New Zealand syndicator Go Racing will be chasing stakes success on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday, including in Melbourne, where Soul of Spain will contest the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
Kiwi Group One winner Lara Antipova will test her talent at elite level in Australia for the first time when she heads to Caulfield on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m).
Miss Magnetica turned plenty of heads when dashing home from the back of the pack to win her maiden at Ellerslie last month, and she will now get the opportunity to test her talent at stakes level at the Auckland track this weekend.
This Saturday will mark a quarter of a century since Ethereal’s win in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), and the blue hen is still enjoying life at Pencarrow Stud, near Cambridge, at the ripe old age of 29.
Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin is going from strength to strength and scored a deserved first stakes win when piloting the Kenny Rae-trained Fraudster to victory in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton last Saturday.
