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NewsPretty Baby owners knock back $2.5 million
Pretty Baby's connections snub a $2.5m offer, Ka Ying Rising heads to Randwick trials, and Aroused impresses on debut at Ballarat.
Racing TipsGreyhound Live Ratings: Wednesday's Card Rated
Our top-rated runners across nine meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsWednesday's Top-Rated Runners: Live Ratings Board
Our top-rated runners across Ballarat, Doomben, Rosehill, Balaklava and Geelong Geraldton, updated race by race as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsKenmare Bay: the class drop we like best today
Our best bet Kenmare Bay drops in grade at Rosehill, plus Cardonette at Doomben and value pick Mull Of Kintyre at Ballarat headline today's Wednesday Set.
NewsWell Written's perfect Epsom draw: barrier three
Well Written's ideal Epsom barrier, the Williams trainers' 12-month disqualification, and Half Yours' Turnbull decider all feature in Tuesday's wrap.
Racing TipsGreyhounds Live Ratings: Tuesday's Ten-Track Card
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings on good tracks nationwide, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsGrafton and Tatura Ratings: Tuesday's Top Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across Grafton and Tatura, updated live as all 16 rated races jump on Good 4 tracks.
NewsRothfire retires: 12 wins, $5.8 million and a $61 miracle
Rothfire's brilliant career ends, the 2026 Everest sells out and Pride Of Jenni eyes another Cox Plate crack.
Racing TipsMonday's Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings, Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across nine meetings on Monday, updated live as the 80 remaining rated races jump.
NewsAethelwulf's golden ticket dilemma splits Sydney and Melbourne
Sir Delius leads the Turnbull, Well Written debuts in the Epsom, and Aethelwulf must choose between the Bart Cummings and The Metropolitan.
Racing TipsMonday Ratings: Wagga, Kilmore, Tamworth, Bunbury
Our top-rated runners across four Good 4 tracks, updating live as all 30 remaining races jump.
NewsWarwoven obliterates a hot Golden Rose field
Warwoven's dominant Golden Rose, Jimmysstar's Manikato comeback and Pride Of Jenni's third straight Feehan headline a huge Rosehill-Caulfield weekend.
Racing TipsSunday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks Across Seven Meetings
Our top-rated runners across seven Sunday greyhound meetings, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks throughout.
Racing TipsSunday Ratings: Six Meetings, 49 Races to Come
Our top-rated runners across Sunday's six-track card, updated live as the results roll in.
NewsBustling City leads our Sha Tin best bets
Best bet Bustling City headlines an 11-race Sha Tin card, with Packing Fighter and Double Bingo also among our Sunday selections.
Racing TipsSaturday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks Across the Nation
Our top-rated runners across seven tracks tonight, updating live as the card unfolds on good conditions.
NewsMacBet stakes $12,850 to open Spring All-Stars
MacBet kick off Spring All-Stars Round 1, staking $12,850 of a $13,550 pot across Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Rosehill and Caulfield.
Racing TipsSaturday Ratings: Our Top Picks Across 11 Meetings
Live-rated runners from Rosehill to Mingenew, updated all day as our top picks are revealed race by race.
NewsPride Of Jenni edges out Pretty Baby in Pack vote
The Wolfden Pack votes Pride Of Jenni its best bet ahead of Pretty Baby, with the full Saturday-Sunday selection list inside.
Racing TipsFriday Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across a nine-track Friday card, updated race by race as the results roll in.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Friday's Eight-Meeting Racing Marathon
Our top-rated runners across Friday's eight-meeting card, updating live as races jump from Lismore to Sunshine Coast.
NewsRams' run game headlines a stacked Week 3
Our Week 3 NFL preview covers every TV game, from the Rio shootout between the Ravens and Cowboys to the Rams-Broncos clash in Denver.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Thursday's Full Card
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as all 107 rated races jump on good tracks.
NewsHow is POJ $2.30??
King and Fizzer break down Lazzura, Guest House, Pride Of Jenni and Beiwacht before naming their Saturday selections led by The Louvre.
Racing TipsThursday Ratings: Warwick, Goulburn, Moe, Hawkesbury
Our top-rated runners across four meetings, updated live as prices move and races jump through the day.
NewsPlatinum Pearl plunges from $13 into $8.50
Golden Rose favourites shift at Rosehill and Caulfield's Manikato support card moves, headlined by Platinum Pearl's firm from $13 into $8.50.
