VIC Racing
Gauci weighs up career change
CHAMPION jockey Darren Gauci is considering retirement as he ponders a job with Racing Victoria as an apprentices jockey coach.
Qewy gets a kick out of Werribee
GODOLPHIN’s James Ferguson hopes there is one more spring carnival spoil left in Werribee’s magical properties.
Capitalist, Vadamos, retired to stud
Last season’s champion two-year-old Capitalist has been retired after a fetlock injury, while Cox Plate and Emirates Stakes fourth placegetter Vadamos will stand at Tally-Ho Stud in Ireland.
Laing not So sure on Si Bon’s race
ROBBIE Laing will decide moments before acceptance time whether his star three-year-old colt So Si Bon runs in the Sandown Guineas or the Zipping Classic on Saturday.
Almandin sent for spell as Sydney looms large
LLOYD Williams has decided his Melbourne Cup winner Almandin will not contest Saturday’s Zipping Classic at Sandown and will instead be spelled.
Lloyd lines up Classic assault
POLL: LLOYD Williams will gang tackle Saturday’s $300,000 Zipping Classic at Sandown, having entered four horses including Melbourne Cup winner Almandin.
Lankan Rupee suffers new injury setback
STAR sprinter Lankan Rupee will miss this month’s Winterbottom Stakes in Perth and the autumn carnival because of a suspensory injury.
Monday Rewind: Encore, the show must go on
POLL: FLEMINGTON’S four-day extravaganza is done for another year but as usual the carnival leaves behind some wonderful memories.
Same again please, Barman
CHRIS Waller’s Who Shot Thebarman will take an identical path to Saturday’s Zipping Classic as it did last year when he won the Group 2 race.
Winx, Lloyd shining lights in spring
WITH just the Sandown Spring Carnival Race Day to go before the curtain officially falls on another spring carnival, it’s time to look back at the hits and misses of the 2016 edition.
California Chrome beaten in Breeders’ Cup
ARROGATE has surged past California Chrome to win the $7.8 million Breeders’ Cup Classic and stamp himself US racing’s new superstar.
Francis leads the 2017 Cup odds
FRANCIS Of Assisi’s remarkable career trajectory continued at Flemington on Saturday with a breathtaking Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes win.
No longer between rock and hard place
TAB BIG BETS/SUNDAY FIX: LEON and Trent Corstens partially purged the disappointment of losing the Australian Cup when Awesome Rock won the Emirates Stakes.
Family rock solid in their finest hour
TROY Corstens was an elated winner, then an emotional one as his dad Leon snuggled up beside him for the post-race Emirates interview. You could tell this meant a lot.
United effort behind an emotional victory
GELAGOTIS brothers express gratitude for opportunity to train rising star Malaguerra after the talented sprinter delivers on biggest stage.
Fabulous Francis shows Cup potential
FRANCIS Of Assisi streaked to favouritism for next year’s Melbourne Cup when he thrashed his rivals in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Awesome Rock takes the Emirates
AWESOME Rock has stormed home to win the Emirates Stakes, with Hauraki and Seaburge deadheating the placings. RE-LIVE THE BIG DAY
The Last Say on Stakes Day with Ray Thomas
SATURDAY racing comes to you today from Flemington and Canterbury Park. Get your last minute tips and info from Daily Telegraph racing editor Ray Thomas.
Malaguerra back to his dashing best
THE Gelagotis team is confident its winning run can continue at Flemington on Saturday with Malaguerra in the Group 1 Darley Classic.
The Early Oil: Emirates Stakes Day
DEMONSTRATE can make it four in a row on the quick back up at Flemington on Saturday, says leading Herald Sun form analyst Michael Manley.
No Quarter given on favourite track by super swooper
THE Quarterback is primed to push his case as Australia’s best sprinter before the Darley Classic, but don’t expect trainer Robbie Griffiths to engage in any pre-race trash talk.
Gear change sounds ominous for import
WINX really would have been a magnificent full stop on yet another momentous Flemington carnival. But even without Winx the Emirates is an intriguing race.
Lloyd a difficult act to follow
A DISLOCATED knee was never going to keep Nick Williams from the track. This is a positive sign that he like his father Lloyd has a commitment to the Melbourne Cup.
Analysis: Emirates Stakes, Darley Classic
VADAMOS’S brave fourth in the Cox Plate has Herald Sun’s Matt Stewart leaning towards the French stayer in Saturday’s $2m Group 1 Emirates Stakes.
Friday formline: Horses, jockeys & trainers to follow
OUR stable of experts pinpoint the horses, jockeys and trainers to bank on and who to avoid at the major meetings on Saturday.
Omen there for all to see in most unusual Oaks
USAIN Bolt proved the ultimate omen when outsider Lasqueti Spirit, bred more for sprinting than staying, pinched the VRC Oaks in sensational circumstances.
No Winx, but Van can be the man for Waller
THE absence of Winx gives five of the horses who finished behind her in the Cox Plate the chance for glory in a $2 million Group 1 race at Flemington on Saturday.
Weir to head west with Rageese
DARREN Weir will give Rageese his chance at Group 1 level in the Railway Stakes in Perth after producing a strong finishing burst to win the L’Oreal Paris Stakes.
Bolter causes stunning Oaks upset
SYDNEY visitor Lasquieti Spirit, starting at the massive odds of $101, has dominated the $1 million Group 1 VRC Crown Oaks from start to finish.
