Horse Racing

Shane Ciurleo’s full preview, best bets and suggested betting strategy for every race at the Sunshine Coast tomorrow.

Jason Coyle admits Slightly Sweet needs some luck in running at Rosehill to add more black-type to her record before retirement.

Stuart Kendrick is hoping Kobi Creek can produce another career-best run in the Queensland Cup to complete a great year for the stable.

Adam Campton’s full preview, best bets and suggested betting strategy for each race for tomorrow’s Rosehill meeting.

Waller best describes the way Japanese go about horse racing with these few words. “They don’t stop with perfection they are wanting to strive for better”.

Big Richie Callander has found some early plays for us at Rosehill, Caulfield and Sunshine Coast for tomorrow’s meetings.

Big Richie Callander’s best bets and tips for every race at today’s Scone meeting.

Brandon Stockdale’s three-kilo claim could come in handy for Revolving Door at Caulfield when the gelding bids to bounce back from a narrow last-start second.

Eagle Farm trainer Brian Smith can add to his reputation as a top conditioner of stayers if My Diamantine wins the Queensland Cup.

Bruce Clark’s full preview, best bets and suggested betting strategy for every race at Caulfield tomorrow.

Hawkbill has earned a ballot-free start in the Caulfield Cup with victory in the Group Two Princess of Wales’s Stakes.

Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller expects a gear change suggested by jockey Hugh Bowman can lift Pioneering from a form slump at Rosehill.

Supply and Demand has led from start to finish to hand trainer Gai Waterhouse her fourth Grafton Cup.

Prince Jacko finally carries a favourable weight for Canberra trainers Keith Dryden and Scott Collings when he makes his Highway Handicap debut at Rosehill.

West Australian stakes winner Chocolate Holic will make his Melbourne debut for the Darren Weir stable in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.

NSW jockey Winona Costin hopes she can return to racing once she recovers from surgery to remove plates and screws from her left arm.

Extensible has finally received a favourable barrier draw but Civic Stakes-winning stablemate Gold Symphony is still Peter Snowden’s Winter Stakes favourite.

Trainer Greg Eurell is hoping two-year-old gelding I Did It Again, a horse he bred, can made an immediate impression on debut at Caulfield.

“Look we took no consultation with Racing Victoria because it’s like Kentucky Fried Chicken consulting with McDonalds with a new product. It’s no good telling your competitor what your concept is going to be,” Peter V’landys said.

NZ colt Summer Passage, runner-up in the Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes, will head to Melbourne for his spring racing.

Trainer Kelly Schweida admits Oink is at the crossroads of his career ahead of his next start at the Sunshine Coast.

Big Richie Callander’s best and tips for today’s meetings at Wyong and Grafton. The big man was on fire at Grafton yesterday tipping 4 of the 8 winners.

Traditionally, Winter is a punting wasteland. Some of us out there in Punterland might be old enough to remember Professor Julius Sumner-Miller asking “Why is it so?”

Irish jumps racing legend Tommy Carberry, who rode and trained a Grand National winner, has died aged 75.

Racing NSW and Canberra Racing administrators will meet to discuss whether the jurisdiction should be classed as country or provincial.

Dwayne Dunn has taken riding honours at Sandown with a winning treble, while Craig Williams has edged to within two wins of premiership leader Beau Mertens.

Hugh Bowman leads the Sydney jockey’s premiership with a double at Canterbury edging him in front of the suspended Brenton Avdulla.

Robbie Fradd has become the third Queensland rider this season to pass 100 winners for the season on All Pluck at Doomben.

Four-year-old I Boogi has given Russell Cameron and his son Scott the first winner of their recently-formed training partnership.

Apprentice Ruby Ride has been taken to hospital for checks after her mount Red Magic bled and crashed through the running rail at Doomben on Wednesday.