Chief Stipe

I was just quoting the Scooby Comic Dog. He's the one bagging every Jockey. Running out of options if he actually has a horse racing.

Sir Delius ruled out of Cup, Plate www.racing.com Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius has been ruled out of next week's Group 1 and the Melbourne Cup after failing independent specialist scans. Racing Victoria announced on Friday afternoon that the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained superstar and $2.80 Cox Plate favourite returned scans that showed it was currently at heightened risk of injury. The first scan, a CT scan on the distal limbs, was conducted at University of Melbourne Equine Centre. CT scan results are reviewed by an independent panel of diagnostic imaging specialists which comprises representatives from Australia, UK and USA. That panel then relayed their findings to Racing Victoria. Under the enhanced protocols in 2025, Sir Delius' connections were then given the chance to send the star for a PET scan. This was the first time that connections have been afforded the opportunity to utilise the state-of-the-art PET technology as part of vet protocols for the Melbourne Cup. A PET scan shows activity of bone or soft tissue lesions at the molecular level in 3D imagery. That scan was conducted on Thursday with the results shared with the same independent panel. "Having reviewed the PET scan results alongside the CT scan results, the panel members have advised RV Veterinary Services that they remain of the view that Sir Delius is currently at heightened risk of injury," an RV release read. "Following advice from RV Veterinary Services in relation to the specialist opinions from the imaging panel, RV Stewards have stood down Sir Delius from competing in the remainder of the 2025 Spring Racing Carnival. The Stewards have appraised the connections of the key information that they relied upon in making their decision." Racing.com understands that Racing Victoria remained in constant contact with the Waterhouse and Bott stable throughout the decision-making process. All horses wanting to compete in this year's Melbourne Cup must be presented for a standing CT scan of their distal limbs by no later than Thursday, 30 October. WHAT IS A CT SCAN? Computed Tomography (CT) - The standing CT scanner allows efficient 3D imaging of the lower limb and identification of otherwise undetected bone damage. It is essentially cross-sectional radiographs and provides excellent, high-detailed images of bone. The quality and contrast of images created by CT is far superior to standard x-ray. It requires a mild sedative and scanning takes less than 30 minutes. In Australia, there is a standing CT scanner at the University of Melbourne Equine Centre at Werribee and another in Sydney. WHAT IS A PET SCAN? PET is a unique medical imaging procedure that shows activity of bone or soft tissue lesions at the molecular level in 3D imagery. PET requires a small amount of radioactive material to be injected into the horse 30 minutes before its scan which takes approximately 30 minutes and can be conducted whilst the horse is standing. The only PET scanner in Australia is located at the University of Melbourne Equine Centre at Werribee. Originating in the USA, the technology was trialled successfully during the 2024 Spring Racing Carnival before being adopted into practice in 2025. WHO IS ON THE PANEL? The five members of the independent imaging review panel are as follows: Dr. Bruce Bladon, Specialist in Equine Surgery and Hospital Director at Donnington Grove Veterinary Group in England, UK; Dr. Mathieu Spriet, Specialist in Equine Diagnostic Imaging, and Professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in California, USA; Professor Peter Muir, Specialist in Veterinary Surgery and Co-Director of the Comparative Orthopaedic and Genetics Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; Professor Chris Whitton, Specialist in Equine Surgery and long-time Professor of Equine Medicine and Surgery at the University of Melbourne, AUS; and Dr. Alex Young, Specialist in Equine Diagnostic Imaging and Director of Alex Young Specialist Veterinary Imaging in Queensland, AUS.

Sport Horse Racing Sir Delius out Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup after failing vet scans Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius has sensationally been ruled out of both spring majors. Gilbert Gardiner @gilbertgardiner less than 2 min read October 17, 2025 - 4:46PM Alex Donnelly and Gilbert Gardiner take a deep dive into the Caulfield Cup. Gil also takes us through his Thousand Guineas selection as well as his best bets for the card at Caulfield. Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius has sensationally been ruled out of both spring majors after specialist veterinary advice. Sir Delius, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, presented this week for compulsory CT scans of its distal limbs. Racing Victoria announced the shock withdrawal on Friday afternoon. This article contains features which are only available in the web version Take me there • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet’s team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! An independent three-member panel of diagnostic imaging specialists from Australia, UK and USA reviewed the scans. The panel advised RV Veterinary Services the CT scan results for Sir Delius indicated “the horse is currently at heightened risk of injury”. RV said the Waterhouse-Bott stable was afforded an opportunity for Sir Delius to undergo a PET scan to help determine the area of concern. Sir Delius completed the PET scan on Thursday. The results confirmed the initial CT scan “heightened risk of injury”. Sir Delius, a multiple Group 1-winning son of Frankel, has been stood down for the remainder of the 2025 spring racing carnival. - more to come Join the conversation Search Home ABOUT US MEMBERSHIP CONTACT US OUR NETWORK Our Apps A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out.Sometimes our articles will try to help you find the right product at the right price. We may receive payment from third parties for publishing this content or when you make a purchase through the links on our sites. Privacy policyRelevant ads opt-outCookie policyTerms of use Nationwide News Pty Ltd © 2025. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Powered by WordPress.com VIP

Melbourne Cup favourite fails vet scans in spring carnival shock https://share.google/m0GYIY04sdxYRL4fL Sir Delius out.

