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A question mark lingers over the fitness of Port Guillaume ahead of the Caulfield Cup. Racing Victoria veterinarians inspected 15 of the 18 runners plus the two emergencies ahead of …

Trainer John Sadler and his son Tom will get a definitive answer as to whether Adele Amour is an Oaks filly when she runs at Caulfield. Adele Amour runs in the Group …

Trainer Peter Moody is not being put off by the extreme outside barrier for Incentivise in the Caulfield and sees more positives than negatives. Incentivise will jump from barrier 18 in Saturday’s …

James McDonald anticipates The Everest being fought out by the seasoned campaigners and has narrowed it down to a race in three. Sydney’s champion hoop believes his mount Nature Strip, …

COVID travel restrictions will prevent Canberra horseman Keith Dryden from being on course for Handle The Truth’s Kosciuszko bid at Randwick but he has enlisted the help of a handy understudy. Resigned …

Trainer Archie Alexander is keeping a close watch on the weather maps to decide if his smart mare Chaillot will take her place at Caulfield. Chaillot is listed to run …

Lindsay Park is looking forward to stepping up Reset The Jazz in distance at Caulfield and test the three-year-old as a possible Derby contender. Reset The Jazz is down to run …

Trekking will represent the global operation for the third year running in Saturday’s $15 million feature, while Kementari lines up for head trainer James Cummings in the Group 3 Sydney Stakes (1200m). Godolphin …

Hugh Bowman is among a handful of top Sydney jockeys given the green light to ride in Melbourne this spring. The Victorian government has granted permission for five of Sydney’s …

Danny O’Brien expects Young Werther to relish what shapes to be an unrelenting battle when he lines up in the 2021 Caulfield Cup. Young Werther will be racing for the …

Track conditions at Randwick will determine if Think It Over takes his place in the Craven Plate with connections loathe to run the crowd favourite on a heavy track. The six-year-old …

An Australian Racing rule change in 2017 that only affects the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups has made life a little tougher for a number of jockeys in this year’s Caulfield Cup. Prior to 2017 a 57kg minimum topweight …

Twelve months ago, Eduardo was like the new kid at school. Arriving on Pride’s doorstep from Victoria, he was a Group 2 winner with patchy lead-up form and nobody quite …

Duais will be out to break a hoodoo of more than 120 years when she lines up in the Caulfield Cup. The Edward Cummings-trained mare won the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at …

Having abandoned plans to compete on the spring carnival stage in Melbourne, Michael Costa has zeroed in on the St Leger Stakes as the campaign goal for Grafton Cup winner …

James Mcdonald has described Star Thoroughbreds filly Espiona as “an excitement machine” after her brilliant debut win at a rain-sodden Warwick Farm. By Extreme Choice, the sire of Golden Slipper …

It wasn’t quite the result the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable was expecting when Extreme Warrior blitzed his rivals at Caulfield. Highly spruiked as a two-year-old, Extreme Choice finally broke through for a maiden …

Yearning has followed in the footsteps of her mother by winning a Group 1 race during her three-year-old season. New Zealand-bred Rising Romance won the Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick and seven-and-a-half …