Kerrin McEvoy is looking to next month’s World Cup night in Dubai with great anticipation after being given the nod by Sheikh Mohammed to ride star colts Sepoy and Helmet. McEvoy had been waiting in hope since the announcement in late November the colts would join Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin team [...]
North America’s hottest stayer Sanagas is the latest international performer to join Bart Cummings’ Melbourne Cup team. Last year Illo, who like Sanagas is German-bred, was placed in the Moonee Valley Cup and 19th to Dunaden in the Melbourne Cup on a limited campaign in Australia with Cummings. A winner [...]
Darren Gauci hopes to resume race riding in time to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a jockey in early April. The 46-year-old has been sidelined for 7-1/2 months after suffering serious injuries in a fall at Mornington in June but is hopeful of getting good news when he visits his [...]
Champion Black Caviar will have another modern day sprinting idol for company on Saturday when she is led onto the Caulfield track by Hong Kong hero Silent Witness. Black Caviar equalled the dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year’s feat of 17 straight wins from debut with another effortless display [...]
Group One winners Pinker Pinker, Sepoy and Helmet will be the star attractions at the official barrier trials under lights at Cranbourne on Tuesday. Trainer Greg Eurell has confirmed Pinker Pinker will make her first appearance since her Cox Plate victory in October. However, he has not yet decided whether [...]
Like everyone else, Southern Speed’s trainer Leon Macdonald is in awe of Black Caviar. Unlike everyone else he has a horse who could possibly test the champion over the 1400 metres of Saturday’s Group One C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield if there is a chink in her armour at [...]
Norm Hilton is hoping stable flag bearers Bold Glance and Carry Me Bluey can play starring roles in Sydney and Brisbane over the next few months. Last year’s Doncaster Mile third placegetter, Bold Glance has been in work since early November after undergoing surgery to remove bone chips. He will [...]
Group One-winning jockey Josh Parr took his first major step towards a return from injury by riding trackwork on Saturday morning. It was the first time in more than two months Parr has been able to ride a horse after being diagnosed with a stress fracture to his L5 vertebra. [...]
The four blacktype races at Caulfield all had their significance, whether it was a big race favourite looking to hold its form, the three-year-olds kicking off their Autumn campaign, the sprinters looking to see if they can match in better class company, or the stayers and where their short term [...]
In-form galloper Bolton will miss this month’s Mornington Cup despite winning the Reaan Plate at Caulfield. Trainer Stephen Brown was hoping to run the Zabeel five-year-old in the 2400m Cup on February 15 but scrapped the idea after jockey Nick Hall dismounted on Saturday and told him the gelding would [...]
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