Not a word said. No warning nothing.

Interesting how ex-Jockeys eat too many pies and forget what they did on a horse.

Really @nomates is my biggest problem "I'm never wrong" or just the fact I dont agree with your negativity? Happy to debate anything with you that you want. But it appears the moment you post something that is factually wrong you run away and post with the fawning sycophants at the altar of the Comic Dog.

Yea well he finds "ads annoying" does @SLB2.0 yet he wanted to buy ad space here for his business. Sadly he is struggling with that at the moment because his business model of aggregating every bookmakers offer in the universe has been cut off. @Pete Lane and @Scooby3051 dont understand that.

Oh the irony. It seems the collective intellect of the forward pack primarily made up of overweight props doesn't understand the description of fawning sycophants. LOL. It isnt applauding excellence where it is deserved and recognising hard working participants in the Racing Industry. That isnt sycophantic thats giving credit where credit is due. As for @nomates aka Bob Scott continually bagging the stable that gave him his most successful period in racing well that's at least ungrateful but at best weird.

I see the Premier Anti-Racing Forum prodded by the no principled @Pete Lane are bagging Karyn Fenton-Ellis. That typifies that site. Karyn would have to be one of the most enthusiastic hard working woman in racing I have had the pleasure of meeting. A friend of mine was encouraged to buy a share in a Te Akau yearling and I have been fortunate to see first hand Karyn's work and communication. An example was when Karyn was following Imperatriz (which she had a share in) in that period of successive Grp 1's in Australia and my friend would receive replies to emails in the early hours of the morning and not one didn't go unanswered. Ironcially if anyone has experienced how harmful online media can be it is Karyn and I'm sure she will bring that perspective to the BSA.

I don't think it is about intellect or lack thereof. In my opinion it is a malaise that is only too prevalent now. The issues can't be debated openly and reobustly without everything becoming personal, a conspiracy or tribal. It has always been present in the racing industry - being relatively small, insular and hard work to succeed many chose to keep the peace because they were afraid of being isolated. Australia by contrast excel in and embrace robust and colourful debate. Not wishing to go down the Wightman path but if you were a student of political decisions influencing social behaviour the periods of lockdown during covid made the malaise worse. A cynic would say that closing pubs while allowing the same people to go grocery shopping was not about reducing infection (they didn't) but about stopping debate. Anyway LOL no doubt the usual types will have a laugh about the above two paragraphs.

LOL - I just read the @JJ Flash 's stalking post. What he doesn't realise is that the banter you and I have is just that banter! Elsewhere you get banned if you upset someone's fragile opinion of their self. That's one of the downsides of social media - conversations are largely one on one whereas a pub conversation always has people prepared to interupt or instantly moderate.

@JJ Flash is still waiting for his ENTAIN share price predictions to be right. Another GFC might help him.

@Huey was too old to be a prodigy.

About the equivalent of Oaks Day at Flemington. Last years attendance Melbourne Cup Day was over 91,000. Up 8% year on year. The only issue I've ever had with The Everest is in my opinion due to its limited entry is it deserving of Grp 1 status. Overall is it the best sprinting field that could be assembled in Australia? Ka Ying Rising does elevate it.

Being unpopular has never worried me and I detest fawning sycophants. Interesting how they never front up to allow a robust counter debate.

Well if that is the case then why are NZ Trainers avoiding the Synthetic with their young horses? Perhaps the variability of the turf is better at initating that physiological response that trainers are seeking. Of course you have the full data on yearlings and 2 yr olds being "significantly safer" on Synthetics?

No you said there was only "one grass galloping track there". There are two. You'd "like" that wouldn't you @Freda? So the 2yr olds can develop on one grass galloping track and trial and race on the other? As for saying TA "bring their 2 yr olds up on grass tracks" - it is just an observation based of the fact they consistently avoid galloping or trialling on synthetic tracks with young horses. Ellis referred to that fact in his newsletter which was the lead post in this Topic.

You are conflating a two issues. @Brodie has been banging on about funding for a long time before ENTAIN pitched up to buy an insolvent TABNZ. Even then the Government had to bail TABNZ out with taxpayers money. So the revenue issue has been around a long time. ENTAIN has handed the industry a lifeline for 5 years before any revenue cuts occur. I'm not deflecting I'm just making the point, which you refuse to accept, that comparatively ENTAIN transgressions are nowhere near that of WESTPAC or CBA. The former received the largest fine in history! Yet the doomsayers are not looking at the facts of the case but are intent on sucking the lemon and casting doubt on ENTAIN's future. I post a great financial result and it is ignored. The point is ENTAIN are NOT going to be finded 100's of millions of dollars for their alleged transgressions. You can paint a scandulous picture if you want but it has no substance. So? Action was taken. Heads were rolled. Cost cutting has occurred. All prudent senior management decsions. Discuss it all you want but don't overlook facts! A fine man he may well be but you are overlooking his role in the alleged money laundering which YOU say is extremely serious. You can't have it both ways!! 2 bob each way as it were! I never said AUSTRAC wasn't a serious issue however to quantify it as a BIG thing is wrong when you compare it to other actions undertaken by AUSTRAC. Perspective is important!! As for your share price anlysis it was subjective and not accurate. In the last 6 months the share price as risen 46%! Profit takers took a profit in April and obviously have reloaded buying in at a lower price. Some have made an absolute killing! How do you know it has "disappeared"? You made that up or you are privy to ENTAINS corporate accounts.

