One man is paving the path for exports to China's young racing industry.

Rudy Liefting got his reward when Danza Lad added to his Awapuni record with an upset victory in the feature event on yesterday's card.

Andrew Campbell hated his profession as a plumber. Pulling up toilet drains got on his nerves to the point he gave it away and tried his hand at training thoroughbreds with absolutely no idea how that would turn out.

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.

Lee Somervell won't be afraid to put Addictive Habit's versatility to the test during his Queensland stay.

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.

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

Ex-Kiwi galloper Sacred Falls added another group one win to an already impressive Randwick mile record when he capitalised on a sharp Zac Purton ride to win the George Main Stakes yesterday.

Nash Rawiller is coming to the realisation that the once certain ride on Silent Achiever in the Melbourne Cup may suddenly not be his.

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.

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.

The bold decision to come to the other side of the world with Gordon Lord Byron had plenty of Irish eyes smiling at Rosehill.

The widest barrier has not stopped group one winner Moment Of Change being installed an odds-on favourite to return to the winner's circle in the group two Australia Stakes.

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.