Julius Doubles Down Aiming Just Folk At Doncaster

Jamie Kah is hugged by Dean Holland's mum, Belinda, after winning the Newmarket Handicap on Cylinder. The Racing Gods exist. They're not just an imaginary "thing". They're real. They were there when Damien Oliver won the Melbourne Cup on Media Puzzle. They were there when Ollie won on his last three rides in Australia. They were there when Makybe…

It's no wonder Kah, with Dean's family, shed copious amounts of tears after the race. They knew what happened was more than a coincidence. It was a race, and a day, decided by The Gods. The Racing Gods exist. They're not just an imaginary "thing". They're real. They were there when Damien Oliver won the Melbourne Cup on Media Puzzle. They were…

Racing transcended into supernatural areas during the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Hardened souls might use a weights and measures argument to explain the result but those shedding tears around Flemington post-race might beg to differ. Jamie Kah steered $11 chance Cylinder to victory over the game Kiwi mare Imperatriz, bringing back…

In Secret has provided Dean Holland with his biggest victory, taking out the Newmarket Handicap. Win, lose or draw, Dean Holland wanted to keep his emotions in check having landed the ride on In Secret in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Holland picked up the ride in Saturday's Group 11200m sprint after Jamie Kah was transferred to Royal…

Ladies Man. Photo / Race Images Kiwi trainer Allan Sharrock's Melbourne Cup gamble with Ladies Man has already paid off, and what happens in the A$8 million race next Tuesday is now almost a bonus. Sharrock rolled the dice by taking Ladies Man to Melbourne last week, even when he sat well outside the 24 horses guaranteed to start in the Cup at…

Ciaron Maher has won Australia's biggest races but running second in the Geelong Cup, to help Ashrun qualify for the Melbourne Cup, was as rewarding as any. Ashrun was sidelined for more than a 1000 days with a tendon injury, which Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate-winner Maher doubted could be rehabilitated, but three starts back the import moved to the…

Thousands have lined Flemington's famous straight in remembrance for the late and beloved Group 1 jockey and father-of-four Dean Holland. An awe-inspiring 15 minutes passed as 2000 mourners, family, friends, jockeys, trainers, stewards, racing administrators and club staff, stood shoulder to shoulder along the inside rail from the winning post to…

Every Thursday, News Corp Australia's editorial director of racing and wagering Matt Williams and senior racing writer Ben Dorries chat all things horse racing. Matty (left) and Benny (right) have reflected on the tragic death of Dean Holland. MW: Such a sad week, mate. The tragic death of Dean Holland has rocked racing. He was such a popular…

Fallen jockey Dean Holland asked his mentor James Winks to look over his application to ride in Hong Kong hours before tragedy struck at Donald on Monday. Winks coached Holland as the lightweight jockey career finally hit the heights the 34-year-old deserved after years of toil and travel across Victoria and South Australia A Group 1-winning jockey…

The heartbroken wife of top jockey Dean Holland has paid tribute to the'beloved' husband and father-of-four after he was killed in a tragic fall at a race in country Victoria. The 34-year-old leaves behind wife Lucy and four children under the age of five: Harley, Luca, Frankie and Lily. On Monday, the veteran hoop was riding Tony McEvoy mount…

Gai Waterhouse says the Doncaster Mile weights are compressed and Alligator Blood is "almost a lay down misere" for the big race at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Hall of Fame trainer is never afraid to swim against the tide of popular opinion and made a compelling case for Alligator Blood to successfully shoulder topweight of 57.5kg and win the…

Racing at Group 1 level under handicap conditions is a foreign concept to English trainer William Haggas. "We don't have stakes races for the handicaps in England any more,'' Haggas said. "All our feature races are weight-for-age and, personally, I think that is a good thing. "When it is a Group 1 race they should all carry the same weight and the…

Two in-form milers are battling for top spot in Doncaster Mile 2023 betting this weekend in Sydney with the reigning champion Mr Brightside and the talented Chris Waller -trained mare Fangirl tipped to fight it out in the $4 million Royal Randwick showdown. The Championships Day 1 features four elite level autumn events led by the Group 1 Doncaster…

Cepheus won his way into the Doncaster when landing the Ajax Stakes. Picture: Getty Images Matt Dunn feels some have written off the last-start win of Doncaster Mile contender Cepheus as a fluke - but he is having none of it. Despite being six years old, import Cepheus remains something of a mystery and he could be the X-factor in the $4m Group 1…

The lone filly in the Newmarket Handicap In Secret has taken out the Group 1 feature at Flemington on Super Saturday, with Dean Holland picking up the ride to win his second Group 1 of his career. With Jamie Kah being involved in the fall earlier in the program, James Cummings and the Godolphin team were tasked with finding a replacement jockey for…

Lightweight jockey Michael Dee produced a rail-hugging ride to win Chris Waller's first Coolmore Classic on Espiona and join the elite company of Hugh Bowman, Kerrin McEvoy and James McDonald for the trainer. Dee has won Waller's last three group 1s, starting with the Caulfield Cup on Durston, then the Victoria Derby on Manzoice before driving…

The three-year-olds dominated the Newmarket Handicap 2023 results at Flemington on Saturday with Godolphin's gun filly In Secret defeating Lofty Strike in the 150th edition of the famous sprint. The James Cummings -trained daughter of I Am Invincible became the first filly to win the Group 1 $1.5 million Newmarket Handicap (1200m) since Sunlight…

Former Hawke's Bay jockey Michael Dee and Durston, winners of the Caulfield Cup on October 15. Now he goes for the double, booked for Lunar Flare in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Photo / Getty Images Hawke's Bay could hold two of New Zealand's more significant hopes in the 2022 Melbourne Cup, the three minutes and 20 seconds gallop that stops two…

Josh Julius isn't complaining, but the abundant post-Melbourne Cup Week options now available have provided him with a dilemma as to what to do with his stable star Just Folk. The six-year-old was among the nominations for the Cranbourne Cup when entries for the $500000 Listed event closed on Monday. But Julius entered the spring thinking the…

Dean Holland will chase his first Group 1 win since 2010 on Tigertiger in Saturday's Sydney Cup at Randwick. Picture: AAP Jockey Dean Holland thinks his time has come to notch another Group 1 win in Saturday's Sydney Cup. Holland's only other Group 1 win was in the 2010 Australasian Oaks in Adelaide on the $26 chance Small Minds. Holland's Sydney…

Forbidden Love is set to overcome the favourite's jinx and keep her Group 1 winning streak going in the $3m The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. After brilliant wins at weight-for-age in the Canterbury Stakes and George Ryder Stakes in recent weeks, the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Forbidden Love dominates…

Tommy Berry drives Stay Inside clear for an impressive win in the 2021 Golden Slipper. Photo: Jason McCawley/Getty Images for the ATC Stay Inside, one of the highest-rated Golden Slipper winners this century, will remain in training for the Group 1 $1 million ATC Inglis Sires at Royal Randwick next week. Michael Freedman, who trains in partnership…

With two big races on the calendar at Bendigo each year, the aim for any local trainer is to try and capture one of the those prizes. Josh Julius has his eyes on the Listed Golden Mile (1600m) at Bendigo on Saturday with Just Folk, the horse that provided him with his biggest wins in racing, the Group 2 Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley in 2021 and…

Once a regular face in the Sydney jockeys' room riding Group 1 winners the ilk of Grand Armee, Fashions Afield and Victory Vein, Danny Beasley will be back in familiar territory when he heads to Rosehill for three mounts. Beasley has enjoyed one of racing's more interesting journeys, spending more than a decade in Singapore where he also had great…