Racing News Round-up: Monday March 14 2011
Here’s what is making news in racing this Monday morning.
Here’s what is making news in racing this Monday morning.
Whobegotyou confirmed he was on track for a shot at the $2 million Doncaster Mile when he landed his first Flemington win in the Group Two Blamey Stakes.
Rival trainers fear odds-on favourite Whobegotyou will be too classy for their horses as he shoots for his first Flemington win in the Blamey Stakes.
Twelve Melbourne Cups will always sound better than 13 of anything else. But there is enough merit in Bart Cummings’ baker’s dozen of Australian Cup wins to put the race high on his list of accomplishments.
Star New Zealand three year old Jimmy Choux looks set to take on the AJC Derby before taking on some of the world’s best milers in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Ascot.
Trainer Mick Price says Heart Of Dreams is a stronger and more mature gelding which will help him run out the 2000 metres of Saturday’s Australian Cup at Flemington.
Some memorable Australian Cups including the wins of Zipping and The Black Flash. ZIPPING Grand old warhorse Zipping finally grabbed his share of Group One glory in the 2010 Australian Cup at his 15th attempt at the elite level. The then eight-year-old, trained by Robert Hickmott for leviathan owner Lloyd [...]
The team behind the New Zealand Derby winner Jimmy Choux will be hoping he can follow in the footsteps of the last horse to win the 2000 Guineas-Derby double.
The countdown to the world’s richest two year old race, the $3.5m AAMI Golden Slipper, begins in earnest this weekend with three vital qualifiers.
South Australian form expert Joseph Galati analyses racing from Adelaide’s premier racetrack Allan Scott Park Morphettville.