St Leger: Hoo Ya Mal joins George Boughey team ahead of Doncaster Classic and Melbourne Cup bid

International raiders Buckaroo and Light Infantry are primed and ready to prove their up to Australia's best in Saturday's $5m King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick. A wave of 10 internationals arrived in Sydney late last month and two of the most high profile campaigners are set to chase glory in the revamped $5m weight-for-age mile on…

Newsboy's Nap selection for Sunday, September 17, is the George Boughey-trained Cachet at Doncaster (3.35). The next best is Musselburgh runner Princess Karine (4.00) Jockey James Doyle celebrates after winning the Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes with Cachet on day three of the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket. Picture date:…

Gai Waterhouse has had enough of the red carpet being rolled out for anonymous international horses in the Melbourne Cup, saying more needs to be done to ensure local hopes are given a chance of getting into the famous race. Speaking to News Corp, Waterhouse, who has White Marlin ($8) and Goldman ($11) atop the early betting for the race, said…

On the first of November, a field of talented stayers from all over the world will enter the stall at Flemington racecourse ahead of the 2022 Melbourne Cup. There are now less than four days to go before "the race that stops a nation" hits our screens and the betting is beginning to hot up. Let's take a look through the latest Melbourne Cup odds…

The trainer of Tuesday's Melbourne Cup favourite joked he would happily take the Cup back to England now, before declaring the race might be more open than punters think. James Ferguson's Deauville Legend is a raging $6 favourite to win the $8 million race, after the only international in last Saturday's Cox Plate - El Bodegon - ran a slashing…

Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Just 10 British and Irish raiders remain as possible 2022 Melbourne Cup horses following the publication of the weights for this year's edition of "The Race that Stops a Nation". No raider from our shores heading Down Under to Flemington on Tuesday, 1 November will have more than 8st…

The Cazoo St Leger might be one of the most exacting tests of stamina in the Flat racing calendar and it could be won by a trainer who is conducting his career at a sprint. If Hoo Ya Mal can land the rescheduled final Classic of the season at Doncaster tomorrow on what will be a poignant day's racing following the death of the Queen, it will be a…

Beckett has an outstanding record with fillies and he won the 2015 St Leger with Simple Verse, before losing it in the stewards room and then regaining it on appeal. However, he has never had one quite like the Juddmonte-owned Haskoy, who was a wide margin winner at Wolverhampton on her debut just six weeks ago and followed up in the Listed Galtres…

Horse and rider first teamed up when the colt made his debut at Sandown last July, a seven-furlong maiden run in driving rain that was at one point interrupted by a groundsman straying onto the track. Despite the circumstances the son of Territories finished third behind subsequent Group One winner El Bodegon. But Probert would have to wait until…

A race lacking quantity was redeemed by the quality of its winner. The March Stakes may have attracted only four runners but it still posed a new challenge for the winner Hoo Ya Mal, who set a clear standard on ratings but still had a point to prove over a new trip. However, that proved no impediment. The three-year-old was eased into contention…

The final Classic of the season takes place on the second Saturday in September, as a field of classy three-year-olds do battle in the St Leger. 13 horses stood their ground at the latest stage of entries this week, and Charlie Appleby is odds-on to saddle his second winner in a row. Let's take a look through the latest St Leger betting and run…

Godolphin's highly regarded 3-year-old colt New London (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}-Bright Beacon {GB}, by Manduro {Ger}) bounced back from a first reversal in May's G3 Chester Vase to annex a 10-furlong Newmarket handicap last time and continued on an upward trajectory with victory in Thursday's G3 John Pearce Racing Gordon S at Goodwood. The 6-4…

Secret State may have earned the chance to avenge his dam and claim a Classic victory after scoring an impressive success in the 1m4f handicap. His odds for the Cazoo St Leger were slashed to 8-1 (from 12-1) after he defied top weight to complete a four-timer. In 2010, Jacqueline Quest sprang a huge shock when passing the post first in the 1000…

Nashwa is a warm favourite to take a second Group One contest in the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday, with co-trainer Thady Gosden confident she will be effective on the South Downs track. The daughter of Frankel did not stay the mile and a half of the Oaks at Epsom, finishing three and a quarter lengths behind Tuesday. However, she…

Westover and Emily Upjohn, both placed in Epsom Classics and engaged in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this Saturday, could meet again later in the season after featuring among 27 St Leger entries. The final Classic of the British horse racing season takes place on Saturday, 10 September at Doncaster over an extended 1m 6f.…

Formerly trained by Andrew Balding, he was bought by new connections on the eve of Royal Ascot for the princely sum of £1.2million. He outran his 150-1 odds at Epsom when finishing just two and a half lengths behind Desert Crown and will eventually join trainer Gai Waterhouse, with the Melbourne Cup a likely target. Before then, however, Boughey…

The Werribee mob did not run up to expectation with the four international raiders in the Melbourne Cup failing to finish in the placings. The $4.40 Cup favourite Deauville Legend, who was easy in the market from an overnight quote of $3.60, was the best of those that flew in from the UK for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup at Flemington, finishing fourth,…

Yen for Japanese stayers paying off for pioneering Waterhouse We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. Gai Waterhouse went to Japan with a Melbourne Cup dream three years ago and put her eye to the test. The first lady of Australian racing has been know for picking the best yearlings…

Thoroughbred horseracing is the third most patronised sport in Australia after AFL and rugby league, and what began as a hangover from English colonialism, has turned into a national pastime. Once a year, Australia "stops" for a single 3.2 kilometre race - the Melbourne Cup. University of Sydney history Professor Emeritus Richard Waterhouse said…