Fab’s Cowboy will line up for his 159th and last start on Saturday but he almost didn’t have any, with part-owner Paul Currin recalling the day he feared he had accidentally killed the young horse.
A rare opportunity arose to swing aboard Mr Brightside’s quest for a seventh Group 1 win, but $275,000 wasn’t enough to snap up an 8 per cent share in the Team Hayes-trained champion.
Fab’s Cowboy will be greatly missed when he retires and his trainer Bevan “Billy” Johnson has given a unique insight into the personality of the popular bush horse ahead of his final start on Saturday.
When Ash Morgan made the decision to move to Australia to reignite his riding career, he admits there were doubts if he’d even get a ride.
LEADING Darwin jockey Paul Shiers has been stood down from today’s Darwin Cup meet after failing a breath test this morning.
CAN South Australian raider Pretty Blonde take out the Alice Springs Cup and Darwin Cup in the same year?
NEIL Dyer, who has made the trek from his Kyneton base in country Victoria to the Top End for the past seven years, might well land the feature double at Fannie Bay this weekend.
WELL-TRAVELLED jockey Kim Gladwin combined with long-time supporter Dick Leech for an upset win with Adynata in the $35,000 Colemans Printing Cup.
IT’S back to back Darwin training premierships for Gary Clarke.
ALICE Springs trainers have already tasted their fair share of success during the Darwin Cup Carnival and Lisa Lefoe and Leanne Gillett hope to continue the trend.
HE was all the rage last year. In fact, Spartan Eagle had that much support on Darwin Cup Day, he may have started the Northern Territory’s biggest race as favourite.
GRAVITATIONAL, so brave in winning the Hot100 Darwin Guineas a fortnight ago, bids to continue his quest for the SKYCITY Triple Crown in today’s $135,000 SKYCITY Darwin NT Derby at Fannie Bay.
Ladies Day 2014
BEL SIR, aided by a copybook ride from jockey Jarrod Todd, went one better than 12 months ago when winning the $50,000 Bridge Toyota Cup at Fannie Bay yesterday on Day 3 of the Carlton Mid Darwin Cup Carnival.
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