Ryan Maloney is happier than ever with his new life in Queensland but still enjoys returning to Victoria for the odd big race raid and he’s increasingly confident Caulfield can provide him with his biggest ever payday on Saturday.
“Now he’s had that conditioning run, as long as he handles the second trip to Queensland in relatively short time, he’s the one I think they all have to beat.”
“He won at Eagle Farm when nothing else handled it and he’s won another race on a heavy track, so I guess we’re hoping he gets through it.”
“We’ve been unlucky a couple of times, beaten .. by horses ridden by James McDonald, one for Snowdens (Military Zone) and the other for Wallers (Kolding).”
GARY Doughty is recovering after a monster operation and is expected to be out of physical action for a couple of months.
HE was on Winx in the 2015 Sunshine Coast Guineas, the first of her 29 straight wins, where he labelled her potentially the best horse he had ridden.
PAT Cosgrave and Jim Crowley soaked up the atmosphere of the Melbourne Cup parade, both believing they are in with a great chance to join a growing list of international jockeys to win Australia’s great race.
A DECADE on from a trainwreck tilt on the great race, freakish trainer Aidan O’Brien anticipates a vastly different result with his trio The Cliffsofmoher, Yucatan and Rostropovich in Tuesday’s Lexus Melbourne Cup.
KERRIN McEvoy knows what it’s like to win a Melbourne Cup and is gunning for a third which he will dedicate to two of the biggest influences on his racing career.
Eagle Farm trainer Steve O’Dea hasn’t had time for nerves to set in about Sesar’s shot at Group 1 glory in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.
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