NewsWinx has a foal
Stipulation's Geelong maiden win, Winx's new Too Darn Hot filly, and Pericles stepping up for a first crack at 1200m in the Manikato.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Wednesday's Nine-Meeting Card Live
Our top-rated runners across nine meetings on Wednesday, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Wednesday's Runners Rated Race by Race
Our top-rated runners across five meetings today, updated live as each race jumps.
NRL TipsTwo Games, Four Value Plays and a Multi With Bite
The final four are set — Dolphins host the Roosters at Suncorp on Friday, Panthers take on the Knights at Accor on Sunday. The desk works down both cards for where the market has it wrong.
AFL TipsWhere the Value Sits in Dockers v Lions
Fremantle chase a first flag, Brisbane a three-peat, at a packed MCG. The head-to-head is fully priced — the desk goes hunting where it isn't.
Racing TipsPeyton is the best of the Wednesday Set
Ten plays around the grounds on Wednesday, headed by Peyton at Warwick Farm — fitter second-up and drawn one.
Racing TipsCloud Nine finally gets the Valley set-up he wanted
Nine races at Happy Valley on Wednesday night with eight of them tipped, headed by Cloud Nine from barrier two with Zac Purton aboard.
Racing TipsTuesday Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings on Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds from Bulli through to Mandurah.
NewsVictoria Derby purse boosted to record $3 million
The Victoria Derby jumps to a record $3 million, Jimmysstar tries blinkers for the Manikato and Ka Ying Rising lands in Sydney for his Everest defence.
Racing TipsTuesday's Top-Rated Runners: Live Racing Ratings
Our top-rated runners across Swan Hill, Taree, Emerald and Leeton, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsGuest House the horse to beat in the Golden Rose
Golden Slipper winner Guest House heads the Golden Rose market, while Pride Of Jenni chases a third straight Feehan Stakes at Caulfield.
NewsManikato field slashed to just 13 runners
Ka Ying Rising lands in Sydney, the Manikato field is cut to 13, and Chris Waller reconsiders Aeliana's Melbourne Cup bid after her 58kg weight.
Racing TipsMonday Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across a nine-meeting Monday card, updated live as the races jump.
Racing TipsMonday Ratings: Warrnambool, Grafton, Narromine Live
Our top-rated runners across 22 races at Warrnambool, Grafton and Narromine, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsSunday Greyhounds: Live Ratings From Seven Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Sale, Temora, Rockhampton, Richmond, Q2 Parklands, Gawler and Bulli, updated race by race.
NFL TipsA Steelers price worth taking in Week 2
Seven NFL games on Australian TV from Monday morning, with a bet on each — including the Steelers at $3.10 and McCaffrey to cross against Miami.
Racing TipsSunday Ratings: Eight Meetings, 55 Races to Play
Our top-rated runners across today's eight-track spread, updating live as each race jumps.
NewsAngel Capital finally lands his Group 1
Blind Raise and Birdman fire into spring calculations, Autumn Glow digs deep, and Angel Capital finally breaks through at Group 1 level.
Racing TipsSaturday Greyhounds: Live Ratings Across Seven Tracks
Our top-rated runners from Dubbo through to Cannington, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks nationwide.
Racing TipsSaturday's Top-Rated Runners, Live All Day
Our live-updating ratings track the best runners across twelve meetings as the Saturday card unfolds.
RacingLindermann leads the Pack on Underwood Day
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Underwood Stakes Day in running order, plus a Pack Poll that Lindermann won with 36% of the vote.
NewsO'Brien eyes 10-runner Melbourne Cup assault
Joseph O'Brien's massive Melbourne Cup plans, Craig Williams' James J Braddock booking, and Pike's fiery reply to Victorian critics headline Friday's wrap.
Racing TipsFriday Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across nine greyhound meetings on Friday, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Friday's Best-Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across 33 races still to jump at Canberra, Ballarat, Newcastle and Townsville, updated live all day.
Racing TipsFour for Newcastle Gold Cup Day
Four selections across Friday's Newcastle Gold Cup Day card, in running order, with live fixed prices.
NewsCaulfield and Melbourne Cup weights released
Sir Delius tops the Caulfield Cup weights on 59kg, Half Yours carries the same in the Melbourne Cup, and Seize The Day is sidelined for three months after bleeding.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Thursday's Card Rated
Our top-rated runners across today's ten meetings, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsKing takes on Headwall in The Shorts
King wants Cosmic Crusader in the Underwood and Ninja over Headwall in The Shorts, both boys land on Portinari, and Fizzer's best bet of the weekend is Nicish.
