Racing 10 March 2025 Connors’ Melbourne Cup dream alive and well "That is a massive step up, but you never say never, we will just see what happens in the spring.” Racing 08 March 2025 Connors lands another Ellerslie staying feature "He gave me 100 percent all the way to the line and then was hard to pull up after the race." Racing 06 March 2025 Bumper Saturday for Go Racing "There will be a heap of owners on course, and we will have a great day regardless.” Racing 02 March 2025 Auckland Cup calling for evergreen stayer “He’s a lovely horse and we looked after him, we’ve taken our time and that run last week brought him on.” Racing 27 February 2025 Auckland Cup berth on the line for Sword In Stone “He needs to win that well to warrant going to the Auckland Cup.” Racing 01 January 2025 Son of Sun shines in Queen Elizabeth “I know he is a five-year-old, but he is a slow-maturing horse, and he has come along very well.” Racing 12 October 2024 New Melbourne Cup path for Auckland Cup winner Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has partnered with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) to establish a new path towards the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) for the winner of the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). Racing 15 August 2024 Century up for Ritchie/Murray partnership “It was really cool for us to be on course and enjoy that, it was something special." Racing 21 March 2024 Firm deck to confirm in-form stayer’s Cup bid “We won’t be asking him to run in a lead-up race and he’ll go straight into the Sydney Cup.”
