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Herald Sun racing reporter Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over the $5m Group 1 Caulfield Cup field ahead of Saturday’s spring major and makes a case for and against each starter and he concedes, even allowing for a torrid draw Incentivise must command top billing.

Champion New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards has settled on the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday as the launching pad for star mare Probabeels reshuffled spring raid.

Queensland Derby day saw the feature go down to the wire, Kah claim another G1 in astonishing fashion, and Pikey go down in the last in bizarre circumstances.

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery Local student journalists continue racking up the accolades for their work. Recently, a total of nine journalists earned 12 honors at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association Spring Awards. The Prowler, the online newspaper of Starr’s Mill High, was represented by five student-journalists in multiple categories. Daniel Stackhouse won an All-Georgia Award for Caption Writing, a Superior Award for COVID-19 Coverage, and a Superior Awa...

Link to Share South Australian sprinter Bold Star has only missed a place once at Flemington and that is a statistic trainer Gordon Richards hopes to build on ahead of his seventh attempt at Headquarters in Saturdays $1.25 million Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m). Bold Star returned with a slashing run to go down a head in the Rubiton Stakes but struck trouble when finishing 10th in a bunched Oakleigh Plate finish, beaten fewer than three lengths. "It was a good run a fortnight before in the ...

Link to Share There have only been five Group 1 races conducted in Melbourne in 2021 and already, two jockeys have scored their maiden elite-level success, with Teo Nugent sharing the spoils in the Oakleigh Plate and Zac Spain claiming victory in the C.F. Orr Stakes. James Tzaferis looks at which jockeys might be next to join the club. Jamie Mott: In my mind, Mott is arguably the most talented jockey in the country who is yet to win a G1. Admittedly, hes had 31 attempts, but most of those have ...

3:37PM23 February 2021 The tragic death of Mikaela Claridge must be the catalyst for change as the old system and old ways of doing things are broken and must be fixed. MIKAELA’S TRAGIC DEATH MUST FORCE CHANGE The death of Mikaela Claridge in August 2019 was tragic, a beautiful young woman with a beaming smile and a joy for life and only married for four months was suddenly gone. I have two young daughters and shed a tear for Mikaela and her family and friends every time I see or read a story...