Racing TipsThursday's Top-Rated Runners: Live Ratings Across Four Cards
Our top-rated runners from Beaudesert, Mornington, Illawarra Grange and Bunbury, updated live as the 32 remaining races jump.
RacingHeadley Grange backed from $4.60 into $3.70
Headley Grange is backed for the Bill Ritchie, Starzintheireyes halves in the Kingston Town, and the Autumn Glow and Underwood markets haven't budged.
NewsPVL expected to resign as RNSW CEO
Peter V'landys is set to become the NRL's first executive chairman, Jokers Grin could race on Saturday after all, and Sunday's Sha Tin meeting is cancelled.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Wednesday's Card
Our top-rated runners across today's nine meetings, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks.
AFL TipsWhere the Value Hides at the SCG and the 'G
Two spots in the decider are up for grabs, and with the head-to-head markets cramped it's the lines, totals and player plays where the real money sits. Here's how the desk is playing it.
NRL TipsWhere the Value Sits at Allianz and Eden Park
Two knockout finals, two short-priced hosts and a value board built around the men who take the ball to the line. The desk goes past the head-to-head.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Wednesday's Top-Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across six meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsBeadman locked in for the Manikato
Tim Clark rides Beadman in the Manikato with Newgate's Everest slot on the line, Ka Ying Rising's Randwick trial is set for October 6, and Winx is days away from foaling.
Racing TipsTuesday Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, Live All Day
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting greyhound card, updated live as good tracks hold up right through the program.
Racing TipsTuesday Ratings: Moruya, Bowen, Wellington, Wodonga
Our top-rated runners across four meetings today, updated live as Moruya, Bowen, Wellington and Wodonga work through their cards.
NewsSaffie Osborne makes history on Highwayman
The first female jockey to win a British Classic does it on a Melbourne Cup contender, Mr Brightside is cleared after the Makybe Diva, and seven internationals enter quarantine.
RacingAutumn Glow is $1.20 in the Seven Stakes
Birdman and Buckaroo skipped the Makybe Diva for the Underwood, Angel Capital's Sir Rupert Clarke run could settle his spring path, and The Shorts starts shaping The Everest.
Racing TipsMonday's Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting greyhound card, updated live as each race is run.
Racing TipsMonday Ratings: Hamilton, Tamworth, Corowa Card
Our top-rated runners across Hamilton, Tamworth and Corowa, updated live as the 22 races still to jump get underway.
Racing TipsSunday's Greyhound Ratings: Eight Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across today's eight-meeting greyhound slate, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsTen selections for Sunday at Sha Tin
Ten selections across Sunday's Sha Tin card in running order, including Peridot each way in the opener and two runners in Race 8.
Racing TipsSunday's Live Ratings: Six Meetings, 44 Races
Our top-rated runners across Dalby, Sale, Coffs Harbour, Kilmore, Bathurst and Northam, updated as the card unfolds.
RacingSHEZA FREAK
Sheza Alibi demolishes a Makybe Diva full of Group 1 winners, Oliveanotherday's streak ends at five, and Bjorn Baker lands features in Sydney and Melbourne.
Racing TipsSaturday's Greyhound Ratings, Live Across Seven Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Taree, Bendigo, Lakeside, the Meadows, Dubbo, Wentworth Park and Cannington, updated as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsSaturday Ratings: Our Top Picks Across 14 Meetings
Our top-rated runners across every Saturday meeting, updated live as the card unfolds.
RacingSheza Alibi leads the Pack on Makybe Diva Day
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Makybe Diva Stakes Day in running order, plus a Pack Poll that Sheza Alibi won with 46% of 124 votes.
NewsBella Nipotina welcomes a Zoustar colt
The champion mare's first foal arrives, Ka Ying Rising's rating passes Black Caviar's peak, and scratchings strengthen Sheza Alibi's hand in the Makybe Diva.
Racing TipsFriday Greyhounds: Live Ratings Across the Nation
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updating live as the card unfolds on good tracks nationwide.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Friday's Five-Track Card
Our top-rated runners across Geelong, Bordertown, Tuncurry, Goulburn and Sunshine Coast, updated live as the day unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Thursday's Full Card
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks.
