Expensive import ruled out of the Cox Plate

Expensive import, Light Infantry Man, will not participate in this year’s Cox Plate and will be taking an extended break until next year, as announced by co-trainer Ciaron Maher on social media. Light Infantry Man, a G1 Queen Anne Stakes placegetter at Royal Ascot,...

Craig Williams chasing a third Caulfield Cup

There are many big races in Australia that all have something a little different about them – think the Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate, Golden Slipper and even The Everest. But for something unique there is the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) which will be run on Saturday....

Cotehele to shine in Five Diamonds Prelude

The trainer-jockey combination of John O’Shea and Tom Sherry has already celebrated a black-type double this spring and at Randwick on Saturday they will chase a $1 million payday. Having combined to win the City Tattersall’s Club Cup and Colin Stephen Quality with...

Kavanagh laments Aramayo’s draw

Twenty-four hours can be a long time in racing, just ask Newcastle trainer Sam Kavanagh. On Tuesday, Kavanagh was bullish about the chances of his veteran miler Aramayo in the Big Dance Wild Card (1600m) at Randwick. When the barrier draw came out on Wednesday, he was...

West Wind Blows primed for the Caulfield Cup

The updates from the Werribee quarantine facility had always been positive, but that didn’t mean Ed Crisford wasn’t without some trepidation when he saw West Wind Blows for the first time in several weeks on Thursday. Crisford and his co-trainer, his father Simon, had...