Meanwhile, there is self-inflicted pressure for the owner of 4YO Mongolian Khan, the short-priced favourite for tomorrow's Caulfield Cup in Melbourne who has drawn perfectly in barrier nine after his fast-finishing third last week in the Caulfield Stakes.
Matthew Dale’s problem makes him the envy of most of his peers. The Canberra trainer has become a victim of his own success. Despite the relative anonymity of his stable base, Dale is a man in demand.
Trainer Murray Baker is anticipating no problems with Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor-Centafit, by Centaine) backing up in tomorrow's Gr1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
Kurt Goldman quickly realised a young Hellbent was going to be the best horse he had ever trained and his first response was to ask owner Alan Cardy if he wanted to transfer it to a high-profile Sydney trainer.
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) yesterday announced a new Flemington tradition - the Harry White Whip trophy - to be awarded to the winning jockey of the Melbourne Cup each year.
When your dad is High Chaparral (IRE) and your mum is a full sister to Fastnet Rock, it’s not hard to think that a colt like this might be well above average.
Swettenham Stud has jumped the blocks with its two year-olds this season, the Victorian nursery earning black-type twice in the first two juvenile events of the season in Melbourne.
Stawell-based trainer Terry O’Sullivan bought Caulfield Cup starter Magnapal (Magnus x Luxapal) as a yearling from the 2011 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for $70,000. The gelding has since delivered over $380,000 in his four years on the track for his owners, and with a chance to add $1,750,000 and take his total prizemoney to more than $2 million on Saturday, O’Sullivan doesn’t regret going over his usual budget at the sale.
Boom I Am Invincible colt Super One might have been rolled at Cranbourne on Sunday in his first Australian start after travelling from Singapore, but his sire has another rising star in the pipeline in the shape of Hellbent.
Scone trainer Rod Northam had a Muswellbrook double on Monday and will send out a handful at Gunnedah on Saturday, but he will be with Odyssey Moon in Melbourne in an attempt to lift the Caulfield Guineas trophy.
Outstanding sprinter Brazen Beau was declared Champion Three-Year-Old Colt or Gelding at the Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards overnight, putting the icing on the cake of a stellar career for his racing connections including his large syndicate of owners, 36 of whom were in attendance at the event, trainer Chris Waller, and Ontrack Thoroughbreds’ Grant Morgan.
The Australian Cup and Blue Diamond Stakes will each get a $500,000 prize money boost to $1.5 million. Racing Victoria also announced on Tuesday the Newmarket Handicap would rise by $250,000 to $1.25 million and the Lightning Stakes and Australian Guineas from $500,000 to $750,000.
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