G1 Caulfield Cup

World Pool commingling will be available on three continents during the upcoming weekend, featuring four meetings, 14 races and nine Group 1 races. At Randwick, it is The Everest Day, where Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) will try his hand in the A$20-million G1 The Everest. There will be four other races under the World Pool umbrella there including  the G1 King Charles III Stakes. In Melbourne, the G1 Caulfield Cup is a World Pool race, too, on Saturday. QIPCO British Champions Day is later...

The Jockey Club has agreed a new partnership with the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) in Australia, which will grant annual members at all 15 Jockey Club Racecourses complimentary admission to all MRC fixtures. The arrangement will initially be in place from August 1 this year through to December 31, 2026. The MRC operates three of Victoria's leading racecourses - Caulfield, Mornington and Sandown - and hosts 80 race days annually, with 13 Group 1 races at Caulfield. In return, MRC annual members will gain complimentary admission to any fixtures staged...

The well-traveled group winner Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}) will enter quarantine on Thursday before traveling to Australia. His goals Down Under include the Oct. 16 G1 Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup and the Nov. 2 G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup. The May 2 Yorkshire Cup S. hero, who races for Team Valor LLC and Gary Barber, was last seen running second to Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G2 Lonsdale Cup S. at York on Aug. 20. Trainer Andrew Balding is pleased with the 5-year-old entire and hopeful of...

Mer de Glace (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}-Glacier Blue {Jpn}, by Sunday Silence) will stand in Turkey, Turkish Bloodstock tweeted on Mar. 30. The 2019 G1 Caulfield Cup hero was acquired by Keles Ekurisi, Ozcolak Stud and Olguner Ekurisi. Also a winner of three Group 3 races in his native land, the dark bay was bred by Northern Farm and raced by U Carrot Farm. His record stands at 19-8-2-5 and $3,950,825 in earnings. His third dam is European champion Blue Note (Fr) (Habitat), dam of fellow European highweight Blue Duster (Danzig)...