There have been emotional highs and devastating lows in the Rothfire story, and if he can pull off a Stradbroke miracle it would be trainer Rob Heathcote’s greatest racing moment.
Tips, inside mail, market movers and the latest track conditions … Ray Thomas gives you all the information you need to back a winner on Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm, plus racing at Rosehill, Sandown and more.
Young jockey Jaden Lloyd admits the thought of him and brother Zac both winning Group 1 races on the same day has crossed his mind.
Cejay Graham’s first job was in a fish and chip shop and thank goodness she hated it, because it led her to becoming a jockey and having a fairytale crack at the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday.
Superstar jockey James McDonald is battling an illness which could derail his bid to equal, and possibly break, the national Group 1 riding record at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
As James McDonald nears Damien Oliver’s Group 1 record, trainer Chris Waller believes the superstar jockey will be remembered with the same reverence.
Noel Callow has been hit with a hefty ban for a physical altercation with rival jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor, and the dramatic sequence of events can be revealed.
James Cummings has withdrawn his application for the famous Leilani Lodge stables at Royal Randwick after accepting an offer to train in Hong Kong.
Two years of Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap heartache have eased for Tony Gollan, with his great hope Transatlantic getting a start as second emergency after leading contender Kimochi suffered a probable career-ending tear in her tendon.
Ray Thomas and Ron Dufficy debate the chances for the Winter Cup meeting at Rosehill Gardens, plus both Group 1 races on Stradbroke Day at Eagle Farm.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have already trained the winners of 33 stakes races this year and Bear On The Loose can keep them on track to a record mark in Saturday’s Winter Cup.
Eagle Farm’s John Power Stand will be condemned next year and the Brisbane Racing Club says that beyond that, there is “no clear path forward” for operating the state’s premier track for spectators and owners.
Declan Bates cherishes his success with Pride Of Jenni, but is focused on finding his next Group 1 winner and is confident it could be the Stradbroke Handicap.
Toby Edmonds won the Stradbroke Handicap when Eagle Farm was a ghost town during the Covid-19 pandemic, but it will be a much greater triumph if he can win the race again on Saturday.
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