General News

• Melbourne Cup 2009 Money Back Bet

  Sportsbet.com.au has released an awesome new offer on this years Melbourne Cup, take advantage of this great offer now before it ends.

   
• Timeless Bart’s secret art

  HE GROWS older and somehow better. Bart Cummings wins the Caulfield Cup a fortnight ago and the next weekend, turns water into wine in the Cox Plate.

   
• Eyes – and money – on Bart

  THE weight of a nation will be on Bart Cummings’ three horses at Flemington tomorrow, with as much as $60million expected to be plunged on his three Melbourne Cup runners.

   
• Bart’s 27-year secret mateship

  THE Chinese say in the field there should not be two tigers. So when Malaysian entrepreneur Dato Tan Chin Nam met Bart Cummings, there was the potential for problems.

   
• Alcopop ‘at home’ after trip

  YOUNG South Australian trainer Jake Stephens has declared Alcopop has never been better and spot on in the lead-up to his date with destiny in the Melbourne Cup.

   
• This is my time – Brown

  FOR Corey Brown, Sydney’s champion jockey, the pain of losing last year’s Melbourne Cup by the narrowest margin in history is still painfully raw.

   
• Newport hoping for lucky grey

  AS the only horse of grey colouring in the $5.5 million race at Flemington tomorrow, Newport will be very conspicuous during the run.

   
• Melbourne Cup 2009 Odds Comparison

  We have done the hard work and searched Australia’s leading online bookmakers to find the best odds for each runner in this years Melbourne Cup, so checkout our list and make sure you are getting the biggest return for your dollar.

   
• Melbourne Cup 2009 Betting Information

  We take a look at the odds of Tuesdays Melbourne Cup, the barriers have been drawn the jockeys have been named and Sportsbet.com.au have released their odds for the race that stops the nation.

   
• Derby pick Shamoline Warrior scratched

  DERBY favourite Shamoline Warrior and Melbourne Cup star Kirklees have been scratched in a dramatic morning at the track.

   
• Vigor misses out – full field

  VIGOR has missed out on a start in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup with Racing Victoria officials electing not to use their discretionary powers to elevate him into the final field.

   
• Viewed’s cup chances soar

  VIEWED’s chances of a second successive win in the $5.5million Melbourne Cup have soared with two of his main rivals, Efficient and Vigor, out of the big race.

   
• Brown is Sydney superstar

  CHAMPION Sydney jockey Corey Brown yesterday said the monkey was off his back after finally breaking through to claim a Melbourne “major”.

   
• Little separates big race hotpots

  WILL the proven formlines of Shamoline Warrior prevail or can the untapped potential of Monaco Consul be realised?

   
• Make-or-break for Vigor

  TRAINER Danny O’Brien concedes he may have no alternative but to start in-form stayer Vigor at Flemington today.

   
• Danny’s torture sessions

  FOR 90 minutes most days this week, Danny Nikolic has been an adopted “Icerberger” at Brighton Sea Baths.

   
• Sydney bolter is dark horse

  HERE’s a leg-up for punters. Two of the nation’s leading form experts are tipping a Sydney bolter in the Victoria Derby.

   
• Bookies turn off Efficient

  BOOKMAKERS expect Efficient to be scratched from Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup – and punters are running scared.

   
• AAMI Business Insurance Stakes Betting Information

  We take a look at Saturdays AAMI Business Insurance Stakes and have listed Sportsbet.com.au odds including jockeys. barrier draw and resent form.

   
• Seppelt Salinger Stakes Betting Information

  We take a look at Saturdays Seppelt Salinger Stakes and have listed Sportsbet.com.au odds including jockeys. barrier draw and resent form.