‘Character building’: Nolen gets last laugh on I Wish I Win
40-time Group 1 winner Luke Nolen was back as the star of the show on on I Wish I Win at Eagle Farm Saturday, exacting revenge on Bella Nipotina in the Kingsford Smith Cup.
40-time Group 1 winner Luke Nolen was back as the star of the show on on I Wish I Win at Eagle Farm Saturday, exacting revenge on Bella Nipotina in the Kingsford Smith Cup.
The two-time Group 1 winning trainer spent more than three years on the sidelines due to cobalt offences.
Navy King started his career as a sprinter before convincing trainer Symon Wilde he was stayer worth aiming at Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm.
A consistent galloper from the Patrick Payne stable can post the first win of his autumn campaign while a $34 chance can build on two solid jumpouts leading up to his first-up assignment at Caulfield on Saturday.
BETTING/ANALYSIS: NOT for many a year has there been so much interest in the Australian Guineas. Herald Sun racing writer Matt Stewart analyses the crackerjack field for Saturday’s feature.
HERALD Sun form analyst Michael Manley looks at the nine-race card at Flemington featuring one of the best editions of the Australian Guineas in memory.
MICK Price was the standout performer at the weekend after his magnificent training performance to quinella the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
UPDATE: Barriers and brilliance tell the story, as Mick Price’s two gun youngsters cut loose in a Blue Diamond where different made all the difference.
OUR stable experts pinpoint the horses, jockeys and trainers to follow this weekend.
DAMIEN Oliver’s mshap with the whip may have cost Terravista victory in the BC Lightning Stakes but that cannot detract from Chautauqua’s stunning late surge.
LATEST MARKETS: OUR experts give you an early shot at finding a winner as they look at the major races around the nation.
UPDATE: STAR mare Delicacy has been retired three days after winning the $500,000 Group 2 Perth Cup.
WEST Australian trainer Bob Peters stops short of declaring Delicacy his most memorable Perth Cup victory-but he goes close.
HERALD Sun form analyst Michael Manley previews the nine-race card at Flemington featuring Group 3 Standish Handicap and the Listed Bagot Handicap.
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