News

Houtzen set for another Valley sprint race

Monday 22 October 2018, 4:14pm

Houtzen is set for her third Moonee Valley sprint race this spring in the Manikato Stakes as the talented mare chases a first Group One win.  Read more »

Training horses at Caulfield set to cease

Monday 22 October 2018, 2:38pm

A new lease agreement has secured racing at Caulfield for at least the next 65 years but training of racehorses at the venue will end within five years.  Read more »

Queensland trainers stick solid on strike

Monday 22 October 2018, 2:15pm

Queensland trainers have stuck to their guns, refusing to nominate horses for the Doomben meeting in protest at the state government's distribution of POC tax.  Read more »

No Melbourne Cup penalty for Best Solution

Monday 22 October 2018, 1:31pm

Caulfield Cup winner Best Solution has not been given a weight penalty for his victory and remains on 57.5kg for the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Field of 16 for Group Three Geelong Cup

Monday 22 October 2018, 12:16pm

The Group Three Geelong Cup has attracted a field of 16 which includes English-trained stayer Withhold from the Roger Charlton stable.  Read more »

No signs of champion Winx slowing down

Monday 22 October 2018, 11:53am

Winx's official biography has already been written, yet her trainer and owners are happy to let her continue writing her racing history as long as she's happy.  Read more »

Dato Tan Chin Nam dies aged 93

Monday 22 October 2018, 9:23am

Four-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Dato Tan Chin Nam has died aged 93.  Read more »

Rawiller, Higgins in hospital after fall

Monday 22 October 2018, 6:51am

Victorian jockeys Brad Rawiller and Brian Higgins are in a Melbourne hospital after a race fall at Cranbourne.  Read more »

Trevor-Jones rues unlucky Verdon Cup run

Sunday 21 October 2018, 5:55pm

Travelling foreman Robin Trevor-Jones fears Red Verdon has missed out on his grand final but the horse will press on to the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Valley waiting game for O'Brien pair

Sunday 21 October 2018, 5:07pm

TJ Comerford, the travelling foreman for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, is awaiting news whether Rostropovich and Idaho will be runners at Moonee Valley.  Read more »