Racing TipsKing doubles his max bet on Sir Delius
King's biggest bet of the day is the Makybe Diva import, Fizzer's strongest anywhere in the country is Skyhook, and neither wants the Run To The Rose favourite.
RacingUnder Focus backed from $11 into $6
A Run To The Rose roughie nearly halves in price, Lazzura and Just Party get smashed, and Treasurethe Moment firms into the Makybe Diva.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Thursday's Five-Track Card
Our top-rated runners across Hawkesbury, Warwick, Lismore, Seymour and Bunbury, updated live as the results come in.
NewsRacing mourns Paddy Payne Snr
The Payne family patriarch passes, Warnie books a Sir Rupert Clarke ticket out of the rescheduled Sandown card, and a 1-33 favourite is beaten in Britain.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live on Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across nine meetings today, updating live as each race jumps on good tracks nationwide.
AFL TipsThe Value Sits Wide of the Two Home Sides
Two short-priced hosts headline semi-final weekend, so the desk goes hunting where the real money is — the lines, the totals and a couple of player prices worth taking.
NRL TipsFour Sudden-Death Reads And Where The Value Hides
The top eight is set and week one delivers two do-or-die eliminators plus two qualifying finals. The Desk works down every market to find the prices worth taking — not just another short favourite.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Wednesday's Six-Meeting Card
Our top-rated runners across six meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsTuesday's Greyhound Ratings, Live All Day
Our top-rated runners across a ten-meeting Tuesday card, updated live as the races jump.
NewsWaller could have five in the Makybe Diva
Five Waller runners lining up to upset Sheza Alibi at Flemington, Fangirl is officially retired after 27 Group 1 starts, and James Cummings saddles his first Hong Kong runner.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Tuesday's Top-Rated Runners
Our live-updating ratings track the best runners across four meetings, refreshing as the day unfolds.
RacingMr Brightside goes for four in a row
A Makybe Diva so deep the second-lowest-rated runner is an Oaks winner, Oliveanotherday steps up in the Bobbie Lewis, and the Run To The Rose sorts the three-year-olds.
NewsKa Ying Rising smashes his own record
Eight lengths and a second off his own Sha Tin mark before he boards the plane, Fangirl's career looks over, and Constitution Hill is out of the Melbourne Cup.
Racing TipsMonday Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting greyhound card, updated live as the races jump.
Racing TipsMonday Ratings: Grafton, Tatura, Dubbo Live
Our top-rated runners across 22 races at Grafton, Tatura and Dubbo, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsSunday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks All Day
Our top-rated runners across a big Sunday card, updated live as seven meetings work through good tracks.
Racing TipsSunday's Live Ratings Across Five Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Bendigo, Moree, Sunshine Coast, Gundagai and Kalgoorlie, updated live as the 41 rated races unfold.
RacingThey let Lindermann lead again
Nash Rawiller gets the easy lead in the Chelmsford for the second year running, My Gladiola finally sheds the bridesmaid tag in the Moir, and Tempted makes her Everest case.
Racing TipsSaturday Greyhounds: Live Ratings Across Seven Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Dubbo, Warragul, Lakeside and more, updated live as the seven-track card unfolds on good tracks.
Racing TipsSaturday's Live Ratings Across a Loaded National Card
Our top-rated runners across a 13-meeting Saturday, updating live as the card unfolds.
RacingEvaporate leads the Pack on Moir Day
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Moir Stakes Day in running order, plus a Pack Poll that Evaporate won with 41% of 115 votes.
NewsSix weeks out, the Everest is wide open
Nobody has locked in a $20 million slot yet, Waller brings up a tenth Wyong Cup, and Bruce McAvaney heads for the South Australian Hall of Fame.
Racing TipsFriday's Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings, Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across 81 rated races from nine tracks, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsFriday Ratings: Canberra, Wyong, Mornington, Birdsville
Our top-rated runners across four Friday meetings, updated live as all 31 races jump.
NewsKing Of The Sea is out of the spring
A Caulfield Cup contender is lost to injury, Ka Ying Rising is passed fit for Sunday, and J-Mac's family will give Romantic Warrior his retirement home.
Racing TipsThursday's Greyhound Ratings: 97 Races Still to Run
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds and prices move.
Racing TipsKing goes bang on Lindermann
One of King's strongest bets of the spring, a split on the Moir, and he's prepared to lay the short-priced favourite in the Concorde.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Thursday's Soft-Track Card
Our top-rated runners across Coffs Harbour, Warrnambool, Mackay and Northam, updated live as the 30 rated races unfold.
