22 May 2013
Sydney trainer Chris Waller believes Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up has the potential to develop into a Cox Plate horse in the spring.
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20 May 2013
The Victorian Racing Industry (VRI) will join forces this week in support of the eighth annual
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week (RGAW) which commences today.
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20 May 2013
The John Moore-trained Military Attack, arguably the most improved horse on the world racing stage, overnight scored a commanding win in the $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m) and may now be bound for the Moonee Valley Racing Club's showpiece, the Group 1 Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m).
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22 Mar 2013
Black Caviar claims win No 24 with trademark Moonee Valley romp in front of a monster crowd
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22 Mar 2013
Vatican held on to claim the Mazda for trainer Byron Cozamanis despite a defeat by King Cotton
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22 Mar 2013
You’re So Good earned herself a shot at Group 1 glory with victory in the $120,000 Listed Schweppes Alexandra Stakes tonight at Moonee Valley.
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22 Mar 2013
Gotta Take Care hinted that another productive jumps season is around the corner with an impressive win in the $100,000 Melbourne Signage Concepts Stayers Final that kicked off tonight’s Moonee Valley card.
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22 Mar 2013
Gallant Warrnambool mare claims Group 2 Sunline Stakes for the second year in a row
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21 Mar 2013
After breaking through for her maiden black-type win last start in the Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes at Flemington, Tavarnelle is aiming for another stakes win in the Group 2 Sportingbet Sunline Stakes over 1600 metres at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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21 Mar 2013
You're So Good just missed out on a coveted Group 1 win in the Australian Guineas (1600m) last start and tomorrow night at Moonee Valley, her trainer Nigel Blackiston is hopeful that a drop back in class will see her record her first black success.
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21 Mar 2013
On the eve of Black Caviar taking her unbeaten record to 24 in the $400,000 Group 1 Hacer Group William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley, less than 1,500 general admission tickets remain.
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20 Mar 2013
Byron Cozamanis hopes Vatican can guarantee him a new Mazda with a win on Friday
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20 Mar 2013
Peter Moody has the major race at Moonee Valley on Friday night in his grasp with Black Caviar looking to have her rivals covered in the Group 1 Hacer Group William Reid Stakes.
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20 Mar 2013
Black Caviar has hogged the headlines, but she isn't the only mare Peter Moody is excited about taking to Moonee Valley for Friday night's Hacer Group William Reid Stakes (1200m).
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18 Mar 2013
An impressive gallop at Flemington yesterday morning has paved the way for Spirit of Boom to take on Black Caviar in Friday night's Hacer Group William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
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18 Mar 2013
Champion mare Black Caviar will face six rivals in Friday night’s Group 1 $404,000 Hacer Group William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley as she attempts a 24th straight victory.
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15 Mar 2013
Time is running out to secure your ‘Date in History’ at Moonee Valley on Friday Night 22 March when champion mare Black Caviar tackles the Group 1 Hacer Group William Reid Stakes, a race shaping as her final start in Victoria.
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14 Mar 2013
According to his trainer Peter Gelagotis, Fastnet Rock three-year-old Hvasstan is right on track to bounce back into the winner’s stall in Friday’s Group 2 $220,000 Sportingbet Alister Cark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
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13 Mar 2013
Barakey might already be home in Perth, but Melbourne racegoers haven't seen the last of the other Group 1-winning Western Australian who finished unplaced in last Saturday's Newmarket Handicap.
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13 Mar 2013
Racing Victoria (RV) has today released the framework for its 2013-14 racing calendar which will feature 568 race meetings across the state from 1 August to 31 July.
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13 Mar 2013
Exciting Malua Racing trained sprinter Lady Melksham will kick start her campaign in the 17th heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge (955m) at Moonee Valley on Friday.
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13 Mar 2013
Trainer expects a step up in distance to bring out the best in his promising colt
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12 Mar 2013
She is stepping up into open company for the first time but Mick Price is confident that Loveyamadly will acquit herself well in the Listed Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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12 Mar 2013
French champion looking to add the Cox Plate to his Melbourne and Caulfield Cup triumphs
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07 Mar 2013
Racing’s biggest names will join forces tomorrow, on the eve of the famous Super Saturday race meeting at Flemington, in a unique fundraiser for DOXA Youth Foundation and the Western Health Foundation.
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05 Mar 2013
Seven’s Friday Night Football will broadcast the Hacer Group William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley featuring champion mare Black Caviar LIVE at half-time during the AFL Round 1 clash between Adelaide and Essendon on Friday March 22.
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01 Mar 2013
A drop back from a group one event to an open handicap would usually see a horse be very hard to beat.
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28 Feb 2013
Australia's leading apprentices set for Moonee Valley series opener
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28 Feb 2013
Trainer John Sadler says Linton is back to his best form. Linton will line up against Black Caviar first up, on way to Doncaster Mile
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28 Feb 2013
Oaks placegetter set to resume at Moonee Valley on Friday
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26 Feb 2013
Group 1 winner heads nominations for premium Friday night card at Moonee Valley
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25 Feb 2013
Warrnambool trainer Merv McKenzie didn't have the keys to the Essendon Mazda in his hands for too long.
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25 Feb 2013
Bart Cummings and Steven Arnold have celebrated success in the biggest race of all at Moonee Valley and they were back at it tonight at the unique circuit.
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25 Feb 2013
You Think So earned himself a trip to Adelaide with victory in the $150,000 Listed Adapt Australia Torney Night Cup tonight at Moonee Valley.
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22 Feb 2013
Unbeaten champion Black Caviar’s place in the nation’s sporting history has been officially cemented with her induction this evening into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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21 Feb 2013
The reappearance of Bart Cummings’ Group 1 winner Norzita headlines one of Friday night’s feature events, the $120,000 Listed Typhoon Tracy Stakes (1200m).
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18 Feb 2013
Champion sprinter Black Caviar is likely to farewell Victorian racing fans at Moonee Valley on 22 March after she was among 34 nominations for the $400,000 Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m).
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12 Feb 2013
The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) will give Victorian racing fans the best possible opportunity to farewell champion mare Black Caviar should she make her final Victorian appearance in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes on Friday, 22 March by altering nominations, acceptances and race times for the historic occasion.
