On the way back...Mark Kavanagh's popular stable jockey Michael Rodd has been cleared to resume trackwork on Monday. MR broke a wrist in a trackwork fall five weeks ago. He says: 'I'll probably ride two or three on Monday and it all depends on how I pull up as to when I'll be coming back to race riding.'The spring...The Caulfield and Melbourne Cup riddle will come more into focus on Wednesday...Racing Victoria's chief handicapper Greg Carpenter announces the weights for the big staying races.Goo
On the way back...Mark Kavanagh's popular stable jockey Michael Rodd has been cleared to resume trackwork on Monday. MR broke a wrist in a trackwork fall five weeks ago. He says: 'I'll probably ride two or three on Monday and it all depends on how I pull up as to when I'll be coming back to race riding.'
The spring...The Caulfield and Melbourne Cup riddle will come more into focus on Wednesday...Racing Victoria's chief handicapper Greg Carpenter announces the weights for the big staying races.
Good news for Tony Noonan fans...His classy mare Ortensia will be back home in Melbourne on Wednesday night after wintering in Queensland. She's just emerged from several weeks of crisp pacework at the Deagon training circuit. She is likely to return to racing in the Gilgai at Flem on Oct 3, and then go for the Tristarc two weeks later.