Year: 2019

Thought Of That has emerged as one of the main Victoria Derby contenders after his dominant win in the Caulfield Classic but Sydney trainer Mark Newnham remains confident he has the right horse to win the $2 million Classic at Flemington.

He made an immediate impression at his Australian debut with victory in the Group One Caulfield Stakes, and Cape Of Good Hope has ticked another box in his Cox Plate preparation by having a gallop at the Valley.

Last season’s New Zealand champion stayer, Glory Days, will use the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) this Saturday as her final chance to make the field for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5. Trainer Bill Thurlow has been over the seven-year-old Red Giant mare with a fine-tooth comb since a below par performance at her last start and can find nothing amiss with the Auckland Cup (Group 1, 3200m) winner.

Unheralded apprentice Joshua Kam was straight back to his normal Sunday morning routine less than 24 hours after achieving his biggest racetrack triumph when guiding outsider Sweet Treat to victory in the Listed Staphanos Classic (1950m) at Rotorua.

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has confirmed high-class three-year-old filly Kali will head straight to the Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month after her impressive winning performance at Ashburton on Saturday.

Triple Group One winner Avilius will undertake an enforced gallop in a bid to run in the Cox Plate after bleeding from one nostril.

Queensland jockey Skye Bogenhuber has made a successful return to race riding but she says just being back at the races is reward enough.

Assistant trainer Sam Freedman says the stable has dodged a bullet with Steel Prince who will progress his Melbourne Cup claims at Geelong.

Frankie Dettori has made a habit of taking centre stage at Ascot – and Star Catcher has put him in the limelight again with the the jockey bringing up his 250th Group One on the mare in the Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes.