Coolmore-owned Fastnet Rock filly relishes fast tempo to take out fillies classic Lindsay Park has used Flemington to make a bold statement that the Hayes family racing empire will remain a force after Personal (Fastnet Rock) delivered a knockout blow in the VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m), the stable’s fourth victory of the country’s premier... Read More

Nizami, in 1947, was the last to have both the Melbourne Cup and VRC Oaks winner in the same year For the third time in four years, the sire of the Melbourne Cup winner will be hoping to add the winner of one of the Flemington Classics when Tyche Goddess (Teofilo) contests today’s VRC Oaks... Read More

It can take a lifetime to win a Melbourne Cup, and then they come along all at once.  Teofilo, the seemingly unstoppable son of Galileo, deepened his growing impact on world racing when Twilight Payment earned his sire a second Cup victory in three years on Tuesday, after the win of Cross Counter in 2018. ... Read More

Kings Shield (Scat Daddy) put his rivals to the sword with an authoritative win in the Class 2 Hebe Hill Handicap (1650m) at Sha Tin yesterday. The former British-trained import has developed into a force to be reckoned with on the dirt in Hong Kong and this latest win, his third over the course and... Read More

So the rot or the rout, depending on your point of view, continued yesterday with Twilight Payment (Teofilo) taking the Cup. It began in 1993 when Irishmen Dermot Weld and Mick Kinane turned up with a hurdler Vintage Crop (Roussillon), who hadn’t raced since September, and turned the Melbourne Cup upside down. It precipitated such... Read More

Second O’Brien father-son quinella marred by fatal injury to Derby winner as McEvoy cops record whip fine Joseph O’Brien led home his father Aidan in the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) for the second time in four years yesterday as Twilight Payment (Teofilo) held off Tiger Moth (Galileo) under a sensational Jye McNeil ride, giving... Read More