Bren O'Brien

Yulong’s extraordinary spring took another jump forward when its star filly Treasurethe Moment delivered an authoritative victory in the G1 VRC Oaks, providing a first elite success for resident stallion Alabama Express.

New Zealand racing’s governing body is about to advertise for a replacement for departing CEO Bruce Sharrock. It shapes as a crucial decision in the next step of the Entain-fuelled revival of the thoroughbred code. Bren O’Brien examines the leading candidates.

The Australian Turf Club says ongoing due diligence surrounding the financial aspects of a potential sale of Rosehill has forced it to change the timeline for a members' vote on the proposal.

Knight’s Choice’s breeding never gave an inkling he could be a Melbourne Cup winner. But that never bothered his co-trainer Sheila Laxon, who always believed you need a horse with speed to win Australia’s greatest staying race.

Outsider Knight's Choice has given co-trainer Sheila Laxon a second Melbourne Cup win, beating Japanese stayer Warp Speed and Okita Soushi in a desperate finish at Flemington.

After Switzerland became the first of Snitzel’s progeny to win the Coolmore Stud Stakes, we take a look at the Arrowfield champion’s overall record as he closes in, statistically at least, on becoming Australia’s most successful producer of three-year-olds.

Zoustar has become just the fifth Australian-bred sire to produce a winner of a Breeders’ Cup race, after the victory of Starlust in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar.