The owners of Marmelo are considering legal options after last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up was controversially scratched from the race. Marmelo and Godolphin’s Ispolini, trained by last year’s Melbourne Cup winning trainer Charlie Appleby, were on Wednesday scratched from Tuesday’s $8 million Melbourne Cup after standing CT scans indicated potentia… Read More »
Accession will try to add to trainer Chris Waller’s impressive list of Coolmore Stud Stakes winners when the colt bids to emulate his sire in the Group One sprint. Waller won the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds at Flemington in three consecutive years from 2013 to 2015, with 2014… Read More »
Racing Victoria veterinarians completed their inspection of the top 35 horses in the Order of Entry for the $8 million Melbourne Cup to determine their suitability to accept at Saturday’s 4.30pm deadline. The Gwenda Markwell-trained Angel of Truth presented with lameness in the left fore, with connections making the decision… Read More »
Former NSW government minister and well-known racehorse owner/breeder Paul Whelan has died aged 75 after a long illness. Whelan was a member of the NSW parliament from 1976 to 2003 and a minister in the Neville Wran and Bob Carr-led governments. When he retired from politics, Whelan devoted himself to… Read More »
A trip to Perth is on the cards for Land Of Plenty, who will firstly chase his second Group One win in the Cantala Stakes at Flemington. Land Of Plenty was fourth in last year’s Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m) when trained by Darren Weir after winning the Group One… Read More »
Connections of Raheen House have had their Melbourne cup dreams dashed with the decision made not to accept for Tuesday’s $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Trainer William Haggas informed Racing Victoria stewards on Thursday that Raheen House would not accept for the Melbourne Cup 2019. Raheen House, 28th in… Read More »
Six weeks after suffering life-threatening injuries in a fall in a jump-out at Wangaratta, former apprentice jockey Stephen Brown jr has been transferred from Royal Melbourne to the Epworth Hospital to continue his rehabilitation. Brown jr sustained head injuries, as well as fractured ribs, neck fractures and a punctured lung… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Angel Of Truth won’t take his place in the 2019 Melbourne Cup field with connections choosing not to accept for the $8 million race. The Gwenda Markwell-trained four-year-old was already assured a start in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup before running in yesterday’s Bendigo Cup where he finished 11th,… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling share in Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio who will eventually stand at the Hunter Valley farm. John Messara, the boss of Arrowfield, will become the racing manager for the remainder of Castelvecchio’s on-track career under the agreement with Ottavio and… Read More »
Trainer David Brideoake will not worry about what conditions are thrown at Princess Jenni as she attempts to close out her spring campaign with a Group One win. Princess Jenni is one of the leading fancies for the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on Saturday with Brideoake saying the mare… Read More »
Philosphical about Pierata’s luckless passage in the Everest, trainer Greg Hickman is focused on claiming a consolation win in the $1 million Redzel Stakes at Rosehill. The Group One-winning sprinter was one of the unluckiest runners in the $14 million sprint after he was bailed up on the fence from… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership has some Group race chances at the Derby day meeting in Melbourne but one of their Brisbane runners will command plenty of attention. The partnership has Ruuca in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes and Tyzone in the Group Two TAB Stakes at… Read More »
Wendy Roche has been forced to rely on the kindness of a fellow trainer to get Nettoyer to Melbourne for a Group One race on Victoria Derby day after her horse float was sabotaged. Roche, who is based at Warwick Farm, initially thought mischievous vandals had slashed five of her… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has confirmed that The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes will head for a spell before focusing on Autumn targets and a possible trip to Royal Ascot. Waller said that they had given careful consideration to Yes Yes Yes’ next move given he is an early three-year-old…. Read More »
New Zealand trainer Andrew Forsman expects the early stages of the Victoria Derby will be crucial to the chances of Long Jack winning the $2 million Classic at Flemington from the outside barrier. Long Jack was pinpointed early by co-trainers Murray Baker and Forsman as their Victoria Derby candidate. The… Read More »
Smart sprinter Crafty Spirit will be on trial for a tilt at the $1 million The Hunter when he races at Eagle Farm. Crafty Spirit struck trouble on the first turn and again in the straight when a nose second in an open handicap at Eagle Farm two weeks ago…. Read More »
Punters have crowned Arcadia Queen favourite but Chris Waller is adamant stablemate Kolding is every bit as good a chance for the inaugural Golden Eagle. The champion Sydney trainer will saddle up the Group One-winning duo in the new $7.5 million Golden Eagle showpiece exclusively for four-year-olds at Rosehill. Punters… Read More »
Having played an important support role in the Cox Plate campaign of Castelvecchio, Morton’s Fork gets a chance to take centre stage in the $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. The former Godolphin gelding was Castelvecchio’s travelling companion to Melbourne and the older horse’s relaxed demeanour had a significant effect on his… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is about everyday people and not celebrities, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says, as a number of stars shun the race that ‘stops the nation’. Model Megan Gale, a regular for many years as the face of Melbourne Cup sponsor Lexus, announced on Thursday she won’t be coming…. Read More »
Chris Waller has flagged a possible Royal Ascot assault next year with star sprinters Yes Yes Yes and Nature Strip. The leading Sydney trainer resisted showing off four-time Cox Plate winner Winx on English turf during her stellar career, challenging European trainers to bring their horses to Australia to take… Read More »
