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Only a couple of rivals for Winx in Caulfield Stakes
There are only a couple of horses brave enough to take on Winx as she looks for her 12th consecutive win in the Caulfield Stakes on Saturday.
Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
There are only a couple of horses brave enough to take on Winx as she looks for her 12th consecutive win in the Caulfield Stakes on Saturday.
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne will not be able to ride in NSW after taking out dual training and riding licence in Victoria.
Golden Rose winner Astern was almost certainly the best horse in the Roman Consul Stakes but he had to play second fiddle to the unbeaten Russian Revolution on Saturday.
Saturday could prove destiny day with Divine Prophet and Swear and, to a lesser extent, Star Turn.
Blake Spriggs has been trying not to think about the Melbourne Cup for the past couple of weeks because he did want to get "too far ahead" of himself. But his belief in Sir John Hawkwood was finally matched by performance in Saturday's Metropolitan at Randwick.
Godolphin's jockey James McDonald admitted he "missed a couple of beats", but the trainer John O'Shea's heart "was like machine gun" as Hauraki scored an improbable last to first Epsom victory at Randwick on Saturday.
Newgate Farm and China Horse Club might have the two best colts in the country if the last 48 hours is any indication.
Godolphin trainer John O'Shea was hoping for the usual weather pattern heading into a major Randwick meeting for his Metropolitan hopes Allergic and defending champion Magic Hurricane.
David Vandyke has learnt his lesson with Yankee Rose and she will be back "to following a back" and charging to the line in Saturday's Flight Stakes at Randwick.
Adrian Bott's name sits next to Gai Waterhouse in the Randwick racebook for the first time on a day that she has made her own for the past 20 years. So there would be some symmetry if the partnership can bank its first big one at Randwick on Saturday.
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