Horse Racing

Thoroughbred Vevinsky's win is struck from the record with trainer Kelvin Moore admitting to a stewards' inquiry that he had presented the horse to race with a banned substance in its system. 

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has found trainer Tom Smith guilty of improper conduct for striking a horse with a pipe and punching it. 

A Tasmanian harness racing inquiry has heard allegations of race fixing, illegal betting and horses being given cocaine before race meets. The state's opposition says the allegations should be referred to Tasmania police.

One of Tasmania's largest harness racing operations has been charged with breaching its duty of care following a 2023 car crash, in which several people were seriously injured.

The first race of the Kalgoorlie racing season looks certain to be rescheduled to Esperance, after a breakdown in negotiations between the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Racing WA.

The damage to the Gold Coast Turf Club track was discovered a day before the opening racing event of the week-long Magic Millions carnival. Police say investigations have ruled out accidental damage.

Police say they are keeping an open mind and it is too early to know if damage to a Gold Coast track ahead of Queensland's richest race day was deliberate. 

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale record has been broken twice in two days with a filly selling to a Japanese trainer for $3.2 million setting the newest record.

An English businessman, on his first trip to Australia, has paid $2.8 million for a thoroughbred yearling, setting a new record.

The $14 million race day will go ahead on the Gold Coast this weekend after the repaired track passed the long-awaited gallop test this morning.

Police are testing discarded weed spray nozzles found at the Gold Coast Turf Club as the mystery deepens into how the track was poisoned ahead of the city's Magic Millions race day.

Damage to a horseracing track on the Gold Coast that has put the Magic Millions' main race under a cloud may have been caused by poison, authorities say.

One of the world's richest horse race meetings — the final day of the Gold Coast Magic Millions — is scheduled to run in six days, but the venue is still up in the air after "discolouration" to the track.

Investigations are underway after a Gold Coast racetrack has been forced to move a major racing event to the Sunshine Coast. 

Detectives are investigating a damaged race track which has forced the relocation of the start of the highly anticipated Gold Coast Magic Millions racing carnival.

One of Western Australia's biggest provincial racing clubs is on the brink of disaster, with its 2025 season likely to be abandoned due to a lack of recycled water for its turf track.

The New South Wales Premier Chris Minns' role in a multi-million-dollar housing proposal has been referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.

An upper house committee voted to refer its report to the corruption watchdog because of "unanswered questions" about the premier's involvement in the Rosehill Racecourse proposal.

Legendary race mare Winx gave birth to a "healthy and happy" foal in the early hours of this morning. The mare's first foal, a Pierro filly, sold for $10 million but experts say it is hard to put a value on her half-brother.

The richest regional race meet in Queensland is hosting its first non-TAB meet. Despite the dramatic drop in betting revenue, the club has managed to maintain high-stakes prize money and is expected to draw a strong crowd.