Alligator Blood is All Might and Power
All being well Alligator Blood will run next in the WS Cox Plate at Moonee Valley
14th October 2023
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All being well Alligator Blood will run next in the WS Cox Plate at Moonee Valley
Frankie Dettori has abandoned his plan to retire later this year and is to extend his career indefinitely as a full-time US-based jockey
Fulfilling a career ambition, Mark Newnham joined the ranks of Hong Kong’s winning trainers with Happy Hero’s success at Happy Valley on Wednesday
After a shocking fall at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, jockey Sean Veale has been discharged from hospital and will return home to Durban on Tuesday
‘Newmarket has been my home for 38 years. It is fantastic to be able to ride my 500th winners in a Group One on a special filly. I couldn’t have written a better ending!’
Young Turffontein trainer Tony Peter has had his challenges this season, but shook off some of the niggles as he soared to the top of the SA national trainer championship log on Saturday
Pressure increases on racing regulator to play open cards with public
He might be one of the world’s best middle-distance racehorses, however, Romantic Warrior will have to defy a worrying trend for Hong Kong-trained runners racing in Australia
Bang-in form national title chasing jockey Richard Fourie is set for the season of his life, but like any high-profile sportsman has found that his success and massive popularity has its drawbacks
The hugely influential Gr1 July Cup winning Green Desert really made his mark in major races across the world on Arc weekend
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
