Sydney Cup win was great but Melbourne Cup even greater
The huge Godolphin racing outfit were elated with their first Sydney Cup success on Saturday, the stable was still firmly focused on winning this year's Melbourne Cup.
Racing writer for The Age
The huge Godolphin racing outfit were elated with their first Sydney Cup success on Saturday, the stable was still firmly focused on winning this year's Melbourne Cup.
While Chris Waller's remarkable race mare Winx has been the darling of the rich autumn carnival, another of his mares with a lesser profile has been just as honest down in Melbourne without managing to break through.
Matthew Hill admitted that walking into the broadcast box on Saturday at Caulfield had a strange and even eerie feeling about it.
The most enthralling race to be staged around Australia on Saturday will no doubt be the re-running of the $2.1 million Sydney Cup at Randwick.
Jack Hill was fined $400 for his cossack-like whip riding at the Stawell Cup. But he couldn't write the cheque quickly enough.
'A three-month trial of Ride Guide' is set to begin under the supervision of Racing Victoria stewards.
As a jockey, Paddy Payne had no peer. He was viewed as a horseman with patience, poise and a unique understanding of his mounts.
Racing Victoria is seeking leave to mount a Supreme Court appeal after its cobalt doping case against top trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh collapsed at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) last month.
On Saturday, the race calling veteran will climb the stairs to his broadcast box at Caulfield for the last time.
The head of Racing New South Wales maintains he is unrepentant at the prospect that one of Victoria's most important racing days is under pressure from a lavish meeting being planned for the same day in Sydney.
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