Breeding

Fingers crossed as Frankel starts new career in breeding barn

Unbeaten in all of his 14 outings, Frankel is rated as the greatest racehorse ever.

You can't beat class, breeding

Andrew Eddy It could be simple to mount a case against Dunaden in the Caulfield Cup.

Dark horse sows seed of doubt over breeding

Damien Murphy THOROUGHBRED racehorses are the last animals used by humans that are generously allowed to breed only through unfettered sexual intercourse, but a court case beginning in Sydney on Monday could...

Horse Racing

Baker's derby stocks rise

Patrick Bartley New Zealand trainer says his two hopefuls have settled in well in lead-up to $150,000 Grand Prix Stakes.

Racing

Fill The Page must fire or retire: Jones

David Polkinghorne Canberra Cup winner Fill The Page has three more runs to prove she still wants to race or she'll be put up for sale as a broodmare.

Newhaven rekindles desire with new colt

John Holloway It has been a decade since Newhaven Park decided to adopt a different strategy for its breeding interests after playing a dominant role in the industry for more than half a century at its Boorowa...

Your Song top of the pops for Gooree

John Holloway The contribution to Australian racing by Gooree Park's Eduardo Cojuangco has been huge over the past 55 years and another chapter unfolded this week with the pending retirement of his home-bred...

Horseracing

Snowden happy to be home in Scone

Chris Roots Part of Peter Snowden will never leave Scone, which is why he says he is going home this weekend.

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

Shamexpress steroid-free: trainer

Michael Lynch If Shamexpress can score at the royal meeting, rivals have no grounds for suspicion.

Shock decision brings Werrett back to earth

Chris Roots Managing owner Neil Werrett was still floating in the clouds after Black Caviar's 25th win, in Saturday's T.J. Smith Stakes, when Peter Moody surprised him on Tuesday.

Horseracing

Job done: the majestic mare exits stage as arguably the greatest

Richard Hinds Such is Black Caviar's fame, and our cult of personality, the champion racehorse has assumed a human persona that includes a popular Twitter account and a budding romance with the English stallion...

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Horse Racing

Champion mare to wander off into the sunset

Michael Lynch On a grey overcast Melbourne day, the horse that has lit up racing and become a national icon took her final bow.

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.

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Black Caviar takes her final bow to an adoring crowd

Daniel Flitton The champion embodied modern Australia: fast, successful, born with the luck of preternatural resources, but ever so slightly insecure, even in victory.