Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch, The Age's expert on soccer, has had extensive experience of high level journalism in the UK and Australia. Michael has covered the Socceroos through Asia, Europe and South America in their past three World Cup campaigns. He has also reported on Grands Prix and top class motor sport from Asia and Europe. He has won several national media awards for both sports and industry journalism.

All Too Hard looks a snip at $20m-plus after super display

Michael Lynch NEIL WERRETT is surely the man with the Midas touch. Not only is he the managing part-owner of wonder mare Black Caviar but he is also part of the ownership group that bought her exciting...

All too easy for Werrett

All Too Hard

Michael Lynch All Too Hard accelerates past Glass Harmonium and King Mufhasa in Futurity Stakes.

Michael Lynch

O'Brien finds that caviar is an acquired taste

Michael-Lynch-sport-dinks

Michael Lynch Danny O'Brien has notched up 11 metropolitan winners at the halfway point of the season.

One last call to join Caviar's parade

Caviar

Michael Lynch IT IS unclear how many horses Black Caviar will encounter when she steps out onto a racecourse for the first time in almost eight months in the race which now bears her name, the Black Caviar...

Emotional brothers win one for dad

Trainer Peter Gelagotis.

Michael Lynch A tearful Peter Gelagotis hugged his son, Michael, his brother Manny and jockey Glen Boss as he fought back tears of joy and grief to welcome back Norman Robinson Stakes winner Hvasstan yesterday.

Triumph stirs emotions

Hvasstan, Glen Boss up,  beats Electric Fusion to the line.

Michael Lynch Peter Gelagotis fights back tears of joy and grief to welcome back Norman Robinson Stakes winner.

Boss cocky? Just a little, and why not?

Cox Plate 2012

Michael Lynch So who needs exotic foreigners when you can have a charismatic Kiwi?

Young stars still vying for acclaim

The verdict is in: John Hawkes is convinced All Too Hard is No. 1.

Michael Lynch The battle for the title of the nation's top three-year-old remains in the balance, with the result to be determined in the autumn.

No joy for Gai ... just a hard day at the office

Caulfield

Michael Lynch Black Caviar's young half-brother All Too Hard bursts the bubble of hitherto unbeaten Pierro.

Michael Lynch

Rodd and Kav - a double act making every post a winner

Mark Kavanagh, Michael Rodd

Michael Lynch Michael Rodd and Mark Kavanagh are making their mark, writes Michael Lynch.

Horse Racing

Epaulette wins Guineas Prelude comfortably

Epaulette

Michael Lynch Pierro may be all the rage for the Caulfield Guineas and Cox Plate, but the horse who has come closest to beating Gai Waterhouse's boom colt, Epaulette, showed that he will be a rival to reckon with...

Horseracing

Tinkler's hard call may be richly rewarded

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 18:  Jockey Dwayne Dunn riding All Too Hard wins Race One the Talindert Stakes during Lightning Stakes Day at Flemington Racecourse on February 18, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Michael Lynch If you have a couple of billion bucks in your kick, you can easily pass up a shot at $2 million.

Big spring looms for Moment of Change

Michael Lynch Peter Moody was focused on bursting the Americain bubble with Manighar in Sydney yesterday, but back at his Caulfield base another of his all-conquering team was putting down a marker as a horse that...

Horseracing

State reaps $600m from spring carnival

2011 Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Race 7 ,  Melbourne Cup.   Jockey Gerald  Mosse returns back aboard Americain  after finishing 4th . Picture by Vince Caligiuri  The Age  1st November 2011

Michael Lynch The spring racing carnival's status as a major money-spinner for the state continues to grow.