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05 Feb 2013
The exciting Shamal Wind heads a long list of nominations for Friday night’s race meeting at Moonee Valley.
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03 Feb 2013
He didn't win the race most expected, but Glen Boss still claimed riding honours at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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03 Feb 2013
Dean Binaisse doesn't have to make way for a new Mazda just yet, but the Mornington trainer isn't the least bit concerned.
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03 Feb 2013
Spruik filly Politeness failed to live up to the wraps, but tonight's Sportingbet Plate at Moonee Valley may yet prove an important lead-up to the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes.
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31 Jan 2013
The most anticipated debut of the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond lead-up will take place tomorrow night at Moonee Valley.
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30 Jan 2013
Brendan McCarthy is hoping the decision to give speedy gelding Paaratte Pat a brief freshen up could result in a brand new Mazda when the gelding tackles the 12th heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge at Moonee Valley on Friday.
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29 Jan 2013
If punters thought the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes picture was clear after last weekend’s racing, they may have another thing coming this Friday night at Moonee Valley.
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28 Jan 2013
The Melbourne Festival of Racing's Group 1 handicaps are in Danny O'Brien's sights following the classy colt's first-up win at Moonee Valley.
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27 Jan 2013
He wasn't the horse Stephen Brown wanted, but Sea Lord provided the former Darwin trainer with Group 2 victory in the $220,000 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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25 Jan 2013
Relentless doesn't have to win tomorrow night's Alternate Railway Tour of Victoria Distance Final at Moonee Valley for the series to have been a success for Antony Alder.
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25 Jan 2013
Tonight's Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200m), looms as a turning point for Mike Moroney's former New Zealand based mare Bonnie Mac.
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25 Jan 2013
A field of eight horses will compete in the $220,000 Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200 metres) tonight at Moonee Valley.
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25 Jan 2013
Each year the Moonee Valley Racing Club stages the prestigious Cox Plate Media Awards in appreciation of the invaluable support the national and international media gives to Moonee Valley Racing Club’s signature racing carnival.
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24 Jan 2013
He has never raced at Moonee Valley but that appears to be the only box that Pinwheel does not tick in the lead up to Friday night's $220,000 Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200m).
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22 Jan 2013
Evergreen sprinter Pinwheel headlines a list of nine nominations for the $220,000 Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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14 Jan 2013
Thoroughvision (TVN) and Seven Network have today announced a free-to-air broadcast agreement which will open the sport of racing to a wider audience than ever before.
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14 Jan 2013
Racing Victoria's international scout Leigh Jordon has one less horse to chase in the Northern Hemisphere this year.
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14 Jan 2013
Kevin and Colleen Bamford, part-owners of Americain, have combined with America's David Bernsen to purchase a stake in last-start Group 1 Unbridled Command.
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21 Dec 2012
Brad Rawiller, the leading Victorian jockey to date this season, continued his winning run at Moonee Valley on Thursday night with a winning double but one of those wins came via a successful protest.
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20 Dec 2012
David Vandyke targets Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge with speedy visitor.
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20 Dec 2012
Ciaron Maher might be struggling through a heavy cold but is hopeful that a winner or two at Moonee Valley tonight will help him feel a little better.
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19 Dec 2012
Moonee Valley fires up Thursday for the first leg of a two-night double header.
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17 Dec 2012
Soapy Star takes home $100,000 Inglis bonus at Moonee Valley.
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14 Dec 2012
The LF Signs Inglis Bonus is one of the $35,000 support races on tomorrow night's Moonee Valley program, but has the potential to provide the greatest windfall of any race run in Victoria this weekend.
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07 Dec 2012
Ciaron Maher is returning to Moonee Valley with Hard Romp.
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30 Nov 2012
Spartan Warrior wins heat 6 of the Moonee Valley Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge.
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24 Nov 2012
Commanding Time provides Brad Rawiller with the second win in a treble at Moonee Valley.
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24 Nov 2012
Kulgrinda scores a strong win at Moonee Valley.
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24 Nov 2012
Isabella Snowflake proves too quick for her rivals at Moonee Valley.
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22 Nov 2012
Tom Sadler is one of six apprentice jockeys in action at Moonee Valley this Saturday
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22 Nov 2012
The Tony McEvoy trained import Mouro has accepted this Saturday at Moonee Valley.
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05 Nov 2012
Sheik Fahad Al Thani has outlined his ambition to target the 2013 Cox Plate
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28 Oct 2012
Ocean Park thrust New Zealand back into the Sportingbet Cox Plate spotlight with a historic win in the $3 million Group 1 event today at Moonee Valley.
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27 Oct 2012
Classy colt Crack A Roadie made the perfect debut on Cox Plate Day
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27 Oct 2012
The AAMI Victoria Derby picture changed markedly today after It’s A Dundeel suffered a surprise defeat in the $220,000 Group 2 Mitchelton Wines Vase (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
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27 Oct 2012
Vatuvei served a reminder of his love for staying races when he turned in a powerful display to claim today's $250,000 Drake International Cup at Moonee Valley.
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26 Oct 2012
The Cox Plate Carnival will be launched in style tonight with a new $1 million super screen to be unveiled at Moonee Valley Racecourse.
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26 Oct 2012
Angelic Light landed a strong betting move to score Listed victory on Manikato Stakes night
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26 Oct 2012
Sea Siren wasted little time transferring her three-year-old form to her four-year-old year with victory in tonight’s $750,000 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
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25 Oct 2012
The Luca Cumani stable was hoping to have a Sportingbet Cox Plate Day runner this Saturday but instead of Afsare running in the weight-for -age feature, the stable's chance of a victory at Moonee Valley rests with Ibicenco in the Group 2 Drake International Cup (2500m).
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25 Oct 2012
Rangirangdoo found his way into the black books of many punters after his win in the Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day 2009.
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25 Oct 2012
An almost trouble-free preparation and being at his pet distance have Robert Heathcote confident Buffering can gain vengeance on Sea Siren in tomorrow night's $750,000 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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25 Oct 2012
He's now referred to as ‘the Caulfield Guineas winner' more often than ‘Black Caviar's little brother', but All Too Hard can seal his reputation with victory in Saturday's $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.
