Racing writer for The Age
As the racing community reels from Josh Cartwright's reckless ride on Senior Council in the final race at Morphettville on Saturday, Cartwright's former mentor was astounded by the young jockey's "brain fade".
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy is one of a number of key racing people to criticise rider Josh Cartwright for his riding tactics in the final event at Morphettville in Adelaide that nearly caused a multiple fall on Saturday afternoon.
Late on Saturday afternoon when the hype, glitz and glamour were reaching a climax on the Gold Coast racecourse, a refreshing new player was emerging amid the cut and thrust of a $10 million prizemoney afternoon.
In the 1990s the Magic Millions concept, intended to help create two major bloodstock companies, began to founder and was on its knees and in administration.
There is no doubt the punting capital of Australia will be the Gold Coast racecourse on Saturday with $10 million in prizemoney on offer in a meeting littered with interstate stables.
While Kelvin Bourke is excited by the challenge of resurrecting one-time world-class sprinter Divine Ten he is under no illusions that to repatriate an injured tendon in any racehorse is not easy.
The mother of one of Australia's finest race mares, Black Caviar, has died at her owner's stud farm in northern Victoria.
Not even the deeds of champion race mare Winx could paper over the cracks that appeared in racing in Australian racing 2016. We define the key issues that must be dealt with this year.
David Hayes' vast training operation took a tighter grip on some of Australia's most important two-year-old races after their high-class filly Catchy proved too dominant for her rivals in Saturday's Siggins Plate.
It seems the domination of two-year-old races by trainer David Hayes just gets stronger and Saturday's meeting at Caulfield will be no exception.
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