An emotional Anthony Cummings was momentarily lost for words as his talented three-year-old El Castello completed one of racing’s most meteoric rises at Royal Randwick on Saturday … and there’s more to come.
Is Prognosis just too good? Can Pride Of Jenni lead all the way? These and more questions will be answered in today’s $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley.
It sounds udderly ridiculous, but milk may be the secret to making the Cox Plate the greatest show on turf.
Chris Waller was much happier on Friday than he was earlier in the week with Via Sistina to take her place in the Cox Plate on Saturday.
ROBERT Smerdon and Mick Price have a couple of real gems in equal Blue Diamond favourites Fontiton and Secret Agenda.
RACE caller Craig Sant may be excused if his dulcet tones go up a notch when he commentates on race three at Fannie Bay.
SOUTH Australian based trainer Mick Whittle has not ruled out bringing champion racehorse Periduki back to the Red Centre for this year’s Alice Springs Cup Carnival beginning in April, after the horse’s dramatic return to racing last weekend.
CONNECTIONS of Saturday Sorcerer are looking at bringing the galloper back to the Top End in August for another tilt at the Darwin Cup, this time legally.
YOUNG track rider Lizz Rice, who suffered head injuries when she fell from a horse at Caulfield on January 12, passed away in the Alfred Hospital this morning.
Veteran galloper Riahgrand has an exceptional first-up record from a spell and will look to continue that tomorrow at Pioneer Park in the Office National BMNT Handicap over 1000 metres.
DAMIEN Oliver is busy organising a hectic autumn carnival with headline gallopers in Group 1 races on his radar.
PLANS for a pedestrian underpass under the Fannie Bay dirt track are being finalised.
RESULTS from the first round of cobalt tests in Queensland will be known by the end of next week, with up to nine samples currently regarded as “concerning.”
THE champion racehorses that failed doping tests were almost certainly injected in the neck with a performance-enhancing drug, investigators believe.
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