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24 Oct 2012
Craig Williams doesn't believe in omens. So he doesn't buy the theory that winning his second straight BMW Caulfield Cup last week aboard Dunaden was a good sign for this week's $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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24 Oct 2012
With field sizes finalised today, the Moonee Valley Racing Club has decided to place the rail at the 3 metre position for Sportingbet Cox Plate Day.
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23 Oct 2012
The thumbs up from jockey Jim Cassidy has given Sydney trainer John O'Shea the green light to get excited about Sea Siren's chances in Friday night's Sportingbet Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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23 Oct 2012
Buffering, a runner-up to champion sprinter Black Caviar in the 2011 Patinack Farm Classic, headlines a list of 22 first acceptors for the $1 million feature on 10 November.
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23 Oct 2012
Champion colt Pierro remains the $4 favourite to take out this Saturday’s much anticipated Sportingbet Cox Plate after this morning’s successful and surprising Barrier Draw.
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23 Oct 2012
It's A Dundeel will round out his AAMI Victoria Derby preparations in Saturday's $220,000 Group 2 Mitchelton Wines Vase (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
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23 Oct 2012
Unbeaten Kiwi three-year-old It's A Dundeel will have six rivals when he rounds out his AAMI Victoria Derby preparations in the $220,000 Mitchelton Wines Vase at Moonee Valley this Saturday.
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19 Oct 2012
Classy colt’s Cox Plate campaign stepped up a notch at Moonee Valley this morning
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18 Oct 2012
The $1Million super screen installed at Moonee Valley nears completion. The screen boasting 27metres x 5.8metres will be operational ahead of the Sportingbet Cox Plate Carnival, which opens with the Sportingbet Manikato Stakes under lights on Friday night, 26 October followed by the W.S. Cox Plate on Saturday 27 October.
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18 Oct 2012
The MVRC advises that the race times for the 2012 Sportingbet Cox Plate on Saturday 27 October race meeting have been amended as a result of on-going negotiations with Channel 9.
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17 Oct 2012
The Luca Cumani trained Afsare is out of the Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on 27 October.
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16 Oct 2012
Corey Brown has been given the important role of partnering Pierro in the Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on 27th October.
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15 Oct 2012
All Too Hard claims Pierro in the closing stages of the Guineas
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15 Oct 2012
Heathcote's "tough little bulldog" gets job done in Schillaci Stakes
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15 Oct 2012
There were many happy returns for the Ocean Park team at Caulfield
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12 Oct 2012
Triple Group 1 winner out of Caulfield Stakes and Cox Plate
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12 Oct 2012
Gai Waterhouse could have four runners in this year’s Cox Plate
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12 Oct 2012
International Sportingbet Cox Plate raider Asfare has had a minor set back after missing his usual track work yesterday morning.
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10 Oct 2012
Trackwork: Working with Ibicenco, trotted and cantered a couple of laps before working over 1400m. Gave Ibicenco a start and had the better of him on the line as would be expected of a Sportingbet Cox Plate contender.
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09 Oct 2012
Black Caviar may be sidelined, but owner Neil Werrett could still claim the Manikato Stakes with Snitzerland.
Golden Slipper runner-up Snitzerland remains the only three-year-old in contention for the Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday 26 October following today’s first acceptances.
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09 Oct 2012
A quartet of three-year-olds feature among the third acceptors for the Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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05 Oct 2012
To celebrate our sponsorship of Australia’s richest weight for age classic, the Sportingbet Cox Plate, Sportingbet Australia is giving each one of our members the chance to win a massive $1,000,000.
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03 Oct 2012
After winning last Friday night’s Group 2 Spotless Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley, Buffering is now a $5 favourite to take out the Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes on Cox Plate Eve, Friday 26 October.
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03 Oct 2012
The Annual General Meeting of members of the Club will be held in the Committee Room, Fourth Floor, Moonee Valley
Racecourse, McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds on Tuesday 27th November, 2012 at 12.00 noon.
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01 Oct 2012
With a winning time of 55.85 seconds, Snitzem won the first heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge in the 2012/2013 Don’t Hold Back Night Racing Season.
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28 Sep 2012
General Truce on the way to the win that earned trainer Ricky Maund a brand new Mazda last season
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28 Sep 2012
Snitzerland remains unbeaten this season after leading all the way to win tonight’s $150,000 Group 3 TBV / Gallagher Bassett Champagne Stakes (1200m) for three-year-old fillies at Moonee Valley.
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28 Sep 2012
Super-consistent sprinter Buffering made a winning return in the Group 2 Spotless Moir Stakes (1,200m) tonight at Moonee Valley.
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28 Sep 2012
Gai Waterhouse's unbeaten three-year-old colt Pierro won the Group 2 City Jeep Stutt Stakes tonight at Moonee Valley over 1600 metres.
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27 Sep 2012
Undisputed champion sprinter Black Caviar will return to racing for one final campaign in Autumn 2013.
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27 Sep 2012
Tomorrow night's City Jeep Stutt Stakes is the first step of a plan Gai Waterhouse has designed to see Pierro emulate one of her father's great horses.
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25 Sep 2012
Multiple Group 1 winner Mosheen is out of the Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 27.
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25 Sep 2012
Champion colt Pierro is the headlining act to launch the new Jeep Night Racing Season this Friday night at Moonee Valley.
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25 Sep 2012
Three-year-olds maintain their strong hand in this year’s $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m) with Pierro heading a powerful array of youngsters still in the running to contest Moonee Valley’s weight-for-age championship of Australasia.
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25 Sep 2012
Peter Moody doesn't have Black Caviar to call on this Spring Racing Carnival, but Victoria's leading trainer still holds a commanding hand in the Group 1 sprints.
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24 Sep 2012
Ridden by champion silk Glen Boss for Matamata based trainer Gary Hennessy, Ocean Park was victorious in the first Group 1 of the season winning the Underwood Stakes (1800m).
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21 Sep 2012
Racing Victoria (RV) and some of the sport’s leading jockeys joined forces today to officially launch the 2012 Spring Racing Carnival which begins with a free day of racing at Caulfield tomorrow.
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20 Sep 2012
The Asian Pattern Committee (APC) approved the upgrade of the 1200m A J Moir Stakes (known in 2011 as the Schweppes Stakes) to the elite Group 1 level.
