Ballymore Stables are hoping to raise the volume at Ellerslie on Saturday when international stayer Sound tackles the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The Group 1 performer won three stakes races in Europe before joining trainer Michael Moroney's Melbourne barn 18 months ago. He subsequently contested Australia's two Group 1 two mile[...]
Victorian jockey James Winks has answered a call from Hawkes Racing to bulk up the riding ranks for the Civic Stakes meeting at Rosehill where he has three mounts for the top trainers. A four-time Group One-winning jockey, Winks has a close association with the Hawkes training partnership in Melbourne and is happy to make[...]