This year's Melbourne Cup parade has been given the axe with event organisers citing costs and protests from animal rights activists for the decision.
Former horse trainer Thomas Hughes has admitted he stabbed two people during a psychotic episode at the "lowest ebb" of his life, his lawyer has told a court.
The Grand National, one of the world's most famous horse races, was delayed in the UK after animal rights activists scaled fences around the perimeter of Aintree racecourse and got onto the track.
A top jockey has won her Supreme Court appeal against a racing suspension she was handed after she held an illegal gathering during Victoria's COVID-19 lockdown.
The Melbourne Cup is known as 'the race that stops a nation' and today millions of eyes around Australia will be keenly watching the events at Flemington.
Racegoers have donned their best outfits to attend Derby Day at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse, in what is the city's first big event since the latest COVID-19 lockdown ended.
The glitz and glamour of spring races has returned to Randwick Racecourse in Sydney today but this season is likely to look very different from previous years.
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir and others accused of torturing horses and corrupt betting have won a bid to move their case to regional Victoria.
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has confirmed a registered racehorse has died and another has been euthanised after investigations at a property near Brisbane.
More than 100 racehorses with links to allegedly corrupt public servant Paul Whyte and his co-accused Jacob Anthonisz have been located across Australia and New Zealand.
The horse racing industry must aim to rehome all healthy and behaviourally sound thoroughbreds and standardbreds when they retire under a new rule in WA.
From royalty and the world's racing elite to ordinary Englishmen and Kiwis, many racehorse owners are dreaming of winning the $8 million Melbourne Cup.
Victorian police are changing tack this Melbourne Cup long weekend by putting officers at train station carparks to nab drivers getting behind the wheel, in order to stop road deaths.
Days out from the Melbourne Cup carnival, Victorian racing authorities have made an announcement they say reaffirms their commitment to the welfare of retired racehorses.
Racing authorities have strongly condemned "horrific images" presented by the ABC following a two-year investigation, which alleges hundreds of Australian racehorses are being sent to the knackery, where they are subjected to inhumane treatment.