Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed is delighted to have finally won a Melbourne Cup after 30 years of trying. Charlie Appleby, the first British trainer to win the Cup, spoke to Sheikh Mohammed shortly after Cross Counter won Tuesday’s race. “He was delighted,” Appleby told reporters on Wednesday. “It’s a race… Read More »
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed will be back for more having finally won a Melbourne Cup after 30 years of trying. Cross Counter’s win in Tuesday’s $7.3 million race fulfilled the long-coveted Cup dream of one of the world’s richest men. He doesn’t plan to stop there. Hugh Anderson, the UK… Read More »
The race that stops the nation also crashed online sports-betting sites as they were overwhelmed by eager Melbourne Cup punters. Australian wagering sites Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and betting exchange Betfair all experienced technical difficulties before the race on Tuesday with users unable to place bets using their mobile apps or desktops…. Read More »
Hugh Bowman has been suspended for a month for three charges relating to his second-placed ride on Marmelo in the Melbourne Cup. The suspension means Bowman will miss the start of a Japan stint scheduled to begin on November 24 and deny him the chance to defend the Japan Cup… Read More »
In less than a month, star jockey Kerrin McEvoy has celebrated wins in Australia’s two richest races Fresh from last month’s success in the $13 million The Everest at Randwick on outstanding sprinter Redzel, McEvoy has guided international visitor Cross Counter to a stirring win in Tuesday’s $7.3 million Melbourne… Read More »
Charlie Appleby’s rise up the world training ranks has continued with Cross Counter winning the Melbourne Cup. He is one of two Godolphin trainers working for Sheikh Mohammed at Newmarket in England, the other being Saeed bin Suroor. Appleby was appointed a Godolphin trainer in July 2013 after 15 years… Read More »
Cross Counter has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for the powerful global stable Godolphin by winning Australia’s greatest horse race. On a rain-affected track and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy for trainer Charlie Appleby, Cross Counter defeated Marmelo and A Prince Of Arran in an all-northern hemisphere finish. One… Read More »
Six months ago, Kerrin McEvoy predicted this would be the year Sheikh Mohammed finally claimed a Melbourne Cup and he wanted to be the jockey to win it. He was right. By riding Cross Counter to claim his third Melbourne Cup at a wet and dreary Flemington, McEvoy finally handed… Read More »
Scottish-trained Nakeeta has again collected a prize money cheque for connections at his second Melbourne Cup attempt. Nakeeta earned his owners $150,000 with his 12th-placed finish in Tuesday’s $7.3 million race at Flemington. The Iain Jardine-trained galloper finished fifth behind Rekindling in last year’s race, earning a cheque for $175,000…. Read More »
WHO IS SHEIKH MOHAMMED? * His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum: is the prime minister and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and the Emir, or Ruler, of Dubai, one of seven states that make up the UAE. * Sheikh Mohammed, born in 1949, is descended from of… Read More »
Leading trainer Chris Waller’s imported stayer Finche has finished fourth to be the first Australian-trained horse home in the Melbourne Cup. And the champion Sydney-based trainer also prepared the first Australian-bred galloper to finish in Tuesday’s race at Flemington with sixth-placed Youngstar. English-bred Finche, who did his early racing in… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy (Cross Counter) 1st : At the furlong I thought ‘mate, is this happening again?’. I’m just the lucky recipient. I can ride light. And to get on these lovely staying horses, so well prepared, unbelievably well by Godolphin and Charlie Appleby. My third Melbourne Cup! Wooooooaaah!” Hugh Bowman… Read More »
A decision to target the Melbourne Cup fresh this year has almost achieved the dream result for connections of English-trained stayer Marmelo at Flemington. And despite coming so close to winning Australia’s most famous race in his second attempt with Marmelo, trainer Hughie Morrison was understandably proud at the performance… Read More »
Randwick may have belonged to the bookmakers on Melbourne Cup day but Sydneysiders still managed to celebrate in style. A garden of floral dresses brightened the Randwick stands as thousands of well-heeled punters cheered the start of the live cup broadcast . But joy quickly turned to confusion when runner… Read More »
CROSS COUNTER’S RISE TO RACING FAME STARTS: 8 WINS: 5 PLACINGS: 2 PRIZE MONEY: $4,53,285 FIRST START Won: Wolverhampton – 2YO 1740m Dec 9, 2017 Won: Wolverhampton – 3YO 1905m Jan 22, 2018 Second: Sandown Park – Novice 2002m June 7, 2018 Fourth: Royal Ascot – 3YO – 2406m June… Read More »
English trainer Charlie Fellowes says he feels like a winner after A Prince Of Arran finished in third place behind Cross Counter in the Melbourne Cup. A Prince Of Arran only won his way into Tuesday’s race with victory in the Lexus Stakes on Saturday. English stayers rarely back up… Read More »
GODOLPHIN IN THE MELBOURNE CUP BEST FINISHES BEFORE 2018 * 2nd Central Park, 1999 (trainer Saeed bin Suroor) * 2nd Give The Slip, 2001 (Saeed bin Suroor) * 3rd Beekeeper, 2002 (Saeed bin Suroor) * 2nd Crime Scene, 2009 (Saeed bin Suroor) * 3rd Hartnell, 2016 (John O’Shea) PRE-GODOLPHIN *… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup has been marred by the death of a horse, this time the Irish-trained The Cliffsofmoher. The Aidan O’Brien-trained horse suffered a fractured shoulder during Tuesday’s race and had to be euthanised, Racing Victoria’s executive general manager – integrity services, Jamie Stier, said in a statement. “The horse… Read More »
KERRIN McEVOY MELBOURNE CUP WINS 2000 * As a 20-year-old Kerrin McEvoy steered Brew to victory at 14-1 in front of a crowd of more than 121,000. 2016 * Sixteen years later McEvoy declared he appreciated his second Cup win more than his first. Riding the $11 chance Almandin for… Read More »
First past the post in the Melbourne Cup: 1. Cross Counter 2. Marmelo 3. A Prince Of Arran Results: View the Melbourne Cup results and replay
