RSN racing editor Matt Stewart reflects on the current state of mainstream racing journalism.
The horse racing industry remains stable
New revelations from ABC’s 7.30 report
RSN racing editor Matt Stewart reflects on the current state of mainstream racing journalism.
The horse racing industry remains stable
New revelations from ABC’s 7.30 report
With the best weather of the week forecast and a hotly-anticipated clash between two of the best horses in the world on the menu, the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival is set to be anything but the wind-down that it has always been. Ben Asgari takes us through Saturday’s Emirates Stakes Day meeting.
Oaks Day, the most stylish day of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival as it is officially Ladies Day. Ben Asgari puts fashion aside and previews the races.
The Melbourne Cup’s 150th running is shaping up as one of the race’s most memorable contest. And Ben Asgari predicts that despite the overwhelming sentiment behind Bart Cummings and So You Think, it could be someone else’s lucky day.
Rain or shine, and it will most probably be rain by the bucketload this year, Derby Day is Australia’s best day of racing. Ben Asgari gives his verdict on the outcomes of the nine-event program that includes Victoria’s staying classic for three year-olds.
As the odds-on favourite, So You Think has commanded most of the attention ahead of the Cox Plate, but as Evan Harding writes, there are some high-class thoroughbreds ready to spoil the party.
Can last year’s Melbourne Cup winner add the country’s second-richest staying race to his growing list of conquests? Ben Asgari previews what could be a ‘shocking’ result to the 2010 Caulfield Cup.
The Caulfield Guineas has long been one of Australia’s most prestigious races for three year-olds, and it’s just one of the highlights of today’s nine-event card. Ben Asgari previews a day where perhaps the biggest certainty is sunny spring weather in Melbourne.
As the Spring Racing Carnival gets underway, the 150th Melbourne Cup is looking like it may be the most international edition in the great race’s history. Evan Harding casts his eye over some of the hopefuls for the first Tuesday in November.
Today’s Turnbull Stakes day is the start of the Melbourne Spring Carnival of Racing. Haven’t been following the form? Never fear, Ben Asgari takes a look ahead to the nine-race card.
Lawrie Zion has some novel proposals for politicians contesting the upcoming election. But is pedal power enough for Tony Abbott to fend off an equine challenge?
From the track and field to the footy field and even the Olympic ski slopes, Australians made their presence felt in the noughties. Ben Waterworth looks back at the decade in sport.
Can Zipping make it three Sandown Classics in a row? Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the final day of the Melbourne spring racing carnival.
After a shocker of a day on Tuesday, our racing writer Ben Asgari has plans to make amends with his tips for the third day of the Flemington carnival. And he thinks he has the whiff of a good thing in the main race of the day.
Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.
The Melbourne Cup might stop the nation, but Derby Day remains the ultimate day of racing in the spring carnival, and one of the greatest race days on the planet. Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the nine-event program.
Will Whobegotyou consolidate his status as Australia’s best horse? Could trainer Bart Cummings follow up his Caulfield Cup quinella with a win for three year-old So You Think? Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari previews Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age contest.
It’s one of the big three races of Melbourne’s Spring Carnival, and this year the result is as hard to predict as Melbourne’s weather. But upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari believes that Cima de Troimphe will triumph.
