Improving filly Bargain can provide Mark Newnham with the perfect one-two punch alongside Harmony Rose in Saturday’s Australian Oaks as the trainer puts a maiden win in the fillies feature in his cross hairs. Newnham is set to saddle up two live chances in the $1 million feature with dual Group 1 placegetter Harmony Rose set to be joined by […]

Trainer Calvin McEvoy says bypassing the Oakbank Easter carnival has Sisstar primed for an assault on the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes on Saturday at Caulfield. Sisstar was slated for the Railway Stakes, the feature sprint of the three and final day of the Oakbank carnival, which incorporates jumps and flat races. “With the big weight I’m very glad we didn’t […]

A predicted small field has encouraged connections of Doncaster Mile placegetter Dalasan to roll the dice and give the South Australian star his chance Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes field at Randwick. Connections of the four-year-old have agreed to pay the late entry of $66,000 to give the Dalakhani stallion another opportunity to win a Group 1 in the […]

Former champion Sydney apprentice Winona Costin remains in hospital with serious facial injuries following an incident at Gundagai races on Sunday. Costin was dislodged from her mount behind the barriers before race three, the Margaret Keenan Memorial 3YO Maiden Handicap (1000m). The 2014/15 Sydney apprentice premiership winner sustained several head injuries while attempting to hold onto the reins of her […]

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. admits to being surprised by his success at Martinsville Speedway. Truex won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday night, winning for the third time in the past four stops at the 0.526-mile oval — the oldest and shortest in the series. […]

The abandoned Ipswich meeting of last Wednesday finally takes place on what should be a soft (5) surface. Ipswich is a tricky track at the best of times and with the rail out nine metres well drawn front runners will be advantaged. Race 1 – 2YO Class 2 Handicap 800m Barriers are all-important in these 800m flutters but with only […]

MARTIN SAMUEL: Grand National history maker Rachael Blackmore has single-handedly changed racing’s narrative in 2021. Without her it would have been a year of outrage… the sport is lucky to have her Grand National winner Rachael Blackmore has changed the face of sport in 2021 The new household name has worked her way to becoming a trailblazing jockey Blackmore has […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Jockey Rachael Blackmore is set to romp home with at least £15million in brand deals – and a Hollywood film about her life. It’s the same amount the Irish jockey stung bookie Paddy Power for when she became the first female winner […]

Jockeys Bryony Frost and Harry Cobden are both on the mend after enduring heavy falls on Grand National day at Aintree. Cobden was treated at Aintree University Hospital after both he and Lucky One hit the floor in the Betway Mersey Novices’ Hurdle, and although the horse was unharmed, Cobden suffered facial injuries was stood down for the remainder of […]

You’re a star now! Rachael Blackmore got to the top with hard work and talent and never wanted adulation… but after her Grand National win this 31-year-old from Tipperary has not so much broken down barriers but SMASHED them to smithereens Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National  Her achievement makes her a pioneer who […]