Before being given the final tick of approval for the Cox Plate, Godolphin’s Avilius has been given a thorough going over after a crucial gallop at Flemington. Avilius was required to gallop in front of Racing Victoria stewards and pass a veterinary examination after blood was found in a nostril… Read More »
The committee of the Moonee Valley Racing Club has agonised over the composition of the final field for the Cox Plate before settling on the 14 runners. Club chairman Don Casboult said there were a number of different scenarios the committee considered when 18 horses were paid up for Saturday’s… Read More »
One of Queensland’s most successful thoroughbred owner-breeders Ross Cutts has died in Brisbane aged 78 after complications from heart surgery. Cutts is best known for his Group One winners Show A Heart, whose elite wins include a Stradbroke `Handicap and Caulfield Guineas, and Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim. Show A Heart… Read More »
New Zealand star Te Akau Shark and Sydney three-year-old Castelvecchio have been included in the 14-horse field for the Cox Plate. The two were among those in danger of missing a start but have been included with dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor named first emergency. But Te Akau Shark will… Read More »
Favourite Bivouac has drawn the inside gate for the Group One Manikato Stakes at The Valley. The Godolphin-owned colt has fellow three-year-old Loving Gaby in the gate next to him in the field of 11. Bivouac has two recent wins against Yes Yes Yes who won the $14 million Everest… Read More »
The Cox Plate will have a full field of 14 plus four emergencies with eighteen horses paid up for the $5 million race. The decision which horses make the field will be decided by the committee of the Moonee Valley Racing Club on Tuesday morning. Winx has won the past… Read More »
Godolphin’s Cox Plate contender Avilius has been cleared to run after passing a crucial gallop at Flemington. Racing Victoria stewards ordered Avilius to gallop over at least 1000m after trainer James Cummings reported the gelding had blood in one nostril after a work-out at The Valley on Saturday. Chief steward… Read More »
Veteran stayer and crowd favourite Harntell is set to have his last run during the Flemington carnival. The four time G1 winner had his first start in Australia in the G1 Chipping Norton Stakes in early 2015 where he ran a close second he went on to win the Sky… Read More »
The bad luck for International Melbourne Cup contenders has continued with another raider being ruled out of the race. Red Verdon has suffered a emerging bone issue in his off foreleg after he underwent a precautionary CT scan in Melbourne. Red Verdon was a $61 chance with BetEasy in Melbourne… Read More »
English stayer Gold Mount has been retired after suffering a suspensory injury during the Caulfield Cup. Trained by Ian Williams, Gold Mount finished 12th, beaten just over four lengths, in Saturday’s $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m). He had been scheduled to progress to the 2019 Melbourne Cup before the injury… Read More »
Young Sydney trainer Richard Litt will take his stable star Castelvecchio for an easy gallop at The Valley ahead of an anticipated Cox Plate start and is confident the colt can give the race a shake if selected. Castelvecchio travelled to Melbourne on Sunday and will gallop at The Valley… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan is convinced the form from the Stan Fox Stakes will hold up in one of the new races of the Sydney spring, the $1 million Bondi Stakes. The Ryan-trained Colada caused an upset in the Group Two Stan Fox (1500m) on October 12 in which his stablemate,… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart has been paid up as a late entry for the $5 million Cox Plate after making his mark in a couple of important lead-up races. Now trained by Lindsey Smith, Black Heart Bart had been retired last year but was put back into… Read More »
Three northern hemisphere-trained horses targeting the inaugural Golden Eagle in Sydney are settling into quarantine at Canterbury in preparation for the $7.5 million race at Rosehill. The Golden Eagle (1500m) for four-year-olds will be run on November 2 and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Never No More, Richard Hannon-trained Beat Le Bon… Read More »
Tommy Berry and Matt McGillivray have been suspended for careless riding which led to a fall in the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm in which fellow jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries. McGillivray, who rode Grand Bouquet, was suspended for three weeks while Berry on Nobu, was suspended… Read More »
Last year’s Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran is one of a host of horses, including three other internationals, who will be trying to force their way into this year’s feature at Flemington when they run in the Group Three $400,000 Geelong Cup. Trained by Charlie Fellowes at Newmarket in… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace has been given a 1kg penalty for the Melbourne Cup. The Hishasi Shimizu-trained Damian Lane-ridden Mer De Glace became the second Japanese horse to win the Group One Caulfield Cup on Saturday, joining Admire Rakti (2014). The penalty for Mer De Glace for the… Read More »
International Melbourne Cup contender Gold Mount has been ruled out of the race and the Spring Carnival after the horse was found to be lame. Gold Mount was being aimed at the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup but has pulled up lame from his twelfth placed finish in the Caulfield… Read More »
Connections have decided to pay the late entry fee of $200,000 to enter their horse Black Heart Bart into Saturday’s Cox Plate. Black Heart Bart was not nominated for the 2019 Cox Plate thus connections have had to pay $200,000 for the horse to take his spot in the Cox… Read More »
Saturday’s Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace has received a penalty for the Melbourne Cup. Handicapper Greg Carpenter has announced he has issued Mer De Glace a 1kg penalty for the 2019 Melbourne Cup for his win in the Caulfield Cup. The penalty brings the JApanese stayers weight to 56kg… Read More »
