Tuesday October 30, 2007
Worried Williams jump-starts Efficient
THE deteriorating form of one-time Melbourne Cup favourite
Efficient yesterday prompted owner Lloyd Williams to order a
jumping session for last year's Victoria Derby winner.
Scorpion set to miss the Cup
LEADING Irish stayer Scorpion is in grave doubt for the Melbourne Cup after the Aidan O'Brien-trained stallion pulled up extremely sore after trackwork at Sandown yesterday.
Hawkes keen on Marching out a winner
THE John Hawkes work sheet had 38 horses on it at Flemington yesterday morning. The favourite for Saturday's $1.5 million Victoria Derby was one of them. In any other year, Marching would have been one of about 60 horses on the Hawkes work sheet for Flemington.
Monday October 29, 2007
Watch out for a bolt from Blu
RACING has another Cox Plate warrior - El Segundo. If you missed trainer Colin Little's gelding at the weekend, let's just say El Segundo was ruthless, a year after being nosed out in the championship event by another Cox Plate fighter, Fields Of Omagh.
O'Brien trusts gut feeling
DANNY O'Brien suffered a spring carnival setback on Friday but the
trainer is thankful all is well with Melbourne Cup favourite Master
O'Reilly and stablemate Villain, a leading chance in Saturday's
Victoria Derby.
Sunday October 28, 2007
Segundo squares ledger and world awaits
REDEMPTION was a year in the planning but it arrived at Moonee
Valley when the unassuming assassin, El Segundo, demolished rivals
to win Australasian racing's championship event.
Red-hot 'Ferrari' doesn't miss a beat
AS MATCH races go, the clash between Royal Ascot winner Miss Andretti and Toowoomba iron horse Gold Edition was over on the home bend yesterday.
Marching on to the Derby
FINALLY there was some relief for Australian racing's biggest owner, Bob Ingham.
Saturday October 27, 2007
Jo's just going with the flow
KARINA O'Sullivan certainly knows horses. The Stawell-based, one-time travel agent trains in partnership with father Terry O'Sullivan.
It's not Flemington but Hayes is giving Kibbutz crack at vase
DAVID HAYES cannot wait for Kibbutz to stretch out on the course proper at Flemington. The problem being the former New Zealand three-year-old has to run in today's AAMI Vase at Moonee Valley.
Friday October 26, 2007
O'Brien banks on a stayer bred for speed
DANNY O'Brien's assault on the Melbourne Cup appears lethal, but the Flemington trainer is also hoping breeding oddball Barbaricus can join stablemate Villain in Saturday week's Victoria Derby.
A pair of big-race aces
David Hayes and Craig Williams have formed a powerful if unlikely
allegiance forged in the heat of battle, writes Craig Young. It may
be about to yield another Cox Plate.
A Plate full of intrigue
TRAINER Fred Kersley has no doubt Marasco has the ability to win Saturday's Cox Plate. The man who trained Northerly to win consecutive Cox Plates is also convinced $44 million stallion Haradasun holds the key to the race.
Pope's HQ visit looks a shoo-in
RANDWICK trainers are resigned to Pope Benedict XVI hosting World Youth Day at headquarters next July but the majority aren't happy about a return to racing on December 1.
Thursday October 25, 2007
Little admits fear of Devil Moon
THE trainer of last year's Cox Plate runner-up summed up this
Saturday's edition perfectly.
