Superstar Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira will ride for Chris Waller at Canterbury on Wednesday before linking up with the Hall Of Fame trainer in Saturday’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
Trainer Bjorn Baker will roll the dice by not starting Overpass ahead of next month’s The Everest, banking on today’s brilliant trial win and his outstanding fresh form to secure a slot.
In a shock spring carnival program switch, Hall of Fame trainer Les Bridge is considering aiming Celestial Legend at the Group 1 $1.5 million Epsom Handicap.
Fans of the Monty Python cult classic Life Of Brian could pick up a handy dividend if a Lindsay Park three-year-old named in honour of a scene in the movie can live up to his promising jumpouts at Sandown on Wednesday.
VICTORIAN-based trainer Neil Dyer’s recent Darwin carnival campaign was a successful endeavour.
A JOCKEY has received a suspension from racing for two months and was fined $1000 after returning a positive breath test at the Darwin Cup Carnival.
BANNED Darwin jockey Paul Shiers will know the suspension he will serve on Wednesday.
PAUL Shiers has enjoyed plenty of success on Darwin Cup Day in the past, but he is unlikely to remember yesterday with fondness.
Darwin Cup 2014
BRIGHT colours and bold fashion designs flooded Fannie Bay Racecourse as Darwin racegoers attended the biggest social day on the city’s calendar.
NO magic tricks were required from stayer Saturday Sorcerer as he ran his rivals off their legs to claim the Darwin Cup at Fannie Bay.
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.
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