Two new slot holders have been announced for this year's The Everest.
Godolphin have won the tender process for the vacant slot while the Australian Turf Club & Melbourne Racing Club have joined forces to cross-promote The Everest/Caulfield Cup day.
Royal RandwickMEDIA RELEASE: Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club are excited to announce two new Slot Holders in the 2019 TAB Everest, being Godolphin and the Melbourne Racing Club. www.australianturfclub.com.au/two-new-slot-holders-2019-tab-everest/
168 winners
7 Group Ones
4 times he rode 6 winners on a card
Over HK$230,000,000 ($42m AUD) in prize money
What an incredible season from Aussie jockey Zac Purton!
Good luck to Jeff Lloyd who rides at his final meeting today at Doomben before retirement.
Lloyd has 7 mounts and will hopefully add to his tally of over 5,500 career winners.
The Guv retires but his legend rides on
We reflect on the remarkable career of jockey Jeff Lloyd, which comes to an end at Doomben on Saturday.BreedingAndRacing has released their 2019 Sires Guide including profiles on Australia's leading stallions.
Renée Geelen outlines an interesting fact that "since 2007, the number of active stallions in Australia has fallen from 776 to only 404 in 2019."
Boom Sires Defying Convention / Breeding Racing
Many of the young boom stallions in Australia of late have come through unexpected pathways – being either cheap yearlings, non-Gr1 winners, or priced at the lower end of the market in their first f...What a few months Pike Racing have had in Australia.
Feature race wins galore during the Brisbane Winter Carnival and today they claimed the Grafton Cup at Clarence River JockeyClub with Sacred Day.
What a finish in the Ramornie Handicap with Havasay winning his 2nd edition of the race in consecutive years.
Just a 1/2 length separated the first 5 horses!
Clarence River JockeyClub
Wondering which stallions produce Golden Slipper runners?
The 2020 edition has attracted 2,435 first nominations including 115 by I Am Invincible, 97 by Written Tycoon, 94 by Snitzel & 76 by Zoustar.
HUGE NUMBERS NOMINATE FOR $3.5 MILLION LONGINES GOLDEN SLIPPER - Australian Turf Club
A total of 2,435 horses have been nominated for the world’s richest race for two year olds – the Group 1 $3.5 million Longines Golden Slipper Stakes – to be run at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday 2...A record 1,767 nominations have been taken by the Melbourne Racing Club for the 2020 Blue Diamond Stakes.
Ciaron Maher Racing has an astonishing 132 yearlings in the mix with Lindsay Park Racing nominating 126.
Chris Waller has 84 in the below list including an Exceed And Excel 1/2 sister to Winx.
The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Assn have released a statement regarding their new Hendra Virus protocols.
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Galileo continues to dominate the world's juvenile staying races with a 1-2-3 finish in the Group 1 Irish Derby at The Curragh Racecourse.
1st - Sovereign (Galileo x Devoted To You)
2nd - Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo x Believe'N'Succeed)
3rd - Norway (Galileo x Love Me True)
