Last year’s Melbourne Cup-winning jockey James McDonald is without a ride after second favourite Loft was scratched on Friday afternoon. The horse’s managing owner Ozzie Kheir told The Age that a vet inspection on Friday morning had found the German import had injured a tendon. James McDonald won last year’s Melbourne Cup on Verry Elleegant, but his ride in this […]

‘A man whose affinity to the horse was unparalleled with unrivalled skill as a jockey’: William Haggas leads tributes to Lester Pigott after a memorial service was held for the 11-time champion jockey who died in May A memorial service was held in London on Thursday to remember Lester Pigott Pigott, an eleven-time champion jockey died back in May at […]

Jockey Neil Callan receives a 12-day ban after accidentally finishing two-mile race EARLY on 50-1 shot Ballet Blanc… as the embarrassed rider admits he made a ‘complete cock-up’ Jockey Neil Callan has been banned for 12 days for riding a finish a lap too soon He accidentally sent his horse to the finish on the first circuit of a two-mile […]

Last year’s Melbourne Cup-winning jockey James McDonald will have every chance to break his own record of 10 wins during Cup week after he confirmed he has a ride in all 37 races at Flemington across the carnival. McDonald’s book of 10 rides for Saturday’s Derby Day meeting includes five favourites, while he will partner with second favourite Loft in […]

Chris Waller’s Caulfield Cup winner Durston will not race in next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after he failed his mandatory CT scan. All horses nominated for the Melbourne Cup must pass a CT scan to take their place in the race, after Racing Victoria introduced stringent veterinary requirements two years ago following a spate of deaths in the Melbourne Cup, which […]

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The barrier draw for Saturday’s group 1 million-dollar Empire Rose Stakes turned into a farce after the Wayne Hawkes-trained Yearning was initially forced to take barrier 14 when the perspex barrel containing balls with barrier numbers on them was found to be one ball short. Trainer Wayne Hawkes rang the stewards after the draw, which was televised on racing.com, to […]

The trainer of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup favourite joked he would happily take the Cup back to England now, before declaring the race might be more open than punters think. James Ferguson’s Deauville Legend is a raging $6 favourite to win the $8 million race, after the only international in last Saturday’s Cox Plate – El Bodegon – ran a slashing […]

A decision on whether Gold Trip runs in the Melbourne Cup is likely to be saved until final acceptances on Derby Day after the galloper had a luckless run in Saturday’s Cox Plate. The lightly raced six-year-old was fancied as one of the main dangers to Anamoe after his slashing second in the Caulfield Cup, but he was forced to […]

Anamoe has stamped himself as the best horse in the country with a dominant win in the centenary edition of the W.S Cox Plate going one better than last year when he was runner-up in the best weight for age race in Australia. It was a brilliant ride from James McDonald who rode Anamoe as though he was on the […]