Of course you are allowed to discuss whatever you want on BOAY (unlike the Anti-racing sites). However you have made the same point several times now and have yet to take on board the facts.

Well if sentimentality is going to rule selections then I'm backing War Machine.

But it would eliminate some?

That's TWO turf tracks. Regardless of the obsessive negative nit picking how does the number of turf tracks at Cranbourne negate what the Ellis said about Te Akau's preferred training and trialling surface for their yearlings and 2 year olds? BTW I'm not defending anyone or being a spokesperson I just posted a publically available online newsletter and made a comment.

I don't know either but if they did it may reduce turnover but could improve margin.

So? We have discussed this ad infinitum. Quantitatively it is not as significant as other corporations taken on by AUSTRAC. Did ENTAIN know that they were "alleged drug traffickers"? Probably not. Did they have the AML systems in place to stop the activity? Seems they didn't however they do have now. Note ENTAIN did alert the authorities. Two of OZ's major banks and two large Casinos erred as well but by a significant quantum. You probably bank with one or both of those banks - how does it sit with you that they facilitated the laundering of billions? BUZZ - wrong. There was some profit taking in April which saw the price drop. However it is up 46% since April. ENTAIN announced this week Q3 revenue has grown 6%. Not bad in this economic environment. Entain’s transformation plan appears to be gaining ground. The FTSE 100 betting and gaming group posted a solid third quarter, buoyed by strong growth at its US joint venture BetMGM and steady progress in its core online operations. Total group net gaming revenue (NGR), including Entain’s 50 per cent share of BetMGM, rose 6 per cent year on year, or 7 per cent on a constant-currency basis. Group NGR excluding the US grew 4 per cent, while online revenue climbed 5 per cent. Retail, which includes Ladbrokes and Coral shops, rose 3 per cent. The performance marks a stabilisation for the group following a year of restructuring and leadership changes. Chief executive Stella David, who took the helm earlier this year, said the business was “delivering growth across our portfolio” and highlighted the “sustainable, profitable growth” emerging from BetMGM. Rank Group results showing steady revenue growth UK Stock Market News: Entain, PageGroup, Rank HSBC proposes privatisation of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank Entain reiterated full-year guidance for group EBITDA of £1.1bn to £1.15bn, and expects online NGR growth of around 7 per cent on a constant-currency basis. BetMGM, meanwhile, upgraded its outlook and now forecasts net revenue of at least $2.75bn and EBITDA of about $200mn for 2025 — a sharp improvement on previous expectations. The joint venture also plans to return at least $200mn to its parent companies this year, a sign that the long-term investment in the US market is starting to pay off. Entain’s mixed core trading picture In its core operations, trading remained mixed but resilient. The UK and Ireland business performed well, with NGR up 8 per cent at constant exchange rates. Online grew 15 per cent, supported by higher player values and market share gains, while retail rose 2 per cent amid improving sports and gaming activity. Internationally, NGR rose 1 per cent. Online volumes increased 5 per cent, but the benefit was largely offset by customer-friendly sports results in September, which hit betting margins. The impact was most visible in Brazil, where revenue dropped 11 per cent despite strong underlying demand, and in Australia, which was down 6 per cent. Italy, by contrast, grew 6 per cent, maintaining steady market share. Double-digit online growth was recorded in several smaller markets, including Georgia, Spain, New Zealand, Canada and Greece. Entain CEE, the group’s Central and Eastern Europe joint venture, continued to perform ahead of expectations, with NGR up 10 per cent, led by strength in Croatia. BetMGM remains the star performer BetMGM remained the star performer. The US business posted net revenue of $667mn in the quarter, up 23 per cent on a constant-currency basis. Sports betting revenue grew 36 per cent, while iGaming advanced 21 per cent, helped by a stronger product offering and more effective customer engagement. Despite a drag from adverse sports results in September, the underlying picture looks encouraging. Entain expects its online business to deliver an EBITDA margin of 25–26 per cent for the full year. The group emphasised its focus on cash generation and expects to produce more than £500mn in annual adjusted cash flow from 2028. For investors, the third quarter offers cautious reassurance. After a turbulent period marked by regulatory scrutiny and management overhaul, Entain appears to be regaining its footing. With BetMGM profitable and growing, and the core business stabilising, the group may finally be moving from transformation to traction.