#AUSTRALIA RACING: Without A Fight wins Melbourne Cup

Without a Fight stunned heavy favourite Vauban on Tuesday to win the Aus$8 million (US$6 million) Melbourne Cup, with jockey Mark Zahra claiming back-to-back victories in a dominant ride. The seven-year-old gelding stormed clear in the final 100m to outpace Soulcombe and Sheraz in a thrilling finish to the gruelling 3,200-metre (two-mile) handicap at Flemington. […]

#US RACING: Irad Ortiz Jr suspended for 3 race days

Leading jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has been suspended three days for his ride on Goodnight Olive in the Breeders’Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. He is already serving a different suspension for careless riding and will begin this one after that one finishes. Ortiz will serve his latest suspension on November 12, 17 and 18 according […]

#US RACING: Jockey Ryan Moore fined, suspended after win on Auguste Rodin

Jockey Ryan Moore was suspended for one day and fined $20,800 for his ride on Auguste Rodin in the Breeders’ Cup Turf after breaking Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority rules for use of the riding crop. Stewards ruled that Moore exceeded the allowed limit of strikes from the crop by one, according to a Sunday […]

#AUSTRALIA RACING Vauban tipped for Melbourne Cup glory

Irish-trained Vauban heads into Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as favourite in Australia's "race that stops a nation", but faces a looming threat from in-form Gold Trip who is targeting back-to-back wins. Held on the first Tuesday of November since 1876, the punishing 3,200 metre (two-mile) handicap at Flemington is regarded as the ultimate test of stamina and […]

Cody Dorman, dies age 17 after watching Cody’s Wish win at Breeders' Cup

Cody Dorman, the teenager who watched his namesake horse Cody's Wish win at the Breeders' Cup, has died. He was 17. Dorman died Sunday after suffering a "medical event" on the family's way home to Kentucky after attending the world championships at Santa Anita last week, according to a statement from his parents posted Monday […]