16+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1094+ words) Gear changes can look like little more than fine print buried at the bottom of a formguide. Blinkers first time. Tongue tie on. Bar plates off. Earmuffs pre-race only. It can read like the contents of a very strange toolbox,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (330+ words) Some clarity around which internationals might take part in this year’s Spring Carnival features in Melbourne was provided late on Saturday when seven horses entered quarantine in the UK and Ireland. All are entered for both the $6 million Caulfield Cup…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (526+ words) Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will saddle up six runners at Rosehill, five of them in stakes races including a quartet of three-year-olds bidding to stake their spring claims. The Golden Rose hopes of Plagiarism and Revengeance will go on…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (302+ words) Successful in his past two outings, Steel Will runs in the Group 3 Poseidon Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. Steel Will’s older half-sister September Run came to Melbourne as a three-year-old and blazed a path down the Flemington straight. September Run came to…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (407+ words) With good depth in the three-year-old ranks this season, Tenenbaum has largely flown under the radar. However, jockey Chad Schofield won’t be surprised to see that change, starting in Saturday’s Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) at Rosehill. Schofield partnered the Snitzel colt…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (160+ words) Matt Welsh is the founder of Betsy and one of Australia’s most respected form analysts. A former executive at Racing.com and Racing Victoria, Matt has built a reputation for market-leading analysis, clear communication, and a deep understanding of both…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1456+ words) Matt Collum thinks Options can cause an upset in this year's Derby. Sometimes the best way to preserve a great race is to evolve it. I want to say at the outset that I have enormous respect for Robbie Waterhouse,…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (462+ words) Legendary Ballarat horseman and patriarch of one of Australian racing’s most famous families, Paddy Payne Snr, has died aged 90. Payne and his late wife Mary had 10 children, with eight going on to become professional jockeys and several establishing distinguished careers…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1774+ words) Racing Victoria believes it could potentially save the industry up to $50 million in efficiencies a year if race clubs consolidate their operations, as it releases a series of key metrics it believes show the sport is in “healthy shape”, including…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (552+ words) Of the 15 nominations for the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, champion trainer Chris Waller has a third. Waller has won the Makybe Diva just once previously, in 2014 with Foreteller, but has used the weight-for-age contest as part of spring…...