RacingLindermann backed from $3.40 into $2.60
Both Chelmsford chances are being backed hard, Soothsayer and Blind Raise firm elsewhere, and the Moir market hasn't moved an inch.
NewsRomantic Warrior retires on £28 million
One of the greats of world racing is retired after more than £28 million in prizemoney, the VRC bids to host a Ka Ying Rising showdown, and a pro punter says his turnover is down 80 per cent.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Wednesday's Card Live
Our top-rated runners across nine tracks tonight, updating live as the card unfolds on good conditions.
AFL TipsWhere the Value Sits Across Four Blockbusters
Four finals, one clear pass, and the real money living in the scorer and player markets rather than another short favourite. The Desk lays out the bets worth having.
NRL TipsThe Value Sits Wide as Finals Positions Firm
The last home-and-away round is loaded with rested stars, debutants and farewell emotion — so our team has gone hunting past the head-to-heads for where the real prices are.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Six Meetings Across the Country Wednesday
Our top-rated runners across six meetings today, updating live as Devonport, Sandown and the rest of the card unfolds.
Racing TipsTuesday Greyhounds: Live Ratings And Prices
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings on good tracks, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsShe owes us nothing
Chris Waller says Saturday's Chelmsford could decide whether Fangirl races on or goes to stud, while 101 nominations land for the Melbourne Cup.
Racing TipsScone and Wodonga Ratings: Soft 6 Tuesday
Our top-rated runners across Scone and Wodonga, updated live as the Soft 6 card unfolds.
RacingRothfire's fourth crack at the Moir
A nine-year-old lines up against a three-year-old favourite in the Moir, and Randwick puts on a card with no Group 1 that hardly needs one.
NewsJoseph O'Brien could fill a quarter of the Cup
Twelve internationals earmarked for Melbourne as the Cup field tightens, Guest House posts a rating no Slipper winner has matched, and Ka Ying Rising cruises at Sha Tin.
Racing TipsMonday Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across nine tracks on Monday, updated live as the 80 remaining races jump.
RacingFrom reserve to Group 1 champion
Wrongly Accused wasn't in the National Sprint field until Friday and won it on Saturday, while Miss Envy became just the second dog to complete the double.
Racing TipsMonday's Top-Rated Runners: Live Ratings
Our top-rated runners across Taree, Ballarat and Corowa, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsSunday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks Across Five Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Q2 Parklands, Richmond, Rockhampton, Nowra and Sale, updated live as the 55 rated races unfold.
Racing TipsSunday Ratings: Best Bets Across Seven Meetings
Our top-rated runners from Wyong to Carnarvon, updated live as all 50 rated races unfold on Sunday.
Racing TipsSaturday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks All Day
Our top-rated runners across today's seven meetings, updated live with prices as each race jumps.
RacingGuest House breaks the Rosehill record
A 1100m track record that stood since 2007 goes, Beiwacht demolishes the Memsie, and Plagiarism wins at $8 after the money went the other way all week.
Racing TipsSaturday's Live Ratings: A National Card Wide Open
Twelve meetings and 97 rated races still to jump across the country, with conditions ranging from good to heavy.
RacingA $67 shot in the National Sprint
The National Sprint and Distance Championships headline Nationals night at Sandown Park — both finals previewed, plus Wolfden's Best Bet Set.
RacingNearly half the Pack on Oliveanotherday
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Memsie Stakes Day in running order, plus a Pack Poll that Oliveanotherday won with 48% of 134 votes.
NewsNo Everest for Autumn Glow
Autumn Glow's program is locked in at the mile rather than The Everest, The Metropolitan is stripped of Group 1 status, and Waller takes a 15th Bart Cummings Medal.
Racing TipsFriday Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across ten greyhound meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsFriday Ratings: Seven Meetings, All Conditions Covered
Our top-rated runners across today's seven meetings, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsMoody won't be dodging Autumn Glow
The Cox Plate is back on the table for Sheza Alibi, New Zealand cuts $3.1 million from its feature races, and Wild Atlantic debuts in a Group 3.
Racing TipsThursday Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across ten greyhound meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsFive from five, and a split on The Heath
King and Fizzer went a perfect five from five last Saturday, and head into Memsie Day on opposite sides of the short-priced favourite in The Heath.
