Put The Whips Away And Stop Your Whingeing

RACING Victoria Limited has announced that jockeys will soon be a thing of the past and future racing events will simply involve horses running around the track with mannequins on their backs.

Hats, Horses And Bubbly

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Record Nine Internationals Ready To Line Up For A Crack At Taking The Melbourne Cup

IT'S official. The international gallopers are set to dominate the 2008 Melbourne Cup like never before with a record nine European horses paid-up yesterday as third acceptors for next Tuesday's race.

Union Not Horsing Around As It Whips Up A Frenzy

EXCLUSIVE! The Horses' Union of Australia has put tomorrow's Cox Plate in grave doubt and thrown the remainder of the spring carnival into turmoil by calling all horses to a picket line and launching a strike that will last indefinitely.

Honolulu - Lot 491?

AIDAN O'Brien's second-string Melbourne Cup runner Honolulu, owned by prominent Irish thoroughbred personalities Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor, remains a curious entry for the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale, starting on October 27 at Newmarket. Despite the entry in what is the world's largest horses-in-training sale, Tattersalls officials expect the four-year-old to be withdrawn due to his Melbourne Cup commitments. Two other well-performed O'Brien horses will go to ...

What Horses? Megan, Miranda The Star Attractions

THE horses were exciting, of course, but it was two famous models-cum-celebrities in the David Jones marquee who really turned heads at the Caulfield Cup yesterday.

Birdcage Still An Aviary Of Equine Extravagance

SHAREMARKET panic may have spooked some corporate racegoers out of the Birdcage at Flemington this year, but it won't spook the horses or the dedicated party set.

Personalities Are Worlds Apart, But Respect Is Universal

ONE of the most anticipated contests of the spring carnival, at least for me, will be between two trainers rather than horses.

All The Good On Track For Godolphin

WITH attention on visiting international horses now switching to the Aidan O'Brien stable, the Godolphin team is growing in confidence about its chances of featuring in the Caulfield and Melbourne cups with All The Good.

Low-key Approach To Cups Looking Good For Godolphin

WITH the attention on the visiting international horses now switching to the Aidan O'Brien stable, the Godolphin team is growing in confidence about its chances of featuring in the Caulfield and Melbourne cups with All The Good.

Plate Can't Tempt Trainer

THE confirmation of Whobegotyou as a worthy claimant to the title of star three-year-old after yesterday's The Age Caulfield Guineas will not tempt trainer Mark Kavanagh to take on the older horses in the weight-for-age championship, the Cox Plate.

Sydney Trio Swoop

MELBOURNE Cup-winning jockey Michael Rodd believes three Sydney horses are all that stands in the way of Caulfield Guineas glory for the Mark Kavanagh-trained Whobegotyou on Saturday.