AN UNUSUAL new event on the Victorian flat racing calendar has proven to be a big success for a bush club that knows how to sell a good idea, writes RON REED: BILL Gibbins had only two bets at the Warrnambool races last Sunday – and backed two winners. One was... More »
NEVER IN doubt? Not exactly, but it was all in the timing again for Australia’s greatest racehorse, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
George Haddon on the Aquanita affair More »
ARE imported horses stealing our major races and the big prizemoney at the expense of Australia-bred gallopers? BRIAN MELDRUM dissects the results: More »
THE RODRIGUEZ brothers were the Mexican masters of motorsport but they both drove like demons and paid the price for their bravery. PETER COSTER salutes the deed of two great drivers. More »
WHAT could possibly go wrong? It started as a simple enough idea. Two old(ish) journos setting out to recapture a slice of their young newspaper days by going to the country races. More »
Darren Tindale and Bronwen Healy bring you their favourites pics from Emirates Stakes day at Flemington More »
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Doting Dads are always proud when their sons turn out to be high achievers, especially when it is doing the same thing they do themselves. It’s been a big few days for that, Chief Writer RON REED reports: More »
Darren Tindale and Bronwen Healy share their favourite pics from the Melbourne Cup More »
BRIAN MELDRUM welcomes the foreign raiders to Flemington in November but warns that it is essential to keep romance in our greatest race. More »
HORSE RACING these days is an industry in the true sense of the word, but you don’t have to look far below the surface to discover there is still a romance to the turf, as BRIAN MELDRUM REPORTS More »
THERE IS much more to the Melbourne Cup than betting, bookies, booze and belles. The man who has experienced it to the full over many years is TERRY BROWN and here, for the very first time, he reveals his exclusive tips for getting through the big day: SINCE t... More »
