Horse Racing
All-Star Mile contestant Man Of His Word has been freshened ahead of an assault on the feature sprint at the Warrnambool carnival.
In his only two rides for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, jumps jockey Shane Jackson has the perfect record.
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller again dominates the nominations for the Brisbane Group One races at the winter carnival.
Amangiri is the early favourite for the Australasian Oaks in a capacity field while Spright headlines the 15 runners in the TAB Classic at Morphettville.
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Damian Browne has announced his retirement from riding after battling health problems.
Promising two-year-old Couldn’t Refuse is headed to the Ken Russell Memorial at the Gold Coast after trainer Desleigh Forster opted to bypass Eagle Farm.
Master Of Reality has produced a fine front-running display to cause a major upset in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan.
Surprise Baby starts his bid for a free entry into the Melbourne Cup when he has his first run since the Adelaide Cup over 2600m at Flemington.
Trainer Gerald Ryan is looking ahead to Randwick but first is keen to see how Menari performs in a race day gallop after returning from stud.
Injured jockeys Braidon Small and John Keating have been released from their respective hospitals to recover from race falls at home.
Locally trained Gold Medals is attempting back-to-back wins in the Brierly Steeplechase on the opening day of Warrnambool’s three-day carnival.
After a campaign netting two Group One wins, three-year-old filly Sunlight is heading to the paddock before being prepared for The Everest.
Talented filly Outback Barbie will race in blinkers and be ridden for the first time by Jeff Lloyd in the Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast.
Michael Hackett, one of three jockeys injured in a fall at Tomingley, remains in an induced coma in a Sydney hospital.
The new Robert Heathcote and Chris Anderson training partnership has six runners at the Eagle Farm midweek meeting.
Santa Ana Lane has finished fourth in his bid for an international Group One win in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong.
Michael Hackett remains the most seriously injured of three country NSW jockeys involved in a fall at Tomingley.
Jockey Ryan Maloney has been taken to hospital after a fall in the straight at the Sunshine Coast.
Princess Of Queens will attempt to give Mick Price his third victory in the Group One Sangster Stakes at Morphettville.
Veteran stayer Destiny’s Kiss will begin his next campaign at Listed level in the Scone Cup as he prepares to race on his favourite winter tracks.
Douglas Whyte has been spending time with some of the big names in the training ranks ahead of starting his new career in Hong Kong.
The Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield will be the likely return of star filly Mystic Journey who is about to start work after a six-week spell.
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike will bring six horses to Queensland to target the major winter features.
Two of Queensland’s most promising sprinters, Meet Mr Taylor and Mr Marbellouz, are set to meet for the first time in the winter.
Queensland racing officials are to review their systems after an apprentice who was ineligible to ride at a metropolitan meeting rode a winner at Ipswich.
Star sprinter Redzel will miss the rest of the Brisbane winter carnival after his failure in the Victory Stakes at Doomben.
Altior has claimed his 19th successive win over jumps on the final day of the National Hunt season at Sandown.
The nominations for the Group One races to be hosted by the Brisbane Racing Club will close soon.
Danny O’Brien has his eyes set on the Group One Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane with Iconoclasm after recording a first-up win at Caulfield.
