#Russian Camelot

The youngest horse in the field has shown stamina and staying prowess beyond his years with Russian Camelot claiming the South Australian Derby. Bred to northern hemisphere time, Russian Camelot was giving away six months to most of his rivals in Saturday's 2500m-Classic at Morphettville. Ridden by John Allen, the Danny O'Brien-trained Russian…

The year's biggest races are here again and as usual it's a tantalising puzzle, as the best horses from Australia and some of the best stayers from Europe descend on Melbourne. To hopefully help you find your way through the puzzle, here's five horses to follow this spring. Kayo is your ticket to the best sport streaming Live & On-Demand. New to…

The genesis of the startling victory of Russian Camelot in the South Australian Derby at Morphettville on Saturday came more than two years ago, when the northern hemisphere-bred three-year-old's connections were trumped by another syndicate also attempting to buy the promising German horse Schabau. The disappointment of being beaten to the punch…

Mugatoo is one of the value runners in the Cox Plate Terribly difficult weekend to confidently trade into the early markets with a potential thunderstorm predicted for Sydney and somewhere between 20 and 50mm of rain expected in Melbourne. As noted previously the best way I find to attack the rain-affected meetings is to reduce the amount of my…

It will be a different scene this year at the Cox Plate, with the COVID-19 pandemic still heavily affecting Victoria and crowds unlikely to be able to attend the big race. The 2020 edition of the Group 1 Cox Plate will be held on Saturday 24th October at Moonee Valley, capping off a big weekend that also includes the Group 1 Manikato Stakes on the…