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Derby Day preview

It’s the biggest Saturday of the Spring Racing Carnival. Damien Ractliffe and Aaron Maynard dissect all the races at Flemington.

Derby Day preview

It’s the biggest Saturday of the Spring Racing Carnival. Damien Ractliffe and Aaron Maynard dissect all the races at Flemington.

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Derby Day preview

It’s the biggest Saturday of the Spring Racing Carnival. Damien Ractliffe and Aaron Maynard dissect all the races at Flemington.

Spring racing fashion trends

Sam McMeekin discusses the latest fashion trends and what we should expect to see during this year’s spring carnival.

Racing’s crowning glory

With fashions on the field commanding almost as much attention as the horses on the track, Jyade Old gets a milliner’s view on the future of hats in Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival.

Spring Racing Preview: Caulfield Cup 2011

December Draw is set to start as the shortest-priced Caulfield Cup favourite in 45 years. Ben Waterworth and Ben Asgari preview the $2.5 million Group 1 feature, plus the other big races that will be taking place on one of the biggest days on Melbourne’s Spring Racing calendar.

Black Caviar’s return kick-starts the Spring Racing Carnival

The sound of last Saturday’s final siren in the AFL grand final didn’t just signify the end of another footy season, but also the beginning of another exciting spring carnival of racing. Ben Asgari previews the season’s opening weekend.

Racing’s modern-day Phar Lap

Some say Black Caviar is the best horse the world has seen since Phar Lap in the 1930s. Ben Asgari pays tribute to the great mare and previews her chances of making it 13 wins from 13 starts in the BTC Cup on Saturday.

Horse racing – Sydney Cup preview

This year’s Sydney Cup is an open-ended affair. David Cameron sizes up the contenders in the staying classic and in the other feature races on the final day of Sydney’s autumn racing carnival.

Cox Plate not a one-horse race

As the odds-on favourite, So You Think has commanded most of the attention ahead of the Cox Plate, but as Evan Harding writes, there are some high-class thoroughbreds ready to spoil the party.

Cox Plate Day: Preview

So you think you’ve seen the best this spring racing carnival has to offer? Not yet, says Ben Asgari in this preview of Australia’s weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on this afternoon.

Caulfield Cup Day: Preview

Can last year’s Melbourne Cup winner add the country’s second-richest staying race to his growing list of conquests? Ben Asgari previews what could be a ‘shocking’ result to the 2010 Caulfield Cup.

Caulfield Guineas Day preview

The Caulfield Guineas has long been one of Australia’s most prestigious races for three year-olds, and it’s just one of the highlights of today’s nine-event card. Ben Asgari previews a day where perhaps the biggest certainty is sunny spring weather in Melbourne.

The decade that delivered

From the track and field to the footy field and even the Olympic ski slopes, Australians made their presence felt in the noughties. Ben Waterworth looks back at the decade in sport.

Emirates Stakes Day preview

Can boom three year-old So You Think follow up his Cox Plate victory with a win in the Emirates Stakes? Ben Asgari previews the final day of the Flemington carnival.

Cox Plate preview

Will Whobegotyou consolidate his status as Australia’s best horse? Could trainer Bart Cummings follow up his Caulfield Cup quinella with a win for three year-old So You Think? Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari previews Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age contest.

Caulfield Cup preview

It’s one of the big three races of Melbourne’s Spring Carnival, and this year the result is as hard to predict as Melbourne’s weather. But upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari believes that Cima de Troimphe will triumph.