Flemington trainer Danny O’Brien says exciting colt Star Witness could be an international straight-track specialist after the three-year-old’s outstanding win in the Group I Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).
Although the rain was falling and the sky grey, Rick Worthington’s smile said it all after his five-year-old gelding Whitefriars delivered a tough knock out blow to his rivals in the Group 2 Seppelt Salinger Stakes at Flemington on Derby day.
A crowd of approximately 10,000 racing enthusiasts attended the Wuhan International Equestrian Festival on mainland China yesterday, enjoying an eight card program of thoroughbred racing ranging in distance from 400m to 5000m.
Whitefriars had long promised to win a good race and that came to fruition today when he proved too good in the Flemington mud in the Group 2 Salinger Stakes.
Racing NSW today announced that acceptances for Saturday metropolitan meetings will come forward 24 hours for a three-month trial commencing 1 December 2010.
Two year's ago on Derby Day Highgrove Stud's Ron Gilbert, the breeder of Wanted eagerly tuned into the oncourse monitors at Flemington to watch the colt win his debut at Rosehill impressively.
GUY Walter has had to wait more than a decade for the chance to avenge former champion Tie The Knot's luckless defeat in the Victoria Derby.
He gets the chance with Digital Fortress in the $1.5 million classic at Flemington on Saturday.
With three of the top five most fancied runners in the Group One VRC Victoria Derby on Saturday, reigning champion sire Redoute’s Choice is well positioned to claim his first win in the spring Blue Riband.