People

Black and Bent made to wait for record tilt

Michael Lynch Star hurdler Black and Bent will have to wait until Wednesday to try to set an Australian record of 10 wins in a row over jumps after Sunday's Mornington card was abandoned due to overnight rain.

Horseracing

Payne comes from behind to score in Twitter stakes

Max Presnell Sporting boofheads aren't seen at their best on Twitter, but Michelle Payne isn't one for sitting quietly and taking a baking.

Cummings has Your Song primed for swansong

Chris Roots After a treble of Scone stakes winners at the weekend, Anthony Cummings will depend on "only one", but it is not a bad one, when Your Song lines up in Saturday's Doomben 10,000.

Horse Racing

Star hurdler's bid for record delayed

Michael Lynch Black And Bent will have to wait until Wednesday to try to set an Australian record.

Horseracing

Autumn carnival could be so much better, if people would see reason

Chris Roots The Sydney autumn carnival has potential, but at the moment it's like a colt that flies in morning trackwork then flops on raceday.

Racing

The people's favourite

Michael Lynch Eight people hold legal title to the great mare, but thousands have accepted her as their own.

Horse Racing

Patient Waymouth praises 'magic job'

Michael Sharkie Mister Milton lands a long overdue win in the Straight Six at Flemington.

Beaten Up dishes out cup hiding

Tony White Trainer Chris Waller believes Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up has the potential to develop into a genuine Cox Plate horse in the spring.

Dear Demi survives scare to give Singleton some joyous relief

Tony White After a fortnight of turmoil, ad man and high-profile owner John Singleton was back in the headlines for the right reasons at Doomben on Saturday when his star filly Dear Demi won the $175,000 Hidden...

Horse Racing

Owners kept in the loop

Michael Sharkie You need to be a skilled communicator to keep a racehorse owner informed.

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.

Racing

Foretold: O'Shea follows well-worn path to light up Doomben night

Chris Roots John O'Shea has followed the path Doomben Cup rival Foreteller used to get to the weight-for-age group 1 12 months ago with Lightinthenite.

Speediness makes Victorian trainer feel at home in Scone after strong victory

Chris Roots Speediness gave Caulfield trainer Colin Scott a home-town victory of sorts when he held on to win the Scone Cup on Friday.

Horse Racing

Moody hopes to get back on track

Patrick Bartley Trainer, who returned to hospital this week following a recurrence of blood poisoning, is hoping to be released in time to see some of his vast team run this weekend.

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...