Ray and Duff’s best bets for Saturday: ‘First-up run was hard to miss’
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.
Racing
Bear essential to Waterhouse and Bott’s black type bid
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.
Power play: BRC boss lashes ‘chronic underfunding’
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.
New Dawn: Bates seeks next Group 1 after Pride Of Jenni
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.
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‘Sobriety is the key to everything I do’: Why every day is a victory for Vandyke
David Vandyke has trained four Group 1 winners and has the favourite for Saturday’s Queensland Oaks in Philia. But undoubtedly his greatest achievement is his 26 years of sobriety.
‘How do they work that out?’: Trainer queries Joliestar ‘best horse’ tag
Trainer Clayton Douglas insists Giga Kick should be held in the same regard as Joliestar with the stage set for an epic Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup clash on Saturday.
‘He’s been good to me’: Jones seizes unexpected Group 1 chance
Angela Jones says it will be a special moment when she rides Zarastro in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup after he was scratched from the race last week.
McEvoy chases slice of history in Queensland Oaks
Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy is riding for a record-equalling fourth win in the Group 1 Queensland Oaks on favourite Philia at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
‘He runs times that other horses can’t’: Lee brothers’ next big hope
More than 40 years since claiming The Metropolitan and Caulfield Cup with Hayai, Jim and Greg Lee have discovered a young stayer with the potential to catapult them back to Group 1 glory.
Kimochi heads into unknown for Group 1 double shot
Gary Portelli believes two Group 1s in successive week will not unsettle Kimochi in her quest for the Stradbroke Handicap.
It’s in the blood: Front Page up for the fight in Moreton Cup
Front Page is lucky to have even been born, let alone running in this week’s Group 2 Moreton Cup, following an incredible tale of his mum’s survival.
$8000 filly who ‘walks like a duck’ spices up Stradbroke field
Toby Edmonds couldn’t believe his luck when he bought Spicy Martini for $8000, and the filly will continue her rags-to-riches journey in the Stradbroke Handicap after winning the Fred Best Classic.
Stradbroke hopes ‘slimmer by the day’ for Rothfire
Trainer Rob Heathcote fears time is running out for grand sprinter Rothfire to be fit for the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap.
Waller gives hobby trainer reason to believe in Stradbroke fairytale
Larrikin trainer Craig Cousins, who has only three horses in work, has extra confidence in his Stradbroke horse The Inflictor after a chance encounter with Chris Waller.
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