A stunning year for Damian Lane has continued with the Australian jockey adding his first Cox Plate on star Japanese mare Lys Gracieux. Having already won the Golden Slipper on Australian filly Kiamichi in March and last week's Caulfield Cup on Japanese horse Mer De Glace, Lane added the next jewel of Australian racing on[...]

Almost four decades after watching Kingston Town win one of his three Cox Plates, Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi has achieved an ambition to claim Australia's premier weight-for-age race. Yahagi is the trainer of Lys Gracieux, the winner Saturday's $5 million Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley, adding another feature win for Japanese horses this spring,[...]

After claiming his first Caulfield Cup, star jockey Damian Lane is confident Lys Gracieux is the right horse to give him victory in another of Australia's feature races, the Cox Plate. But the fact so many others are anticipating the dual Group One-winning Japanese mare will prove superior in Saturday's 2040m weight-for-age feature at The[...]