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Paul Preusker’s stable star Surprise Baby sustained an injury to his hock that has ruled him out of the All-Star Mile and the autumn carnival. Further tests are being performed in the coming days to ascertain the severity of the injury and the next steps that need to be taken. The 2020 Melbourne Cup contender finished twelfth astern Twilight Payment. Stable apprentice Tatum Bull only tweeting yes ...
Irish raider Twilight Payment under Jye McNeil has made his owner Lloyd Williams very happy after his dramatic 2020 Melbourne Cup win. Twilight Payment won ahead of Tiger Moth and Prince of Arran. While Kiwi raider The Chosen One in fourth. McNeil had made an early commitment to ride the galloper for Joseph O'Brien and his judgment proved perfect as he rated the pace to perfection on a horse that ...
Steel Prince is likely to have won his way into this year's Gr.1 Melbourne Cup after producing a tough performance to win the Gr.3 Geelong Cup on Wednesday. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained import is currently 35th in the order of entry for this year's Cup, but Wednesday's win is likely to attract a weight penalty. The Freedman's trained the quinella in the race, with recent acquisition Le Do ...
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir and his former stable workers Tyson Kermond and Jarrod McLean will stand trial, accused of conspiring to cheat and defraud Racing Victoria stewards. The trio pleaded not guilty to all indictable charges via a videolink hearing in the Ballarat Magistrates Court. Weir, Kermond, and McLean were allegedly caught by police surveillance cameras using an electro ...
Co-trainer Sam Freedman sees little similarities with last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare in Warning’s build-up to his big spring assignments. Warning and Vow And Declare are both sons of the Declaration Of War and both relish the wide-open spaces of the Flemington circuit. Vow And Declare burst into Caulfield and Melbourne Cup calculations with a solid first-up fourth in the Turnbul ...
With aspirations of maiden wins in the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, Hugh Bowman will make an early move to Melbourne. Speaking on Monday's episode of After The Last, Bowman confirmed that he would ride at Randwick on Saturday before heading to Melbourne and completing a mandatory quarantine period in order to ride King's Legacy in the Caulfield Guineas. The move means Bowman will relinquish t ...
Top jockeys such as Hugh Bowman, Kerrin McEvoy, and James McDonald will now be able to ride in The Everest, travel by private vehicle to Victoria the next day and after five days of self-isolation at an approved location as well as providing a negative COVID-19 test, they will be able to ride at The Valley on Manikato Stakes Night and Cox Plate Day. They would also be cleared to ride at Flemingto ...
3YO Sound Of Cannons now acquired by OTI Racing is being targeted at the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Trained by Brian Meehan, the gelded son of Nathaniel has been well-placed during his European 2YO and 3YO career. OTI Racing's managing director Terry Henderson hopes to see him develop into a long-term staying prospect, as reflected by his pedigree after his shift to Australia. The sister of his d ...
Godolphin's Memsie Stakes' contender Savatiano is all set to win his first Group One and their 'second-stringer' Cascadian is also 'ready to attack'. Godolphin's Australian head trainer - James Cummings reported that Cascadian derived great benefit from his run in the Lawrence Stakes where he placed fourth. That tenacious performance was a glimpse of the talent Godolphin has always known the 6YO ...
Trainer Danny O'Brien has confirmed that 2019 Melbourne Cup Vow And Declare is ready to defend his title against local and international challenges. O'Brien's Vow And Declare is one of 174 nominations for the Melbourne Cup with 30 from overseas which include Russian Camelot, Prince of Arran (second in 2019), Master of Reality (fourth) and Twilight Payment (eleventh) while Northern Hemisphere-bred ...