Due to the forecast high temperatures in Sydney and the transfer of the important Melbourne C F ORR Stakes Race Meeting to Sunday February 8, several changes have been made to the programme for the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
The Australian Racing Board Chairman has said that last night’s vote in the Senate against a horse disease response levy bill was a massive sell out by the Federal Opposition.
SYDNEY Turf Club's feature Expressway Stakes meeting will go ahead at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow despite the heatwave conditions that have forced the transfer of Caulfield's Orr Stakes to Sunday.
Racing NSW and Sydney Turf Club officials have decided that the starting time of the race meeting on Saturday be rescheduled from 1:10pm back to 2:30pm.
Horses are arriving at Newmarket in readiness for the 2009 Sydney Classic Yearling Sale, which begins this Sunday, February 8 and runs over three days.
Flying Spur gelding Inspiration scored a surprise win in the Group One HK International Sprint back in December and recaptured that form when taking out the Centenary Sprint Cup HK Gr 1 at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy has told Ray Thomas that betting exchanges have "added another equation to what the stewards need to look for when it comes to betting activity".
ON AMERICAN football's day of days, the equine Starspangledbanner provided trainer Leon Corstens and connections with visions of a possible Blue Diamond party.
The next bonus race in the $2.5million Inglis Race series will be run at Rosehill Gardens next Saturday, February 7, with an additional $100,000 on offer for paid up graduates.