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The best of the weekend's sport in pics

The best of the weekend's sport in pics

Catch up with what you missed with our gallery of the best of the weekend's action. Pics by Getty Images. 27 Aug 2018
WATCH: Television presenter incredibly catches bolting horse

WATCH: Television presenter incredibly catches bolting horse

A television presenter with British program At The Races has dived underneath a charging horse and caught it by the reigns. 24 May 2018
Horse race abandoned after menacing steel stakes found on track

Horse race abandoned after menacing steel stakes found on track

Two 40-centimetre long steel stakes were found implanted in the turf at Kimore Racing Club, sparking claims they may have been planted to sabotage a horse race. 12 Apr 2018
Watch the moment a man wins $1million

Watch the moment a man wins $1million

A man has won a crazy $1 million thanks to the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. 8 Nov 2017
Michelle Payne banned for a month

Michelle Payne banned for a month

Top female jockey handed suspension after testing positive for banned substance 29 Jun 2017
Horse 'Party Til Dawn' tests positive to ice

Horse 'Party Til Dawn' tests positive to ice

Australian racehorse ‘Party Till Dawn’ has tested positive to ice. 16 Dec 2016
Jim Cassidy rides out first year of retirement

Jim Cassidy rides out first year of retirement

Jim Cassidy watched this year’s Melbourne Cup from the American Express marquee at famous Flemington, opposite the winning post on the inside of the track. If this seems a tad cruel to a recently retired champion jockey on the day of the biggest race of the year, the man himself doesn’t feel it. 11 Nov 2016
Quick Guide to the Melbourne Cup 2016

Quick Guide to the Melbourne Cup 2016

The race that stops the nation is upon us 2 Nov 2015
Horse sense

Horse sense

If horse racing wants to attract bigger crowds, some changes are going to have to be made. 13 Oct 2014
Hot dog eating

Hot dog eating

Reckon you could keep up with these contestants in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Brooklyn? 5 Jul 2013
Overreach Draws Rails for Saturday's Slipper

Overreach Draws Rails for Saturday's Slipper

Red hot Golden Slipper favourite, Overreach, will start from barrier one in Saturday's 3.5 million dash for two-year-olds at Rosehill. 3 Apr 2013
How Good Is James McDonald

How Good Is James McDonald

Teenage prodigy. Boom rookie. Next big thing. These are phrases generally attached to Kiwi jockey James McDonald. 28 Nov 2011

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