Sydney spring racing carnival
‘Good for the town, but good for me’: Dar Lunn’s 50-year journey to Elson Boy fame
The larrikin jockey-turned-trainer has seen plenty of horses in his time, but few as good as Elson Boy.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Race-by-race preview and tips for Tuesday meeting at Hawkesbury
All the information you need to find a winner or two at the NSW feature meeting.
- by John Schell
Inside the $6 million war between Racing NSW and the major sponsor of The Everest
A slump in betting and ticket sales for a support race on Everest day has left two of horse racing’s major players at loggerheads. Tabcorp has described the action as “embarrassing and irrelevant”.
- by Adam Pengilly
Ryan sets off on Amazing journey with sensational trial winner
Amazing Eagle coasted to a seven-and-a-half length trial win at Rosehill in his only hit-out before his debut, prompting a rush of money for the opener at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
- by Adam Pengilly
Rookie Ryan gets biggest win as Attractable lands $3 million Big Dance
Sara Ryan thought the Domeland owners were mad when they asked her to take over their training operation.
- by Chris Roots
‘Three hooves out the door’: The day Baker nearly sacked Iknowastar
The four-year-old gelding will look the winner at some stage up the straight in Tuesday’s Big Dance – and to think he was nearly sacked by his trainer at the start of the year.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Knights of gold: Charities in running for slice of Eagle riches
The connections of each horse in the $10 million race have nominated a cause to receive 10 per cent of the prizemoney they win.
- by Adam Pengilly
Why Joe Pride has always been a sucker for a good personality
Think About It and Private Eye are all the rage in Saturday’s Golden Eagle meeting, but trainer Joe Pride is just as pumped about a stable favourite racing on Tuesday.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Margin call: The incredible close finishes that have made the Golden Eagle an instant hit
Four years, four thrilling finishes. Is the Golden Eagle quickly elevating itself as a super race because it is such an even contest?
- by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
The trainer who won his first group 1 race then went straight to a marathon start line
Mitchell Freedman had waited his life to train a horse to win at the highest level. But he didn’t let others telling him to celebrate stop him from running into the MCG the next day.
- by Adam Pengilly
Legendary Japanese jockey under Golden Eagle cloud after being kicked by horse
Considered the world’s highest earning jockey ever, Yutake Take faces a desperate battle to ride in Sydney for the first time since 1995.
- by Adam Pengilly
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