A right royal stamp of approval landed in the inbox of Australian trainer Chris Waller earlier this year after Chalk Stream won in Sydney on Australia Day.
Anamoe’s expected win wasn’t the high point on a rare quiet day for James McDonald.
The Melbourne Cup-winning trainer’s four-year ban from the sport ends on Monday. But he now has another obstacle in his path if he wants to get another training licence.
Australia’s economy is supposed to be flailing in the face of rising interest rates and surging inflation. But someone forgot to tell the big spenders on the Gold Coast as the curtain slowly comes down on the first horse sale of the season.
Chris Waller joked his champion Nature Strip might have to beat the next Black Caviar,as he looks to turn the tables on unbeaten three-year-old Giga Kick in Saturday’s Champion Sprint at Flemington.
For most racehorse trainers,the game finds them before they find the game. But Enver Jusufovic’s shot at $10 million started with a curious alliance.
Anamoe has won his seventh group one for the Godolphin stable under the care of trainer James Cummings. Elsewhere,jockey Craig Williams claimed the Manikato Stakes on Bella Nipotina.
The group 1 Manikato Stakes will be run after the last at Saturday’s Cox Plate meeting after lightning caused havoc at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
After steering Giga Kick to an upset win in the world’s richest turf race,jockey Craig Williams spoke about the profound effect of his visits to war-torn Ukraine.
On a day of devastating floods for Victorians,Caulfield was the only place where people were cheering for an emergency - in this case the winner,lightweight Durston.
Champion trainer Chris Waller said despite the Queen’s absence from Royal Ascot this year,she still phoned him and asked about The Everest favourite as her health declined.