Autumn out to be a spring Derby hit

Don’t expect big celebrations from the team behind Autumn Mystery if the three-year-old wins the Victoria Derby at Flemington. “I’d be happy to go to the pub for a parma and a pot of beer, that would do me,” Autumn Mystery’s trainer Rory Hunter said. “You do have to...

Evaporate chasing Golden Eagle riches

The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes is certainly not complaining about the transfer of the Golden Eagle to Randwick on Saturday. The $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) has been staged at Rosehill since its inaugural running in 2019 but has been transferred...

Empire Rose triple threat from Waller

Champion trainer Chris Waller holds a strong hand in the sole Group 1 race for mares during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Waller has Fangirl, Lazzura and Leica Lucy engaged in the Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Atishu took out Empire Rose...

Guru Warrior chases three in a row

Andrew Gluyas has resisted the temptation to tinker with the headgear of Guru Warrior, despite the last-start wayward tendencies of the emerging middle distance galloper. Guru Warrior is an odd-on favourite to make it three consecutive wins in a heat of the Skybeau...