Year: 2019

Enable has been given a rousing reception after her second to Waldgeist in her bid for a third Arc. Only the best are awarded a hero’s reception in moments of defeat and the faithful in Paris did not disappoint, giving Enable a rapturous welcome after she fell just short of a record third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe success. The thousands that made the journey from Britain to see Frankie Dettori and the undisputed star of Flat racing attempt to claim a place in the history books may have been…

Waldgeist (l) has foiled Enable’s (r) bid for a third Arc to give trainer Andrew Fabre an 8th win. Enable’s bid for history and a third victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has been thwarted by Waldgeist who gave French trainer Andre Fabre a record eighth success. Having stretched her Group One tally to 10 with victories in the Coral-Eclipse, the King George and the Yorkshire Oaks this season, all eyes were on the John Gosden-trained star mare as she aimed to become the first three-time winner of…

In a last-ditch bid to gain a start in the Caulfield Cup, Sully will wear blinkers when he runs in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield.

Buffalo River is unbeaten in three Australian starts and the lightly raced import’s connections are now hoping the gelding can qualify for the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle in Sydney.

The Te Akau team will decide in coming days whether Melody Belle or Te Akau Shark, or both, will head to the Cox Plate.

The Anthony Cummings-trained Mizzy will stake her claim for the $7.5 million Golden Eagle. Anthony Cummings has sent Prince Fawaz to the spelling paddock with the trainer to rely on Mizzy to fly the stable flag for the time being. The winner of the Group One J J Atkins Stakes in the winter, Prince Fawaz failed to flatter in two runs this campaign and Cummings abandoned the rest of his spring and any plans for Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas or Spring Champion Stakes. With Libertini’s preparation also temporarily halted, Mizzy has…

Jordan Childs’ win on Surprise Baby in The Bart Cummings at Flemington not only secured the horse a place in the Melbourne Cup, it helped clinch the young jockey a big pay day.

Childs was crowned the inaugural ‘Star of the Saddle’ after Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes program, earning him the $50,000 cash prize.

Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have been knocking on the door of a major race victory and enter two upcoming Caulfield Classics with high hopes.

The Cranbourne trainers will be represented by The Holy One in the Caulfield Guineas with Acting and I Am Eloquent in the fillies only race, the Thousand Guineas.

A day before Enable’s bid for a third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, her jockey Frankie Dettori has racked up a personal best 17th Group One win for the season. Oaks winner Anapurna, a John Gosden-trained stablemate of Enable, led all the way to win the Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp. Every time it looked as if Anapurna was beginning to tire, however, she just managed to find a bit more and proved the one-mile-six (2800m) trip was no problem. There was a bit of scrimmaging on the run to…

Second place may be better than nothing but former Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen felt deflated watching his part-owned horse Te Akau Shark marginally beaten by Kolding in the Group One Epsom Handicap. The recently retired NRL captain was confident he had the win at Royal Randwick on Saturday, cheering alongside the eight other owners of the New Zealand gelding. But the extra weight and a wider barrier draw proved too much for Te Akau Shark who also ran second in his first Australian start in the Tramway Stakes in…