Peter Hanlon
Peter Hanlon has worked at The Age since 1995, initially as deputy sports editor, subsequently as editor of the Saturday and Sunday Age sports sections, and since 2007 as a senior sports writer. He writes extensively on the AFL, and has also covered the Beijing Olympics and Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Cummings truly a chip off the old block
Peter Hanlon After a win in the opening race, the old master stepped back to let the son also shine.
Baker seasoned to triumph and tragedy of tough game
Peter Hanlon EMILY MURPHY arrived at Murray Baker's stables the week after Lion Tamer died, and felt the sadness.
Sentimental favourites & harsh reality
Peter Hanlon Emily Murphy is just happy to be on what she thinks is the ultimate working holiday.
Nothing done by halves in Dear Demi's Oaks victory
Peter Hanlon The associations behind the VRC Oaks win were long, very long, writes Peter Hanlon.
Seniors' moment as Demi takes Oaks
Peter Hanlon With all due respect to those involved - with the exception of three-year-old filly Dear Demi, which in truth did most of the work - the Oaks was not so much a win for the ages as a win for the aged.
Final act
Peter Hanlon It has been a funny old spring, with lauded favourites fading and bargain horses saluting.
Cop the tip, McDonald is here to win
Peter Hanlon New Zealand sensation has already made a series of bright starts.
Racing
Plate cheapies give sport of kings a reality check
Peter Hanlon Between them, three of today's Cox Plate runners - Happy Trails, Shoot Out and Sincero - cost less than the price of a new Commodore.
Cheap thrills all part of the luck of the draw
Peter Hanlon You don't have to fork out millions to find a good horse.
Boss cocky. Well, why not?
racing By Peter Hanlon GLEN BOSS broke free of the microphones and well-wishers' hands being thrust in his face, darted back onto the Moonee Valley track and ran whooping and hollering along the rail, high-fiving racegoers...
Boss Man is back as life of the party
Peter Hanlon GLEN BOSS broke free of the microphones and well-wishers' hands being thrust in his face, darted back onto the Moonee Valley track and ran whooping and hollering along the rail, high-fiving racegoers...
Horse Racing
Emotions on a razor's edge as jockeys ply trade
Peter Hanlon A jockeys' room on a group 1 race day has a little bit of everything, and then some.
When the going gets tough, Oliver gets going
Peter Hanlon Damien Oliver has risen to great heights before when burdened with a heavy heart.
