Withhold is favourite to add his name to the list of international winners of the Geelong Cup and jockey Kerrin McEvoy believes the English stayer has what it takes to make an immediate impression in his Australian debut. The Roger Charlton-trained Withhold was the $2.90 favourite on the eve of… Read More »
Champion Winx is to start from her widest barrier as she attempts an historic fourth win in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Part-owner Peter Tighe selected barrier six in the eight-horse field at Tuesday’s barrier draw with the mare winning her previous Cox Plates from one, three and five…. Read More »
Three-time champion Winx will jump from barrier six of eight when she bids to win her fourth Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Her main market rival, the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Benbatl has barrier three and last year’s runner-up Humidor seven. The Aidan O’Brien-trained Rostropovich came up with eight while Godolphin… Read More »
Winx will have seven rivals in the Cox Plate with the Moonee Valley Racing Club rejecting the entry of the Jarrod McLean-trained Trap For Fools. The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Benbatl and Rostropovich from Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien represent the overseas contingent. Winx’s trainer Chris Waller has also entered Rosehill Guineas… Read More »
Godolphin’s Kementari has drawn barrier 12 of 14 in the Group One Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. Despite the alley, the four-year-old remains favourite at $4.60 ahead of three-year-old filly Sunlight at $4.80 for trainer Tony McEvoy who won the race last year with Hey Doc. Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien… Read More »
Chris Waller says it will take a champion or bad luck to beat Winx when she lines up for an historic fourth successive win in the weight-for-age race at Moonee Valley. Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman were pleased with Winx’s work-out at the Breakfast with the Best at Moonee Valley… Read More »
Winx has attracted a large early morning crowd at Moonee Valley where she has had a work-out over 1000 metres ahead of her bid for a fourth Cox Plate. Hugh Bowman kept the champion under a hold in Tuesday’s hit-out for which she clocked at 1min11.07 seconds, her final 400m… Read More »
Veteran British trainer Luca Cumani has announced he will bring his illustrious career to an end later this year. Cumani has decided to call it a day after 43 years at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket. His countless big-race winners include two Epsom Derby heroes in Kahyasi (1988) and High-Rise… Read More »
Winx has never been better as she prepares to attempt what no horse has done before. The champion is the odds-on favourite to win an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday having equalled Kingston Town’s record of three wins in Australasia’s weight-for-age championship a year ago. The… Read More »
The plan is for Winx to retire at her best. For the world’s best racehorse who attempts an historic fourth Cox Plate on Saturday, her best may be yet to come. Those behind the champion mare are happy to let her dictate when to call time on her racing career…. Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds has already made an impact with his spring carnival team in Melbourne and Houtzen will be out to add another win for the stable in the Group One Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. Houtzen finished a close second to Nature Strip in course record time… Read More »
A man allegedly exploited a corporate bookmaker’s promotion to the tune of more than $100,000 in cash and betting credits, Queensland police say. The state’s racing crime squad allegedly recovered almost $18,000 in cash and more than $90,000 in betting credits, credit cards and devices in a search of the… Read More »
Caulfield trainers will have to relocate to other venues within five years, with horse training at the Melbourne racecourse to cease. The Melbourne Racing Club announced on Monday it had entered into a new lease with the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust securing racing at Caulfield, part of which sits on… Read More »
Queensland trainers have put up a united front, refusing to nominate horses for Doomben ahead of a proposed strike. The alliance representing trainers, jockeys, owners and breeders is protesting the state government decision not to allocate any money from the Point Of Consumption tax distribution to increased prize money. The… Read More »
English stayer Withhold is one of the headline entries for the Group Three Geelong Cup which has attracted a field of 16. The Geelong Cup has proven a guide to the Melbourne Cup with internationals Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) completing the double. To be ridden by… Read More »
A field of eight would suit champion mare Winx perfectly as she strives to win an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate, trainer Chris Waller says. Amid talk of a field of seven or eight for Saturday’s Cox Plate, Waller expects a few others may jump in to make up the numbers…. Read More »
Jockeys Brian Higgins and Brad Rawiller are both in a stable condition in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital after a race fall at Cranbourne. Rawiller has fractured his C4 and C5 vertebrae and collarbone while Higgins has fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. The two will undergo further tests after coming down… Read More »
Best Solution’s win in the Caulfield Cup has whetted the appetite of the Godolphin operation. Saturday’s victory in the 2400m Group One handicap was Saeed bin Suroor’s second but he is desperately chasing a first Melbourne Cup. Central Park, Give The Slip and Crime Scene have all finished second for… Read More »
Robin Trevor-Jones believes the Caulfield Cup is a race that got away from European horse Red Verdon. Trainer Ed Dunlop’s travelling foreman said Red Verdon’s 11th behind fellow international Best Solution in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup can be forgiven after the way the race was run. After a slow start, jockey… Read More »
The travelling foreman for Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien is playing a waiting game with the final two of the stable’s horses to arrive in Melbourne for the spring carnival. TJ Comerford arrived in Melbourne in late September with a team of five including Caulfield Cup placegetter The Cliffsofmoher. Stablemates Idaho… Read More »
