The son of migrant parents,Enver Jusufovic grew up in Footscray,worked for Four’N Twenty,and ran onto the ground in 1970 when Ted Whitten played his final game for the Dogs. Now he has a Cox Plate runner.
Anthony Van Dyck’s death in the 2020 Melbourne Cup sparked change for international Cup runners. Now,his trainer Aidan O’Brien finally has another horse racing in Australia.
Mr Brightside is gunning for his fifth group 1 in Saturday’s Cox Plate after being named then sold after just one start in New Zealand.
More international money was taken on the Caulfield Cup than The Everest,and Racing Victoria expects the cash from Hong Kong will continue to flow in coming weeks.
After failing as a short-priced favourite in Saturday’s Toorak Handicap,Perth star Amelia’s Jewel will not press onto next weekend’s Cox Plate.
Interference in the closing stages of Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas didn’t mar the boilover win of Griff in the $3 million feature event.
Romantic Warrior loves his muesli from the USA,but when given a replacement due to quarantine,the five-year-old didn’t want a bar of it,much to the distress of his trainer.
Court documents reveal plans for a rebel body spoke about headhunting David Gallop and Nick Weeks. Now,Racing NSW has accused of Racing Victoria’s covert plot with other states being motivated by one factor.
Racing Victoria hasn’t ruled out moving the Cox Plate in the future,after deciding to leave the feature race in its traditional time slot for this spring.
The relationship between Australia’s racing states has been fractious for years. But it’s just reached a new low with court action imminent.
Leading trainer Danny O’Brien believes the Victoria Racing Club should get behind the proposal to extend the spring racing carnival and cut the distance of its time-honoured Derby to accommodate the Cox Plate date change.