Edward Cummings has the favourite for both this year’s Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup but his spring ambitions don’t end in Victoria with the Sydney trainer revealing an audacious campaign to also includes a trip to Japan. Cummings told Tuesday’s Racing Victoria spring nominations launch that the five-year-old was ‘very likely’… Read More »
Total Melbourne Cup nominations were up 12 on last year, which made it the biggest set of entries since 2012, while Caulfield Cup nominations were virtually identical to last year – 169 to 170 – with Cox Plate entries down slightly from 153 to 135. Of the 186 horses entered… Read More »
Racing Victoria is looking forward to a Spring Carnival with increased international involvement following Tuesday’s release of nominations for three of Australia’s biggest races. Aidan O’Brien, Joseph O’Brien, Charlie Appleby and Saeed Bin Suroor Suroor are among the trainers represented in the nominations for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m), $5 million Caulfield… Read More »
The Browns were raiders at last year’s carnival when David spent months stuck in Australia while Emma-Lee stayed in New Zealand with their children and running their stable. The couple made the move to Australia in March and set up at Cranbourne where Elephant was put through his paces in a… Read More »
A fall at the Pakenham jump-outs has resulted in Michael Walker being air-lifted to hospital. Jockey Michael Walker is in the Intensive Care Unit of Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital being monitored for concussion following a fall at the Pakenham jump-outs. Walker was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday morning after the horse he… Read More »
Jockey Elissa Meredith is continuing to improve after her fall at Gunnedah earlier in July. Meredith was seriously injured in a bad fall at Gunnedah on Monday, 4th July but is showing positive signs and is walking more and is also starting to eat on her own. Doctors are hopeful… Read More »
Jamie Kah got a feel for Coolangatta at Cranbourne jumpouts on Monday with a Group 1 ride aboard the classy filly the star jockey’s if she wants it. Coolangatta has been ridden byJames McDonald in all four starts but will get a weight outside the champion Sydney jockey’s weight range in her first… Read More »
Some things rarely change, like the Hayes name and imports in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. With Lindsay Park now under the care of Ben and J D Hayes, they too are likely to be relying on imports to be their main hopes in this year’s Cups. The boys’ grandfather… Read More »
Mick Price is delighted with the way Illation is going ahead of what could be a lucrative four-year-old season, but that does not mean he is not providing the trainer with some headaches. An official rating of 83 means Price, who trains in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr, has to be… Read More »
To borrow a line from one of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies, it’s not how hard you get hit it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. Jockey Renee Forrest is a living embodiment of that. Small in stature big in heart, she’s suffered as many hits as any other… Read More »
Harry Mitchell isn’t even trying to pretend either he or his brother Arthur, who operate Yarraman Park, are geniuses. If ever they had reason to, it is now, with their prized resident I Am Invincible completing one of the most remarkable rises by a stallion with coronation as Australian Champion Sire… Read More »
James Cummings has Anamoe up and running for an early season return with the first group 1 race of the Sydney season his likely starting point. A brilliant winner of the Rosehill Guineas in the autumn, Anamoe was spelled after he missed a place for only the second time in his career… Read More »
Racing Victoria announced splashing of cash on feature Spring races, a progressive gelding confirmed his Epsom credentials while a three year old spanked them at Morphettville. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Prizemoney Injection For Key Victorian Races… Read More »
The race may not carry stakes status or have the prize money attached to make it one of the prestigious races on the Australian calendar, but Craig Williams was fighting back the tears following the win of Lackeen at The Valley. The Godolphin-owned galloper took out the Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) on… Read More »
Easy Single had to win twice at Rosehill on Saturday, firstly on the track and then in the stewards’ room. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding was first past the post in the Bill Picken OAM Handicap (1100m) after surviving a late charge from Godolphin mare Siege to cling to… Read More »
The decision to move the washed-out Winter Challenge back a week has proven fortuitous for connections of emerging miler Cross Talk, who has run his rivals ragged to claim the final stakes event of the season. The race has also been a happy one for the owners of high-class import… Read More »
Trainer Alex Rae is unlikely to be tempted to press on into the spring despite the stylish win of Shock ‘Em Ova at The Valley. Success in the Dominant Plant Powered Cleaning Handicap (2040m) on Saturday followed the debut win by Shock ‘Em Ova earlier in the month. Rae held pre-race concerns the… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden stable completed a clean sweep of the final two-year-old races in Melbourne when Winnertakesitall scored at The Valley. And Peter Snowden said the win of Winnertakesitall in the Ladbrokes Mates Mode Handicap (955m) on Saturday was extra special for two part-owners of the filly. “Brian Walsh, he’s not well… Read More »
Misadventure and misfortune had dogged Shades Of Rose this campaign, but the breaks finally went the filly’s way on Saturday and she responded by streeting her Rosehill rivals. The winner of her first three starts, Shades Of Rose lost any chance of extending her unbeaten record when her saddle slipped first-up,… Read More »
The decision to send Alpha One to Melbourne by trainers Peter and Paul Snowden has paid an immediate dividend with the two-year-old scoring at The Valley. After victories on the provincial circuit in NSW at Newcastle and Hawkesbury, Alpha One came to Melbourne on Saturday to outspeed his rivals in the Luna Hand Care… Read More »
