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Trainer John O’Shea hasn’t won a Derby – but that can change at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Lion’s Roar is set to give O’Shea his first classic success in the Group 1 $2 million ATC Bentley Australian Derby (2400m). O’Shea has had plenty of success with three-year-olds at feature race level including two Golden Roses with Exosphere (2015) and Astern (2016), Doncaster Mile with Racing To Win (2006), Rosehill Guineas with Zabrasive (2010) and also Lion’s Roar in the Randwick Guineas earlier this year. Despite an outstanding two-decade training career that has netted more than 1500...

Punters post-race: Australian Guineas day in review by James Lamb, Luke Sheehan & David Hocking Lunar Fox caused a boilover in the Guineas Image: Getty Verry Elleegant displayed all of her fighting qualities once again, while Lunar Fox became the longest-priced Australian G1 winner in history with victory in the Guineas. Star Performer Verry Elleegant in the Chipping Norton Stakes (Randwick R7) Her seventh Group One win was a customary tough display as the Caulfield Cup champion staved off a quartet of horses in a five-way go to claim the G1 feature at Randwick. James McDona...

Experienced Newcastle trainer Paul Perry has put bridles on more than his share of high class horses and latest classy project Sky Lab tackles the older horses on Saturday in preparation for a possible upcoming Group 1 start. It’s almost four years since Perry visited the Group 1 winners stall with The Mission in the Champagne Stakes. The Mission’s Group 1 win was Perry’s 12th success at the ultimate level and followed on from major race successes with the likes of Australian racing groundbreaker Choisir, Fastnet Rock, Stratum, Danelagh, Notoire, Bezeal Bay, Navy Seal and Newport. Choi...

Career change? Legendary ex-jockey Jim Cassidy enjoying learning tricks of training trade Horses by Ray Thomas 8th Feb 2021 6:02 AM Hall of Famer Jim Cassidy, one of the all-time great jockeys, is considering a switch to the training ranks. Cassidy has been working at the stables of Randwick trainers Jim and Greg Lee who are keen for the riding legend to join them in a training partnership. After retiring from riding in 2015, Cassidy has been in demand as a guest speaker at sporting and corporate functions but conceded he has...

Commander of first flight of space shuttle Challenger dies October 24, 2017 Commander Paul J. Weitz (far right) and the other NASA astronauts who will fly the new space shuttle Challenger — from left, Dr. Story Musgrave, pilot Karol J. Bobko and mission specialist Donald H. Peterson — attend turnover ceremonies June 30, 1982, at Rockwell International's final assembly site in Palmdale, Calif. Weitz, 85, who also flew on Skylab in the early 1970s, died Monday. (Doug Pizac/AP) PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Chal...