Jamie Kah’s new association with trainer Tony McEvoy has given Adelaide’s premier jockey one of her biggest thrills with Dollar for Dollar winning at Flemington. Although she remains a freelance rider, Kah has the pick of the McEvoy horses trained in South Australia with Dollar For Dollar one of her… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir will consider returning Tahanee to Flemington for a stakes race after her success on Melbourne Cup day. Nominated for the Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday, Weir said the mare only needs to please in the coming days to take her place after winning the TAB.com.au… Read More »
Sydneysiders have streamed into Randwick racecourse to celebrate Melbourne Cup day despite no benefit of a public holiday. Gates opened at 10am with up to 25,000 people expected, turning a watchful eye to the numerous big screens broadcasting the Cup action down at Flemington. Bookmaker Mark Alati says punters don’t… Read More »
English horse Marmelo is a firming Melbourne Cup favourite with the TAB taking a $30,000 bet at that price. The Hughie Morrison-trained Marmelo displaced last year’s winner Almandin at the top of the market on Sunday and has been well supported since. He will be ridden by Hugh Bowman in… Read More »
A Melbourne Cup day win has clinched a Golden Slipper campaign for impressive filly Setsuna. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old made it two wins from three starts, dominating Tuesday’s Group Three Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day from the front. Setsuna ($4.60), ridden by Stephen Baster,… Read More »
1: Hartnell: “The Cummings tradition is there. But I haven’t thought about it too much. I’ve just been focusing on the processes and ensuring the horse is right and the whole company will enjoy being a part of the whole experience.” Godolphin trainer James Cummings whose grandfather Bart trained a… Read More »
Superstar jockey Frankie Dettori hopes he can finally break his Melbourne Cup hoodoo. The Italian rider has returned for his 16th attempt at Australia’s most famous race in 24 years. Dettori rides defending Cup champion Almandin for owner, and the jockey’s good friend, Lloyd Williams who has won the race… Read More »
Blake Shinn was one of the proudest spectators when fellow jockey Cory Parish caused an upset in the recent Caulfield Cup aboard Boom Time. Shinn has reached the heights of Australian racing, including a Melbourne Cup win on Viewed, and is considered among the country’s elite riders. In recent months… Read More »
Famous for his association with triple Cox Plate winner Winx, Hugh Bowman gets his best chance yet to also become known as a Melbourne Cup winner. The heavyweight rider has had few genuine chances over the years in the world’s richest handicap but punters believe English horse Marmelo can change… Read More »
No longer pounding the pavement by foot but on a bicycle has made jockey Stephen Baster fitter and stronger. That in turn has led to the 42-year-old being one of the in-form jockeys of the spring, riding at least one winner at each of the past five Saturday meetings. “I’m… Read More »
It has only taken one ride on Nakeeta for experienced jockey Glyn Schofield to be upbeat about his prospects aboard the Scottish-trained visitor in the Melbourne Cup. Schofield’s best Melbourne Cup finish was a third in his first ride in the race eight years ago on Mourilyan and he hopes… Read More »
KATHY O’HARA IS THE ONLY WOMAN TO RIDE IN THIS YEAR’S CUP O’Hara rides the Nick Olive-trained Single Gaze who she partnered to second in the Caulfield Cup “It would mean the world to me, not only just me and my career but also to win for Nick and all… Read More »
Nick Olive feared the worst when pint-sized filly Single Gaze and her jockey Kathy O’Hara crashed to the turf on the home turn in the 2016 Australian Oaks. “It was such an horrific fall,” Olive said. “Running up the track there at Randwick, it was pretty tough emotionally.” O’Hara suffered… Read More »
Blake Shinn knows the thrill of winning a Melbourne Cup and believes he has a great chance to experience it again. Shinn rode Viewed to a nail-biting win in the 2008 Cup for the late Bart Cummings. On Tuesday he will be aboard the Darren Weir-trained Humidor in the $6… Read More »
Keeping himself in trim has paid off for Beau Mertens who lines up for his first Melbourne Cup ride on Cismontane. The Gai Waterhouse and Anthony Bott-trained stayer won his way into Tuesday’s Cup when he led throughout in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Cismontane was ridden by… Read More »
His surname is synonymous with the Melbourne Cup and James Cummings is trying something different with Hartnell in a bid to win the famous race for the first time. Cummings is the grandson of the late Bart Cummings who is remembered as ‘The Cups King’ having trained the winner of… Read More »
Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott has put the issue of emergencies for the Melbourne Cup back on the agenda after the scratching of Who Shot Thebarman. Have Your Say 🗣: Should the Melbourne Cup have emergencies or not? – Leave a comment below The withdrawal of the Chris Waller-trained… Read More »
Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien has made a seamless transition from champion jockey to trainer and saddles his first Melbourne Cup runners at Flemington. The son of champion trainer Aidan O’Brien, Joseph, 24, saddles Rekindling and US Army Ranger for Lloyd and Nick Williams in Tuesday’s race in an attempt to… Read More »
Sheila Laxon, the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup, has picked the Lloyd Williams-owned Johannes Vermeer to win this year. “He’ll be fit enough to win,” Laxon told AAP. Laxon was speaking to a crowd on board the Explorer on Sunday, one of four P&O ships that have… Read More »
Michael Dee’s spring carnival has already exceeded his expectations and he is preparing to experience another thrill when he rides in his first Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The young jockey has come of age this spring with two Group One wins in The Metropolitan in Sydney in late September on… Read More »
