Ryan Jukes

• Harmonium deserves Cup chance: Moroney

  The Melbourne Cup was not Glass Harmonium’s major target this spring but neither was it an afterthought.

   
• 2011 Melbourne Cup odds comparison

  Just Horse Racing has compiled an easy to read odds comparison for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup over 3200 metres at Flemington racecourse showing the markets from each of Australia’s best online bookmakers. Get the best odds now. 

   
• Bauer misses out on Cup start

  Bauer won’t get the chance to avenge his second placing in the 2008 Melbourne Cup after failing to make the final field for Tuesday’s renewal.

   
• Woorim earns Group One shot

  Queenslander Woorim has earned himself a start in the Group One Emirates Stakes with a return to form at Flemington.

   
• Atlantic Jewel steals the day

  Atlantic Jewel didn’t just steal the show at Flemington on Derby Day, she pinched the entire spring carnival – Black Caviar and all.

   
• Oliver celebrates Derby Day treble

  Champion jockey Damien Oliver capped a memorable day with his victory aboard Sister Madly in the Group Two Salinger Stakes at Flemington giving him a Derby Day treble.

   
• What the Victoria Derby jockeys said

  What the jockeys said after the running of the Group One Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

   
• Ahdashim makes winning return

  Honest sprinter Ahdashim returned from seven months on the sidelines with a gutsy win at Rosehill on Saturday but he had to survive a protest before being declared the winner.

   
• Myrtle delivers Smith’s first Group One

  Trainer Matthew Smith celebrated his first Group One win when Hurtle Myrtle stormed to victory in the Myer Classic at Flemington on Saturday.

   
• Sangster plans work perfectly

  An ambitious plan formulated at a minor New Zealand horse sale a year ago had its crowning moment on Australasia’s biggest stage when Sangster won the Victoria Derby at Flemington.

   
• Glass Harmonium earns Cup start

  Imported galloper Glass Harmonium raced his way into the Melbourne Cup with his victory in Saturday’s Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.

   
• Doughty to re-evaulate Morning Captain after win

  Trainer Kelly Doughty may be forced to re-evaluate promising sprinter Morning Captain after the heavily backed three-year-old was successful at Doomben.

   
• Schofield bounces back

  Apprentice Chad Schofield bounced back from a heavy fall on Friday night to win at Rosehill a day later aboard Star Mystery.

   
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  Sangster wins 2011 Victoria Derby

  Hugh Bowman became the first jockey in almost 40 years to win back-to-back Victoria Derbys when Sangster outgunned Induna to claim the Classic.

   
• 2011 Myer Classic odds comparison

  Just Horse Racing has compiled an easy to read odds comparison for the Group 1 Myer Classic over 1600 metres at Flemington racecourse showing the markets from each of Australia’s best online bookmakers. Get the best odds now. 

   
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  Glass Harmonium wins 2011 Mackinnon Stakes

  Glass Harmonium gave connections some compensation for his Cox Plate debacle by scoring his first Group One victory in Saturday’s Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.

   
• Jewel looks to have Oaks at her mercy

  Unbeaten filly Atlantic Jewel has produced a cracker of a trial for the VRC Oaks with a trackwork-like gallop to win the Group Two Wakeful Stakes at Flemington.

   
• Top Rada scores dominant debut win

  Jockey Damian Browne predicted a bright future for promising youngster Top Rada following his dominant win at Doomben.

   
• Born To Sea to run at Leopardstown

  John Oxx’s Born To Sea faces six rivals as he bids to keep his unbeaten record intact at Leopardstown on Sunday.

   
• Walsh back in business in Ireland

  Ruby Walsh reaffirmed his opposition to the new whip rules after making a winning return to British race riding at Wetherby.