NRL considering major shake-up to Anzac Day schedule
For the last seven years the game has featured two traditional matches on the day of remembrance, but a change is looming.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Knights join Eels in hunt for Addo-Carr as Dragons and Tigers watch with interest
Newcastle and Parramatta are both interested in entering talks with the star winger, but only if Canterbury agree to an immediate move.
- by Michael Chammas, Adrian Proszenko and Adam Pengilly
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Banned for life: Greyhound trainer still handled dogs years after live baiting scandal
One of the men implicated in the animal cruelty scandal more than eight years ago has finally had his penalty handed down by the sport’s regulatory arm after he told them he wanted to return one day.
- by Adam Pengilly
Finally out of the shadows, a master trainer has his moment in The Everest
Joe Pride has spent more than two decades as one of the most respected and understated trainers in the business. The fact he won The Everest with a $70,000 buy encapsulates perfectly his career.
- by Adam Pengilly
What about Me? Maher kicks another goal in Sydney
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace methodically ticked off another major race in Sydney when I Am Me surged to victory in the Sydney Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
- by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
‘Why is my life more important than another?’ Everest jockey’s dangerous trips to Ukraine
Huddled in a war bunker with an eight-year-old girl helping her grandmother, Craig Williams broke down. But the champion jockey has found his purpose in life and is on a mission to raise millions for the war-torn country.
- by Adam Pengilly
The Everest winner will earn $100,000 per second - and this is how a jockey can win it
Bart Cummings used to tell his jockeys to wait until the Flemington clock tower in the Melbourne Cup. But how much do tactics come into play over the speed trip at Royal Randwick?
- by Adam Pengilly
What The Everest stars looked like as foals – and why the favourite was hidden behind a hedge
From the lush fields outside Matamata to Ireland, Dunedoo and the Hunter Valley, this year’s The Everest stars have been bred in all corners of the globe. And they have one thing in common: none has cost more than $1 million.
- by Adam Pengilly
Trying to find The Everest winner? This is the formula you need
Unlike the Melbourne Cup, which has more than 160 years of data to study, The Everest has only been around for six years. But can that short history help us find the winner?
- by Adam Pengilly
Kentucky Derby plan for Everest as officials eye record 50,000 crowd
A Kentucky Derby-style plan for racegoers to line the inside of the Randwick track would allow The Everest to be run in front of record-breaking crowd of 50,000 in coming years.
- by Adam Pengilly
Its only winning stallion is earning a fortune. So, does The Everest even need group 1 status?
Yes Yes Yes is commanding huge dollars at stud as a stallion on the rise, which means the race might not need the official elite status it craves.
- by Adam Pengilly