Archive for category: Melbourne Cup

• Jockeys threaten industrial action

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate 2013, 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 2013, 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 2013, 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.

   

• Frank Ritchie relives ‘Crusher’s Cox Plate

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate 2013, 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 2013, 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 2013, 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.