Anthony Cummings

Cummings has Your Song primed for swansong

Anthony Cummings

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.

Racing

One tax Hickman is happy to have on his books

Taxmeifyouccaan

Chris Roots Warwick Farm trainer Greg Hickman learned something when Taxmeifyoucan entered his stable as a two-year-old.

Your Song top of the pops for Gooree

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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...

New boss puts little bit of Monica in Gooree life

Your Song

Chris Roots Gooree racing manager Monica Barrera would love to accept a first group 1 trophy for "her boss" if Your Song wins the BTC Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Impressive Rosehill romp sets Drago on course for Derby

Channel Seven Brisbane racing carnival. BTC Cup day, Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane, QLD, May 11 2013.  Vo Heart, ridden by Eddie Wilkinson, wins race 2, the Bollinger champagne classic.
Photo: Tertius Pickard.

Chris Roots Drago will be set for the Victoria Derby after an easy four-length victory in the Juvenile Stayer at Rosehill on Saturday.

Horse Racing

Trainer 'gutted' by promising two-year-old's freak death

Michael Sharkie Freak accident leads to death of exciting two-year-old Crack A Roadie.

Horse Racing

Live coverage: Doncaster Day at Royal Randwick

Tommy Berry celebrates after winning the Doncaster aboard Sacred Falls.

Daniel Sankey Live updates from a sodden Royal Randwick as the nation's best milers prepare for the BMW Doncaster Handicap.

Horseracing

Randwick trainers defend their turf

Gai

Chris Roots A changing of the guard has been in evidence at Randwick this autumn, with trainers based at headquarters winning only three of 18 races on home turf.

Rodd, Berry to make hay while McDonald looks on

Rodd

Chris Roots Michael Rodd and Tom Berry will turn to the suspended James McDonald in preparation for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes showdown between It's A Dundeel and Silent Achiever at Randwick on Saturday.

Horse Racing

Live coverage: Sydney Cup Day at Royal Randwick

Sydney Cup favourite Kelinni.

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.

Horse Racing

Stayer's eyes on Derby

Powering on: Hugh Bowman on Fiveandahalfstar leads throughout the race in the BMW.

Chris Roots Fiveandahalfstar sets up best Australian Derby since Octagonal and Saintly in 1996.

It's A Dundeel can't touch this - Bowman

Hugh Bowman riding Fiveandahalfstar?

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.

Horseracing

Cummings' star ticks the boxes for Derby with BMW victory

Fiveandahalfstar

Chris Roots Anthony Cummings says Fiveandahalfstar has the edge on his rivals in Saturday's Australian Derby after a second win, this time at the classic trip of 2400 metres in The BMW on Saturday.

Fiveandahalfstar out of Derby

Chris Roots BMW winner Fiveandahalfstar is out of Saturday's Australian Derby at Randwick with an ankle injury.

Horse Racing

Live coverage: Golden Slipper Day

Jockey Tommy Berry with the Golden Slipper trophy on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Tommy will ride the Gai Waterhouse trained favourite, Overreach in the Golden Slipper at Rosehill Gardens.

Daniel Sankey Expert tips, the latest results and news from Rosehill as we present live coverage of all the action on Golden Slipper Day.

Guelph overwhelms Overreach

Michael Lynch Gai Waterhouse's brilliant Golden Slipper winner Overreach looked unbeatable as she went for the second leg of the two-year-olds' triple crown in the group 1 Sires' Produce Stakes, and punters who...

Live coverage: Black Caviar at Randwick on Australian Derby Day

Black Caviar

Daniel Sankey Can Black Caviar make it 25 wins from 25 starts in today's TJ Smith Stakes at Royal Randwick? Find out first with our live coverage of Australian Derby Day.

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Failed breath test puts Wells in history books

Peter Wells

Chris Roots The first day of operation of the redeveloped grandstand at Royal Randwick will be remembered for another first as jockey Peter Wells was given a six-week suspension for failing a stewards breath...

Horse Racing

Derby types hoping to go the distance

Fiveandahalfstar has finished second thrice in Melbourne, including in the Australian Cup, as he runs himself into fitness for Sydney.

Michael Lynch For years the critics have argued that the 2500 metres of the Victoria Derby is too far.

Scandiva to add black to her blue

Chris Roots Anthony Cummings is out for the black type that will secure blueblood Scandiva's value after racing in Saturday's Magic Night Stakes, and then decide on whether a Golden Slipper start is realistic.