As jockey crashed to the turf,his first thought was to comfort his horse

As jockey crashed to the turf,his first thought was to comfort his horse

Trainer hails Jason Collett’s instinctive reaction after racehorse suffers dramatic mid-race injury.

  • byChristian Nicolussi

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‘After all I do to help promote this industry’:Heartbroken Kah vents after dirty day
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‘After all I do to help promote this industry’:Heartbroken Kah vents after dirty day

Colourful owner Tony Ottobre questioned whether a rival jockey’s ride was designed to beat his wonder mare,while Jamie Kah was robbed of a chance to ride in The Everest at the starting gates.

  • byDanny Russell
‘I was fearing the worst’:2023 Everest winner Think About It retired after miracle recovery

‘I was fearing the worst’:2023 Everest winner Think About It retired after miracle recovery

Leading trainer Joe Pride was filled with dread when his star horse fell at Randwick on Saturday,and officials erected a screen.

  • byIain Payten
Trainer Ciaron Maher wins The Everest with Bella Nipotina and Caulfield Cup with Duke De Sessa

Trainer Ciaron Maher wins The Everest with Bella Nipotina and Caulfield Cup with Duke De Sessa

Ciaron Maher had a highly successful day across two cities,training the Everest and Caulfield Cup winners within one hour of each other. Duke De Sessa won the big race in Melbourne while Bella Nipotina ruled the roost in Sydney.

  • byRoy Ward andBillie Eder
Ceolwulf storms home in King Charles Stakes boilover

Ceolwulf storms home in King Charles Stakes boilover

Pride Of Jenni was run down in a King Charles Stakes boilover as Joe Pride’s Ceolwulf crashed the party for Australian racing’s newest cult hero.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
You beauty Bella:Williams’ trust in star mare delivers racing’s biggest prize

You beauty Bella:Williams’ trust in star mare delivers racing’s biggest prize

It wasn’t a pretty ride to take The Everest,but jockey Craig Williams knew he had to trust his star mare.

  • byChris Roots
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Odds were on Charles appearing at The Everest,but it wasn’t a sure thing

Odds were on Charles appearing at The Everest,but it wasn’t a sure thing

On the whole,the tone was one of indifference. A modern,trackside republican debate argued through juiced-up nonchalance rather than strong feelings about the monarchy.

  • byEmma Kemp
How The Everest sealed a peace deal in racing’s cold war

How The Everest sealed a peace deal in racing’s cold war

Gillon McLachlan and Peter V’landys have been at loggerheads for years,but now they realise they need each other.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Fashion blues strike The Everest as best dressed trifecta shows the way

Fashion blues strike The Everest as best dressed trifecta shows the way

The great divide between the well-dressed and the barely dressed left little room for fashion at Sydney’s premier horse race.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Guts and glory a feature of bond between Douglas and Giga Kick

Guts and glory a feature of bond between Douglas and Giga Kick

Clayton Douglas has beaten the odds a few times in his life and is trying to do it again with Giga Kick in The Everest.

  • byChris Roots
King and queens:Why this Everest is about the girls more than ever

King and queens:Why this Everest is about the girls more than ever

Rachel King is adamant she’s not a female jockey,just a jockey. And a damn good one. But it’s hard not to escape the growing influence of the girls on this year’s $20 million race.

  • byAdam Pengilly