So - the worst has happened! So You Think is lame and will not race again. The news came overnight that the great Aussie superstar has been ruled out of the Grp 1 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown UK on Saturday night after being found lame in his stable stall. Trainer Aidan O'Brien's wife Anne-Marie confirmed the sad news via Twitter. And that ends the remarkable racing life of one of the best horses to have graced the Aussie and UK turf in the last 50 years. An awful way to depart - but now he goes to

So - the worst has happened! So You Think is lame and will not race again. The news came overnight that the great Aussie superstar has been ruled out of the Grp 1 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown UK on Saturday night after being found lame in his stable stall. Trainer Aidan O'Brien's wife Anne-Marie confirmed the sad news via Twitter. And that ends the remarkable racing life of one of the best horses to have graced the Aussie and UK turf in the last 50 years. An awful way to depart - but now he goes to stud to begin a new phase in his life.

Better news...Black Caviar arrives back in Australia next Tuesday after her Ascot success. The great mare will be sent for a spell while a decision on whether she contests this year's spring carnival or is sent to stud will be made in the next few weeks.

Latest Caulfield Cup market from www.betstar.com.au: Green Moon 13.00 Mawingo 13.00 Atlantic Jewel 15.00 Lights Of Heaven 15.00 Lucas Cranach 15.00 Brambles 17.00 mEthiopia 17.00 Polish Knight 17.00 December Draw 21.00 Manighar 21.00 Mosheen 21.00 Smart Robin (JPN) 21.00 At First Sight 26.00 Red Cadeaux (GB) 26.00Sea Moon (GB) 26.00 Shoot Out 26.00 Southern Speed 26.00 Val Champ 26.00

French on the menu again...On the way to Australia is French Grp 2 winner Prairie Star. He's been bopught by the OTI Racing operation. Prairie Star won the Grp 2 Prix Hocquart (11f, 2200m) at Longchamp in May last year - his fourth win for trainer Elli Lellouche. The entire has had three winless outings in 2012, including a last-start 3rd in Grp 3. Now, OTI Racing has switched Prairie Star to the John Hammond stable in Paris but it's not known yet who will train him in Australia.