Octagonal
New breed of money-making machines
Max Presnell New-age racing has taken a retrograde step with stallions being retired too early, according to John Hawkes.
Horse Racing
Live coverage: Doncaster Day at Royal Randwick
Daniel Sankey Live updates from a sodden Royal Randwick as the nation's best milers prepare for the BMW Doncaster Handicap.
Racing
New crop ready to fill void left by retired stars
Chris Roots Pierro is off to be a dad. All Too Hard will visit the Queen before taking up his duties with a harem of his own. More Joyous has been booked for a romantic interlude with Frankel.
Hawkes circles, eyes prey - and then swoops
John Holloway Team Hawkes has attended all the main Australasian yearling sales this year but, incredibly, signed for only four youngsters before the Inglis Easter auction a fortnight ago.
Rain and fast lanes make Slipper a lottery
Max Presnell HOTPOT Overreach is odds-on to handle the Rosehill wet in Saturday's Golden Slipper, but finding the fast lane in the straight remains a quandary for the four-legged lottery upon which the Australian...
Horse Racing
Stayer's eyes on Derby
Chris Roots Fiveandahalfstar sets up best Australian Derby since Octagonal and Saintly in 1996.
It's A Dundeel can't touch this - Bowman
Chris Roots Fiveandahalfstar set up the best Australian Derby since Octagonal and Saintly by beating his older rivals in The BMW at Rosehill on Saturday - and the mind games have already begun.
Racing
Black Caviar's half-brother sells for record price
A half-brother to champion racemare Black Caviar has sold for a record $5 million at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.
Baker to dine on caviar after blue-ribbon classic
Chris Roots New Zealand trainer Murray Baker knows the harsh reality of racing but he won't contemplate the thought of It's A Dundeel getting beaten in Saturday's Australian Derby.
Derby Dun and dusted
Caryl Williamson It's A Dundeel becomes just the fifth horse to claim Sydney's three-year-old triple crown.
'We ran second to a champion'
Chris Roots It's A Dundeel's co-owner Tony Muollo knew when the son of High Chaparral won his first start in New Zealand he had a special horse.
Money rolls in to give Orange a lift
Tony White Racing NSW has announced a $1.3 million funding package for an upgrade of facilities at Towac Park, Orange.
A feast for racing and for a nation hungry to celebrate the best of the best
David Sygall, Sydney The race at Randwick will showcase the course's major refurbishment work.
Horseracing
Ingham brothers' legacy lives on
Max Presnell "J.H. (Jack) and R.W. (Bob) Ingham are well known for their brand of frozen chickens but are even better recognised for their endless supply of winners on the racecourse," - The Story Of The Golden...
Horse Racing
Dream clash on cards for star siblings
Chris Roots and Michael Sharkie Superstar colt All Too Hard could take on half-sister Black Caviar in the All-Aged Stakes.
Jockeys' winning antics a bone of contention
Max Presnell Jockeys "lairising" is a problem, says Ray Murrihy, the Racing NSW chief steward, referring to their antics before and after the finish when winning races.
Horseracing
Wiser Pierro toughs it out in punishing rehearsal
Max Presnell Hopefully the Octagonal strain is dominant for Pierro, which had another slugfest in the Hobartville at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Horseracing
All Too Hard or Pierro? Either way, it's a must-see match
Chris Roots Opinion and expectation live a marriage of interdependence in racing like no other sport.
Bet on winners, losers and a scandal or two
Uncertainties will become sure things as the year unfolds, writes Chris Roots.
Christmas Cup becomes rumble in the jingle
Max Presnell THE Christmas Cup at Rosehill Gardens, featuring Nash Rawiller on Fiumicino and Jim Cassidy handling Cantonese, promises to be more Ali-Frazier than Santa Claus.
