Brisbane winter got Hawkspur hot
HAWKSPUR is poised to put another winter carnival feature race – the Queensland Derby – on the Melbourne spring map today.
HAWKSPUR is poised to put another winter carnival feature race – the Queensland Derby – on the Melbourne spring map today.
THE house full sign will be posted at the Werribee training facility today as the next wave of international spring carnival contenders arrive in Melbourne.
HALL of Fame trainer John Hawkes is continuing to pursue his Melbourne Cup ambitions with Polish Knight – but it won’t be at Royal Randwick today.
LLOYD Williams’s single-minded pursuit of the Melbourne Cup usually means that the Caulfield Cup is an after-thought – but not this year.
BOOM Irish stayer Dandino has completed a faultless Caulfield Cup preparation, leaving Paul Francis with an extreme bout of feature race nerves.
FROM battling to win the Prostate Awareness Handicap at Kembla, Hawkspur’s owners David and Puglisi have eyes on spring’s two big prizes.
CUP FACTS/SPEED MAP: GAI Waterhouse has confirmed Blake Shinn as the replacement jockey for Damien Oliver on Fiorente in the Cox Plate next week.
DESPITE a social media backlash at welcoming Damien Oliver back to racing with open arms, David Hayes has no regrets at supporting the fallen jockey.
SPEED MAP: CHAMPION jockey Kerrin McEvoy can continue his Group 1 “golden run” when he partners Julienas in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday.
THERE will be no third Melbourne Cup this year for Maluckyday but a City Tattersalls Club Handicap win at Randwick would be just as big a triumph.
WERRIBEE International Horse Centre will be at virtual capacity from Saturday as 11 more northern raiders prepare to fly into Melbourne for the spring carnival.
LATEST BETTING: CAULFIELD Cup favourite Hawkspur had a shocker at this morning’s barrier draw, coming up with gate 16 for Saturday’s feature race.
Caulfield Cup second-favourite Dandino can live up to his soaring reputation with a top-three finish – pending today’s crucial barrier draw.
PUNTERS have definitely not seen the last of Danny Nikolic, with the disgraced jockey vowing yesterday: “I’ll be back.”
AFTER years of trying, owner Lloyd Williams finally won his first Caulfield Cup with a horse he nearly sold 12 months ago.
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