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RSN927 ALL STAR WEIGHT TWEAK NOT OFF TABLE January 28, 2021 1:57 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  The weight conditions of the All Star Mile – great for the star runners but a dream crusher for others – are not set in concrete. Racing Victoria executive general manager Greg Carpenter said there had been consideration to change the conditions of the $5 million race from weight-for-age to set weights and penalties for this year. “It had been on the table, it has been discussed and the race is always open for various changes to make it even better but it was decided to keep the conditio...

RSN927 ANTHONY VAN DYCK FINDINGS TO BE RELEASED WITHIN A FORTNIGHT January 28, 2021 4:55 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Racing Victoria is expected to conclude its investigation into the cause of Anthony Van Dyck’s Melbourne Cup death within a fortnight. A Racing Victoria spokesperson said today that the broader probe into injury and death among the international raiders would conclude by the end of March. The fatality report into another casualty, the Australian Bloodstock-owned Involved, was initially intended for completion by late December but those findings have not yet been relea...

LONGINES LISTS AN ANNUAL HEAD-SCRATCHER BUT ALSO REVEAL HARD TRUTHS January 27, 2021 3:22 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  If nothing else, the good folk of LONGINES provide us with an excuse to roll our eyes and slam keyboards. The World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2020, determined by the very official-sounding International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, and sponsored by LONGINES, today released its controversial best lists; best horses of 2020, best races of 2020. Despite the helpful data used to formulate peak win ratings figures/lists, they are still enormously subjective,...

Mystic Journey became the shortest priced favourite to be rolled at Mowbray for many years when she kicked off her All Star Mile campaign with a second placing at $1.10 in the Ladbrokes Stakes.

Cheltenham jumps festival winning trainer Charles Byrnes was suspended for six months for negligence in a case that has stunned Irish racing – despite its rich history of scallywag track yarns – and left a trail of intrigue.