All The Good Injury A New Cup Blow For Godolphin

JUST when it seemed the world-famous Godolphin stable had the right horse for the Melbourne Cup, its Caulfield Cup winner All The Good has been struck down by an injury that will almost certainly keep him out of the race.

Sheik's Star Likely To Miss Big One

JUST when it seemed the world-famous Godolphin stable had the right horse for the Melbourne Cup, its Caulfield Cup winner All The Good has been struck down with an injury that will almost certainly keep him out of the race.

Watch This Face - Costa Rolfe

Costa Rolfe picked his first winner in primary school. Now he's written a book on our most famous horse race.

Thursday, October 30 - Movies

Dark Horse (2005)

Murtagh To Get His Eye In On Tears I Cry

ANNE McGrath, the part-owner and now trainer of last year's Emirates Stakes winner Tears I Cry, has pulled off one of the coups of the spring carnival by booking Irish jockey Johnny Murtagh for her horse at Flemington on Saturday.

Yellowstone 'forgotten' But Not Gone: Trainer

THERE is always a "forgotten" horse in the Melbourne Cup and English-based Australian trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam believes this year it is her stayer Yellowstone.

Against All The Odds, A 'special Horse' Proves That Fighters Do Come Back

MARK Kavanagh was coming off a long night and a short sleep, but his mind soon cleared when he was asked yesterday morning if Saturday's Cox Plate win by Maldivian was proper restitution for the tragedy of last year's Caulfield Cup disaster.

O'shea Has Northern Flyer In His Sights

JOHN O'SHEA has unbeaten colt Fist Of Fury primed for a showdown with the Gai Waterhouse-trained boom horse Northern Meteor in Saturday's group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.

Champion Horse Rewards Those Who Kept Faith

FOR more than a year one-time potential star Maldivian didn't win a race yet owner Joe Ricciardo stuck solid with trainer Mark Kavanagh.

The Hard-luck Horse Of 2007 Comes Good, As Maldivian Home And Hosed In The Cox Plate

IT'S a story that would have filmmakers champing at the bit.

Marsham Going The Distance To Prepare Sammy For Cox Plate

CHERIE Marsham can testify just how far and where a good horse can take you.

O'brien Wants A 'true Test'

AIDAN O'Brien, the Irish maestro of horse racing, yesterday outlined the game plan for his three-horse team in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November4. Septimus, Honolulu, Alessandro Volta,

Vintage Crop Of Invaders From The North Just Want A Little Luck

After All The Good's win in the Caulfield Cup, many are tipping the Melbourne Cup will also go to a foreign horse, writes Craig Young.

Everything Perfect Till The Turn, Says Hussler's Rider

THE expectation was suffocating but Brad Rawiller rode positively on the wonder horse Weekend Hussler. The Caulfield Cup was the Horse of the Year's first trip over 2400m and, while sent out second favourite, it was all over at the top of the home straight.

Coyle Hoping To Rediscover Uber Form After Reunion

IN-FORM Newcastle trainer Jason Coyle and Uber are back together but in vastly different circumstances. Uber will be having his first start for Coyle today when he attempts to win the listed Lightning Stakes over 1100 metres at Randwick for the second time. The pair are old mates, and the owners of Uber are hoping the magic Coyle once had with the horse can help him recapture his best form.

Stable Relations: The Tale Of A Horse And His Boy

WONDER horse Weekend Hussler bites everyone who enters his specially padded stable box. Everyone except five-year-old Harry McDonald.

The Little Mate Who Softens A Champion's Heart

WEEKEND Hussler, the wonder horse, bites everyone who enters his padded stable box. Everyone except five-year-old Harry McDonald.

Cox Plate Plans For Major Cup Contenders

LAST year's Caulfield Cup hype horse Maldivian and race winner Master O'Reilly yesterday completed serious workouts for tomorrow's $2.5 million staying test, with their trainers also looking to run the pair in next weekend's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.

Sunburnt Land Still Scorching

ASTUTE horseman Mat Ellerton describes untapped five-year-old Sunburnt Land as a "a big, raw-boned horse who has taken time" and can't believe the gelding is a sprinter.

Sound But No Vision For An Owner Living The Life Of O'reilly On His Second Cup Campaign

Bill Sutcliffe is happy to take a back seat with his star horse, Stephen Howell writes.

Tie And Mighty

FORTUNATELY the tongue tie was on the horse, not the trainer and jockey, so the waiting and chasing horde did not go home disappointed.

Gran Escapes Jail Over Child Injury

A WOMAN who accidentally pierced her toddler grandson's skull with a metal clothes horse has avoided going to jail. Victoria Sumner, 52, had suffered a life of tragedy and violence when she hurled the clothes horse in a fit of rage in April 2007, County Court judge Christine Thornton said.

Plunge Filly Beaten, But Goes On To Prove She's Special

THE late Colin Hayes was many things - a spectacularly successful horse trainer and breeder and often a visionary when it came to the future of racing.

Darley Colt Proves Stud Potential

WINNING a race named after a horse you have trained would be a thrill for any trainer, but Lee Freedman was particularly chuffed with the success of Wilander in the group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1000metres) at Caulfield yesterday.

Albert Primed For Special Run

SOMERSBY trainer Bill Dawson is confident he has Newcastle Horse of the Year Special Albert spot-on for his engagement in the $30,000 Bankstown Cup (2140 metres) tonight.

Man Trampled By His Horse

A MAN was trampled by his horse on an East Branxton property yesterday.

Good, Better, Best?

Godolphin hopes it has the horse to finally break through in Australia, Tony Bourke writes.

The Cart Before The Horse

All the right elements are here except restraint 13/20

Weakened Hussler

WEEKEND HUSSLER'S trainer Ross McDonald has cautioned punters to overlook the horse of the year's defeat in Saturday's Turnbull Stakes at Flemington in which the Caulfield Cup-bound four-year-old was an odds-on favourite.

Stewards Hunt Missing Mclellan

NEWCASTLE stewards will sleuth out this week the cases of the missing jockey and horse.

How The Turnbull Runners Fared

1st LITTORIO: Stalked Weekend Hussler wherever he went and looked to be travelling sweetly entering the straight. Sprinted quickly when asked for an effort and was doing it easily on the line. "He looks an ideal cups horse. I know it's hard to predict what can happen in big cups but on today's run I'm pretty happy," said jockey Steven King.

Light Vision Sneaks Up On Cup Start

USUALLY, a galloper who has won four out of his past five races over middle distances at city tracks going into the Melbourne spring becomes something of a boom horse, especially where the cups are concerned.

Littorio Hustles The Hussler

IN A remarkable turnaround, the little-known Littorio and not the champion Weekend Hussler will be the horse to attempt victory in the "Big Three" races this spring after Littorio cast off his bridesmaid tag in sensational circumstances in yesterday's Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.

Bart's Son Anthony Looks Well Set To Outdo The 'king'

WHEN you're the son of possibly Australia's greatest horse trainer, it's only rarely that you can achieve a milestone that your father could not.

Princess All Set For Kiwi Coup

NEW ZEALAND'S best horse, Princess Coup, is set to start favourite in that country's richest race, the $1.7 million Kelt Capital Stakes at Hastings today.

Beadman Tackles Hussler

DARREN BEADMAN has burst out of the gates in Hong Kong and is keen to keep his unbeaten record intact on Tuesday Joy, which takes on wonder horse Weekend Hussler in Saturday's Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.