Latest news: Horse Racing

Italian jockey Stefano Cherchi, 23, has died as the result of injuries sustained in a race fall in Canberra on March 20.

Greens MLA Jo Clay mooted amending the budget to reduce funding to horse racing by 40 per cent; her motion was defeated.

Tributes are pouring from around Australia for jockey Dean Holland after he died following a fall during a race at Donald Racecourse in Victoria's west.

The Mark Hughes Foundation invites Canberrans to a day at the races, as a local man’s legacy is celebrated once more at Thoroughbred Park on Friday 3 February. Hughes himself will be there, spotlighting the importance of finding a cure for brain cancer.

A motion to phase out $41 million government funding for horseracing failed, but the industry could rely less on public funding.

Greens MLA Jo Clay believes it is not in the public interest to provide $41 million of taxpayer funds to the horseracing industry.

Great House rewarded trainer Chris Waller for taking a Melbourne Cup gamble after clinching a berth in Australia's greatest race.

The Melbourne Cup carnival has been launched with confirmation crowds will be allowed into Flemington across four days of racing.

Four jockeys including top rider Jamie Kah are facing disciplinary hearings, accused of breaching Victoria's lockdown restrictions.

Rob Potter will be hoping to take advantage of the successful return of the Acton Track when his mare Polyxena steps out in the TAB Federal.

While spring racing carnivals will likely not be the same as in previous years, the fashion stakes remain the same.