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HORSE RACING

Menari rockets into Everest calculations

George Altomonte, seen here with Tommy Berry and Gai Waterhouse after winning the 2013 Golden Slipper on Overreach.

As a millionaire car dealer, George Altomonte should be able to sell ice to eskimos. So how easy is it going to be to sell his gun colt Menari to The Everest slot holders looking for the horse with the biggest engine to win the lion's share of the $10 million bounty?

Admire Deus coup lifts Weir's Cup hopes

Zac Purton celebrates winning the  2014 Caulfield Cup on Japanese horse Admire Rakti.

Trainer Darren Weir's hopes of winning a second Melbourne Cup in three years have moved much closer to reality after high-class Japanese stayer Admire Deus was purchased by an Australian syndicate in the past 48 hours.

Shuttle stallions whet the appetite for season

Impressive: Invincible Gem won the Missile Stakes to give his sire a great start to the season.

Racing at Del Mar in America last weekend shone a light on a couple of shuttle sires, Arrowfield's Kentucky Derby-winning Animal Kingdom and Spendthrift Farm's group 1 performer Jimmy Creed.

Ritchie Swinging for fences with group 1 dream

Stable in form: Mana wins at Randwick last weekend.

It's just a dream at the moment. A little sliver of hope. But having clung to just that for the last 12 months, Craig Ritchie is allowing his imagination to wander. Just a bit. Which is why he wants to take his partner back home for a group 1 dance in New Zealand more than a year after a serious trackwork incident.