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.
RIVAL trainer Grahame Begg has conceded that boom three-year-old Whobegotyou is the horse to beat in the George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Saturday’s Group 2 Surround Stakes was a great pointer to the upcoming Australian Easter Broodmare Sale and the catalogue for the three day April 14-16 sale is now online.
A total of 189 nominations were received for the 143rd running of the Doncaster Mile (Group 1) to be run at Royal Randwick on Saturday, 18th April 2009.
TOMORROW's Lightning Stakes meeting at Flemington will be delayed until Sunday unless the weather bureau can today confirm some relief from the brutal 40C-plus temperatures.