Racing Victoria has welcomed the news that Japanese horses have been cleared for travel to Australia in time for the 2010 Spring Racing Carnival.read more
The who’s who of Australian racing gathered at Melbourne Museum on Wednesday, 28 July for the announcement of the runners in ‘The Greatest Cup Never Run’.read more
Black And Bent, the versatile jumps racing star, has moved a step closer to a fairytale victory in the 2010 Staging Connections Victorian Racehorse of the Year award.read more
Australian Racing Hall of Fame Legend Bart Cummings is vying for a record third Fred Hoysted Medal after today being revealed as one of five finalists for Victoria’s highest training honour.read more
Racing Victoria has welcomed the news that seven Victorian races are to be upgraded following the Australian Pattern Committee’s annual review.read more
The script went according to plan for Peter Moody when 2009 Blue Diamond winner Reward For Effort made a winning a return to racing at Caulfield on Saturday.read more
A potential star of the Spring was unveiled at Flemington on Saturday with the Peter Moody-trained Doubtful Jack scoring an easy victory in the Listed $200,000 VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final (1600m).read more
Racing Victoria, in conjunction with Country Racing Victoria and the Ballarat Turf Club, has announced an exciting new end to the Spring Racing Carnival with the Sportsbet.com.au Ballarat Cup switching to a new timeslot.read more
The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria has been named as the official charity partner of the 2010 Caulfield Spring Racing Carnival BMW Pin and Win program.read more
International trailblazer Dermot Weld has unearthed another contender for this year’s historic 150th Emirates Melbourne Cup following last night’s (AET) win of Rite Of Passage in the prestigious Ascot Gold Cup (4000m) at Royal Ascot, UK.read more
The comeback of 2008 Emirates Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer is progressing well as connections look to erase the heartache of their narrow defeat in this year’s historic 150th edition of the race at Flemington.read more
Veteran stayer Master O’Reilly has begun a campaign aimed at a fourth consecutive Emirates Melbourne Cup appearance at Flemington in November.read more
As the Victoria Racing Club gears up for the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup, research undertaken by IER Pty Ltd confirms the positive economic impact the Melbourne Cup Carnival has each year on the state of Victoria and the nation.read more
The internationalisation of the Spring Racing Carnival is set to expand further in 2010 with the connections of Macau’s pin-up horse Luen Yat Forever formulating plans for a Melbourne campaign.read more
One of the stars of this year’s Dubai World Cup meeting has slipped quietly into Australia in preparation for the $A3m Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley in October.read more
Global racing giant Godolphin has come agonisingly close to winning the Emirates Melbourne Cup with three seconds and everything suggests they would love to break their maiden status in this year’s 150th edition.read more
Hong Kong's Krisflyer International Sprint winner Green Birdie is now bound for Australia after his stunning win for trainer Caspar Fownes and jockey Mark Du Plessis in last night's Group 1 at Kranji in Singapore.read more
South Africa's Lizard's Desire, arguably the most improved horse in world racing, notched a deserved first Group 1 win when successful in the $A2.4m Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m) at Kranji on Sunday.read more