Mr Brightside is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning, but Ben Hayes sees no reason why the Lindsay Park star cannot claim another Champions Mile at Flemington this Saturday. The eight-year-old heads to the $3 million feature off a gutsy second placing in the King… Read More »
If Jamie Melham had listened to her mother, she may never have become the first female rider to complete the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double. Melham guided the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Half Yours to victory in both Cups, joining Michelle Payne as the only women to have won… Read More »
Firm tracks have proven to be the undoing of Billionair Baby this preparation, but with the Ipswich surface still retaining some give after recent heavy rain, conditions should be far more suitable for the gelding to bounce back to the winners’ list. Trainer Robert Heathcote will saddle three runners in… Read More »
A look into the pedigrees of the field for this year’s $1 million Group 1 VRC Oaks to see who might be best-equipped to run the 2500 metres at Flemington. Oaks Odds 💰: View the Odds for the VRC Oaks 1 – GETTA GOOD FEELING Breeding: So You Think x… Read More »
The minor placegetters from the Big Dance remain in contention to back-up in the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill with Ciaron Maher paying up for both Vivy Air and Lugh at acceptance time. The pair formed part of a stable trifecta in Tuesday’s feature won by high profile barn… Read More »
Private Harry will do his future racing for champion trainer Chris Waller, although it won’t be until at least next autumn. The four-year-old has been sidelined since a brace of disappointing performances in the The Shorts (1100m) and Premiere Stakes (1200m), which ruled him out of taking his place in… Read More »
They blew the budget at the time, but Tony and Calvin McEvoy will be forever thankful for their rush of blood during last year’s Late November Inglis Digital Sale. Half Yours, the horse the McEvoys paid $305,000 for out of the late Colin McKenna’s dispersal sale, etched himself and the… Read More »
In his days based at Angaston with Lindsay Park, Tony Mcevoy was associated with three Melbourne Cup winners for the Hayes family. Colin Hayes prepared Beldale Ball and At Talaq during the 1980’s while Jeune won for David Hayes the following decade with McEvoy heavily involved as an assistant-trainer. But… Read More »
Twelve months after producing the quinella in the $3 million Big Dance, champion horseman Ciaron Maher has gone one better, training the first three horses across the line in Sydney’s Melbourne Cup Day feature. In a replica of last year, class runner Gringotts ($3 fav) made it back-to-back victories, again… Read More »
Michelle Payne will forever be the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, but Jamie Melham created her own slice of history at Flemington on Tuesday. The South Australian became the first woman to complete the Spring Carnival’s big Cups double when she partnered Half Yours to an emotional… Read More »
A decade after Michelle Payne became the first woman win Australia’s most famous race, Jamie Melham has etched herself into racing history becoming the second steering Half Yours to victory in the Melbourne Cup (3200m). It was a 19th Group 1 win for one of the country’s most high profile… Read More »
The disappointment of an unlucky debut is now nothing but a distant memory for the connections of Tornado Valley, who won Tuesday’s Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained son of Too Darn Hot rebounded from a third placing in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield on October 15 to… Read More »
Jamie Melham is routine driven and likes nothing better than being out on horseback. The endless media calls ahead of riding the Half Yours in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday has made that even more important. Melham partnered Half Yours to win the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 18… Read More »
There are some factors different to the scene that saw Robbie Dolan push longshot Knight’s Choice across the line to win the Melbourne Cup last year, but even after that victory, he still is not taking his ride on Royal Supremacy for granted at Flemington on Tuesday. “Last year it was scorching weather,… Read More »
Since arriving at Joe Pride’s stables Headley Grange has been a winner. The son of Exosphere has compiled ten wins and six placings from just 19 starts for the Warwick Farm-based trainer and he hopes that run can continue in the $3 million Big Dance at Royal Randwick on Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Changingoftheguard might be one of the roughies for Tuesday’s $10 million Melbourne Cup, but just getting into the race is an achievement for Kris Lees. It will be the Newcastle trainer’s first Melbourne Cup runner for the race’s most successful owner Lloyd Williams. Williams is part of a big group that… Read More »
UK trainers Simon and Ed Crisford know a Melbourne Cup contender when they see one. They after all did bring 2023 winner Without A Fight to Australia in 2022 when he finished 13th behind Gold Trip before he was left in the care of Anthony and Sam Freedman when successful. The… Read More »
Trainer Willie Mullins will chase a rare first when he flies in for the Melbourne Cup. On Sunday morning (Melbourne time), Mullins registered his first win at the Breeders’ Cup meeting in the US when Ethical Diamond took out the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar. Mullins is now bound… Read More »
No-one would begrudge trainer Brian Ellison finally having some luck in the Melbourne Cup. Ellison has been coming to Melbourne for the ‘race that stops a nation’ for 20 years, but things have not panned out. In 2005, a gallop in preparation for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington went awry… Read More »
Everything has come up roses for Half Yours since Tony and Calvin McEvoy bought him and the father/son training team have their fingers crossed things continue to bloom for just a couple more days. The five-year-old gelding is favourite for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, in which he will be ridden by… Read More »
