Geelong

Australian champion sire Snitzel (Aus) brought up a milestone 150th stakes winner when the Ciaron Maher-trained Saint Emilion (Aus) won the Listed Geelong Classic for three-year-olds on Wednesday. Now 22, Snitzel--who stands for A$247,500 (around €150,000) at Arrowfield Stud near Scone in New South Wales--was described as "a marvel" by Arrowfield bloodstock manager Jon Freyer in the aftermath of Saint Emilion's win, following on from recent triumphs for Lady Shenandoah (Aus) in the G1 Flight Stakes and Makarena (Aus) in the G2 Golden Pendant. "He's got it and there are...

Brian Ellison's Northumberland Plate winner Onesmoothoperator (Dialed In) put himself in contention for a tilt at the G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup with an emphatic victory in the G3 Geelong Cup on Wednesday. Four horses have completed the Geelong Cup-Melbourne Cup double, with the first being Dunaden (Fr) for Mikel Delzangles in 2011. Onesmoothoperator needed to pick up a penalty at Geelong to be guaranteed a run at Flemington on Tuesday, November 4, but Ellison can now look forward to saddling another runner in 'the race that stops a nation' after...