Freedman attacks Melbourne Racing Club over Caulfield changes
One off Australia's most decorated horse trainers has slammed the Melbourne Racing Club over its proposed weight-for-age Caulfield Cup.
Racing writer for The Age
One off Australia's most decorated horse trainers has slammed the Melbourne Racing Club over its proposed weight-for-age Caulfield Cup.
Imported stayer Annus Mirabilis has taken out Monday's Group 2 Adelaide Cup, and is now a genuine chance to collect more major prizemoney at next month's Sydney Cup.
For the first time in Australian racing history a meeting will be staged on Good Friday, at Ascot in Western Australia next month.
Blue Diamond Stakes trainer David Hayes will now have four runners in Australia's most important race for two-year-olds.
The state government and Victorian Racing Club insist that the Melbourne Cup will continue to be held on the first Tuesday in November.
ust ten months ago David Hayes was presented with one his toughest training challenges in years, and on Saturday the trainer was rewarded with a history making Newmarket Handicap win with Redkirk Warrior at Flemington.
A barrage of social media concerning the wellbeing of Australian Cup favourite Humidor sent shockwaves through the Australian racing world on Saturday morning.
Life could have been very different for one of the world's best jockeys.
If, and that's a fairly important if high class galloper Humidor brings his A-grade game to Flemington on Saturday he will no doubt be the bet of the day.
Mark Carter is one of those New Zealand breeders who applies a measured approach to preparing a yearling for a major horse sale.
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