Dustin Martin has won almost every accolade there is to win on the football field this year and now the Richmond star has set his sights on the Melbourne Cup Carnival although team mate Jack Riewoldt is out to spoil the party. Main Stage is part-owned by the Brownlow Medalist along… Read More »
The Moonee Valley Racing Club is putting on a treat for racing fans on Tuesday morning with racegoers able to see Winx gallop at the Breakfast With The Best with free entry as well as get a free feed with bacon and egg muffins on offer to those who attend…. Read More »
Unbelievable scenes in the UK overnight that has left some punters fuming after finding yet another way to do their dough. Jockey Bridget Andrews was on board the $2.75 favourite ‘Stick To The Plan’ in a hurdles race at Southwell overnight and looked to have her rivals covered as she cleared… Read More »
The Tiger army is up and about this week after making their first Grand Final in 35 years but it might not be such good news for omen punters. Daniel Rioli took home the Goal of the Year award at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal and Tiger fans would no doubt… Read More »
If you can’t beat them, bite them was the thought for a runner at Caulfield today who tried to bite the winner in the final stages of the race. Duke Of Brunswick who ran fourth in the Race 5 on the Caulfield card could not catch the winner Sirconni so… Read More »
A film documenting Michelle Payne’s historic rise to Melbourne Cup glory will controversially leave out details of the star jockeys four-week drugs ban. The film, Ride Like A Girl, is being directed by Australian actress Rachel Griffiths. Ride Like A Girl will portray the life of Michelle Payne, the youngest… Read More »
English racing has been left embarrassed by the discovery that a winner of a two-year-old race at Yarmouth, was in fact the horses elder stablemate. The mistake was only discovered after the 50-1 Charlie McBride-trained Mandarin Princess had overturned the 4-6 favourite Fyre Cay on Thursday (Friday AEST) but was… Read More »
One of the most unusual things you will see caught on camera happened in the Winter Stakes at Rosehill today with fancied galloper Shiraz biting Burning Passion heading into the straight. Thanks to @braddavo for finding this weird occurrence. Have Your Say: Whats the weirdest thing you’ve seen in a… Read More »
Star Hong Kong galloper Pakistan Star who is known for his barnstorming finishes has refused to race as the $1.20 favourite. Pakistan Star jumped as the $1.20 short priced favourite and was slow into stride and was hard ridden by Joao Moreira before coming to a walk about 200m into… Read More »
Security staff have detained a teenager who ran across the track during the last race at Eagle Farm. Almost the entire field had passed when the man ran across the straight near the 200m mark on Saturday. There was still one horse coming at the time but it missed the… Read More »
A horse at Redcar races in North Yorkshire, England overnight was not happy with her own efforts and was ‘hungry for more’ after her race. Grey filly Rosamaria was not happy with her efforts when finishing fourth in her race so she was ‘hungry for more’ on the way back… Read More »
A jumper at Hexham (UK) overnight has shown an incredible turn of foot to win. Captain Sharpe won Race 2 Handicap Chase on the Hexham card overnight but it was in the style he did so that caught the eye. Watch the replay below. Unreal! Check out the one with… Read More »
Irish jockey Oisin Murphy has copped scathing reviews for his ride on Sir Pass I Am at Chepstow overnight. Despite winning the race punters are furious that Murphy had eased down Sir Pass I Am with over 100 metres til the finishing post. Murphy had a commanding 7-length lead with… Read More »
Horses in a race at Golden Gate Fields in the US have come within centimetres of hitting an employee of the racecourse. The below video shows how close horses in Race 5 of the card came to hitting the employee working on the electronic timing system. Track management said the… Read More »
We take a look at where it all began for Champion mare Winx with her debut run at Warwick Farm where she showed her accustomary turn of foot. Have Your Say: Which race has been Winx’s best win? – Leave a comment below How were we to know! Here is… Read More »
British jockey Kieren Fox has avoided injury after a bizarre incident involving a golf ball in the opening race at Sandown. View the video below. Fox hit the deck inside the final half-furlong (100m) of the maiden after his mount Luxford veered right, leaving him with little chance of staying… Read More »
In a not so serious Saturday post we take a look back to one of the most bizarre things we have seen during a race in which a horse bit an opposing jockey. View it below. #Horse attacks jockey during race. Never seen this before. pic.twitter.com/TSvVqD3Oi8 — Ellie Ross (@ellierosscanada)… Read More »
“Happy birthday to you…” That was the theme of the day at Living Legends this morning, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au throwing the Melbourne Cup winner a surprise 21st birthday. Sportsbet.com.au are giving away FREE BETS today in celebration so sign-up here to enter While he didn’t enjoy the party hat… Read More »
We are a bit early but we would like to wish every horse in Australia a Happy Birthday for August 1st! Im sure somewhere around Australia we have a horse that checks out our site, so feel free to leave a Happy Birthday message below.
Australia’s superstar mare Black Caviar is set to take on the world tomorrow morning at 12:50am at Ascot racecourse during the Royal Ascot carnival. It is expected that more than 5,000 Australian’s will be on course to cheer her own in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes but Just Horse… Read More »
