‘No memory of it at all’: Jockey to make miracle riding comeback
Brave apprentice jockey Emily Pomfrett will make a miracle return to race riding this week more than a year after she suffered horrific injuries when a horse flipped.
Racing
‘It was cut and dry’: Moment trainers knew The Map had reached end
A shot at Adelaide Cup redemption for The Map has come to an end with the South Australian stayer retired after her unplaced run last Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE: Schofield’s Magic Millions appeal win heads to Supreme Court
Chad Schofield was freed from a riding suspension to ride on the rescheduled Gold Coast Magic Millions day, but now stewards are taking the appeal finding to the Queensland Supreme Court for a judicial review.
‘Nothing went right’: Wheeler vows to ‘be better’ after shocker
Apprentice jockey Bailey Wheeler admits he had a shocker in the saddle last Saturday but says there are “bigger fish to fry” on the horizon.
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Gai’s Golden call: ‘This colt will win the Slipper’
In 2012, Gai Waterhouse boldly declared Pierro was Sydney’s best two-year-old and that he would win the Golden Slipper. She was right … and she thinks her latest star colt will do the same.
Revealed: Alligator Blood’s likely comeback race
Racenet was first with the news of Alligator Blood’s stable switch to Chris Waller … and now we can reveal the target comeback race for the seven-time Group 1-winning superstar.
‘At the peak of his powers’: Baker cooks up a sensational summer
A study of the Bjorn Baker stable’s results this season, and particularly in recent weeks, makes for compelling reading and supports a leading syndicator’s assertion that the trainer is Sydney’s form conditioner.
Explosive Melbourne Cup court action: Trainers to sue Racing Victoria
The 2024 Melbourne Cup fairytale of $91 roughie Knight’s Choice is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action against Racing Victoria to demand their prizemoney from winning the famous race.
Party time: McDougall eyes Group 1 upset at Caulfield
Jockey Blaike McDougall may need only one ride to make an impression at Caulfield on Saturday, with Steparty poised for an upset in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m).
Group 1 jockey and racing’s nice guy to retire Saturday
Michael Cahill has been riding since Melbourne Cup day 1980 but the five-time Group 1 winning jockey and racing nice guy will take his final rides on Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE: Berry enlists NRL guru in bid to overcome injury
Champion jockey Tommy Berry has turned to a renowned NRL physiotherapist to fix his troublesome shoulder and keep alive his dream of a record-equalling fourth Golden Slipper next month.
‘Didn’t think it would be fair to the horse’: Star colt sidelined
Sydney trainer Anthony Cummings confirms minor injury problems have ruled star colt El Castello out of the autumn – and out of a mouth-watering Group 1 clash with Broadsiding.
Schweida turns on the Grafterburners for $2m Inglis Millennium
Group 1-winning trainer Kelly Schweida will deploy Grafterburners in Saturday’s $2m Inglis Millennium after the Brisbane trainer was unlucky in the rich race last year.
‘This is what the game is about’: $7000 buy chasing Doncaster spot
Willaidow, an unwanted yearling who was sold for $7000 and races with three pins in his leg, could be set for the Doncaster Mile after a career-best win in the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes.
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