The form surrounding the penultimate race in the European career of this year’s early Melbourne Cup favourite promises to have a more modest impact at Warwick Farm on Saturday. One of an ever increasing number of overseas horses paying their way in Australian racing, Award Season is considered one of [...]
The Melbourne Cup and a less-celebrated feature not so familiar to Australians have been identified as the only two target races in 2013 for the Luca-Cumani-trained Mount Athos. Back in England after campaigning in Australia and Japan, Mount Athos will have his entire 2013 campaign dedicated at improving on his [...]
It’s the first Tuesday in Novemeber…it’s here…it’s Cup Day. The one day of the year where all Australians have an opinion on who will win the great race, the $6 Million Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m). The two French gallopers, Americain and Dunaden, head the top of the market ahead of [...]
With only four horses left to draw a gate for the Emirates Melbourne Cup yesterday, a whisper went around the committee room at Flemington – no horse had yet drawn barriers 18 or 24. Barrier 24 is understandable, with conventional wisdom suggesting a horse needs to get towards the rails [...]
A second Melbourne Cup is looming for the 2010 champion Americain after he drew perfectly for Tuesday’s $6 million race. Americain, the pre-draw favourite, will jump from barrier 12, a gate his part-owner Gerry Ryan described as “perfect”. “We’re going to be very competitive,” Ryan said. “The horse is still [...]
Southern Speed is out of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after suffering a career-threatening leg injury at trackwork. Trainer Leon Macdonald said the mare had worked well on Saturday morning but jockey Nash Rawiller had concerns when he was pulling her up. “Nash said he wasn’t happy with how she pulled up [...]
The doubt surrounding a Melbourne Cup start for imported galloper Green Moon has eased after the horse came through a searching gallop at Moonee Valley on Friday. Owner Lloyd Williams issued a provisional all clear after the workout for Green Moon, whose Cup prospects took a battering in last weekend’s [...]
Tommy Berry has been left without a Derby Day ride but still plans to head to Flemington to experience the atmosphere ahead of the Melbourne Cup meeting where he’s booked for Glencadam Gold. Gai Waterhouse had planned to start Glencadam Gold in Saturday’s Lexus Stakes ahead of the Melbourne Cup [...]
Craig Williams came to Werribee on Wednesday morning looking for signs of change in the reigning Melbourne Cup champion Dunaden. What he found was a horse in the exact same condition as he was before he rode him to victory in the Caulfield Cup and better than when he won [...]
This awesome kiwi mare first burst on the scene in Queensland during the 2001 Winter Carnival with a win in the Doomben Roses before backing up and producing a barnstorming performance to come from near last and win the Queensland Oaks. Trainer Sheila Laxon immediately tipped out her charge and [...]