Winx’s rider was forced to give up mounts at Canterbury and Rosehill this weekend,with up to six hoops to miss the January Cup meeting at Rosehill.
Who ended up on the wrong and the right side of the 2021 ledger after deducting “the James McDonald Tax”?
The new grandstand – which is open for the price of a general admission ticket – will first be put to use at Villiers Day on Saturday week.
The three-time Melbourne Cup winner and one of Australia’s most decorated riders said he was “scared and frightened” to make the call. His final ride will be in the Zipping Classic.
Trainer Chris Waller has a quartet of starters out to spoil the party of hometown hero Count De Rupee in The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday.
Connor Harrison was gifted a share in Verry Elleegant when his mother knocked it back and his prizemoney will be placed in a trust fund he can access when an adult.
The best jockey in the country came up with a Melbourne Cup ride for the ages from a barrier that had long been cursed. How did he do it?
Verry Elleegant stamped herself as a champion of the turf,but one of her exuberant owners turned to the hurdles as he leapt into the mounting yard in a breach of COVID protocols.
Sydney’s leading jockey James McDonald has been Australia’s pre-eminent rider for the past three years,but Melbourne’s spring majors had eluded the star Kiwi-born hoop until Tuesday.
While other Sydney-based trainers and even Ireland’s Joseph O’Brien made last-minute dashes to Melbourne,the champion conditioner watched his first Cup victory from home.