Archive for category: Melbourne Cup

• French horse Brigantin to target Melbourne Cup

  Australian Racing, Melbourne Cup February 13, 2012 3:40 pm

  Last year’s Ascot Gold Cup placegetter Brigantin will aim at the Melbourne Cup in November in an attempt to become the third French horse in three years to win the race that stops the nation.

   

• French pair dominate Cup betting

  Australian Racing, Melbourne Cup October 28, 2011 5:31 pm

  French ‘fraternite’ went on display as the Melbourne Cup favourites began the final stages of their big-race preparations at Werribee on Friday.

   

• Americain has the best of preparations

  Australian Racing, Melbourne Cup October 23, 2011 4:23 pm

  She feeds him, grooms him, talks to him in two languages and is totally devoted to him.

   

• Falino recovers from eye injury

  Australian Racing, Melbourne Cup October 23, 2011 2:49 pm

  Hobby trainer Jeff Caught is hoping his first venture onto a Melbourne racetrack will be successful with his talented sprinter Falino.

   

• Lion Tamer euthanased after Cox Plate

  Breaking News, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 23, 2011 11:11 am

  The Cox Plate has ended in tragedy for New Zealand trainer Murray Baker with Lion Tamer euthanased after breaking a leg.

   

• Cox Plate is a family affair

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:58 pm

  A lifetime passion turned to exhilaration for David Kirby and his wife Carol when Pinker Pinker stormed to victory in the Cox Plate.

   

• Americain favourite for Melbourne Cup

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:56 pm

  Reigning Melbourne Cup hero Americain has firmed from $7.50 to $4.80 favourite to make it back-to-back wins in the $6 million race after the Cox Plate failed to produce a satisfactory Cup trial.

   

• Pinker Pinker fulfils a dream

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:53 pm

  A trainer who thought his dream had come true a quarter of a century ago and a horse with more heart than he knew combined with a jockey who pulled off a miracle to fulfil a Cox Plate dream at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

   

• Pinker Pinker wins 2011 Cox Plate

  Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup, Results October 22, 2011 6:15 pm

  Jockey of the moment Craig Williams won his second Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday courtesy of a perfect ride which got the Greg Eurell-trained mare Pinker Pinker home first in the $3 million feature.

   

• Americain on target for back to back Melbourne Cups

  Australian Racing, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 5:26 pm

  French raider Americain showed he was on target to make it back-to-back wins in the Melbourne Cup with a dominant victory in Saturday’s Group Two Moonee Valley Cup.