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Internationals have shown "zero interest" in booking flights for Melbourne Cup horses, RSN Racing Editor Matt Stewart writes.

The Ramsden winner gains a free ticket into the Melbourne Cup and prior to his last start flop, Persan would have appeared the obvious of the 10 Ramsden runners to sweep through Saturday and be competitive in the first week of November. Persan had a marathon 11-run campaign last year finishing either first or second leading up to his Melbourne Cup fifth, after a first-up third over 1400m in Wangaratta last April. Maher said Persan was among about eight horses currently in Australia that Maher/Eustace would be targeting for the Melbourne Cup, including his three Ramsden runners Persan, Gran...

RSN927 BAFFERT’S PREAKNESS WAITING GAME May 12, 2021 8:51 am By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Medina Spirit is far from out of the woods on the eve of the Preakness Stakes as sentiment turns on his trainer Bob Baffert, who has now found a second potential cause of the colt’s failed Kentucky Derby drug test. Baltimore and will be allowed to run “after following rigorous conditions” of entry according to race officials. But pre-race swab samples for the Preakness will not be available until Friday and an official said she was confident there may still be traces of steroid betamethaso...

CLIFF BROWN – FROM “TERRIBLE” TO LION OF SINGAPORE May 12, 2021 3:33 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Big Singapore to a land of giants. He’s under no illusions about where he will fit in or how difficult the task of matching motors with the new giants of the game. Speaking on Racing Pulse in Mornington this morning, Brown reminded listeners of his humorously downbeat personality, as he prepared to reignite his local career after 12 years in Singapore. Brown said he was “a little bit apprehensive, a bit nervous” as he contemplated a training landscape he barely recognised. Wh...

RSN927 IS CHRIS BROWN THE SECOND BILL VLAHOS? May 11, 2021 10:43 am By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  Over a decade after Bill Vlahos robbed punters of millions of dollars, and now faces jail, a similar story of alleged high-rolling deception is unravelling in Perth. Just like Vlahos, baby-faced alleged fraudster Chris Brown drew punters from all walks of life into his world of punting promises; businessmen, farmers, former school mates, sporting stars, racing figures. Creditors are chasing $126 million from Brown, who had promised failsafe returns from hedge bets, an eerily similar story t...