Just too hard...Victorian racing officials will try to have racehorses reclassified for quarantine after the shock withdrawal of Hong Kong star Able One from the Cox Plate. Able One's Aussie trainer John Moore says strict quarantine conditions that demand two weeks' isolation at homeand another three weeks in quarantine at the Werribee facility are too onerous.Gai Waterhouse is the new trainer of former US-based mare Black Mamba, who was yesterday one of three horses to be paid up as a late nomi
Just too hard...Victorian racing officials will try to have racehorses reclassified for quarantine after the shock withdrawal of Hong Kong star Able One from the Cox Plate. Able One's Aussie trainer John Moore says strict quarantine conditions that demand two weeks' isolation at homeand another three weeks in quarantine at the Werribee facility are too onerous.
Gai Waterhouse is the new trainer of former US-based mare Black Mamba, who was yesterday one of three horses to be paid up as a late nomination for the Cups.
Melbourne's three metropolitan racing club chiefs met on Tuesday to announce a revamped autumn carnival for 2011. It boasts nine Grp 1 races and ensures that two big Grp 1 races, the Australian Guineas and Randwick Guineas will now be run two weeks apart.
The Grp 1 winning Montjeu stallion Nom Du Jeu has already secured 115 mares in his debut season at Fairdale Stud in Palmerston North. Owned by a powerful syndicate - including many major commercial studs and the Morton Family of Brisbane who bred and raced him, Nom Du Jeu is proving an appeal prospect to many breeders with his impressive credentials and affordable fee of $6000.