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19 Sep 2012
Trainer Peter Moody has one race targeted for star import Manighar, the Sportingbet Cox Plate on 27 October at Moonee Valley.
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17 Sep 2012
Most would agree that More Joyous looks like she has come back better than ever.
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15 Sep 2012
Bel Sprinter returned to racing winning first up in the Group 3 $151,000 McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley today ahead of Peter Moody's Golden Archer and Snitzem.
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14 Sep 2012
When Sam Kavanagh dared to dream of the Schweppes Thousand Guineas with Spinning Diamond, there was really only one path he was going to plot with the promising filly.
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12 Sep 2012
Impressive South Australian galloper Happy Trails is looking to add to his notable weight-for-age form this Saturday at Moonee Valley.
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12 Sep 2012
Yesterday we saw the first declarations for the $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley to be held on 27 October.
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12 Sep 2012
The final horses have been declared for feature race the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes Day at Moonee Valley this Saturday.
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11 Sep 2012
Rekindled Interest is the headlining act this Saturday at Moonee Valley.
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10 Sep 2012
A start in the Sportingbet Cox Plate doesn’t look far from reach for Solzhenitsyn.
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04 Sep 2012
Glamour mare Mosheen’s Cox Plate quest begins this weekend at Flemington with a 1200m sprint.
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04 Sep 2012
RSN has recently and successfully launched its new Phone App. The App allows anyone with a smart device, mobile phone, ipad or computer to download a free App so they can listen to RSN race broadcasts, no matter where they are in the country, interstate or overseas, and ensure they never miss a race that they have been waiting for.
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31 Aug 2012
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has today announced that long-serving Committee member Mrs Kerry Gillespie has retired, following 15 years of service to the Club.
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29 Aug 2012
Sydney’s glamour mare More Joyous is right on track for her spring return after another impressive barrier trial.
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28 Aug 2012
Trainer Stephen Farley has stated confidently Sincero is fresh and ready to surprise this Spring.
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27 Aug 2012
Unbeaten superstar Pierro will run in the Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley’s Night Racing Season Launch on Friday 28 September in preparation for the Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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25 Aug 2012
Today at Moonee Valley Racing Club, Minister Napthine announced a new $1 million super screen to be installed at Moonee Valley just in time to amplify the thrills of the 2012 Cox Plate Carnival.
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25 Aug 2012
Champion jockey Damien Oliver was taken by the Moonee Valley win of Commanding Jewel Commanding Jewel made a massive first impression on Damien Oliver today at Moonee Valley with the Hall of Fame hoop offering a favourable comparison with her superstar older three-quarter sister Atlantic Jewel.
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25 Aug 2012
Rusambo claimed his second successive victory in the Listed Mitchell McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
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23 Aug 2012
Master English trainer Luca Cumani has his sights set on the Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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23 Aug 2012
Liberty Rock looks likely to be on the same path as Caulfield Guineas winner Anacheeva.
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21 Aug 2012
Commanding Jewel has big shoes to fill being a three quarter sister to unbeaten superstar Atlantic Jewel.
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20 Aug 2012
Master of Hounds could possibly be the first British trained winner of the Cox Plate.
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15 Aug 2012
After the news of Black Caviar to miss the Spring, this was the last thing the racing fraternity needed to hear. Atlantic Jewel has injured her tendon and will not race during this year’s Spring Carnival.
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14 Aug 2012
Yesterday’s barrier trials in Sydney set the scene for some of the stars of the turf to strut their stuff for the first time in a while.
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13 Aug 2012
The racing fraternity are saddened by the shock news that Typhoon Tracy passed away this morning after giving birth to her colt by Street Cry.
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09 Aug 2012
Within 24 hours of nominations for the Cox Plate being announced, the spring carnival lost last years Melbourne Cup placegetter Lucas Cranach to injury.
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07 Aug 2012
Four horses earmarked to fill the shoes of Black Caviar as the headline act at this year’s Spring Racing Carnival lead an impressive list of 155 nominations for the Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m).
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02 Aug 2012
Globeriding jockey Craig Williams will be returning to Melbourne racing this weekend.
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02 Aug 2012
Racing returns to Moonee Valley this Saturday in the first metropolitan meeting of the new season. The track has thrived over its extended break and places the Club in a strong position to meet the demands of this season’s racing calendar.
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31 Jul 2012
The news we all were dreading came this morning. Black Caviar will not feature in this year’s spring carnival.
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31 Jul 2012
A stronger Mosheen will step up this spring.
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30 Jul 2012
The Sportingbet Cox Plate has been ruled out for My Kingdom Of Fife.
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27 Jul 2012
OTI Racing have confirmed Manighar will be targeted to the Sportingbet Cox Plate not the Melbourne Cup this spring.
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17 Jul 2012
Trainer Joe Pride has stated Rain Affair will be set for the Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes on 26 October.
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10 Jul 2012
Trainer Ron Leemon has stated Manawanui is not a certain starter in the Warwick Stakes in Sydney.
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09 Jul 2012
The weather god’s are playing an important role on when Atlantic Jewel’s spring preparations will commence.
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09 Jul 2012
Luckygray, the popular West Australian galloper is having a slight let up before commencing his Melbourne Spring Campaign that looks to include a tilt at the Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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06 Jul 2012
Dual Cox Plate winner So You Think has been withdrawn from the Group 1 Coral Eclipse Stakes (2000m) – a race he won 12 months ago, after he was found lame in his stables.
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28 Jun 2012
Gai Waterhouse's triple Group 1-winning 2YO Pierro returned to Tulloch Lodge on Monday to prepare for his spring campaign.
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28 Jun 2012
John Moore is planning to be bring his best spring team yet to Melbourne this year.
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27 Jun 2012
Preliminary scans "have isolated Black Caviar's muscle tear to her quadriceps, giving trainer Peter Moody confidence the mighty mare will get the opportunity to extend her unbeaten streak during the Melbourne spring carnival" reported The Daily Telegraph.
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27 Jun 2012
Rekindled Interest is preparing himself for another tilt at the 2012 Cox Plate this October.
