Trainer Kris Lees is banking on a positive barrier draw and a rise in distance being beneficial to the chances of Rivellino in the Caulfield Guineas. Rivellino is having his first Melbourne start in Saturday’s Group 1 feature for three-year-olds over 1600m at...

Adrian Bott’s fears that Elamaz would be vulnerable first-up were borne out but he expected the French import to strip much fitter for his upcoming appearance in the Hill Stakes. A courageous winner of the McKell Cup (2000m) at his Australian debut in the winter, Bott...

When Robbie Dolan and Royal Supremacy … two Irish-breds … scored their spectacular Group 1 in the Metropolitan at Randwick last Saturday, it thrust the possibility of a Dolan Melbourne Cup defence into play following his stunning, boilover Cup victory last year aboard...