Some honest truths from his master Peter Hulbert and senior steward John Hackett have been a boost to Brisbane apprentice Adin Thompson. He will represent Queensland in the National Apprentices Challenge Series at Ascot in Perth on Wednesday. Thompson was the leading apprentice in Queensland for two seasons with more than 100 winners in country[...]

More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities describe as a widespread international scheme to drug horses. Trainer Jason Servis, whose stable includes Maximum Security, winner of the $20 million Saudi Cup, has been charged with administering performance-enhancing drugs to that horse and others. Maximum[...]

Star New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson has given Melody Belle the thumbs-up for the All-Star Mile after an early morning gallop at Caulfield. Bosson made a special trip to Melbourne ahead of the $5 million race on Saturday to give Melody Belle her final work-out. The jockey said Melody Belle had improved on her first-up[...]

Mugatoo has been promoted to Sydney Cup equal favouritism on the back of his strong win in the Canberra Cup. The Kris Lees-trained Australian Bloodstock-owned import added Monday's Listed 2000m-race to his two wins at his other two Australian starts. Starting the $1.90 favourite, Mugatoo wore down Fun Fact and drew away to win by[...]

Trainer Chris Waller cannot fault Kolding's condition ahead of the $5 million All-Star Mile but admits the left-handed direction holds some fears. Waller's trepidation comes from Kolding's first start at Caulfield in Melbourne where Saturday's race is run. The winner of the Epsom Handicap and $7.5 million Golden Eagle in the Sydney spring, Kolding ran[...]

King Of Leogrance has recorded an emotional win for the Danny O'Brien stable in the 150th Adelaide Cup at Morphettville. Earlier on Monday, a track rider from O'Brien's Thirteenth Beach stable near Geelong was killed when he and the horse he was riding were struck by a car. The driver and horse were reported to[...]

Trainer Tony McEvoy could not hide his elation at finally winning the race named in honour of his former boss at Morphettville. The Listed C S Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m) on Monday was taken out by the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Over Exposure. Tony McEvoy worked for the late Colin Hayes, firstly as an apprentice[...]

Star New Zealand filly Probabeel is the favourite in first markets on the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Her arch-rival Funstar will stick to three-year-old company in the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes on Saturday's program. Probabeel is also nominated for the Phar Lap over 1500m, the same distance as the Group One Coolmore[...]

With two confirmed runners in the All-Star Mile, West Australian trainer Alana Williams will not be playing favourites despite a soft spot for the younger of the pair. Williams and her husband and co-trainer Grant will be represented by four-year-old Regal Power and the year younger Superstorm in Saturday's second running of the $5 million[...]

Five-time Group One winner Eremein has died aged 18 of colic. Robrick Lodge said the gelding died at the property on Sunday. Trained by Allan Denham for Geoff and Beryl White, Eremein won the 2005 Rosehill Guineas and Australian Derby. The following autumn he added the Ranvet Stakes, BMW and Queen Elizabeth to his Group[...]

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O'Brien has expressed his heartbreak after the death of one of his track riders in an accident near Geelong in Victoria. The registered stablehand was killed after a car struck a horse he was riding on Thirteenth Beach Road at Connewarre on Monday morning. The man, aged in his 30s, died[...]

Well-travelled Amish Boy has broken through for his maiden victory in the Magic Millions Adelaide Classic at Morphettville. The two-year-old trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace was lining up for his fourth start in Monday's $200,000 race and just prevailed over fellow Victorian Glenfiddich. Amish Boy was a $300,000 yearling and the stable had[...]

A registered track rider working for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O'Brien has been killed after a car struck a horse he was riding near Geelong in Victoria. The accident happened on Thirteenth Beach Road at Connewarre on Monday morning with the rider, a man aged in his 30s, dying at the scene. The driver of[...]

A stablehand has died while riding a horse after being involved in a crash with a car near Geelong in Victoria. The man in his 30s died at the scene, while the horse and the driver of the car suffered minor injuries, police say. The rider works as a stablehand for a local horse trainer.[...]

Queensland jockey Matt McGillivray has been suspended for four weeks after being found guilty of reckless riding at the Sunshine Coast. The ban was McGillivray's fourth suspension in three weeks and his second in two days. Stewards found McGillivray had moved out aboard favourite Winning Shot at the 450m-mark in a 1000m-benchmark race on Sunday.[...]