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25 Jun 2012
Champion mare Black Caviar sustained muscle tears and severe bruising to her hind quarters during her narrow victory at Royal Ascot on Sunday in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes extending her unbeaten streak to 22 wins from 22 starts in a heart-stopping finish.
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15 Jun 2012
Leigh Jordon discusses Moonee Valley's move to make the 2012 Sportingbet Cox Plate a truly international event.
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14 Jun 2012
Following extensive consultation and negotiation the thoroughbred racing industry-owned media company TVN, today announced it had been awarded the rights to broadcast all thoroughbred racing in New South Wales.
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12 Jun 2012
Connections of Hong Kong group one winner Xtension have accepted a Cox Plate invitation from Moonee Valley Racing Club.
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12 Jun 2012
The 2012 Sportingbet Cox Plate may be on the cards for Solzhenitsyn following the gelding's explosive Eagle Farm victory on Saturday.
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08 Jun 2012
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has this week issued invitations to ten of the leading Weight-For-Age middle distance thoroughbreds from all corners of the globe to contest the $3M Group 1 2012 Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040 metres) on Saturday 27th October.
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08 Jun 2012
Racing Victoria (RV) and the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) have today elected to transfer the Moonee Valley meetings on Saturdays, 16 and 30 June to other metropolitan venues to allow the track further time to consolidate after its autumn renovation.
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04 Jun 2012
Manawanui has commenced his preparation to his spring carnival.
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04 Jun 2012
Sydney’s star mare More Joyous is being targeted for the 2012 Sportingbet Cox Plate on Saturday the 27th of October at Moonee Valley.
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28 May 2012
Racing Victoria (RV) has transferred the Wednesday, 6 June race meeting from Moonee Valley to Flemington.
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21 May 2012
Italian Stallion Crackerjack King will be targeted for this years race for the ages, the Sportingbet Cox Plate.
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16 May 2012
Five time group 1 champ Snow Fairy has been a major priority of Australian scout Leigh Jordon.
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10 May 2012
The racing fraternity is saddened by the news Dual Cox Plate winner Northerly has died.
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30 Apr 2012
Rulership, trained by Melbourne Cup winner Katsuhiko Sumii and raced by Mosheen's co-owner Katsumi Yoshida, careered away with Sunday's AP QE11 Cup (2000m) at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse courtesy of a dream rails run and an excellent ride from young Italian Umberto Rispoli.
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29 Apr 2012
It's six months away, but the Cox Plate appears to be on the radar of every top galloper in the land, bar Black Caviar, judging by reports from trainers, jockeys and owners on the weekend.
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18 Apr 2012
A strong indication of Black Caviar’s spring campaign was revealed yesterday morning following her impressive jumpout at Caulfield.
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17 Apr 2012
The 2012 $3 million Group 1 Sportingbet Cox Plate is the prime target for Atlantic Jewel, following her comeback victory in the G2 Sapphire Stakes last Saturday at Randwick.
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02 Apr 2012
Over Quota was back in the winner’s circle at Moonee Valley.
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02 Apr 2012
A Warrnambool Cup start looks promising for Constant Force following his victory at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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29 Mar 2012
Freereturn returns to the track this Saturday at Moonee Valley.
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27 Mar 2012
Foxwedge completed a stellar day for Nash Rawiller when he won the William Reid Stakes.
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27 Mar 2012
Popular Tasmanian mare Lady Lynette was denied a fairytale farewell to racing when she was stripped of the $200,000 Sportingbet Sunline Stakes on protest.
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27 Mar 2012
Bart Cummings was back in the feature-race winner’s stall at Moonee Valley.
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27 Mar 2012
Ricky Maund can start clearing out the garage after General Truce earned him a $55,000 Mazda BT-50 at Moonee Valley.
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27 Mar 2012
South Australian trainer Sam Kavanagh is poised to saddle up his first Victorian runner this Saturday at Moonee Valley after nominating former Sydney galloper Rhyno Chaser today.
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22 Mar 2012
One the world’s fastest sprinters, Hay List will be looking to keep his unbeaten track record intact at Moonee Valley’s Night Racing Season Finale this Friday night. Hay List recently returned to the winners circle with victory in the Group 1 Newmarket.
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21 Mar 2012
Racing Victoria (RV) has released the framework for its 2012-13 racing calendar which will feature 576 race meetings across the state from 1 August to 31 July.
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21 Mar 2012
The conference — “When the Countryside Comes to the City” - will showcase the work of Rotary and provide an avenue to share ideas in a convivial atmosphere. The Rotary Expo will be open to the public during the night race meeting on Friday 23 March.
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21 Mar 2012
Four of the eight runners in Friday night’s William Reid Stakes are Group 1 winners.
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19 Mar 2012
Highly Recommended relished the jump to 2040m in the Alister Clark Stakes
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19 Mar 2012
Damien Oliver produced some vintages performance at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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19 Mar 2012
Testa Rossa's former trainer Dean Lawson has unearthed another smart colt in Underestimation.
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19 Mar 2012
Buffering, Foxwedge, Woorim and Beaded embarked on an all important track work gallop this morning at Moonee Valley in preparation for the G1 Power Tracker William Reid Stakes.
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15 Mar 2012
There will be high quality thoroughbred racing this Friday at Moonee Valley with the night featuring the Group 2 Top Cut Alister Clark Stakes, the Listed Sportingbet St Albans Stakes, the Listed Trojan Hand Tools Night Sprint, and the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge.
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09 Mar 2012
The Racing Victoria (RV) Board has today ratified a proposal from the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) to conduct a 2-day Cox Plate Carnival on Friday night, 26 October and Saturday afternoon, 27 October 2012.
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02 Mar 2012
Snitzem's win in the 16th heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge didn’t earn trainer Leon Corstens a car but he knows he has a promising horse following Snitzem's second consecutive win at the Valley over 955 metres.
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28 Feb 2012
Mick Price continued his great recent run when he prepared a winning treble at the Valley on Friday night, Peter Snowden celebrated victory with his only two runners of the night, and Peter Moody claimed two winners also.
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24 Feb 2012
In what promises to be an exciting nights racing, Moonee Valley Racing Club will showcase two Listed events and an exceptional field for the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge.
