The six-year-old gelding has proved an unstoppable force in the west the past two seasons, annexing the first two editions of the $5m The Quokka as well as the past two stagings of the Group 1 ...

Trainer of the moment Bjorn Baker is keeping all his options open with super sprinter Overpass ahead of his bid to win a third straight The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 26. The six-year-old ...

Other authors who mean a lot to the musician (and now children’s book writer): Kevyn Aucoin and Hilary Mantel. Karen Russell’s “The Antidote” is set in 1930s Nebraska, when the promising ...

By Dwight Garner How the Movies Made Joan Didion a Great American Writer A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...

Jockey Justin Stanley says he wouldn’t swap Rockhampton rocket Astapor for any other horse heading into the $500,000 3YO Jewel on the Gold Coast on Saturday.

March 11, 2025 • Willow Winsham's new book on witches, past and present, offers a fun, fast, well researched historical summary that is also a stunning work of art. February 26, 2025 ...

Gun three-year-olds Lady Shenandoah and Lady Of Camelot will need to overcome outside gates if they’re to figure in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic Day at Rosehill on Saturday. The Sydney Autumn ...

The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan's inauguration the timing seemed too good to be true. Den of Spies ...

Tom Kitten has finally broken through for another Group 1 victory, defying champion Mr Brightside in a thrilling All-Star Mile at Flemington. Mr Brightside, the 2023 All-Star winner and runner-up ...

Bad luck derailed Joliestar’s makeover as a sprinter last spring, but Chris Waller decided to persevere and was rewarded with a win in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap. Few stables can challenge ...