Wandering Eyes

CAULFIELD Cup winner Boom Time will fly the Australian flag in the Japan Cup (2400m) on November 26 after trainer David Hayes accepted an invitation to run in the $7 million race. View the full article

CHARLIE Appleby will seek more spring carnival silverware at Sandown on Saturday, eager to add to an already impressive haul. View the full article

NEW Racing Victoria chairman Brian Kruger said it would consider running a race along the lines of Sydney’s The Everest in the future. View the full article

‘TDN Rising Star‘ Justify (Scat Daddy), almost certainly the most highly regarded horse in the world to have not yet taken on stakes company, will get his class test on Saturday when he faces the likes of MGISW Bolt d’Oro (Medaglia d’Oro) in the GI Santa Anita Derby. A 9 1/2-length jaw-dropping debut winner going seven panels here Feb. 18, the $500,000 KEESEP yearling made short work of optional claimers in the slop over an additional furlong Mar. 11. Originally slated to ship to Oaklawn for next week’s GI Arkansas Derby, Hall of Famer Bob Baffert opted to keep the colt at home after Grade I-winning stablemate McKinzie (Street Sense) was ruled out of this race and taken off the GI Kentucky Derby trail. Already favored in last month’s third Derby future wager pool at 6-1, Justify could go even shorter in the final pool that closes Sunday if he’s to reproduce anything close to his first two efforts against the tougher company. The aforementioned Bolt d’Oro is certainly no slouch, and had a very good case for the juvenile Eclipse Award last year after taking the GI Del Mar Futurity and GI FrontRunner S. The $630,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad settled for third after blowing the break in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, but returned to battle McKinzie to within a head in the GII San Felipe S. Mar. 10. Bolt d’Oro and McKinzie made contact repeatedly in the stretch that day, and after a long deliberation the stewards put up Bolt d’Oro in what was a much-talked-about decision. Larry Best’s $1.05-million OBSMAR acquisition Instilled Regard (Arch) was a close third behind BC Juvenile runner-up Solomini (Curlin) and McKinzie when the stewards reversed the order of finish between those two stablemates in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity in December. He made a strong case for the strength of this year’s California contingent when an easy winner of the GIII Lecomte S. at Fair Grounds Jan. 13, but was a somewhat puzzling fourth in the GII Risen Star S. back there Feb. 17. Finishing one spot ahead of him that day was ‘Rising Star’ Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy), who came back a game winner of the GII Louisiana Derby. View the full article

DARREN Weir’s star Black Heart Bart will bypass Sandown Hillside on Saturday as he will instead be heading to Perth to tackle Saturday week’s $1 million Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot. View the full article

TONY McEvoy has abandoned a raid on the rich Perth Summer Carnival with his Kildalton Park stable. View the full article

IT COULD be the greatest long-term bet in the history of racing should it come through, and British jumper Splash of Ginge is a step closer to realising a £1 million ($1.75 million) payoff for his owner should he win next year’s Grand National at Aintree. View the full article

JAPANESE import Admire Deus’ fight for life has ended. View the full article

A DECISION to bypass most of the Melbourne spring could reward Santa Ana Lane with a second successive Group 1 win. View the full article

CHAMPION Australian jockey Hugh Bowman, best known as Winx’s rider, added another chapter to his illustrious career when he won one of the world’s most prestigious races, the $7.6 million Japan Cup (2400m), on Grand Cheval at Fuchu, Tokyo. View the full article

THE wait is almost over for William Pike. View the full article

ZAC Purton has deposed Hugh Bowman as king of the Longines International Jockeys Championship but, in a representative twist, the title has been lost to Australia. View the full article

JOCKEY Jack Kennedy produced one of the greatest rides ever by taking victory after falling off his horse earlier in the race. View the full article

HUGH Bowman has deflected credit to Winx after being acclaimed Longines world’s best jockey, topping Joao Moreira, Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori. View the full article

A forecast of anywhere from a dusting to six or more inches of snow is possible for the Lexington area April 6 into April 7, with Keeneland officials planning for various contingencies concerning a big Saturday race card. View the full article

Horses' test results March 31 & April 5 View the full article

Yulong to take Singapore on world Wild tour View the full article

Super Winner to return home after scoring at only start up North View the full article

Rodd confident Zac Kasa won't fire up View the full article

Meagher makes successful bid for Almighty View the full article

Clements takes a shine to Sapphire View the full article

Clements trio locked in for 3YO Classic View the full article

Another launchpad for Nova Missile before Merlion Trophy View the full article

Meagher backs hard-working apprentice with Webster ride View the full article

Tony Millard called on the press to give new apprentice Victor Wong Chun a chance before his debut last weekend but the trainer may now need to get the youngster to go easy on his self-criticism after a debut victory on the second day of his fledgling career. After three rides last weekend, Wong broke through at ride six aboard Always Win for trainer Benno Yung Tin-pang but the victory came after a week of watching “too many” race replays of the previous week’s efforts.... View the full article