It was after 9am when Matamata apprentice Brendan Hutton landed the winning ride on High Class in yesterday's $20,000 Vodafone Warriors Women In League Fillies Classic at Avondale.

Sunset is far away for an industry that deserves and earns the government support it gets, writes John Allen.

Co-trainer Andrew Forsman said he would like to think Sakhee's Soldier's giant-killing win over Veyron at Ellerslie on Saturday was a stroke of genius.

The Cleaner has moved to the top of the market for the Railway Stakes in Perth with his owners having a change of heart about a trip to the west.

Shocking though the fatalities are, public need to understand that racing is natural for horses, professor says.

Nigel Tiley has maintained a remarkable winning strike rate since taking up training again and has three top chances at Ellerslie today.

Bragato may be rising 10 years old, but his second at Trentham last Saturday proves he doesn't know that.

Time spent walking the testing racing surface before her first ride of the day paid a handsome dividend for apprentice Rebecca Black.

The Offer has maintained Sydney Cup favouritism.

The notion that New Zealand form equals wet form is untrue for most of the Kiwi visitors to Sydney this autumn, including Oaks aspirant Miss Selby.

If one hour is a long time in horse racing, six months is 43 lifetimes.

Co-trainer Tony Pike is convinced that the dominant win of Kelly O'Reilly on Saturday is a sign she is ready to step up to the elite level over the next few weeks.

He's bred to be a sprinter, but Criterion has lived up to trainer David Payne's belief he is a superior stayer with victory in the prestigious Australian Derby at Randwick.

It's going to take a while for punters to get the hang of the million-dollar Triple Trio bet type that starts today at Trentham.

Trainer Andrew Campbell admits he is on edge as exciting three-year-old Cauthen resumes in the Group One Telegraph Handicap at Trentham.

When you're an Australian sporting legend you walk on water - and Damien Oliver proved it yesterday on a horse called Fiorente.

The PM began his day at the TAB yesterday and by the end of it had enjoyed two wins - one on the horses, the other on his controversial SkyCity pokies deal.

It's billed as the race that stops Australia but in New Zealand, at least, the Melbourne Cup actually gets things going.

He came second on Fiorente in his first Melbourne Cup last year and highly rated Kiwi jockey James McDonald reckons he's a good chance of going one better today.

Robot technology is bringing legendary racehorse Phar Lap to life for Australian school children.

English trainer Ed Walker may be a novice in Australia, but he hasn't walked around with his eyes closed.

Leaning on a rail in the corner of the Flemington birdcage on Saturday applauding Jim Cassidy as he came back on Zoustar for his 100th group one victory was Roy Higgins.

Chris Waller went to Australia with little more than a credit card in his pocket. When that maxed out, the Kiwi trainer went to the bank and got another one.

Nash Rawiller's faith in Fiorente was justified at Moonee Valley on Saturday when the import flashed home to win the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes.