Local sport and volunteer groups will lead from start to finish at the TABtouch Toodyay Picnic Race Day on Sunday. Thanks to Community TAB fundraising, winners from the annual race …

Sue Olive harbours ambitions of sharing her first feature race victory with Mystical View in Saturday’s Listed Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m) at Belmont Park. Sue Olive is having her second …

A giant six-metre-round digital racecourse will display virtual racing, allowing showgoers to join in by riding a hobby horse or running alongside the on-screen competitors. The adventurous can also mount …

A slight setback has resulted in Spanish Mission no longer flying to Melbourne on the first shipment of international competitors for the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The first shipment is due into Melbourne on …

Ballarat-based Archie Alexander believes female horses are creatures of habit and for that reason has mapped out a spring program for Chaillot akin to last year. That program got Chaillot to within three-quarters-of-a-length of a Group 1 win and being …

Better known over a longer trip, the Tony and Calvin McEvo -trained Secret Blaze has been a surprise packet over shorter trips in his return from a long lay-off. But after three …

Twelve months after Rothfire broke down as an odds-on favourite in the Golden Rose, trainer Rob Heathcote is back for another shot with a pint-sized filly affectionately known as ‘little pumpkin’. Heathcote …

James Cummings says this weekend will be critical in determining which horse claims Godolphin’s Everest slot with a trio of three-year-olds high on their list. Golden Rose favourite Anamoe, Heritage Stakes …

Warrnambool trainer Tom Dabernig was left scratching his head after his stable high-flyer Fifty Stars finished last in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. After a thorough veterinary examination, Dabernig has decided to push ahead to the …

Richard Litt will saddle up two stakes runners at Rosehill but it his Midway Handicap contender he would prefer to discuss. “Why does no-one ask me about Catapult? He might be …