This year’s Melbourne Cup delivered a true fairytale when Australian-bred stayer Half Yours stormed to victory for champion jockey Jamie Melham and popular trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy. Sadly, that uplifting moment has now been followed by a heartbreaking twist....

Trainer Ken Keys has been around horses long enough to know a good one, especially a youngster. Not that many have gone through Keys’ hands, although he has high hopes for Alibaba who is set to make his debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on...

One win at happy Valley last night was all it took for Hugh Bowman to clinch a prized place in the lucrative International Jockey’s Championship which will take place at Sha Tin on December 10 … but it was a really close call. Bowman trailed Luke Ferraris by one...