But Walsh, who gave up race riding in the UK only to rediscover his love for it Down Under, took the opportunity to have the surgery, go for a holiday and then return with a renewed hunger for racing, ...

Reflecting on his time in the UK, Noonan says the training regimes were definitely less cost-effective, but stables spend more time on each individual horse. However, while Noonan thoroughly enjoyed ...

After Jason Collett was double booked for the race, Mott ended up on Billy Healey’s Cosmic Fire ($21), who sprinted clear and held onto victory in the Listed Queensland Day Stakes from a ...

The victory of Marble Nine in the final race at Flemington, the VRC Country Race Day Sprint, proved to be a significant one in the careers of apprentice jockey Hannah Edgley and co-trainer Will Larkin ...

The Godolphin-owned Sovereignty left little doubt as to who is the best three-year-old in the United States when he took out the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga to give him two of the three legs of the ...

In 2024-25 Mertens has been striking at a career-best 14 per cent, while also scooping a tidy $5.6 million in prizemoney and tied the knot along the way. "I think it's been a pretty significant year, ...

If Grahame Begg could add one trophy to his illustrious cabinet, he has no doubts about which it would be. The 13-time Group 1 winner is best known for his tough, rapid sprinters-milers, but achieved ...

O'Brien revealed that Lordan had been champing at the bit to ride both Friday's narrow Oaks runner-up Whirl and Lambourn heading into the Derby meeting, and victory for the latter clearly came as a ...

Pre-race Harry Coffey suggested to the owners of Shockletz that it would be an easy watch for them taking out the Country Racing It’s Got It All Trophy (2000m, 3yo). As it turned out Coffey got the ...

Mark Zahra (King Of Thunder): “He ran really well, I thought we had it won but the stablemate just beat him.”Jamie Mott (Firm Agreement): “He had a fantastic run through the race, he probably just ...

It was a John O’Shea and Tom Charlton quinella in Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Derby, as $21 roughie Maison Louis flew home to beat stablemate King Of Thunder. The son of Super Seth finished solidly ...

It was a case of third time lucky for Dan O’Sullivan with his recent recruit Flash Feeling, who took out the 2025 Country Achiever Eric Musgrove (2000m) at only his third start for him. The much ...