Archive for category: Group Races

• What the jockeys said after the Cox Plate

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 7:49 pm

  What the jockeys said after the running of the Group One Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

   

• Somepin Anypin sets track record

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 6:53 pm

  Champion jockey Jim Cassidy put Somepin Anypin to the test on Saturday and the emerging talent answered the call to smash a decade-old course record at Rosehill.

   

• Pinker Pinker wins 2011 Cox Plate

  Cox Plate, Horse Racing Results, Melbourne Cup 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 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.

   

• Mental proves himself at Rosehill

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 4:44 pm

  Josh Parr was confident progressive three-year-old Mental would relish a dogfight and the gelding proved him right at Rosehill on Saturday.

   

• Manawanui tightens Derby grip

  Australian Horse Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 4:33 pm

  Trainer Ron Leemon and jockey Glyn Schofield have no doubt Manawanui will handle the 2500m of next Saturday’s $1.5 million Victoria Derby following his come from behind win in the Mitchelton Wines Vase.

   

• 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.