Champagne popped ahead of racing on cup day
Champagne corks are being popped, hats are being pinned down, and bets are being placed. And the horses are getting ready too.
View ArticleDay for the punters at the Darwin Cup
Walking away with empty pockets, it was a tough day for the bookies.
View ArticleMelbourne Cup comes to Darwin
Not many people get the opportunity to stand at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November holding the Melbourne Cup.
View ArticleThe story behind a Dreamer
If your family knows about history, horses and World War Two, you may be able to help out with the search for some information.
View ArticleDarwin cup fashion
If you're planning to spend the public holiday track side, you're going to need to dress the part...and gents, this means you too.
View ArticleHarts Range Races
What started as a bet has turned into one of the country's most remote bush sports weekends, drawing crowds of up to a thousand people.
View ArticleFun fashion on Darwin Cup Day
Fascinators and Fillies were in fine form on Darwin Cup Day.
View ArticleMelbourne Cup in the Top End
It's the race that stops a nation, and it certainly stopped most of Darwin.
View ArticleVictoria rejects voluntary horse flu vaccination
Victoria has taken on the horse racing industry and the Federal Government, refusing to support voluntary vaccination against horse flu.
View ArticleHorse industry given ultimatum on disease levy
Federal and state governments have given the horse industry an ultimatum - agree to a levy system or pay for future disease outbreaks.
View ArticleEquestrian body backs disease levy
Equestrian Australia says the horse industry has no option but to pay a levy to cover the cost of any horse disease outbreak.
View ArticleNTCOSS outraged by $12m for racing industry
The Northern Territory Council of Social Service is outraged by a $12 million funding allocation to the Territory's racing industry.
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 17/06/2010
It may be remote but it hasn't stopped people from flocking to Brunette Downs as they celebrate 100 years of horse racing; and where is Australia's second-oldest political party headed?
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 18/6/10
Some have already saluted the judge as racing gets underway at the centenary of the Brunette Downs races on the Barkly
View ArticleNT Country Hour podcast 21/06/2010
Brunette Downs race goers cast their eyes over contemporary works celebrating 100-years of racing at the remote station and is mining all that it's made out to be for Australia by it's supporters?
View ArticleMahaffey Road opens Darwin Cup with victory
Event favourite Mahaffey Road has comfortably won the first Darwin Cup Carnival race at Fannie Bay.
View ArticleMacca's Dream wins NT Derby
Macca's Dream has taken out the Northern Territory Derby at the Fannie Bay Racecourse in Darwin.
View ArticleDarwin jockey's riding ban cut in half
Darwin jockey Carl Spry has had a riding ban halved, but he will still miss the Darwin Cup on Monday.
View ArticleThe Guestroom - David Bates
Batesy is a well known jockey and trainer in Territory racing. He has just recovered from severe head injuries in an accident in 2009.
View ArticleBarrier draw held for Darwin Cup
Trainers, horse owners and jockeys learnt their starting positions for the Northern Territory's richest horse race.
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