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SportAustralian Associated PressFemale rider Blackmore wins Grand National
Rachael Blackmore has made sporting history by becoming the first woman jockey to ride the winner of the Grand National, the world's greatest steeplechase race, when she steered Minella Times to glory at Aintree.The 31-year-old Irish rider, who was also top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival - where she won the Champion Hurdle - crowned a fabulous season on Saturday with her historic triumph.
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Stay Inside wins the $3.5m Golden Slipper
A friendship strengthened out of tragedy has delivered a result to savour as one of Australia's most celebrated racing families rekindled a love-affair with the Golden Slipper.In producing a clinical ride on Stay Inside, Tommy Berry captured his third Slipper and helped Richard and Michael Freedman to their first as training partners.
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First-season trainer lands Group One win
In a dream start to her career, Annabel Neasham has joined the ranks of Group One-winning trainers less than a year after opening a Sydney stable.Neasham, backed by the Fung family's racing operation Aquis, found herself in the autumn carnival spotlight when Mo'unga landed the Rosehill Guineas over 2000m on Saturday.
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Verry Elleegant turns tables on UK star
One of the most anticipated clashes of the Australian autumn has lived up to its billing as Verry Elleegant swept aside the northern hemisphere's best in the Ranvet Stakes.Promoted as a weight-for-age match-race between Verry Elleegant and the highly rated UK-trained Addeybb, the Ranvet delivered on every level on Golden Slipper day at Rosehill.
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Unbeaten filly has right Moves for Slipper
John Sargent trained the last horse to beat Winx but he insists winning a Golden Slipper will go beyond anything else he has achieved in more than four decades of racing.Sargent has eyes for the greatest prize for two-year-olds in the thoroughbred world with Four Moves Ahead, an unbeaten and untapped filly.
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Slipper delay a neat fit for Swift Witness
A delayed Golden Slipper has come with a bonus for Tulloch Lodge filly Swift Witness as trainer Gai Waterhouse tries to build on her record seven wins in the $3.One of five fillies taking on the colts in the world's richest race for juveniles, Swift Witness has thrived on the training track in the week since the Golden Slipper was postponed because of chaotic weather in Sydney.
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Chris Waller runner out of Golden Slipper
Trainer Chris Waller's hopes of a breakthrough Golden Slipper win have suffered a setback with the scratching of talented colt O'President.Rated the best of Waller's three runners in the $3.
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Slipper postponement forces carnival reset
Sydney's autumn carnival will be rescheduled after heavy rain forced the postponement of the rich Golden Slipper meeting because of unsafe racing conditions.One of Australian turf's marquee races, the $3.
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Blackmore ends as Cheltenham's top jockey
A landmark week for Rachael Blackmore at the Cheltenham Festival was completed when she became the first woman to secure the coveted top jockey award.Six wins - including a history-making victory aboard Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday - in Britain's biggest jump race meeting saw the 31-year-old rocket to the summit of the sport, earning plaudits from some of the sport's greats.
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Addeybb, Verry Ellegant in Ranvet rematch
English jockey Tom Marquand knows enough about Australian racing to understand the importance of the Golden Slipper.But he is adamant an undercard contest under weight-for-age conditions deserves equal billing with the world's richest race for two-year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday.
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Cautious optimism surrounds Slipper day
Racing officials are banking on a forecasted Sydney deluge holding off long enough to save Golden Slipper day from being washed out."At this point in time we expect to proceed barring the fact we get additional rainfall that hasn't been predicted," Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel said.
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Blackmore is Cheltenham's new superstar
British horse racing has found a new superstar in Rachael Blackmore, the jockey whose victory charge has continued at the Cheltenham Festival with her fourth and fifth wins of a sensational week.The Irish jockey steered favourite Allaho to a romping triumph in the Ryanair Chase, her fourth Grade One win of the week, and shortly afterwards rode Telmesomethinggirl to victory in the Mares' Novice Hurdle.
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Big wet to test Golden Slipper speedsters
The fastest are almost certainly going to be vulnerable to the strongest as rain threatens to turn the world's richest race for two-year-olds into a survival of the fittest.Unchallenged as the Australian thoroughbred breeding industry's most influential race, the Golden Slipper will be run on a rain-affected Rosehill track - if the meeting goes ahead.
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Mugatoo wins the $5 million All-Star Mile
Hugh Bowman added an another unforgettable Moonee Valley moment to one of the most decorated resumes in Australian racing after winning the All-Star Mile on Mugatoo.Responding to a precise piece of horsemanship that ranks up with the best on a bulging highlight reel for the Sydney jockey, Mugatoo squeezed between runners to claim the race.
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Krone wins the Group One Coolmore Classic
An unsuitable racing surface and an impost her trainer thought was unfair wasn't enough to stop Queensland mare Krone from winning the Coolmore Classic.Krone showed she is more than a wet-track specialist in winning the Group One race for fillies and mares at Rosehill on Saturday.
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Waller strengthens Golden Slipper squad
Chris Waller will have Golden Slipper numbers on his side for the first time after Shaquero claimed a ballot-free passage into the world's richest two-year-old race.Shaquero, winner of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, locked in a berth for the $3.
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Race against time for All-Star Mile fancy
Easing All-Star Mile favourite Arcadia Queen is running out of chances to contest the $5 million race.Lame on Thursday after casting a shoe, Arcadia Queen failed a further veterinary examination on Friday despite being reshod.
SportYahoo Sport AustraliaHorse dies after leading Aussie trainer's 'horrific' truck accident
Todd Howlett escaped serious injury, however one of five horses he was transporting died.
SportYahoo Sport AustraliaLeading trainer suspended over 'disgusting' photo with dead horse
Gordon Elliott has been stood down by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board.
SportYahoo Sport AustraliaOutrage over champion trainer's 'disgusting' photo with dead horse
An Irish horse trainer is being investigated over a disturbing images that surfaced online over the weekend.
SportYahoo Sport Australia'Awful scene': Horse racing world in shock over 'horrific' moment
The horse racing world was left in disbelief over 'horrific scenes' during the Wellington Cup in New Zealand.
SportYahoo Sport Australia'Unbelievable': Racegoers stunned as winning horse goes 'walkabouts'
One commentator couldn't believe his eyes as the winning horse went 'walkabouts' in a dramatic finish.
SportYahoo Sport AustraliaRacing boss' baffling explanation for sexually explicit horse names
Two slightly suspect horses caught the attention of social media on Tuesday.
LifestyleYahoo Sport AustraliaTom Waterhouse ridiculed over 'bizarre' Christmas tweets
The son of racing royalty has never shied away from a publicity stunt.
