Racing Victoria

Friday’s Tatura meeting moved to Echuca due to wet weather

Posted on September 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Friday’s scheduled race meeting at Tatura has been transferred to Echuca due to wet weather, Racing Victoria has confirmed.

Posted on September 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just days after becoming the first female jockey to win the Scobie Breasley Medal, Jamie Kah is once again the talk of the racing industry after Racing Victoria stewards handed down a further two-month suspension for her involvement in the Mornington Airbnb saga.

Posted on September 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The weights for both the 2021 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup have been released by Racing Victoria, with Twilight Payment allocated the top weight of 58kg should he look to go back-to-back in the race that stops a nation, while Sir Dragonet tops the Caulfield Cup weights.

Posted on September 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Bairnsdale meeting scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 7 has been abandoned, with a new meeting set to be held on the Pakenham synthetic instead.

Posted on August 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Victoria (RV) has announced a number of enhancements to the upcoming Spring Racing Carnival, with total prizemoney for the 2021/22 edition to exceed $110 million.

Posted on August 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News, Tips

Nominations have been released for the three major Melbourne Spring Carnival feature races - the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate - with only 16 internationally trained horses in the mix.

Posted on July 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

On Thursday morning, Racing Victoria (RV) alongside Country Racing Victoria (CRV) announced that Sale Racecourse will host the inaugural Good Friday meeting in Victoria in 2022, subject to parliamentary approval.

Posted on June 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

On Tuesday morning, Racing Victoria announced that from 2022 an annual Good Friday meeting will take place in country Victoria pending State Government approval.

Posted on June 21, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Victoria announced on Monday that there will be an increase of more than $16 million in prizemoney for the 2021-22 racing season.

Posted on April 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A famous but irreverent Irish trainer once called the Melbourne Cup “the best bumper race in the world”. A bumper race is a flat race for hurdlers or steeplechasers that usually attracts a low grade field over a decent distance. The comment was clearly meant to be derogatory, implying the internationals only ever sent second[...]

Posted on April 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Melbourne Cup, it is the race that stops the nation on the first Tuesday of November and it is our showpiece race each and every year. The Cup is set to transform like we have never seen before due to the horrific death and injury rate in our most recognisable race. On Wednesday morning,[...]

Posted on March 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hopefuls chasing a start in the Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup, get their chance to experience the course in a qualifying race at Warrnambool on Friday. The Road To The Jericho Highweight (3300m) provides the winner a start in the $300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) run through the paddocks of Warrnambool racecourse in November.[...]

Posted on February 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey and Australian Racing Hall Of Fame member Jimmy Johnson has died at the age of 92.

Posted on February 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Victoria veterinarians will re-inspect three Blue Diamond runners, including leading contenders Enthaar and Dosh, after they failed fitness tests.

Posted on December 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian racing officials have decided the Seymour racetrack needs to be reconstructed for the second time in five years after a period of turbulence.

Posted on December 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star jockey Ben Melham has been rubbed out for five months after the Victorian Racing Tribunal found him guilty of betting and providing false information.

Posted on December 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Victoria has decided not to proceed with hosting some 'whip for safety only' races after seriously considering the proposition.

Friday’s Tatura meeting moved to Echuca due to wet weather

Tribunal extends Kah ban by two months over ‘misleading evidence’

Twilight Payment given top weight for Melbourne Cup defence

Washed-out Bairnsdale meeting moved to Pakenham

Racing Victoria tips Spring Carnival prizemoney over $110m

International nominations way down for Melbourne Cup

Sale to host Good Friday racing in 2022

Country Victoria set to hold Good Friday races from 2022

Racing Victoria confirm $16m prizemoney boost for 2021-22

Australia’s Melbourne Cup Might’ve Lost Its International Appeal?

Melbourne Cup Changes To Affect International Hopefuls

Jericho Cup kicks off with qualifier at Warrnambool

Legendary Jockey Jim Johnson Passes Away

Blue Diamond Favourite In Injury Scare

Seymour To Undergo Another Reconstruction

Ben Melham Disqualified For Five Months

Whip Free Racing Put On Hold In Victoria

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