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22 Feb 2012
Stratcombe’s win in the 14th heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge didn’t earn trainer Mick Price a car but it was his first city win.
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16 Feb 2012
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has announced exciting and innovative plans to stage a two-day Cox Plate Carnival on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 October 2012.
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15 Feb 2012
Innovative ideas are a common practice at the Moonee Valley Racing Club.
Another creative competition thought up by the team was to hold a Black Caviar Cartoon Competition on our Facebook page.
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27 Jan 2012
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has established a long-term partnership with Arabian horse racing and will host the H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup and the H.H. Sheikha Fatma Bint Mubarak Ladies IHAHR Cup tonight at the Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes.
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27 Jan 2012
The World's best sprinter, Black Caviar played her part to perfection in the Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes to register a 17th straight win and give the bumper Moonee Valley crowd the support act they came to see.
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25 Jan 2012
Black Caviar returns to the track in this Friday night's $200,000 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley, where the undefeated mare will start from the inside barrier, to take on six rivals in the 1200-metre Group 2.
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24 Jan 2012
Twelve horses are in the running to tackle Black Caviar when the champion mare returns to racing in Friday night's $200,000 Group 2 Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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18 Jan 2012
Champion sprinting mare, Black Caviar is set to resume at Moonee Valley on January 27 in the Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes.
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18 Jan 2012
Surely Black Caviar can’t keep improving?! Well, yesterday she proved she still has the superstar qualities we have been privileged to witness.
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10 Jan 2012
Moonee Valley Racing Club entertained 4,000 race goers on New Year’s Eve with premium night racing and a variety of oncourse entertainment for all to enjoy.
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20 Dec 2011
The Moonee Valley Racing Club is pleased to announce that Sportingbet Australia will become the Naming Rights holder of the W.S. Cox Plate in 2012.
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19 Dec 2011
The Inglis bonus did not go off but if you are an omen punter the trifecta would have been yours - Alcohol defeated Soaked and Upbeat!
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14 Dec 2011
On Friday night, 9 December, Moonee Valley patrons saw one of the best rides at a night meeting with Michael Rodd aboard Weekend Special in the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge.
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08 Dec 2011
Luke Nolen failed to figure in last night’s Hong Kong jockey challenge. Premier Victorian jockey Luke Nolen didn't experience any better fortunes at Hong Kong than what he did at Japan over the weekend, failing to figure in last night's International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley.
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08 Dec 2011
Jimmy Choux is going better than ever ahead of the Hong Kong Mile.
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07 Dec 2011
2011 kicked off a new partnership between the prestigious Moonee Valley Racing Club and StyleTread, Australia’s number one online shoe store.
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06 Dec 2011
Jim Conlan has a two-run Festival of Racing campaign in mind for Rekindled Interest.
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06 Dec 2011
Luke Nolen will represent Australia in Hong Kong’s International Jockeys’ Championship.
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05 Dec 2011
Colden’s Choice saw Greg Eurell back in the Moonee Valley winner’s stall.
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02 Dec 2011
Premium racing returns to Moonee Valley tonight and Peter Moody has a typically strong hand in the features.
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22 Nov 2011
Let’s Be Happy scored another upset win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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22 Nov 2011
Tony Vasil prepared the quinella in Saturday’s Tony Beddison Cup.
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22 Nov 2011
Katelyn Mallyon celebrated her first Saturday city winner at Moonee Valley.
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16 Nov 2011
Racing action returns to Moonee Valley for the first Saturday since Tatts Cox Plate Day this weekend when an eight-race card will be conducted at the iconic circuit.
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16 Nov 2011
Star apprentice Jake Noonan has a full book of rides at Moonee Valley this Saturday.
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11 Nov 2011
The quest to beat the clock in the lucrative 55-second barrier continues tonight at Moonee Valley with the next leg of the Mazda 55 Second Challenge.
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24 Oct 2011
Pinker Pinker has become only the sixth mare to win the Tatts Cox Plate
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24 Oct 2011
Black Caviar notched her 15th straight career success at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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22 Oct 2011
Champion sprinting mare Black Caviar is primed to register her 15th consecutive win this weekend.
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22 Oct 2011
The Peter Snowden-trained three-year-old star is favourite for the Cox Plate.
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20 Oct 2011
Secret Admirer has plenty of history to overcome in the Tatts Cox Plate.
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20 Oct 2011
Trainer Gai Waterhouse this morning informed stewards that Descarado wasn't making the necessary progression from the leg injury that had thrust his Cox Plate campaign in jeopardy and would not be taking his place in the 2040-metre event.
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19 Oct 2011
Steve Farley is excited about saddling up his first Cox Plate runner this weekend
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19 Oct 2011
A multiple Group 1-winning sprinter will be among Black Caviar’s rivals in the most anticipated support race of Cox Plate Day
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19 Oct 2011
Jim Conlan is looking forward to the Tatts Cox Plate with nervous anticipation with Rekindled Interest.
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18 Oct 2011
Helmet and Jimmy Choux will start alongside each in the Tatts Cox Plate this weekend. Tatts Cox Plate favourites Helmet and Jimmy Choux will need to do what only Sunline has been able to achieve in the past 15 years after drawing the outside half of the field for Saturday's $3 million event at Moonee Valley.
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18 Oct 2011
A full field of 14 with two emergencies has been assembled for Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
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17 Oct 2011
Tatts Cox Plate fancy, New Zealander Jimmy Choux will lead a star-studded line up appearing at Moonee Valley’s Breakfast with the Best track gallops this Tuesday morning in preparation for the 2011 Tatts Cox Plate.
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17 Oct 2011
A pair of Australian Horse of the year award winners and the defending Melbourne Cup champion have been nominated for support races on the Tatts Cox Plate Day program.
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11 Oct 2011
Black Caviar’s racing career has become legendry, 14 wins from 14 starts. She has won the hearts of the nation.
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11 Oct 2011
Top jockey Damien Oliver looks set to be given the ride on the Mike Moroney trained galloper Glass Harmonium in the Tatts Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday 22nd October.
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10 Oct 2011
The Black Caviar legend grew at Caulfield on Saturday when the undefeated mare registered a 14th straight victory in the $200,000 Group 2 Schweppes Schillaci Stakes.
