He does not quite occupy top billing in the popularity stakes just yet, Rock Magic has that mantle, but he is not far behind in the pecking order. Sold for $150,000 in an online auction sale, Massimo won eight races and a touch over $700,000 in prizemoney under previous trainer, Adam… Read More »
Popular jockey Chloe Azzopardi will quit Perth racing and relocate to Victoria next week. A winner of 147 races including two black type events, Chloe Azzopardi will team up with up Troy and Leon Corstens at Malua Racing. A decision primarily to maximise her opportunities in racing, the 24-year-old is confident… Read More »
Connections are awaiting results of scans taken on Incentivise following the running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. The race favourite displayed signs of lameness soon after cooling down after the run and it has been confirmed by Incentivise’s Managing Owner Steve Tregea, talking to the Herald-Sun, that … “He… Read More »
Incentivise suffered his first defeat in his last ten starts when going down to Verry Elleegant in the Melbourne Cup, but his courage and ability remains unquestioned after he put in as brave a performance as he has ever done in his career. The hype around the Peter Moody trained… Read More »
Sirileo Miss has recovered from a knock to a leg that forced her out of a Group 1 race and the mare is right to take her place in a lesser contest at Flemington. The Symon Wilde-trained mare was the victim of some bad weather in Warrnambool last week that resulted in her scratching from… Read More »
Reigning Golden Slipper-winning trainers Richard and Michael Freedman hoping precocious filly Queen Of The Ball can put herself in the frame for a start in the world’s richest juvenile race. The brothers captured this year’s Slipper with Stay Inside and if Queen Of The Ball can manage a top-two finish in Saturday’s… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin Mcevoy stable did not know what to expect when My Boy Birmingham made his debut in the middle of the year. Now six starts later, My Boy Birmingham is set to run for a major slice of $500,000 when he lines up in the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) at… Read More »
Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment has been retired and will spend his days at Living Legends in Melbourne. The Lloyd and Nick Williams-owned stayer finished 11th in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup behind Verry Elleegant, his third start in the great race. Nick Williams posted on social media the retirement of the northern hemisphere eight-year-old… Read More »
Dream Queen flew the flag for Lindsay Park at the Cox Plate meeting at The Valley and they will be hoping she can do so again at Flemington. The daughter of Super Easy runs in the Group 3 Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Thursday, her third start for trainers Ben and… Read More »
Looks Like Elvis has been a stable warrior and trainer Jarrod Austin is hoping he can finally break his stakes drought in the Ladies Day Cup at Hawkesbury. The seven-year-old has placed in six feature races and finished fifth in a Group 1 Epsom Handicap but is yet to taste success at… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is known as the race that stops the nation but a recent downward trend in TV ratings suggest that may no longer be the case. 1.21m metro viewers tuned in to watch the Melbourne Cup on Network 10 and while that figure might sound impressive it’s no… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock will be the only stable with multiple runners in the feature race on day three of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The pair has Gonnadancealot and Tiz My Bay lining-up in the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday. But the weather, and how much rain falls at Flemington, will determine their hopes…. Read More »
It is the jewel in the crown of Australian two-year-old racing and from 2022, the Golden Slipper will be worth $5 million. The boost represents a $1.5 million increase, with the Australian Turf Club offering a further cherry on the top through the introduction of a $1 million bonus to any… Read More »
Fresh from training five winners across three venues on Melbourne Cup day, John O’Shea has every reason to be optimistic that Rocha Clock can break her Rosehill hoodoo. O’Shea’s team was in fine form across the country on Tuesday with Southern Lad and I Am Lethal winning at Randwick, Comrade Rosa and This’llbetheone successful… Read More »
The three placegetters from the Melbourne Cup have helped shape the race into one of the strongest on record. The 2021 Melbourne Cup may prove to be one of the greatest ever run. That is the view of Victoria Racing Club Executive General Manager Racing, Leigh Jordon, after Verry Elleegant posted… Read More »
Owner Brae Sokolski broke COVID protocols by jumping the mounting yard fence to celebrate the win of Verry Elleegant in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Sokolski has a share in the ownership of both Verry Elleegant and the runner-up, Cup favourite Incentivise, and was on course for the first time this spring to… Read More »
The Busuttin and Young-trained Rich Hips ($7) has saluted in the Group 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington for the second year running with a daring ride from visiting hoop Nash Rawiller. The Written Tycoon mare won convincingly by a length and a quarter over Exceldia ($26) with Paul’s… Read More »
James McDonald is now a Melbourne Cup-winning jockey after partnering Verry Elleegant to a dominant victory in the race that stops a nation. Having his ninth ride in the Melbourne Cup, James McDonald positioned Verry Elleegant midfield and one off the rail. The daughter of Zed crept closer from the 800m… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has landed his first Melbourne Cup with Verry Elleegant who became the first mare since Makybe Diva to win Australia’s great race. Last season’s Australian Horse of the Year spreadeagled her 22 rivals to claim a four-length win in Australia’s great race. The crowd of 10,000 at Flemington to mark the end of… Read More »
Hall Of Fame trainer Chris Waller has his first win in the Melbourne Cup with his champion mare Verry Elleegant ($18) posting a dominant victory by four lengths over race favourite Incentivise ($2.90F), with international raider Spanish Mission ($10) a further half a length back in third. It was a last minute decision to… Read More »
