two days after winning his first Melbourne Cup, trainer Danny O’Brien has claimed his first victory in the $1 million VRC Oaks.

Danny O’Brien has followed up a maiden victory in the Melbourne Cup with VRC Oaks success courtesy of Miami Bound.

Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman have combined for a stakes race win at Flemington, taking out the Listed TCL TV Stakes.

Miami Bound has won the VRC Oaks, the principal staying race for three-year-old fillies during Melbourne Cup week.

Craig Williams has won yet another race on VRC Oaks day, two days after securing his first Melbourne Cup.

Golden Gift fancy Malkovich could repay the faith of a new ownership syndicate for Darby Racing when he debuts in the $1 million race at Rosehill.

A cold ride by Craig Williams on Godolphin mare Soothing has resulted in an impressive victory in the Listed Century Stakes at Flemington.

The Subzero Handicap on Oaks Day has delivered another thrill for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Craig Williams.

Hard Landing has held out stablemate Baaqyah to win the Group Three Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington on debut.

Ethan Ensby will saddle up in-form Partnership for a tilt at a maiden NSW metro winner at Rosehill, where bad memories still linger for the Ballina trainer.

Godolphin galloper Hartnell will be chasing a fifth Group One success when he runs the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.

Multiple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane is the early favourite to go back-to-back in the weight-for-age VRC Sprint Classic at Flemington.

Trainer Stuart Kendrick has skipped a restricted-class race to give promising Tambo’s Mate his first chance in a Listed event at Doomben.

Fighting Teo will face a major test as he carries 3kg more than his last-start win when he contests the Ascot Green Handicap at Doomben.

Barry Jones, who called races at Queensland country tracks for nearly 50 years, has died aged 75 after a battle with cancer.

Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth will sand at Waitkato Stud when his racing days are over.

The Lindsay Park stable says Rostropovich continues to make excellent progress in a veterinary clinic after being injured in the Melbourne Cup.