The Sunday Mail (Qld) VICTORIA Derby winner Monaco Consul has broken out in boils and his future as an autumn carnival contender is clouded.
Mark Ryan in Melbourne MELBOURNE Cup winner Shocking has been scratched from the Australian Cup at Flemington for the second week in a row after a foot abscess flared up again.
Nathan Exelby PETER Moody will be pleasantly surprised if Hanks can win tomorrow's Randwick Guineas, but says the race will provide vital clockwise experience.
Herald Sun TRAINER David Hayes has suffered a major Melbourne Cup double blow with two of his stable's top-class imports being put down within 12 hours.
Rod Nicholson FLEMINGTON amazingly may need to be watered before Saturday's racing - which features Melbourne Cup hero Shocking - despite last weekend's freakish storm.
Simon White IT took the best part of half an hour before he knew the result but Patrick Payne was a delighted man after Capecover won the $400,000 Adelaide Cup.
Robert Craddock WHEN asked if she spends more time with her champion pacer Blacks A Fake than her husband, Natalie Rasmussen laughed as if it was a silly question.