An enhanced Global Sprint Challenge now taking in elite sprint races across five nations will commence in spectacular style this Saturday at Flemington. (more…)

The Global Sprint Challenge (GSC) has been enhanced with the addition of Singapore’s premier turf sprint, the KrisFlyer International Sprint, from next year. (more…)

Australian racing fans were kept in suspense at the Hong Kong International barrier draw in the Shatin mounting yard on Thursday morning, our sole representative in the rich International Sprint - Ortensia - having her name drawn out last of the 14 contenders. (more…)

The match race didn’t unfold but the way Black Caviar burnt up the turf and treated the best sprinters in Australia with disdain in the Patinack Farm Classic (registered name: Victoria Racing Club Stakes) left racing fans in awe of her talent. (more…)

In a spring, that has delivered some golden memories, the curtain draws to a close on Saturday with the running of the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic and Emirates Stakes at Flemington.  (more…)

A feast of racing at its highest level happens worldwide this weekend in Australia; we have the Group I Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps at Randwick.  On the other side of the world in France the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and in Japan a leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, the Sprinters Stakes is decided at Nakayama. (more…)

News from Racing Victoria, in conjunction with the Victoria Racing Club, Melbourne Racing Club, (more…)

Starspangledbanner, the first Australian bred winner of the prestigious Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket in England, will miss the 2010 southern hemisphere-breeding season. (more…)

Starspangledbanner’s second successive Group 1 win in England was the highlight of a great outcome for Australia in the A$691,000 Darley July Cup (1200m), the third UK leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, at Newmarket overnight (Friday AET). (more…)

Victorian-trained Nicconi and ex-pat Starpsangledbanner will be chasing their second wins in
the lucrative Global Sprint Challenge when they contest the fourth leg tonight (AET) in the UK.

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Friday night racing to be televised on racing channel, TVN includes four races from the Darley July Cup meeting at Newmarket racecourse in the UK.  (more…)

Serious Attitude could bid for a second Newmarket Group One triumph in what promises to be a typically top-drawer renewal of the £400,000 Darley July Cup at the July Course on Friday, 9th July. (more…)

Trainer Carl O’Callaghan has confirmed that Kinsale King will remain in Britain for a tilt at the £400,000 Darley July Cup at Newmarket, the third British leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, on Friday, 9th July. (more…)

The son of Redoute’s Choice, Elzaam could be lining up in the £70,000 Group Two TNT July Stakes (1200m) one of three stakes races to feature on the second day of Newmarket’s famous July Meeting, Thursday 8th. (more…)

Choisir showed the English what an Australian sprinter could do when he burned up the turf in 2003 in winning the Group I Golden Jubilee Stakes in 2003.  (more…)

At Royal Ascot on Saturday Alverta, Starspangledbanner, Fravashi, War Artist, Happy Zero and Joy and Fun will attempt to continue the terrific run of the Australasian-bred  (more…)

The Australian challenge at Royal Ascot, got off to a disappointing start last night with Nicconi and Gold Trail finishing unplaced in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m). (more…)

David Hayes is hoping that his first ever runner in England will hit the jackpot when Nicconi seeks to continue the astounding record of Australian-trained raiders in the Group I King’s Stand Stakes. (more…)

Australian trainer Gary Portelli, a week into his first visit to Britain, has told Racenews.com that Gold Trail, the six-year-old sprinter he is targeting (more…)

Classy sprinters Alverta and Nicconi have arrived in England safely after a 26-hour flight that included two re-fuelling stops. (more…)