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09 Oct 2011
Helmet continued Darley’s domination of his age group when the star three-year-old colt scored a memorable Group 1 victory at Caulfield on day one of the 2011 BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival.
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06 Oct 2011
Trainer Mark Kavanagh has this afternoon advised Racing Victoria stewards that Whobegotyou has jarred up in his joints.
As a result, ‘Whobe’ will be withdrawn from Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes and will not take his place in the $3m Tatts Cox Plate on 22 October.
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05 Oct 2011
Exciting import My Kingdom Of Fife will miss the Tatts Cox Plate after being withdrawn from the rest of the Spring Carnival.
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04 Oct 2011
Saturday’s The Age Caulfield Guineas favourites Helmet and Smart Missile are the lone three-year-olds that remain in the race for the 2011 Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) after third acceptances were taken today.
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03 Oct 2011
Champion colt Sepoy passed his first test at open age in emphatic fashion, demolishing a field containing some of Australia’s top sprinters in the $500,000 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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03 Oct 2011
Rick Hore-Lacy’s stellar run continued when Chase The Rainbow defied the pattern to claim Friday night’s $200,000 Group 2 Essendon Jeep Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
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03 Oct 2011
His stay at the top of the leaderboard is likely to be brief, but Definitely Ready put his name up in lights with victory in the opening heat of the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
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30 Sep 2011
The Sportingbet night racing season is being launched at Moonee Valley on Grand Final Eve, Friday 30 September, with the running of the $500,000 Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (1200m) featuring Sydney’s star mare More Joyous and Darley’s champion three-year-old sprinter Sepoy.
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29 Sep 2011
After returning poor blood tests former Kiwi King’s Roses Spring is in doubt. Peter Moody has withdrawn the exciting galloper from this Saturday’s Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick.
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28 Sep 2011
Moonee Valley Racing Club will launch Friday Night Racing for the 2011/12 season on AFL Grand Final Eve, 30th September, with the running of the $500,000 Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (1200m).
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28 Sep 2011
Last time glamour Sydney mare More Joyous was at Moonee Valley she had a champion middle-distance performer to contend with, this time around one of our all-time great two-year-olds will be waiting for her.
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26 Sep 2011
Half of last season’s Champion Sprinter of the Year finalists are among the entries for this Friday night’s Sportingbet Manikato Stakes, the headline act of the opening night of Moonee Valley’s Night Racing Season.
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21 Sep 2011
Banner colts Smart Missile and Helmet remain in the running to emulate So You Think in this year’s $3 million Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
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21 Sep 2011
The second declarations were made yesterday for the $3 million Tatts Cox Plate at Moonee Valley to be held on October 22.
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19 Sep 2011
Jimmy Choux and Trusting strengthened their Spring Racing Carnival claims within five minutes of each other on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday, but it was Sincero who enhanced his status best with a gutsy win in the George Main Stakes (1500m) on Saturday.
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19 Sep 2011
The trial everyone wanted to see didn’t eventuate with Black Caviar staying at home at Caulfield, but champion colt Sepoy added class to Monday morning’s trials at Cranbourne.
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18 Sep 2011
The Group 1 Hyland Race Colours Underwood Stakes was expected to reshape the BMW Caulfield Cup, but the Tatts Cox Plate could be the race it influences most following the impressive win of top Kiwi four-year-old Lion Tamer.
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16 Sep 2011
The BMW Caulfield Cup market is certain to undergo an overhaul after Saturday’s Hyland Race Colours $350,000 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield, but the 1800-metre Group 1 may also have an impact on the $3m Tatts Cox Plate.
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16 Sep 2011
Team Coolmore have confirmed superstar So You Think will not be trying to emulate Kingston Town’s back to back to back wins in the Tatts Cox Plate.
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14 Sep 2011
Upbeat trainer, John Bary stated after Jimmy Choux’s recent track gallop that he has gone to the next level.
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12 Sep 2011
King’s Rose made it two Group 2 wins from as many starts in Australia when she won the $200,000 Spotless Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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12 Sep 2011
Queenslanders Rob Heathcote and Damien Browne made a triumphant return to Melbourne on Saturday when Buffering upstaged a slick field of sprinters to claim the $150,000 Group 3 Mitty’s McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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12 Sep 2011
After training a winning double last Saturday at Moonee Valley, Robert Heathcote has high Group 1 hopes. A lot of people will be sniggering at the thought of Woorim having a crack at the Tatts Cox Plate but Heathcote is daring to dream.
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11 Sep 2011
Rekindled Interest booked his spot in the Tatts Cox Plate with a barnstorming win in Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
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08 Sep 2011
The boom has been lowered substantially, but Alcopop is back in the frame of mind that carried him through an unforgettable 2009 Spring Racing Carnival according to trainer Jake Stephens.
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08 Sep 2011
Racing fans aren’t the only ones who will learn a lot about Happy Zero in Saturday’s $150,000 Group 3 Mitty’s McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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07 Sep 2011
Defending back-to-back champion Whobegotyou headlines the nominations for Saturday’s Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
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07 Sep 2011
Nine rivals stand between Whobegotyou and a unique place in Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes history after Wednesday morning’s declaration of the field for the feature event at Moonee Valley this Saturday.
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06 Sep 2011
Kingston Town’s unrivalled Tatts Cox Plate three-peat will not be equalled this year after So You Think was unfortunately not among the first declarations for the $3 million race, which closed this afternoon.
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05 Sep 2011
Those who took the skinny odds has some anxious moments, but So You Think once again delivered in the AU$578,000 Irish Champion Stakes (2000m) overnight.
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05 Sep 2011
Pinker Pinker maintained her perfect second-up record when she upstaged a classy field of mares in Saturday’s Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington.
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04 Sep 2011
It wasn’t the demolition job racing fans have become used to, but Sepoy added another victory to his glittering CV when he outclassed his rivals in Saturday’s $250,000 Group 2 Danehill Stakes at Flemington.
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04 Sep 2011
Littorio completed a fairytale comeback when he won the $300,000 Group 2 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.
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03 Sep 2011
Trusting emerged as a key Spring Carnival contender when he broke a two-year drought with an amazing win in Saturday’s Chelmsford Stakes at Warwick Farm in Sydney.
