The opportunity to ride Fenway in Saturday's Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill was not one Blake Shinn wanted to miss once he was booked by stepfather Lee Hope.
Results in stakes races from Warwick Farm and Caulfield on Saturday showed just how much we will miss two outstanding shuttle stallions High Chaparral (IRE) and Street Cry (IRE).
Singapore Juvenile Championship winner Rising Empire relished the wet track and the Progress conditions of the 1,400m race to record a facile victory at his first race as a three-year-old on Sunday.
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.