Archive for category: Melbourne Cup

• Americain on target for back to back Melbourne Cups

  Australian Horse 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.

   

• Jockeys threaten industrial action

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 4:55 pm

  Jockeys are threatening to disrupt the Melbourne Cup carnival over the lack of government commitment to funding the National Jockeys’ Trust.

   

• No Black Caviar, no problem for Karuta

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 4:30 pm

  The Black Caviar difference meant everything for flying filly Karuta Queen at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

   

• Cox Plate Preview: Glass Harmonium the forgotten runner, Efficient the roughie

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 10:47 am

  The Cox Plate (2040m) is a race for the purists.

   

• Jockeys threaten industrial action

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 10:12 am

  Jockeys have threatened to take industrial action during the Melbourne Cup carnival over the lack of government commitment to funding the National Jockeys Trust.

   

• Shewan after a slice of history

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 10:08 am

  Herbert Power Stakes winner Shewan needs to overcome a 43-year drought to prove himself a Melbourne Cup contender and land the Moonee Valley Cup.

   

• Les Bridge looking to Larrikin at Rosehill

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 10:07 am

  Les Bridge is hoping to salvage something out of the spring with recent stable acquisition Leica Larrikin, starting at Rosehill on Saturday.

   

• 2011 Cox Plate day preview, tips and selections

  Cox Plate, Horse Racing Tips, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 9:59 am

  One of the best days in Australian racing is here with Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley. The nine race card is of course highlighted by the $3 million Tatt’s Cox Plate (2040m), although some may argue that the weight-for-age championship of Australasia will take a backward step for the [...]

   

• Phar Lap’s skeleton to stand proud again

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 21, 2011 10:36 am

  Phar Lap’s skeleton will finally be standing proud after 73 years of crippled posture.

   

• NZ trainer confident ahead of Cox Plate

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 21, 2011 9:45 am

  Hawke’s Bay trainer John Bary has confounded Australian racing pundits with his final preparations of Jimmy Choux for the $A3 million ($NZ3.9 million) Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.