Tempting weight for world champion sprinter
The Racing Victoria handicapping department have given sprinter Chautauqua a weight in Saturday week's $1.25 million Newmarket Handicap that could well help reignite the horse's profile.
Racing writer for The Age
The Racing Victoria handicapping department have given sprinter Chautauqua a weight in Saturday week's $1.25 million Newmarket Handicap that could well help reignite the horse's profile.
A neat, strong colt by leading sire I Am Invincible became the most expensive yearling ever purchased in Victoria when it fetched $1.4 million at Monday's Inglis Yearling Sales.
For the first time since April 2016, Moreira went through a meeting in Hong Kong riding a winner, ending a remarkable sequence of success.
Most trainers will tell you that the 24 hours immediately after a race like the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes can be so critical when trying to map out a young horse's short-term future.
While world champion racemare Winx ploughed through the wet at Randwick to continue her amazing run of success a much younger but very talented star was born at Caulfield when Catchy showed experience beyond her years to win the Blue Diamond Stakes.
It was only in the last few strides of Saturday's $1.5 million Blue Diamond that Craig Williams finally proved to be a superior judge of two-year-olds when high class filly Catchy scored.
Amanda Elliott has become the first female chairman of the Victorian Racing Club, the home of the Melbourne Cup and one of Australia's oldest racing institutions
Highly fancied youngster Jukebox appears in grave doubt to start in Saturday's $1.5 million Blues Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
In Sydney on Saturday , the all-conquering Winx is set to go through the motions to secure yet another major race victory.
Lindsay Park in Euroa could be best described as a unique finishing school for young thoroughbreds.
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