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Punters post-race: Tatts Tiara day in review by Luke Sheehan, Nick Hluchaniuk & David Hocking Tofane made it back-to-back G1 wins Image: Racing Queensland Tatts Tiara day saw Tofane take out the feature race, Incentivise sew up the Star Performer with another demolition job, and an imbecile invade the track at Newcastle.  Star Performer Incentivise (Eagle Farm R6) We’re running out of things to say about this bloke ... but his progression from being beaten in a Toowoomba maiden...

RSN927 IS LOVE ALL WE NEED? June 17, 2021 8:42 am By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  There was a great deal of Love at It was a Love In. Barely an opportunity passed without an ITV commentator having some fun with the Kumbaya-effect of a name like “Love” and a singalong appeared likely at any moment. There were so many Beatles references there are probably royalties to be paid. But is Love all you need? For all the Kumbayah in the 20 minutes or so before last night’s Prince Of Wales’s ...

O’Brien slams Cup demands for internationals Trainer Aidan O’Brien has all but ruled out bringing horses to Australia this year. Picture: Getty Comments Champion trainer Aidan O‘Brien says it is “probably impossible” for him to bring horses to Australia this year due to the screening demands on Melbourne Cup entrants. The Irishman’s view and potential ethical dilemma revolves around the requirement for fit horses to undergo a nuclear scintigraphy (bone scannin...

Eagle Farm appears to have set the scene for racing’s next big act – the spring carnival off the back of yesterday, Matt Stewart writes.

It's part 5 of RSN's Behind The Mic: 20 Questions and this time resident Racing Journalist Matt Stewart details his Racing life

RSN927 RSN BEHIND THE MIC: 20 QUESTIONS WITH DEANE LESTER May 31, 2021 4:28 pm Leading form analyst and RSN927s very own Deane Lester details his lifelong involvement in Racing in a must-read edition of RSN’s Behind The Mic: 20 Questions Series.   What first got you interested in Racing, and at what age? I was pretty much born into racing my parents ran a stud farm, so I was surrounded by horses right from the beginning.   My earliest race-day memory was going to the Cox Plate in 1972 when...

Queenslands Stradbroke Handicap Day has received a massive boost with new racing star Zaaki set to be a crowd-pulling drawcard.

Yulong Farm’s Sam Fairgray has suggested that Hungry Heart could be targeted towards the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, Jackson Frantz writes.

In a perfect world James McDonald wouldn’t decide whether to ride Verry Elleegant or Zaaki on their Cox Plate until after their barrier trials on July and August but again, that won’t be the case.

Dan O’Sullivan rates Zaaki’s Doomben Cup victory alongside performances produced by Winx and Hartnell, Jackson Frantz writes.