Mitch Cohen’s Blackbook: Five to follow from Randwick Saturday
Daily Telegraph racing expert Mitch Cohen has run the rule over all the action on Day 2 of The Championships at Royal Randwick.
NSW Racing
Preview: Cavanough to get straight to the point at Scone
Kosciuszko winning trainer Brett Cavanough has ordered a step up in trip and return home in a quest to coax a fourth career win out of the well-bred Point Basse.
Zeus toughs out Golden Mile victory after barrier incident
Regal Zeus overcame an interrupted week – and a race-day barrier mishap – to score a tough all-the-way win in the Golden Mile at Bendigo.
Guineas winner Wonder Boy to get ‘bigger and better’
Wonder Boy scored a deserved win in the Bendigo Guineas to book a trip to Queensland, and trainer Jerome Hunter is confident the best is still ahead.
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McColm craves Easy path to Stradbroke for Kosciuszko champ
Far Too Easy, who has twice cheated death, has enjoyed a trouble-free preparation for the winter carnival and that’s how trainer David McColm wants it to remain.
‘We could see her go a lot better’: Laurie’s ominous Oaks warning
She’s the filly who’s forgotten how to lose … and if Treasurethe Moment’s rivals are hoping for a down day in the Australian Oaks, they’ll be disappointed to hear her trainer’s race-eve comments.
Can French connection inspire Japan to Queen Elizabeth upset?
Globetrotting jockey Christophe Lemaire only needed a couple of minutes with Japanese raider Rousham Park to know he’s ready to be a key player in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
All Aged Autumn? Boom filly may take on older horses in Group 1
Boom filly Autumn Glow could be given her chance in the All Aged Stakes if she can maintain her unbeaten record at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Alligator Blood’s glorious career comes to a close
Hopes of Alligator Blood making a return to the track have been dashed with the seven-time Group 1 winner retired.
Newcastle Saturday tips: Alcabeel poised for success
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Alcabeel has been good in both runs this campaign and looks ideally placed up in distance to break through. BEST BETS, INSIDE MAIL
Newcastle preview: Home track specialist to make an Impact
Mark Minervini is happy to forget the first-up run of Star Impact and expects the mare to find her best form when she steps out over her best distance on her home track.
Via Sistina not the only danger: Haggas
English maestro William Haggas isn’t surprised by Dubai Honour’s form surge as the trainer closes in on a fourth win in five years in the Group 1 $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
‘She’ll take catching’: Bates eyes another Group 1 heist
Jockey Declan Bates is plotting another Group 1 raid at Randwick with a freewheeling mare a year after his exploits with Pride Of Jenni.
Ray and Duff’s Randwick tips: $11 chance ‘beautifully placed’
Ron Dufficy is keen to back a Group 1-winning mare who offers amazing value on Day 2 of The Championships. Get Duff and Ray Thomas’s race-by-race tips and analysis for all 10 races on Saturday.
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