Horse Racing

Queensland trainers have asked for a compensation system to cover decisions such as overturning a photo finish months after the race.

Jockey Tim Clark believes Libertini is vulnerable in the Tea Rose Stakes and his pick-up ride Flit could be the horse to capitalise.

Unbeaten Beauty Bolt rises from restricted country grade races to stakes level in her city debut at Caulfield.

The Everest Carnival has officially launched at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse in the new Pony Palms precinct before it opens to the public.

Multiple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane has been scratched from The Shorts because of a heavy track.

Stephen Brown Jr has cracked ribs, a crack in his neck and a punctured lung along with head injuries following a fall in a jump-out at Wangaratta.

Avilius gets his chance for another Group One win when he runs in the George Main Stakes on what will be a heavy Randwick track.

Sydney’s weather could have a significant impact on The Shorts with several key Everest horses in doubt, including Pierata.

Deprive will face his first Group One test in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes in which one of his rivals will be his stablemate Best Of Days.

Apprentice Campbell Rawiller, son of multiple Group One-winning jockey Nash Rawiller, is set to make his race riding debut at a meeting at Jerilderie in NSW.

Improving gelding Reckless Choice can justify a Magic Millions Trophy campaign when he steps up to 1800m at Eagle Farm.

Stephen Brown Jr has cracked ribs, a crack in his neck and a punctured lung following a Wangaratta trackwork fall.

In-form stayer Our Candidate will lead the charge for local trainer Kris Lees when he chases an elusive Newcastle Cup win.

The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership seems to have found the key to one problem and are now keen to solve another at Eagle Farm.

The Chris and John Meagher-trained Pippie will bid to extend her winning sequence to four when she runs in the How Now Stakes at Caulfield.

Japanese horses Meiner Wunsch and Meiner Fanrong will not make the trip to Melbourne for the spring carnival.

Warwick Farm trainer Richard Litt is chasing his first Brisbane winner with former Godolphin horse Morton’s Fork at Eagle Farm.

Trainer Matt Dunn hopes either of his Eagle Farm runners La Scopa or Snitz can still get a place in the $1.3 million Kosciuszko.

Multiple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane is doubtful to run in The Shorts at Randwick because of a heavy track.

Tofane, a placegetter at Group Two level last season, steps back up to Group racing at Caulfield in the How Now Stakes after a last-start win at The Valley.

With five acceptors in the MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield, Lindsay Park will send two of those horses to Morphettville for the Tokyo City Cup.

Rain in Sydney and a heavy rated track at Randwick has cast doubts over whether Everest-bound mare Sunlight will take her place in the Group Two Shorts.

A few days before Iconoclasm chases a Group One win in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, his little sister Stay Gold has broken her maiden at Cranbourne.

Gold Coast trainer Brad Witt has been disqualified for 12 months after being found to have substituted someone else’s urine for his own in an Integrity check.

New Zealand mare Danzdanzdance will have conditions to suit at Randwick where she runs in the Group One George Main Stakes on a rain-affected track.

Home and Away’s James Stewart and Sarah Roberts have been named as the Everest Carnival’s official ambassadors.

Queensland stewards have explained on what basis they overturned a photo-finish result from a race meeting two months ago.

Political unrest in Hong Kong has spread to racing with Happy Valley called off because of the threat to public safety in the area.

Trainer Stuart Kendrick started the day with a disappointment but things brightened when he produced another smart young horse at Doomben.

Former apprentice jockey Stephen Brown Jr has been airlifted to a Melbourne hospital in an induced coma following a fall at the Wangaratta jump-outs.