Dear diary, I have enjoyed a mostly quiet week as she who must be obeyed was in Port Seagull for a work-related international kick off thing. It was the first time that she has been away properly ...

It’s a question that every horse owner and rider asks themselves at some stage: is my horse lame? The answer isn’t always easy to work out, because lameness isn’t always easy to see, let alone narrow ...

Have you ever brought your horse in from the field or entered their stable and discovered that they have a swollen leg and/or the leg feels warm to touch? Noticing that your horse has a swollen limb ...

But my visit was cancelled — the mare had an infection, and I would have to wait until it cleared up. Beth found two Fox Trotters for sale, but when she called, one was already sold. “There’s another ...

Here's how we assessed the runs of some of the more fancied beaten runners from Saturday's racing at Sandown and Rosehill.

Maxxum (4-1) gave Gordon Elliott a fifth win in the William Hill Boyne Hurdle in Navan, the first leg of a Grade Two double and part of a treble for Cullentra House. Ridden by Danny Gilligan, the ...

David McColm has a big Group 1 plan for The Kosciuszko champion Far Too Easy and he has also revealed the reason for his stable star's uncustomary last start flop.

Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over last Saturday’s Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes meeting at Sandown.

Inspector Smith described Foxy and Rain as appearing very underweight and gaps between the hind legs of the two horses showed where ... Rain developed significant lameness while recovering ...

NIGHT ENDEAVOR (unplaced, R2) A post-race vet examination found the gelding pulled up lame in the right hind leg. Night Endeavor, trained by Ciaron Maher, laid out under pressure in the straight ...