Horse Racing

The Victorian Racing Tribunal disqualifies Darren Weir from racing for another two years for using an electronic shock device known as a jigger on three horses.

Robbie Walters was granted permission to train horses in Tasmania under his Victorian licence just a month after admitting to submitting falsified documents to the Office of Racing Integrity.

Tasmania's director of racing moves to block Victorian trainer Robbie Walters from fielding horses in harness meets this weekend, following a direct request from the state's racing minister.

Racing around a backyard on a horse called Storm is outback teenager Tyler Morton's after-school sport.

Racing around a backyard on a horse called Storm is outback teenager Tyler Morton's after-school sport.

Tyler Morton taught herself barrel racing from YouTube videos. Through grit and determination, she's now set to pit herself against the world's best in the sport.

Mystik Dan wins the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, beating Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a photo finish at Churchill Downs. 

America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old this weekend. To US trainers, jockeys, and fans alike, the Kentucky Derby is "the most important thing in horse racing".

Thirteen-year-old Stacey Edwards is keen to become a jockey after a winning run in an initiative that encourages children to consider various job opportunities in horse racing.

The champion horse trainer has been cleared of allegations that he used a jigger on racehorses with the intention of corrupting the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup. 

Tasracing has issued show cause notices to a number of harness racing participants, adversely named in the Ray Murrihy report.

Tasracing says it is moving again to ban harness trainer Ben Yole, his brother Tim Yole and harness drivers Mitchell and Nathan Ford from its race tracks. A Supreme Court decision last week has cleared the way for Tasracing to pursue the ban.

Debbie Kepitis gets emotional following her company's purchase of racehorse Winx's daughter.

The first living foal of one Australian racing's all-time greats, sired by champion stallion Pierro, went under the hammer at the Inglis Easter yearling sale in Sydney.

Owners of champion racehorse Winx have confirmed a second foal is in the making, just days out from the highly anticipated sale of her first foal. 

The horse racing world mourns after Stefano Cherchi, 23, dies two weeks after suffering head injuries in a fall in Canberra.

When Rochelle Milnes became an apprentice jockey in 2022 it was against her parents' wishes over fears for her safety. But she quickly discovered an industry that was embracing women with gusto.

Facing a tribunal hearing with his former assistant trainer and stablehand, Darren Weir has admitted to using an electric shock device but denied allegations he intended to corrupt the outcome of races.

Kathy Gabriel says chasing cattle through Victoria's High Country led to her dream job, snapping horseriders racing across the Patagonian wilderness in the Gaucho Derby.

The king of outback horse racing has broken the state record for most races ever won. At the age of 12, owners reflect on how Fab's Cowboy came to reign over an outback realm that nearly killed him as a foal.

The Greens have unveiled a $40 million commitment to acquire the racecourse if they win power in the upcoming election. But the Brisbane Racing Club says the race course is the "golden goose" of Queensland's racing industry.

The racing world is in mourning after Verry Elleegant — who won two-thirds of Australian racing's big three distance races including the Melbourne Cup — dies in France from complications giving birth to a foal.

The Olympic showjumper risks missing the Paris games after his costume choice at a fancy dress event.

The Tasmanian harness trainer at the centre of race fixing, team driving and animal welfare breaches in the industry launches an appeal against his "warning off" from racetracks.

Tasracing bans Tasmania's leading harness racing trainer from entry to the state's racetracks, two days after the release of a major independent report into race fixing.