Archive for category: Melbourne Cup

• Frank Ritchie relives ‘Crusher’s Cox Plate

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 21, 2011 9:44 am

  As trainer Frank Ritchie takes part in this week’s 25th anniversary celebrations of the 1986 Cox Plate, the star of the show is relaxing in a paddock across the Tasman.

   

• Jeff Lynds says Booming is blooming

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 20, 2011 5:51 pm

  New Zealand trainer Jeff Lynds says Booming has improved for the Moonee Valley Cup which will bring him on again for the next month’s Melbourne Cup.

   

• Gerald Ryan confident of more Snitzel wins

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 20, 2011 5:50 pm

  Trainer Gerald Ryan will look to continue his run of wins with Snitzel-sired runners when Dances On Stars makes his debut this weekend.

   

• Peter Moody happy with King’s Rose

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 20, 2011 5:49 pm

  Peter Moody says King’s Rose is a high-quality mare and believes her lead-up form will hold up in Saturday’s $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.

   

• Bluebird back from retirement

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 20, 2011 3:32 pm

  A few months ago, trainer Bede Murray attended to retired Group One winner Coniston Bluebird and was struck by how well he looked.

   

• Dunaden and Bauer shorten for 2011 Melbourne Cup

  Horse Racing Betting, Melbourne Cup October 19, 2011 6:22 pm

  Geelong Cup winner Dunaden and third placed runner, Bauer, have been massive shorteners for the Melbourne Cup following impressive displays today.

   

• French raider claims 2011 Geelong Cup

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 19, 2011 6:14 pm

  French stayer Dunaden has emphasised the dominance of international raiders in the Geelong Cup with a decisive win which has him pressing for Melbourne Cup favouritism.

   

• Dunaden wins 2011 Geelong Cup

  Breaking News, Melbourne Cup October 19, 2011 4:53 pm

  The French have claimed the Group Three Geelong Cup for the second consecutive year with Dunaden sweeping to an emphatic victory on Wednesday.

   

• Melbourne Cup: Bauer on cusp of field following Geelong Cup

  Australian Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup October 19, 2011 4:34 pm

  Today’s Group 3 Centrebet.com Geelong Cup, in which French raider Dunaden defeated Tanby and Bauer, has seen a number of small changes to the order of entry.

   

• Cox Plate – What you need to know

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 19, 2011 3:58 pm

  Some facts about the Group One $3 million WS Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday: