#BTC Cup

Brookspire has gone from a dominant race favourite one week to almost be a forgotten runner the next. But jockey Jay Ford has suggested punters should be more forgiving of Brookspire going into the Group 3 $200000 Arrowfield Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at the Scone stand-alone meeting on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained Brookspire was all the rage…

WHEN Danasinga won the first million-dollar Stradbroke in 1996, it was a snap decision by Lee Freedman to revert to the shorter course after he failed as favourite in the Hollindale Stakes. Two decades later, Freedman's Stradbroke mission with Malaguerra is more deliberate and has been in the pipeline for more than six months. The Hall Of Fame…