Snitzel
Snitzel's little girl trims fat to sizzle for stable
Matt Jones SNITZEL continues to give trainer Gerald Ryan joy after his progeny Centrepet scored a comfortable win at Rosehill on Saturday.
Portelli eyes Opal with Raw Snitzel
Mandy Cottell The Black Opal Stakes has been a happy hunting ground for Gary Portelli and he is hoping to unveil his latest contender at Rosehill on Saturday.
Ryan hopes stars align at Ipswich
Chris Roots Gerald Ryan has had a bit of luck on Ipswich Cup day over the past couple of years, so when owner Dom Neate took control of stayer Planetarium he was happy to set a year-long plan aimed towards...
Experts leave no rock unturned in sire search
John Holloway A strategy by Coolmore's big guns to buy the best sons of Fastnet Rock last year to eventually take over the stallion role of their illustrious father paid an early dividend at Monday's Randwick...
Lucky Lobster
Galah will have you laughing
Kyle Mackey-Laws Galah looms as a real bolter in the last at race at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
All guns blazing: Smokin' Joey ready to fire for one last shot at Stradbroke
Chris Roots Trainer Mick Price admits Smokin' Joey's push towards next week's Stradbroke Handicap has not been perfect, but the five-year-old could still run his way into Queensland's biggest race in Saturday's...
Racing
One tax Hickman is happy to have on his books
Chris Roots Warwick Farm trainer Greg Hickman learned something when Taxmeifyoucan entered his stable as a two-year-old.
All Too Hard's fee in line with elite new sires
John Holloway Vinery Australia has set a $66,000 service fee for Black Caviar's half-brother All Too Hard when he takes up stud duty at its Scone property in September.
Horseracing
Options aplenty for first serve
Chris Roots The racing career of Black Caviar might be over but the race of suitors has only just begun.
Horse Racing
Black Caviar still looking for her perfect match
Chris Roots The racing career of Black Caviar might be over but the race of suitors has only just begun.
Black Caviar retired
Will Brodie Trainer Peter Moody calls a halt to the career of the world's greatest sprinter.
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.
Cup hope to give Parker another smile
Adam Pengilly Gordon Crockett always wanted his horses to stand out, that was until one of his charges went to the races for the first time.
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.
Horse Racing
Live coverage: Sydney Cup Day at Royal Randwick
Daniel Sankey Live coverage of Sydney Cup Day at Royal Randwick, where there's four Group 1s on the card — the Sydney Cup, the All Aged Stakes, the Champagne Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Racing
Shinn's Friday on Saturday would be grand
David Polkinghorne Jockey Blake Shinn enjoyed the perfect preparation for one of the biggest days of the Sydney autumn carnival, with four winners from his four rides at Canberra on Friday.
Beginners' luck lands share of Slipper fun
Andrew Wu RACING might be known as the sport of kings but the story behind trainer Gerald Ryan's two runners in the Golden Slipper is proof you don't have to be a prince to mix it with the best.
With a dash of Bowman, Berry keeps his cool on pit pony
Max Presnell A ''pit pony with a big, big motor'' and Hugh Bowman were the shining lights at a weather-riddled Rosehill Gardens on Saturday with 19,546 people in attendance.
Top lots give Inglis best figures since global crisis
Chris Roots Queen Elizabeth's racing manager John Warren signed for two lots worth $4 million on a remarkable opening day at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale on Tuesday at Newmarket.
Internationals skyrocket Inglis sales results
John Holloway British bloodstock agent Angus Gold roves the world for blueblooded yearlings and summed up this week's unprecedented Inglis sales: "There are more international buyers here than I have ever seen."
