Oscar Piastri finished second in the Qatar Grand Prix.

How Oscar Piastri wowed the F1 world in his rookie season

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri exceeded all expectations in his first season on the Formula 1 grid. This is how the Melbourne rookie took the F1 world by storm.

  • Damien Ractliffe

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Oliver Wiltshire (centre) flanked by fellow Geelong draftees (left to right) Connor O’Sullivan,Shaun Mannagh,George Stevens and Emerson Jeka.

Barwon Heads to the big time:Cats champion unearths draft gem in bush league

First he helped Geelong recruiters identify Tom Stewart’s talents,now club great Matthew Scarlett has helped find another hidden gem for the Cats,convincing Oliver Wiltshire he has what it takes to be an AFL footballer.

  • Damien Ractliffe
The VRC is making a pitch to host another race meeting two weeks after the end of Cup week.

‘Groundhog day’:Cranbourne fights back after Flemington’s bid to snatch race meeting

The CEO of the Cranbourne Turf Club has criticised a Victoria Racing Club pitch to take over Cranbourne Cup day,saying that holding more meetings at Flemington would just be groundhog day and not attract new fans to racing.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Tarkyn Lockyer,National AFL Academy Manager and coach speaks to the potential draftees before the first round.

AFL draft night two as it happened:Draftee’s hug with mum before late pick;Hawks take son of Paul Dear;Jiath’s Collingwood dream comes true

Follow along for the remaining rounds of the AFL draft from Marvel Stadium.

  • Damien Ractliffe,Claire Siracusa,Marc McGowan andMichael Gleeson
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Thousand Guineas trophy on the plane to NZ

Businessman Brendan Lindsay’s confidence in filly Joliestar was fully justified when the Chris Waller-trained daughter of Zoustar proved too strong in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Punters have allegedly been unable to withdraw funds from their Bet Deck accounts,with the site ‘under maintenance’.

Punters in dark over money as bookie site goes ‘under maintenance’ during Cup carnival

Punters are waiting for answers after they were allegedly unable to make withdrawals by bookmaker Bet Deck,only for the site to go “under maintenance”.

  • Damien Ractliffe
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The All-Star Mile field will no longer be voted by the public.

This race was Melbourne’s answer to Peter V’landys’ Sydney showpiece,but fans will no longer have a voice

The field for Racing Victoria’s prized autumn feature pop-up,the All-Star Mile,will no longer be voted on by the public.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Star Melbourne jockey Jamie Kah is defending charges of conduct prejudicial to the image of racing.

‘Deny,deny,deny’:Text messages revealed,stewards accused of ‘smear campaign’ in Kah hearing

Star jockey Jamie Kah says she didn’t know stablehand Ruby McIntyre was recording her cutting lines of a white powder on a plate with an ID card,footage which has become central to a charge of conduct prejudicial to racing.

  • Damien Ractliffe
Racegoers pack the stands at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup.

Ride of the week,the fairytale and the horse to follow:Best of the Cup carnival

Flemington has enjoyed a carnival to remember,with mostly glorious weather greeting more than 260,000 spectators across the four days.

  • Damien Ractliffe
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McDonald the carnival king as Flemington misses a last-minute Oliver twist

James McDonald stamped himself as the king of the Melbourne Cup carnival by claiming the Champions Stakes,denying Damien Oliver a fairytale Melbourne finish.

  • Andrew Wu,Damien Ractliffe andRob Harris