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Five horses from five stables tested positive to a breast cancer drug. No one knows why

Five horses from five stables tested positive to a breast cancer drug. No one knows why

The mystery of how traces of a breast cancer drug appeared in urine samples taken from five different thoroughbreds, trained by five different stables and racing at five different tracks, might never be solved.

  • by Danny Russell

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Race-by-race preview and tips for Wednesday meeting at Gosford

Race-by-race preview and tips for Wednesday meeting at Gosford

Everything you need to make your selection for the NSW feature meeting.

  • by John Schell
How a Sydney grandmother took the world of horse racing by storm

How a Sydney grandmother took the world of horse racing by storm

Debbie Kepitis paid a world-record $10 million for the firstborn foal of champion racehorse Winx to keep the filly in the family and in Australia.

  • by Jonathan Drennan
Why $10 million for Winx foal could look like a bargain 10 years from now

Why $10 million for Winx foal could look like a bargain 10 years from now

The record investment by Debbie Kepitis and her family in the champion mare’s only foal could represent the birth of a racing dynasty.

  • by Chris Roots
O’Shea confident Awesome Wonder can live up to her name

O’Shea confident Awesome Wonder can live up to her name

Trainer John O’Shea will send a strong team to Wednesday’s metropolitan meeting at Gosford, headed by Irish import Awesome Wonder.

  • by John Schell
Place Du Carrousel ready for testing Queen Elizabeth tempo

Place Du Carrousel ready for testing Queen Elizabeth tempo

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on Saturday will be no place for the faint of heart, and the forecast fast pace will suit the imported mare.

  • by Chris Roots
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Race-by-race preview and tips for Tuesday meeting at Kembla Grange

Race-by-race preview and tips for Tuesday meeting at Kembla Grange

Everything you need to make your selection for the NSW feature meeting.

  • by John Schell
Secret vets, private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone: Inside filly’s $10m sale

Secret vets, private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone: Inside filly’s $10m sale

It’s the most amount of money ever paid for a filly in the world, but does it guarantee she will be any good as a racehorse?

  • by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
Hickman and Namoi River chasing Kembla Grange success

Hickman and Namoi River chasing Kembla Grange success

The Warwick Farm trainer and fellow city horseman Joe Pride will have runners in action just south of Wollongong.

  • by John Schell
‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million

‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million

Debbie Kepitis outbid American tycoon John Stewart to secure the only surviving foal from Australia’s champion racehorse, which will now be prepared for racing by Winx’s trainer Chris Waller.

  • by Adam Pengilly
‘I won’t be outbid’: American tycoon vows to spend $9 million for Winx filly

‘I won’t be outbid’: American tycoon vows to spend $9 million for Winx filly

The only foal from Australia’s champion racehorse will be offered for sale on Monday and an American has vowed to do almost anything it takes to secure her.

  • by Adam Pengilly