Berkeley Square has vindicated trainer Dan O’Sullivan’s faith in the three-year-old as a stayer with a fighting win at Moonee Valley. Victory in the Group 2 Drummond Golf Vase (2040m) on Saturday was a precursor to the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Sent out… Read More »
The 2022 Cox Plate is the feature race held at Moonee Valley on Saturday afternoon. The Weight for Age race is run over 2040m and is worth $5,000,000 in prize money, Find out all the information on the Cox Plate below including how you can live stream the Cox Plate,… Read More »
It is with great sadness that the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) advises that four-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Harry White has passed away. Four-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Harry White has died after a lengthy battle with illness. The 78-year-old died on Cox Plate eve, a race he won on Rubiton in 1987. White shares… Read More »
Imported stayer Le Don De Vie who was being aimed at this years Melbourne Cup has been ruled out of the race after failing Racing Victoria’s mandatory pre-race scanes. The British import who’s most notable Australian wins being in the Warrnambool and Caloundra Cups has been ruled out of the… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 4 Outfit Race Two: 4 January Race Three: 7 Knight Love Race Four: 10 Lucky Charm Race Five: 4 Thunder Race Six: 10 Spirit Of D’Wind Race Seven: 6 See Yah… Read More »
After the Moonee Valley meeting was abandoned on Friday night, the Group 1 Manikato Stakes has been transferred to Cox Plate Day. Lightning has brought about an end to the Manikato Stakes meeting at Moonee Valley, but the Group 1 race has been added to Saturday’s Cox Plate card. The Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) will… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable is considering a trip to Perth for the Summer Carnival after Winning Partner returned winning form at Moonee Valley. Winning Partner took out the VOBIS Gold Star (1500m) on Friday night to register his first win since winning the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) last September. It was a family… Read More »
For Donna Riordan it was a complete bolt out of the blue and a decision that took her by surprise, albeit by admission a pleasant one. After an approach by owners, Donna Riordan has been entrusted to take over the training duties of God Has Chosen from Lindsey Smith. On a Group… Read More »
The 2022 Cox Plate is the feature race held at Moonee Valley on Saturday afternoon. The Weight for Age race is run over 2040m and is worth $5,000,000 in prize money, Find out all the information on the Cox Plate below including how you can live stream the Cox Plate,… Read More »
Ballarat trainer Dan O’Sullivan did not want to jeopardise his hopes of a first Group 1 win by taking Berkeley Square on a trip to Sydney. The Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) is run at Randwick on Saturday, but O’Sullivan said it would have been an afterthought to head in that… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman heads to Randwick on Saturday with a team of predominantly young, emerging horses and he is hoping that is a good sign for the stable’s future. Freedman will saddle up a trio of three-year-olds at the Spring Champion Stakes meeting, including Bunker Hut in the feature, while he also… Read More »
Luck deserted Nimalee in the Epsom Handicap, but trainer Matt Smith said the tough-as-nails mare had emerged from the race in top order and was a genuine chance of landing her biggest payday in the $2 million The Invitation. A determined winner of the Golden Pendant at her previous start, Nimalee… Read More »
Nash Rawiller is not a jockey to die wondering. For that reason, there is the likelihood Rawiller could do something unexpected when he partners Mo’Unga in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Rawiller does not like to sit back in races and let them unfold. He would rather make it happen and if… Read More »
As the hour’s countdown to the Cox Plate, the preparation Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr planned out for I’m Thunderstruck has gone like clockwork. Price wanted an exacting race program to have I’m Thunderstruck battled hardened for the 2040m Group 1 weight-for-age contest at Moonee Valley on Saturday. And that is precisely… Read More »
The curtain has closed on the racing career of star mare Verry Ellegant with her owners announcing the retirement of the prolific Group 1 winner. Connections of the 2021 Melbourne Cup heroine confirmed their decision on Thursday following the seven-year-old’s unsuccessful four-start European stint. She will remain in France to… Read More »
Impressive Geelong Cup winner Emissary has moved up one spot in the ballot order for the Melbourne Cup after receiving a 0.5kg penalty for Wednesday’s victory. Emissary is now number 29 in the Order of Entry into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 1 but remains outside the safety limit… Read More »
Lindsey Smith is thinking ahead with his talented galloper Tuvalu. The Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington on November 5 and it’s $1.8 million first prize money is firmly in the back of Smith’s mind. For that reason, the Warrnambool-based horseman is playing a waiting game to see whether Tuvalu runs in the… Read More »
Sydney trainer Richard Litt says it is amazing to be part of the Cox Plate build-up for a second time. Profondo runs in Saturday’s weight-for-age race over 2040m at Moonee Valley looking to go one better than Litt’s sole previous Cox Plate runner Castelvecchio. The mighty Japanese mare Lys Gracieux stopped Castelvecchio from becoming a three-year-old… Read More »
Michael Freedman is always on the lookout for signs an older mare is ready for the broodmare barn, but he isn’t seeing them from multiple Group 1 winner Forbidden Love. While the five-year-old has performed below expectations in three runs this preparation, there were enough positives in her Sydney Stakes effort… Read More »
For decades, Graeme Rogerson was part of the fabric of Sydney racing and the colourful Kiwi made a fist of sweeping Australia’s biggest races. During a five-year period from 2003, he won a Golden Slipper with Polar Success (2003), a Cox Plate with Savabeel (2004) and a Melbourne Cup with… Read More »
