Hits and misses: Cox Plate fireworks, jockey heroics and costly mistakes

From family heartbreak to Cox Plate history: Andrea Leek’s extraordinary spring

Chris Roots delivers his hits and misses from Cox Plate weekend, with Cosmic Crusader starring, Sir Delius under scrutiny and ...

From family heartbreak to Cox Plate history: Andrea Leek’s extraordinary spring

by Paul Tatnell

October 24, 2026

Andrea Leek has made Cox Plate history with Cosmic Crusader, but her emotional triumph comes amid a tumultuous time for ...

Cox Plate beaten jockeys: Shinn declares Saint George ready for Melbourne Cup

by Betsy.com.au

October 24, 2026

Cosmic Crusader delivered Andrea Leek a Cox Plate. Hear from the beaten jockeys. Chad Schofield (Ceolwulf): “Very proud of him. I ...

From WA star to Cox Plate king: Cosmic Crusader’s incredible rise

by Brad Bishop

October 24, 2026

Cosmic Crusader completed a remarkable spring with victory in the Cox Plate at Flemington, giving Andrea Leek and William Pike ...

Racing’s costly gamble: punters pay, owners play

Frosty Flemington after board saga, Gately fronts TAB’s Harbour stunt, Stewards keep watch after track stoush, Leek’s battle away from racing, take two in vet hunt plus Demons look cooked

by Paul Tatnell

October 8, 2026

Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column

‘It’s got me through’: Emotional Leek lands career-defining Group 1

by Craig Brennan

October 3, 2026

Pakenham-based Andrea Leek has registered her biggest success with Cosmic Crusader taking out the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. And Leek hopes to return to head-quarters ...

Trainer ban leaves racing with big question, a red-hot sting, it’s a track circus, Cup Carnival on song, Memsie still a cracker and trainers on track watch

by Paul Tatnell

August 26, 2026

Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column

Perth star stamps spring claims

by Craig Brennan

July 25, 2026

Former Perth galloper Cosmic Crusader has made an immediate impact on the eastern seaboard winning the final Stakes race of the season at Caulfield. Having ...