Familiar faces dominate as autumn carnival heats up
It was multiples all round for the leading jockeys and trainers as the autumn carnival kicked into gear at Caulfield on Saturday.
It was multiples all round for the leading jockeys and trainers as the autumn carnival kicked into gear at Caulfield on Saturday.
Co Trainer Wayne Hawkes has rallied behind his stables world champion sprinter Chautauqua' after the horses defeat in Saturday's Rubiton Stakes with some suggesting the amazing racehorse is struggling to retain his best.
Age might not weary him, but it could well have blunted his finishing kick.
Just minutes after Black Heart Bart reestablished his position as one of Australia's most honest weight for age gallopers when winning the $500,000 Orr Stakes at Caulfield the victory however moved trainer Darren Weir to heap lavish praise on race day jockey Brad Rawiller.
The gates will be thrown open for the return of the world's best turf horse Winx at Randwick on Monday as the racing industry counts the cost of the postponement of the Apollo Stakes program from Saturday which could run to $5 million.
Craig Williams looks to have a lock on the $1.5 million Blue Diamond after steering home the two winners of the Preludes at Caulfield on Saturday - but he is fast running out of time to decide which of the multiple two-year-old contenders he will ride.
While Winx is preparing to equal Phar Lap's record of 14 straight wins, master trainer Chris Waller is preparing for the day his mare's winning run comes to an end.
Coffs Harbour trainer Cathleen Rode will take her entire stable to the rescheduled Grafton meeting on Monday with her star Free Standing trying to earn his way into the Country Championship Final.
Robbie Morris chalked up his 1000th winner in just eight years in the sulky this week but he will get a new experience as he steers Mojo Master in the Banjo Paterson Cup at Orange on Sunday.
To avoid a direct clash with Monday's revised Randwick race meeting, Inglis has altered the selling schedule for the 2017 Classic Yearling Sale.
Racing NSW stewards have moved Randwick's Apollo Stakes meeting from Saturday to Monday because the heatwave conditions.
Canberra trainer Nick Olive backs Fire Stoker to run a good race in the Inglis Classic.
Winx is the best drug-free racehorse in the world because US superstars, Arrogate and Californian Crome, were loaded up on home territory with Lasix, the diuretic and performance enhancer.
Former champion Sydney jockey Ron Quinton believes he's slowly managing to put his life back together after the sudden loss of his wife Margaret of nearly four decades passing early last month.
There was a time that Ben Melham could have become the answer to the ultimate trivia question: who rode the great Black Caviar when the mighty mare won her first group one race.
It seems nothing's changed at the top end of racing at Caulfield on Saturday with Darren Weir looking likely to take honours in the first group 1 race of the autumn.
Apprentice jockey Deanne Panya will have to apply to Racing NSW to be allowed to serve a month-long ban for a failed drug test while on workers' compensation.
Saturday's rich Orr Stakes meeting at Caulfield will not only give a valuable insight into the coming major races in Melbourne and in Sydney, it will also allow some autumn hopefuls to prove themselves worthy of international preparations later in the year.
Apollo Stakes day Randwick racing preview
C.F. Orr Stakes day Caulfield racing preview
Australia's longest-serving bloodstock operation William Inglis is headed west, with the countdown on in earnest for its switch from Newmarket to Warwick Farm.
There is something unusual and manufactured about gallops in front of the media a couple of days out from race day, but for Winx it has become like an entree to the main course.
Powerful owner Max Whitby loves his racing and loves seeing his colours go round, but as in business sometimes you have to compromise about little things.
Jason Collett sat down this time last year and made a decision between Yankee Rose and Honesty Prevails. It is one many would consider, with some justification, he got wrong.
Peter Robl✓ walked into his Randwick stables on Sunday morning and gave She's On Que✓ a congratulatory pat before she has even had a start.
There are a couple of streaks, which will probably to continue in Saturday's Apollo Stakes at Randwick.
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Champion Winx has had a strong hit-out at Rosehill ahead of her Apollo Stakes return but stablemate Omei Sword has been restricted to slow work.
Jockey Hugh Bowman thinks just like everyone else when it comes to Winx but he is enjoying the ride with his champion.
The wow factor of a $10 million race is enormous but the details have to be worked out to make sure investors get their right return.
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