Racing TipsThursday Live Ratings: Ipswich, Wagga, Seymour, Northam
Our top-rated runners across four wet-track meetings, updated live as the 32 remaining races jump.
RacingHostwin King crunched from $31 into $13
Nine market moves across a Group 1 Saturday, two of them near enough to halving — plus the key runners in the Memsie and six other features.
NewsSoulcombe returns after three years away
A 2023 Melbourne Cup runner-up comes back in the race he won first-up, J-Mac's Memsie booking says plenty, and Guest House chases a 35-year first.
Racing TipsWednesday's Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Live
Our top-rated runners across nine greyhound meetings today, updating live as the card unfolds.
AFL TipsAFL Wildcard Weekend: Two MCG Finals, and Where the Value Actually Sits
Both wildcard finals are sudden-death at the 'G. The desk digs past the head-to-head to find the prices worth taking across Friday and Saturday night.
NRL TipsValue Beyond the Short Favourites
A round stacked with lopsided fixtures means the money's in the scorer and player markets — here's where The Desk sees a real edge as the finals race tightens.
Racing TipsWednesday Ratings: 48 Races Across Six Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Devonport, Doomben, Bendigo, Strathalbyn, Canterbury and Belmont, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsMessara: “I think she’s world-class”
Arrowfield's John Messara calls Autumn Glow the best he has raced in 40 or 50 years, Waller confirms five for the Memsie, and Pride Of Jenni maps a Feehan defence.
Racing TipsTuesday's Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks All Day
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds from Geelong to Darwin.
RacingSpring Contenders: The Horses to Follow
The form analyst works through every major spring market — where he thinks the value is, who he wants to take on, and the Cup runner he says would be half the price if it were run tomorrow.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Tuesday's Top-Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners from Tamworth, Newcastle, Rockhampton and Ballarat, updated live as the 28 rated races unfold.
RacingTwo stables, almost half the Memsie
Waller and Maher between them could supply almost half the Memsie field, Oliveanotherday is plunging in The Heath, and Guest House returns at Rosehill.
News$103 million worth of yearlings
A record Blue Diamond nomination list, two more Melbourne Cup tickets booked in Europe, and Autumn Glow's connections weigh The Everest against the mile.
Racing TipsMonday Greyhounds: Live Ratings Across 10 Meetings
Our top-rated runners across 82 races on a good-tracks Monday, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Pakenham & Tuncurry Monday
Our top-rated runners across the remaining Pakenham and Tuncurry races, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsSunday Greyhound Ratings: Live Picks From Seven Tracks
Our top-rated runners across 65 races still to jump today, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks nationwide.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Six-Track Sunday Grind
Our top-rated runners across Kilcoy, Narromine, Goulburn, Wangaratta, Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, updated live as the card unfolds.
RacingAutumn Glow settles it in a stride
Autumn Glow puts Sheza Alibi away in the Winx, Pembrey has J-Mac calling for an Everest slot, and Cavalry Girl earns her shot at the top level.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Seven Meetings, Good Tracks
Our top-rated runners across 77 races from Lakeside to Cannington, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: 13 Meetings, 98 Races Still to Run
Our top-rated runners across a 13-track national card, updated live as the races unfold.
RacingA landslide for Autumn Glow
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Saturday in running order, plus a Pack Poll that Autumn Glow won on her own with 53%.
NewsKa Ying Rising bolts up by 9¾ lengths
The world's best sprinter returns with a demolition job at Sha Tin, Asfoora lines up for her last ride at York, and Racing Victoria posts a surplus.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings, 83 Races Left
Our top-rated runners across today's greyhound card, updated live as Q1 Lakeside, The Gardens and the rest of the slate unfold.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Six-Meeting Card Under the Microscope
Our top-rated runners across Sale, Beaudesert, Murtoa, Swan Hill, Murwillumbah and Canberra, updated live as the 48 rated races unfold.
NewsThe world No.1 runs fourth at York
Item upsets Ombudsman in the Juddmonte, gambling reforms clear parliament at a $10 million cost to Racing Victoria, and two more drop out of Saturday's Randwick features.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, 101 Races
Our top-rated runners across a ten-track card, updated live as Casino, Sandown Park and the rest get underway.
Racing TipsFizzer calls it a complete moral
King and Fizzer return for spring with six selections between them, a split verdict on the Winx Stakes, and one they both landed on.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Wednesday's Top Runners Across Four Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Hawkesbury, Warrnambool, Mackay and Pinjarra, updated live as the day unfolds.
