Victorian plea launched over Alligator Blood’s Cox Plate hopes

Victorian plea launched over Alligator Blood’s Cox Plate hopes

Gai Waterhouse is adamant the horse is up to Australasia’s weight-for-age championship as an audacious plan has been hatched for a change in ownership for Alligator Blood.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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Alligator Blood banned from Cox Plate and Victorian spring carnival

Alligator Blood banned from Cox Plate and Victorian spring carnival

Co-trainer Adrian Bott says they may have no option but to look overseas after the popular galloper was effectively banned from Australia for the rest of the year.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Cocaine kingpin Damion Flower to finally have horse ownership ended

Cocaine kingpin Damion Flower to finally have horse ownership ended

Almost five months after being sentenced to 28 years in jail for his role in a cocaine importation ring,he is about to finally have his ownership in racehorses ended.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
Racing NSW monitoring Victoria Police investigation into historical abuse allegations against trainer

Racing NSW monitoring Victoria Police investigation into historical abuse allegations against trainer

Racing NSW says it is cooperating with Victorian racing integrity officials after Victoria Police confirmed it had launched an investigation into historic sexual abuse claims against a horse trainer.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Alligator Blood out of the carnival as Racing NSW bans owner

Alligator Blood out of the carnival as Racing NSW bans owner

Racing NSW has banned Allan Endresz from owning horses in the state,ending any hope of Alligator Blood racing in the Sydney autumn carnival.

  • byChris Roots andAdam Pengilly
Doncaster doubt:Alligator Blood’s owner in NSW ban threat

Doncaster doubt:Alligator Blood’s owner in NSW ban threat

The controversial man behind one of Australia’s most popular racehorses is fighting a bid to have his horses barred from the autumn carnival.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
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Blackmail charges against Jarrod McLean dropped

Blackmail charges against Jarrod McLean dropped

Police prosecutors have dropped extortion,blackmail and threat-to-kill charges against disqualified trainer Jarrod McLean.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
Savatiano disqualified from group 1,Cummings slugged $10,000

Savatiano disqualified from group 1,Cummings slugged $10,000

Godolphin trainer James Cummings was fined after no clear reason was found for Savatiano’s positive swab from last year’s Canterbury Stakes.

  • byChris Roots
Hugh Bowman set to lose 100th group 1 win as Godolphin face positive swab inquiry

Hugh Bowman set to lose 100th group 1 win as Godolphin face positive swab inquiry

The global racing powerhouse has been notified about an irregular urine sample after Savatiano’s group 1 win in the Canterbury Stakes last year.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
D-Day looming for cocaine kingpin Damion Flower’s horse empire

D-Day looming for cocaine kingpin Damion Flower’s horse empire

Racing NSW are only a matter of weeks away from deciding what to do with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizemoney kept in a trust as Flower’s horses continue to race in NSW.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Sydney jockeys request unvaccinated Willie Pike be given own room before NSW switch

Sydney jockeys request unvaccinated Willie Pike be given own room before NSW switch

One of the best riders in the country will begin the next phase of his career in NSW this week after leaving Perth over the state’s vaccine mandate on racecourses.

  • byAdam Pengilly