Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare will get the dry track he wants when he targets another group 1 at Rosehill on Saturday.
Team Hawkes will look for a black-type reward with More Secrets in the Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
It was a tale of two Slippers for Coolmore after Shinzo’s success as the breeding giant faced a nervous wait following second-elect Learning To Fly’s fall at Rosehill.
Jockey fatigue from unpaid track work is contributing to serious falls,according to group one-winning silk Ben Melham,after a third rider in as many weeks was injured and a horse destroyed on Saturday.
Victorian racing has been rocked by the third fall in as many weeks on a Saturday metropolitan race card in Melbourne,which has tragically claimed the life of racehorse Florescent Star and hospitalised jockey Teo Nugent.
Luke Currie has credited Mr Brightside’s regular jockey Craig Williams,who was sidelined after a fall at Flemington last weekend,for helping him devise the tactics to win Saturday’s All-Star Mile. Earlier,the meet was marred by another fall that saw a horse euthanised.
The Victorian is expanding his operation in Sydney - including Steel City,a live chance in Saturday’s Golden Slipper.
It’s not as rich or glamorous as Sydney’s Everest,but the All-Star Mile attracts fan favourites like The Inevitable.
Perhaps for the only time this autumn carnival - and this year - James McDonald heads to Saturday’s Golden Slipper Day as the second-best jockey at the meeting.
Mr Brightside’s trainer JD Hayes concedes the loss of injured star Craig Williams has dented his horse’s chances of winning Saturday’s $5 million All-Star Mile.
Stewards are preparing to interview injured jockey Ethan Brown in the next 24 hours regarding the incident that led to his fall in the Australian Guineas.