Caulfield Cup

[my miss storm cat]

Hope he's okay... poor thing.

Did Eskimo Queen take lessons from Aqua?


Blood and toil as Master O'Reilly wins

October 20, 2007 FLEMINGTON trainer Danny O'Brien grabbed the quinella in a sensational Caulfield Cup today when Master O'Reilly wore down his stablemate Douro Valley for a gritty victory.

Racegoers were stunned before the race when Maldivian, who had been favourite for the feature for weeks, and second pick Eskimo Queen were shock late scratchings.

Eskimo Queen laid down in the gates and lashed out at Master O'Reilly who was boxed next to her.

Maldivian became stirred up by the commotion and reared, hitting his head on the gates.

He was led from the track with blood pouring from a neck wound.

Master O'Reilly was passed fit to start and the rest is history.

”It's a dream come true for me and my stable,'' O'Brien said.

”To get both of these horses here and see them do so well, I'm speechless.''

It was the second recent Group One win for jockey Vlad Duric who won the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on Bon Hoffa at Caulfield on September 22.

New Zealand mare Princess Coup was third in today's $2.5 million race.