Top Mare Back At Home Base

TOP-CLASS Newcastle mare Cartoon Character, sold as part of Eddie Hayson's dispersal of horses, has returned to her Broadmeadow base.

Expensive Colts Start To Realise Potential

WHILE trivia buffs took note of the wins of $2 million yearlings Time Thief and Allied Force, possibly the first time that two horses of that value have won at the same mid-week meeting, trainers Lee Freedman and David Hayes contemplated the untapped potential of their valuable colts and left Moonee Valley to plot a course towards the spring.

Hayes Opts For Raid On $1m Golden Rose

FLEMINGTON trainers David Hayes and Steve Richards have planned ambitious raids with three-year-olds All American and Outdo this weekend, with both horses headed to Sydney to tackle the group 2 $1 million, 1400-metre Golden Rose.

Equestrian Horses Victims In Cruel Doping Practice

THE Olympic equestrian competition in Hong Kong was rocked by a doping scandal involving a practice that is particularly cruel to horses.

From O'brien To O'brien, Greatness Beckons Alexander Of Hales

THE spring carnival is the time in racing; it can also be the perfect springboard for more down the track, as Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien has found as he has welcomed new blood alongside Master O'Reilly and Douro Valley, the horses who quinellaed last year's Caulfield Cup.

O'brien To Hold Strong Hand In Spring Features

CHAMPION Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien yesterday signalled his intention of extending his current European dominance to Australia when he nominated a staggering 15 horses for Melbourne's three feature spring events.

Mcevoy's Kembla Gig

MELBOURNE Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy will start his contract with Darley Australia as he rides four horses for Peter Snowden at Kembla Grange today, but his main hope of a winner could be Gemma's Boy.

O'brien Targets 15 For Spring

CHAMPION Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien yesterday signalled his intent to extending his current European dominance to Australia when he nominated a staggering 15 horses for Melbourne's three feature spring events.

O'brien Quest Likely To Put World Spotlight On Carnival

MELBOURNE'S spring carnival could hold the international spotlight as never before, with the expectation that champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien will send a strong team of horses to Australia in a bid to break the world record for group 1 victories in a season.

Unlikely Lot Come Up With Marathon Effort

AN INTERESTING fact to emerge from Marathon Challenge, a documentary on SBS tomorrownight, is that in warm weather humans can outrun virtually all other animals over long distances, dogs and horses included.