Champion trainer Mark Kavanagh is likely to take the wraps off the second foal of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva at Saturday’s Betfair Park – Sandown Lakeside meeting.
With eight winners in the past seven days including Group I Doomben 10,000 heroine Beaded, Darley based Lonhro has edged to the lead on the Australian Generals Sires List by earnings.
HALL-OF-FAME trainer Lee Freedman yesterday broke new ground after being fined $750 for blasting stewards at Caulfield on Twitter over their decision to scratch his horse Our Smokin' Rock at the barriers before race three.
Brighton trainer Terry Evans has his former smart galloper Winter Guest to thank for his latest stable star Pittenweem, winner of the $50,000 Tasmanian Sires Produce Stakes in Launceston last Thursday night.
The second release of the World Thoroughbred Rankings for 2011 by the International Federation of Horse Authorities (IFHA) overnight has further strengthened Australian racing’s burgeoning position on the world stage.
Australian thoroughbreds have been flying high in South Africa this year with the latest to taste stakes success being Alinga, winner of the Listed East Coast Handicap at Clairwood on Sunday.
THE on-track commentator called Rocket Man the "champion international sprinter of the world" when he won the KrisFlyer International Sprint on Sunday, but the five-year-old didn't come close to Black Caviar on the ratings - and he didn't even produce the performance of the week.