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Ledger winds back the clock with promising homebred Ultimate Edition
Cup day three-year-old feature an audition for autumn Group 1s for son of Helmet John Ledger became accustomed to being a regular fixture at the Melbourne carnivals, regularly competing in Group races in the 1990s and early 2000s, but for the veteran Wangaratta trainer he has been waking up every morning for 15 years waiting... Read More
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Kerrin McEvoy chats to Racing Post’s Lee Mottershead about turning 40, Tiger Moth and The Everest
What was your big break? There’s no doubt it was winning my first Melbourne Cup on Brew. That victory opened the doors to some big races for me and, in particular, it placed me on the radar of Godolphin. I certainly think that without that win I might not have linked up with Godolphin and... Read More
All eyes on Normandy Bridge at Saint-Cloud
While most Australian attention this weekend will be on the home front, tonight’s Saint-Cloud card is likely to be keenly watched with some familiar colours to the fore. The Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Gr 1, 2000m), the only juvenile feature in Europe at a middle distance, has surprisingly thrown up a number of horses that have... Read More
Champions Day: Addeybb goes one better than last year for joyous Haggas and triumphant Marquand
Addeybb put in a performance befitting of the occasion to finally land his first Group 1 in Britain with a frighteningly-good performance to take the £750,000 Group 1 Qipco Champion Stakes. Having come up three-quarters of a length short behind Magical in the same race last year, Addeybb emphatically turned the tables with a champion’s... Read More
Moir goes to Pippie but Everest unlikely
Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1100m) heroine Pippie (5 m Written Tycoon – Coupe Express by Ne Coupez Pas) added a second top-level feature to her record when she burnt off her rivals to win the Moir Stakes (Gr 1, 1000m) at Moonee Valley last night, but the world’s richest turf event appears to be off... Read More
Quickie begins long road towards Melbourne Cup
Today’s Memsie Stakes and its handicap equivalent have traditionally featured contenders heading towards the first Tuesday in November The 2019 Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Mr Quickie (Shamus Award) begins his spring campaign in today’s Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Caulfield – a race which has been the most common launching pad for... Read More