Construction boss Phil Mehrten watched his seven Melbourne Cup runners from the exact same spot in the centre of the Flemington mounting yard as last year. After all, it brought him luck with Almandin delivering his first Melbourne Cup as an owner after 13 years of trying. “I am a… Read More »
As his second Melbourne Cup win starts to sink in, Corey Brown believes he is still feeling his way in the jockey ranks since returning from four years overseas. Brown won his first Cup on Shocking in 2009 when the horse scraped into the race as the winner of the… Read More »
MELBOURNE CUP JOCKEYS’ COMMENTS Corey Brown (Rekindling) 1st : “I’ve been back from overseas for about nine months, slowly but surely getting back to where I was, but I can’t believe it. Honestly it’s so special, I’ve got my family down here with me, the girls, they’re old enough to… Read More »
Joao Moreira is returning to Hong Kong stiff and sore after a fall involving Regal Monarch at Flemington. The champion Hong Kong-based jockey suffered severe bruising to his left calf and right thigh in the fall on the home turn. Des O’Keeffee, chairman of the Australian Jockeys Association, said Moreira… Read More »
The champagne flowed at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day despite the race being a win for the bookmakers. A colourful crowd of 20,462 flocked to the Sydney track on Tuesday filling stands, lounges and corporate boxes before silence fell over the racecourse to watch Rekindling ($15) pass the post first… Read More »
Irish trainer Willie Mullins has vowed to keep returning for the Melbourne Cup after having to settle for another placing in Australia’s most famous race. Mullins had three runners in Tuesday’s Cup with Max Dynamite finishing best of the trio in third behind fellow Irish-trained horses Rekindling and Johannes Vermeer…. Read More »
MELBOURNE CUP-WINNING JOCKEY COREY BROWN * Grew up in Wingham near Taree on the NSW mid-north coast and is 41 * Grandfather Trevor and father Jack were jockeys * Has previously won the Melbourne Cup on Shocking in 2009. He’s now ridden in the race 14 times, also claiming two… Read More »
OVERSEAS-TRAINED TO HAVE WON OR PLACED IN THE MELBOURNE CUP (From 1993 – Excludes New Zealand-trained horses) * 1993: Vintage Crop (55.5kg, 14-1) – Ireland * 2002: Media Puzzle (52.5kg, 11-2) – Ireland * 2006: Delta Blues (56kg, 16-1) – Japan * 2010: Americain (54.5kg, 12-1) – France * 2011:… Read More »
The first Scottish trainer to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup says a bad barrier draw has cost Nakeeta from a better finishing position. Iain Jardine saddled up Nakeeta ($41) in Tuesday’s race with the gelding beginning from barrier 19. After settling back in the field, Nakeeta made a… Read More »
Threatening weather in many parts of Queensland did not dampen Melbourne Cup day fever. In Brisbane the threat of a thunderstorm did not keep punters at home with an estimated 200 Cup parties around the city. Doomben hosted the biggest event with about 10,000 punters flocking to the course before… Read More »
The trainer of equal favourite Marmelo says the stayer ran flat and below expectations in the Melbourne Cup. British trainer Hughie Morrison said his first thoughts were the five-year-old didn’t stay the 3200m of Tuesday’s race. Sent out a heavily backed $7 equal favourite with last year’s Cup winner Almandin,… Read More »
Where the international contingent finished in the 2017 Melbourne Cup. 1st: Rekindling (Ireland), trainer Joseph O’Brien, jockey Corey Brown. 2nd: Johannes Vermeer (Ireland), Aidan O’Brien, Ben Melham. 3rd: Max Dynamite (Ireland), Willie Mullins, Zac Purton. 5th: Nakeeta (Scotland), Iain Jardine, Glyn Schofield. 6th: Thomas Hobson (Ireland), Willie Mullins, Ben Allen…. Read More »
Ben Melham admits he thought he was going to win the Melbourne Cup when he dashed clear on Johannes Vermeer only to be left heartbroken by a narrow second placing. Melham rode the Aidan O’Brien-trained Johannes Vermeer in Tuesday’s big race and sprinted to the front in the straight only… Read More »
Amid a surge of internationals, Big Duke was the first Australian-trained horse home in the Melbourne Cup. The Irish-bred galloper finished fourth to be only one of two Australian-trained gallopers to finish in the top 10 and collect a prize money cheque. Weir, who won the 2015 Cup with Prince… Read More »
FRANKIE DETTORI IN THE MELBOURNE CUP 2017 – Almandin (12th) 2016 – Wicklow Brace (22nd) 2015 – Max Dynamite (2nd) 2012 – Cavalryman (12th) 2010 – Holberg (6th) 2006 – Geordieland (18th) 2004 – Mamool (7th) 2003 – Mamool (last) 2002 – Pugin (18th) 2001 – Marienbad (7th) 2000 –… Read More »
LLOYD WILLIAMS – MELBOURNE CUP WINNERS: 1981: Just A Dash (trainer TJ Smith. Jockey Peter Cook) 1985: What A Nuisance (John Meagher. Pat Hyland) 2007: Efficient (Graeme Rogerson. Michael Rodd) 2012: Green Moon (Robert Hickmott. Brett Prebble) 2016: Almandin (Robert Hickmott. Kerrin McEvoy) 2017: Rekindling (Joseph O’Brien, Corey Brown) HIS… Read More »
Joao Moreira remains with medical staff at Flemington after a fall which has ruled him out of the Melbourne Cup while the horse he was riding has been taken to a Werribee veterinary clinic. Moreira, who has been replaced by apprentice Ben Allen on the Willie Mullins-trained Irish horse Thomas… Read More »
The victory of Prezado has given training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra a long overdue Melbourne Cup week win. Zahra said it had been 10 years since the pair were last successful during Flemington’s biggest week of the year. “It shows you how hard it is,” Zahra said after… Read More »
Robbie Fradd showed why he is being tipped to end Jeff Lloyd’s reign as Brisbane’s premiership jockey with his winning ride Jinx ‘N’ Drinx at Doomben. Fradd, who turns 53 next month, has been superb form riding six winners in the past week. He has ridden thousands of winners in… Read More »
Apprentice Ben Allen has picked up the ride on Irish horse Thomas Hobson in the Melbourne Cup with Joao Moreira ruled out after a fall. The champion Hong Kong jockey limped back to the jockeys’ room after the fall in the fourth race at Flemington on Tuesday and was stood… Read More »