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02 Sep 2011
Stradbroke Handicap winner Sincero will be resuming his Cox Plate bound campaign this Saturday in the G3 Tramway Handicap over 1400m.
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31 Aug 2011
Star sprinter Buffering will use the Group 3 McEwan Stakes over 1000m at Moonee Valley as a lead up to his Grand Finale the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on September 30.
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30 Aug 2011
Back to back Cox Plate winner, So You Think, looks more likely to be aimed at Europe’s most prestigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and less likely to head back to Australia for the Cox Plate.
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29 Aug 2011
Sydney based trainer of exciting Smart Missile, Anthony Cummings, is certain this season’s three year olds are the best he’s seen in almost 20 years.
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28 Aug 2011
NSW’s current horse of the Year More Joyous has the Tatts Cox Plate back on her racing agenda.
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26 Aug 2011
The first step for all three top Kiwi Spring Carnival hopes will begin tomorrow in the Challenge Stakes (Hastings, NZ). Jimmy Choux, Scarlett Lady and Lion Tamer are all Cox Plate bound and will be resuming in the weight-for-age 1400 metre race.
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22 Aug 2011
Kneeling showed she may be the filly to help Patinack Farm go one better than last year’s Schweppes Thousand Guineas second placing with a brilliant first-up win in the $100,000 Listed Adapt Australia Crockett Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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22 Aug 2011
Peter Moody produced yet another top quality sprinting mare when Kulgrinda confirmed her reputation as a star of the future with a stunning win in Saturday’s Printhouse Graphics Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
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22 Aug 2011
Danny Nikolic has the found the horse he hopes will provide him with a second The Age Caulfield Guineas in three years after Amah Rock coped with a massive rise in grade to win Saturday’s Essendon Nissan McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley.
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19 Aug 2011
A host of quality thoroughbreds look set to contest the Listed Essendon Nissan McKenzie Stakes over 1200 metres to start their spring campaigns this Saturday at Moonee Valley.
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19 Aug 2011
Ex Hong Kong star sprinter miler Happy Zero won his barrier trial at Rosehill on Monday morning, which indicated he was resembling race fitness.
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19 Aug 2011
Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Descarado will target the Cox Plate instead of attempting back to back Caulfield Cups.
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19 Aug 2011
Adelaide trainer Jake Stephens is positive about a spring campaign charge for last year’s Caulfield Cup favourite Alcopop.
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18 Aug 2011
Racing Victoria (RV) is pleased to advise that the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) has today approved the pre-export quarantine arrangements at Ballydoyle, the private facility for trainer Aidan O’Brien in Ireland.
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18 Aug 2011
This years Tatts Cox Plate has been scratched from Sydney’s star mare More Joyous’ (NZ) spring preparation.
According to John Singleton’s racing manager, Duncan Grimley, she is making strong progress toward a Melbourne spring carnival program.
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17 Aug 2011
Trainer Pat Carey, his staff and connections of one of the most promising local stayers were left heart broken yesterday morning after Cedarberg died of a suspected heart attack.
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17 Aug 2011
Dual Group 1 winner Shamrocker is looking good in preparation for her return to the races on Saturday week.
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16 Aug 2011
Trainer Neville Parnham stated Playing God is on track for a crack at the $3 million Tatts Cox Plate.
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16 Aug 2011
So You Think’s stablemate, Cape Blanco has secured an encouraging win in the Arlington Million at Chicago’s premier meeting over the weekend.
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16 Aug 2011
Kiwi trainer Lee Somervell has studied the career of Sunline as he targets his promising galloper Fleur De Lune on a Cox Plate campaign.
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16 Aug 2011
The inaugural Inglis Equine Art Prize has been won by Kristin Hardiman from Thornleigh, NSW. The local artist beat a pool of entries from all over the world with her touching portrayal of a protective mare and her foal.
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15 Aug 2011
Crowd favourite Whobegotyou confirmed he’s on track for a tilt at a third Tatts Cox Plate this October after making a winning return in the Group 2 Back To Caulfield P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
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15 Aug 2011
Sepoy proved his billing as the second hottest horse in the land when he opened his three-year-old career with an impressive Listed victory at Caulfield on Saturday.
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15 Aug 2011
The domination of Black Caviar, her jockey Luke Nolen and trainer Peter Moody continued off the track at Sunday night's Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards presented by Tabcorp at Crown.
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11 Aug 2011
The result of racing’s dream match-up, Black Caviar versus So You Think, is just days away from being revealed with the banner clash the headline event of the 2011 Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards presented by Tabcorp.
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05 Aug 2011
From start to finish it took just 127.2 seconds. During the intervening 25 years those precious seconds have stretched into an iconic Australasian racing legend and one which bears an indelible Kiwi imprint.
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04 Aug 2011
The Mark Kavanagh trained Whobegotyou looks set to contest another Cox Plate this year, and is a realistic chance to win Kavanagh his second weight-for-age championship after Maldivian led from start to finish to win the 2008 Cox Plate.
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04 Aug 2011
Challenger’s be warned, sprint sensation Sepoy is set to continue on in the same winning style as he showed as a top class two year old.
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03 Aug 2011
Top Sydney premiership trainer Chris Waller has the most entries he has ever had following the deadline for Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup entries.
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03 Aug 2011
After failing to recover from a serious leg injury sustained earlier this year, Zipping’s career is over.
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02 Aug 2011
With nominations closing for this year’s Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup, hopeful racing administrators will realise the true strength of both races.
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02 Aug 2011
Dual Tatts Cox Plate champion So You Think, who is now conquering the world for Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, heads the list of nominations for this year’s edition of Australia’s weight-for-age championship.
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01 Aug 2011
Kiwi based trainer Graeme Rogerson will send Shootoff to Sydney for the weight for age races before he heads to Moonee Valley in October to take on the Tatts Cox Plate.
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01 Aug 2011
Will Aidan O’Brien entered the talented So You Think for this year’s Cox Plate? That’s the question on everyone’s mind ahead of the Cox Plate nominations announcement later today at 2pm.
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01 Aug 2011
Rekindled Interest’s trainer Jim Conlan says he is coming along well for his spring campaign this year. He will resume in Saturday's Group Three Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington.
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