Jockey Alysha Collett won't be overindulging at Christmas lunch - but she is hoping to dine out on success 24 hours later during the Boxing Day races.

Of hundred fashionistas competing at Ellerslie race course, one entrant may or may not have an advantage, after nabbing fashion awards there twice before.

Super mare Winx produced a devastating performance to win the $3,230,00 Group One Cox Plate in wintry conditions at Moonee Valley today.

He earns more than All Blacks captain Kieran Read and his Black Caps counterpart Kane Williamson - and today he'll again take on the best in the world.

Trainer Graeme Sanders will watch New Zealand Oaks winner Fanatic work in Melbourne this morning before confirming a start for the

One man is paving the path for exports to China's young racing industry.

Rudy Liefting got his reward when Danza Lad added to his Awapuni record with an upset victory in the feature event on yesterday's card.

Andrew Campbell hated his profession as a plumber. Pulling up toilet drains got on his nerves to the point he gave it away and tried his hand at training thoroughbreds with absolutely no idea how that would turn out.

Sunset is far away for an industry that deserves and earns the government support it gets, writes John Allen.

Co-trainer Andrew Forsman said he would like to think Sakhee's Soldier's giant-killing win over Veyron at Ellerslie on Saturday was a stroke of genius.

The Cleaner has moved to the top of the market for the Railway Stakes in Perth with his owners having a change of heart about a trip to the west.

Shocking though the fatalities are, public need to understand that racing is natural for horses, professor says.

Ex-Kiwi galloper Sacred Falls added another group one win to an already impressive Randwick mile record when he capitalised on a sharp Zac Purton ride to win the George Main Stakes yesterday.

Nigel Tiley has maintained a remarkable winning strike rate since taking up training again and has three top chances at Ellerslie today.

Bragato may be rising 10 years old, but his second at Trentham last Saturday proves he doesn't know that.

Time spent walking the testing racing surface before her first ride of the day paid a handsome dividend for apprentice Rebecca Black.

The Offer has maintained Sydney Cup favouritism.

The notion that New Zealand form equals wet form is untrue for most of the Kiwi visitors to Sydney this autumn, including Oaks aspirant Miss Selby.

If one hour is a long time in horse racing, six months is 43 lifetimes.

Co-trainer Tony Pike is convinced that the dominant win of Kelly O'Reilly on Saturday is a sign she is ready to step up to the elite level over the next few weeks.

He's bred to be a sprinter, but Criterion has lived up to trainer David Payne's belief he is a superior stayer with victory in the prestigious Australian Derby at Randwick.

The bold decision to come to the other side of the world with Gordon Lord Byron had plenty of Irish eyes smiling at Rosehill.

The widest barrier has not stopped group one winner Moment Of Change being installed an odds-on favourite to return to the winner's circle in the group two Australia Stakes.

It's going to take a while for punters to get the hang of the million-dollar Triple Trio bet type that starts today at Trentham.

Trainer Andrew Campbell admits he is on edge as exciting three-year-old Cauthen resumes in the Group One Telegraph Handicap at Trentham.