Aryaaf was erratic and almost threw the race away before jockey Luke Nolen straightened her up and she lengthened nicely to land the $200,000 juvenile fillies’ race Hayes believes there is plenty of improvement to come from the filly who was having her first start yesterday. “She is physically an unimpressive type and hasn’t quite... Read More

Michael Walker (Prince Of Arran) 2nd : “Charlie (Fellowes, trainer) and the team have done a great job. I love the horse and I just wanted to win it, you know. I feel like I’ve let him down.”   Wayne Lordan (Il Paradiso) 3rd : “He could’ve done with the tempo a bit quicker. We... Read More

Malone, whose Kitchwin Hills team was celebrating the cup victory yesterday, praised bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills for devising the mating that produced Vow And Declare. “It has been amazing afternoon. I wouldn’t think we will have a Melbourne Cup winner off our place again because it is not like we breed for it,” Malone told... Read More

The Melbourne Cup win saw his prize-money earnings skyrocket to $5,722,690 with his fourth victory and five placings from 13 starts. Vow And Declare is a half-brother to Listed-winning stablemate Lycurgus (Star Witness), who won the Galilee Series Final (Listed, 2400m), while he has a yearling half-sister by Star Witness (Starcraft) who will be offered... Read More

Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Vow And Declare, by American-bred stallion Declaration Of War (War Front) who twice won on turf at the highest level in Europe, has delivered for Australia with a locally bred and trained victory in the country’s biggest race. The former Coolmore stallion Declaration Of War, now domiciled in Japan,... Read More