Autumn English could be up to the Challenge again
Could smart sprinter English just be an autumn horse? Saturday's Challenge Stakes at Randwick will tell the tale.
Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
Could smart sprinter English just be an autumn horse? Saturday's Challenge Stakes at Randwick will tell the tale.
The jigsaw of getting the right fit for the Golden Slipper has had another twist with threat of another bottomless track at Randwick on Saturday.
James Cummings had an eye to the Australian Derby when he decided to send dual group 1 winner Prized Icon to Melbourne for the Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday.
From the moment Villa Carlotta arrived at Segenhoe Stud, she was a keeper. Now she faces an early test against the best.
Jockey Jason Collett has become the punters' pal, showing a 66 per cent return on level stake investments so far in 2017.
Australian Turf Club is set to invest in stabling away from its metropolitan tracks and build up to an extra 300 boxes at Hawkesbury and Gosford.
Sydney's superstar Winx is likely to stay at home despite overtures from Melbourne, but her regular partner Hugh Bowman plans a Dubai sojourn during the autumn carnival.
There is a grace and ease about Winx when she wins, but it might be a couple of her stablemates which can be followed for profit after Saturday's Chipping Norton Stakes meeting.
Racing NSW stewards will open an inquiry into alleged animal cruelty in the Australian Turf Club Mounted Division at its Druitt Street headquarters on Friday.
Glyn Schofield has been impressed by Prized Icon from the first time he got on him and for a third consecutive preparation he will look to win a group 1 on the colt in Saturday's Randwick Guineas.
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