One of the world's most popular racehorses, Hong Kong-owned Red Cadeaux has undergone successful surgery on the career-ending fetlock injury sustained during Tuesday's Melbourne Cup and will retire to Living Legends park.
The past month of exciting racing has resulted in a number of newcomers being included in the third edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015. However, ABLE FRIEND (AUS) [125] and SHARED BELIEF (USA) [125] remain atop the rankings.
Australian racing’s superstars Black Caviar and So You Think have achieved worldwide acclaim following the release of the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings (WTR) by the International Federation of Horse Authorities in London.
Sacred Kingdom, a three-time Group One winner this season was crowned Horse Of The Year, Champion Sprinter and Most Popular Horse at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards presentation ceremony during the final Sha Tin race meeting of the 2009/2010 season.
The retirement this week of Takeover Target has led writer Brian Russell to ponder the feats of Choisir – whose trailblazing feats in 2003 have led to a regular Australian invasion of Royal Ascot.
Ascot is leaving no stone unturned in a bid to attract Sacred Kingdom to next month's royal meeting after his brilliant victory in Singapore on Sunday.