Peter Davis

The Phoenix at The Meadows is four weeks away yet the makeup of the $1m to-the-winner contest is very close to being finalised.

Melbourne in November is all about racing and Saturday night’s Topgun meeting at The Meadows created history in more ways than one.

Drones have become commonplace over the past few years and are being integrated increasingly into public safety.

While the big dance is more than four months away, applications for a slot in the 2022 Phoenix, to be run on December 17, close in 19 days.

The crew has been holding up well, although it’s taking a beating. Brutal heat and persistent west wind make for hot, gritty conditions that are an assault on the senses,

The closure of Richmond for a complete renovation has had immediate, stark impact on trialling opportunity for trainers in the Sydney basin. It’s an issue which GRNSW must attend to.

YUKON Bear will never have the profile of the likes of topliners Wow, Zipping Kyrgios, Jungle Deuce and co. but he’s special in his own way.

New Zealand might well be handling one existential crisis well, but that is in sharp contrast with the ongoing failure to accept and act on the threats from climate change, writes Peter Davis

Back in 1987, the Vic Peters Classic qualifying trials at Wentworth Park were conducted midst a deluge yet the grass track raced safely.

OPINION: Three major reports have far-reaching implications for the future economic and social development of New Zealand.

Some of you may remember the gas rig that was the closest platform off the beach back in the ’80s and ’90s. Before they took it down, in a wilder