Saban is one of nine horses engaged in two Victorian Cups over the weekend. 

From making sure the semaphore board was up to date, to becoming club president – there are not many roles that Andrew Turnbull has not taken on at the Tambo & District Race Club.

Scratch maps of Australia are usually reversed for grey nomads who are ticking off all the towns they have visited along their journey.

A batch of quality northerners have landed in Christchurch ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 (Guineas) at Riccarton, and local hope Alottago will lead the southern defence.

Stephen Marsh had to wait until the 24th season of his career to win his first Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), but an emerging superstar gave the Cambridge trainer his missing piece at Riccarton on Saturday with a performance that was worth every moment of that wait.

Country stalwart Glenda Bell will rely on two of her close friends to find her way to Brisbane for the Country Stampede Final at Doomben next month.

A resurgent Golden Pegasus stole the crown from Antipodean when the pair met for the second time in the Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sungai Besi today.

Rockhampton trainer Tim Cook and his Brisbane counterpart Lindsay Gough share a common interest.

The measure of the Melbourne Cup’s aura was best exemplified by Mark Twain’s 1895 indulgence that “The Cup astonishes me”.

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