RacingGlobal Goal smashed from $20 into $12
Six market movers across a Group 1 Saturday, from a Silver Shadow plunge to Sheza Alibi firming for the Winx — plus the key runners in every feature.
NewsIt's on: Autumn Glow v Sheza Alibi
The Winx Stakes clash is confirmed with both mares drawn inside, Black Caviar turns 20, and Yellow Jersey swerves the Memsie.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings, Live All Day
Our live-updating top picks across nine greyhound meetings on good tracks, refreshed race by race through the afternoon and night.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Seven Meetings Across Soft Tracks
Our top-rated runners across Hobart, Sandown, Ipswich and more, updating live as all 54 rated races unfold.
AFL TipsThe Dead Rubbers Cut Both Ways
The finals ladder is nearly set, which means a swag of round 24 games have one side desperate and one side coasting — and that's exactly where the value lives.
NRL TipsWhere the Value Hides in a Finals-Charged Weekend
The run home is on, big names are back and a few one-sided lines mean the smart money is in the scorer markets. Here's where our team sees the value.
NewsSheza Alibi is 70-30 to travel
Peter Moody puts a number on the Winx Stakes trip, a Wootton Bassett colt makes AU$7.5 million at Arqana, and Caulfield Cup international entries nearly treble.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings Still to Run Today
Our top-rated runners across the remaining greyhound card, updating live as the results roll in.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Grafton, Townsville, Ballarat, Albury
Our top-rated runners across four meetings today, updated live as the 28 rated races jump.
RacingJungle Johnny wins by 9.5 lengths
The National Championship fields are set for Sandown Park, the Million Dollar Chase begins at Nowra, and Barefoot Zulu is retired.
RacingAutumn Glow v Sheza Alibi, if she travels
Group 1 racing returns with the Winx Stakes, 17 nominations and a possible clash between the two best mares since Winx herself — pending a Tuesday gallop.
NewsNatural Fling rates higher than Sunlight
A 102 rating makes Natural Fling's Quezette the best since at least 2016, Yellow Jersey eyes the Memsie, and Trawlerman is retired.
Racing TipsGreyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, Good Tracks Nationwide
Our top-rated runners across ten meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds on good tracks.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Emerald, Wodonga, Bathurst, Scone
Our top-rated runners across four wet-track cards, updated live as all 29 rated races jump.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Seven Meetings, 77 Races to Run
Our rated runners across Sale, Murray Bridge, Nowra, Temora, Q2 Parklands, Richmond and Rockhampton, updated live all day.
RacingWaller: “Whatever’s ready to run will run”
The champion trainer runs through Autumn Glow, Beiwacht, Buckaroo and the rest of his spring team — including how to keep one of them away from his own unbeaten mare first-up.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Six Meetings, Every Track Condition
Our top-rated runners across today's card, updating live from Moruya through to Carnarvon.
RacingFive winners to follow out of Saturday
Cosmic Crusader books a Memsie shot, Natural Fling and Chilly Girl announce themselves, and Yellow Jersey shades Mr Brightside at Caulfield Heath.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Friday's Top Picks
Our rated selections across seven meetings today, updating live as each race jumps.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Saturday's Best Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across a huge 13-meeting Saturday, updated live as the card unfolds.
RacingThe Pack backs Cosmic Crusader in the Lawrence
Cosmic Crusader took 63% of 147 votes as the best bet at the price in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.
RacingThirteen Pack selections across four states
The Wolfden Pack's full set for Saturday, in running order from Rosehill to Belmont — plus the Pack's vote on the best bet at the price.
NewsNo fairytale for the $8.8 million filly
Partying is beaten on debut at Windsor, Half Yours maps out a Cup defence from Flemington, and the Kensington trials throw up a star-studded morning.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings Up for Grabs
Our top-rated runners across a nine-track slate, updating live as the card unfolds from Traralgon onward.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Taree, Gunnedah, Ipswich, Geelong
Our top-rated runners across four soft and heavy tracks today, updated race by race as the card unfolds.
Racing$23 into $12: Saturday's biggest plunge
Ghana's Akan has been smashed in the Quezette and Recommendation is the other big firmer
NewsThe $8.8 million filly steps out at Windsor
A 4.4 million guinea filly finally makes it to the track, Asfoora gets one last run at York, and Brooke Warne joins the ownership ranks.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: 90 Races Across 10 Meetings
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting greyhound card, updating live as the races jump.
AFL TipsRound 23 AFL: Value on the Crows, and a Multi That Pays
The penultimate round is stacked with lopsided fixtures, so the desk hunts the lines, the totals and the scorer markets where the real value hides — headlined by a live-stakes visitor at Optus.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Wednesday's Top Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across Newcastle, Wellington, Moe, Rockhampton and Bunbury, updated live as the card unfolds.
NRL TipsRound 24: Where The Overs Sit This Weekend
A short-priced favourites round on paper, so our value is in the scorer markets and the two games that are genuinely close. Here's where The Desk is putting its money.
NewsSavagram makes a winning start
A Derby winner's brother salutes on debut at Canterbury, Al Riffa is out of the Melbourne Cup, and Britain's new PM puts betting shops on notice.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Nine Meetings in Play
Our top-rated runners across 86 rated races at nine tracks, updating live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Seven Meetings, Every Top Pick Tracked
Our live-updating ratings track the best-rated runners across today's seven meetings as the card unfolds.
NewsThe Everest is heading for a record crowd
Everest general admission is running 55 per cent ahead of last year, Pride Of Jenni is back in work, and Sheza Alibi has Peter Moody smiling.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, 90 Races
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting card, updating live as the prices move and the races jump.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Ballarat, Dalby, Ballina, Hawkesbury, Broome
Our top-rated runners across today's five meetings, updated live as all 39 rated races jump.
NewsTabcorp's $267m swoop on BetMakers
Tabcorp moves on BetMakers, Sovereignty becomes the first to complete a Derby–Travers–Whitney treble, and Craig Williams collects a sixth Scobie Breasley.
Racing TipsLive Greyhound Ratings: Ten Meetings, 91 Races
Our top-rated runners across today's ten-meeting card, updating live as Dubbo, Sandown Park and the rest jump.
NewsThe spring guns roll out at Caulfield
Cosmic Crusader heads an 18-strong P.B. Lawrence, the three-year-olds return in the Vain and Quezette, and The Rosebud opens the Golden Rose road.
NewsRetaliation sets the standard as the nationals heat up
Retaliation's 29.20 headed a big week of National Sprint and Distance qualifying, with the state finals decided on Thursday night.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Pakenham, Kilcoy, Nowra and Dubbo Today
Our top-rated runners across four meetings, updated live as the card unfolds.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Six Meetings, 45 Races to Watch
Our top-rated runners across Sunshine Coast, Ballarat, Casterton, Muswellbrook, Wagga and Kalgoorlie, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsSpring stars emerge
Ninja upsets Angel Capital in the Missile, Cavalry Girl smokes them at Caulfield Heath, and a $5,000 buy lands a Group 3.
NewsAngel Capital tops Saturday's best bet poll
The Pack's Saturday vote went the way of Angel Capital on 39%, and every selection is listed in running order.
Racing TipsLive Ratings: Saturday's Best-Rated Runners
Our top-rated runners across eleven meetings today, updated live as the card unfolds.
NewsThe Pack backs Angel Capital in the Missile
Angel Capital edges Ninja in the Wolfden Pack's vote on the Missile Stakes, with 166 votes split four ways.
NewsAngel Capital's spring starts in the Missile
Waller's sprinter chases the Group 1 that makes him a stallion, Sir Delius maps a Cox Plate path, and Damian Lane is back.
NewsLady Of Camelot up for sale as the Memsie stacks up
Lady Of Camelot heads to the sales ring, Appleby unveils a smart debutant, and the Memsie is shaping as the strongest in years.
NewsAngel Capital returns, and the money's already moved
Angel Capital returns in the Missile Stakes, and the money has already spoken at Caulfield Heath, Randwick and Morphettville.
AFL TipsDockers Roll Into the 'G and a Wildcard Shootout Closes the Round
Three rounds left and the ladder is doing the talking — the Desk lands on the games where the read beats the price, from Freo at the MCG to the Saints-Blues elimination final.
NRL TipsCowboys Owe One, Cleary Steers Penrith Home
Indigenous Round throws up a few genuine finals shootouts. The desk lands on the Cowboys to answer their critics, Penrith to grind out Auckland, and a Sharks side too good for a broken Dragons.
The bookies we bet with ourselves — rated on markets, features and payout speed.
