Damien Oliver has etched his name into the history books by breaking the record for most number of winners for a jockey during Melbourne Cup carnivals at Flemington. Oliver’s two wins during last year’s four-meeting Melbourne Cup carnival took him level with the mark of 72 winners set by fellow… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Rothfire has turned his much-anticipated clash with first starter Wisdom Of Water into a one-act affair and earned himself a crack at stakes class. Rothfire had won his first start but was sent out a $2.80 chance on the strength of heavy backing for Gold Coast colt Wisdom… Read More »
Young Adelaide jockey Jake Toeroek has celebrated one of his most significant wins, guiding Kemalpasa to victory in the opening race on Victoria Derby day at Flemington. Trained by Richard and Chantelle Jolly, Kemalpasa has been in a purple patch of form, his victory in Saturday’s Group Two TAB Stakes… Read More »
Apprentice Stephanie Thornton made the most of her last day with a 2kg claim to produce a clever ride to win on Magstock at Eagle Farm. The race was run at a slow pace and developed into a sprint home but Magstock ($6) finished the best to beat Sir Barnabus… Read More »
Kameko has raced into history with an impressive win in the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle, the first British Group One event run on a synthetic surface. Originally due to be the centrepiece of last Saturday’s rain-abandoned fixture at Doncaster, the Group One event was swiftly rescheduled to be run on… Read More »
The Fields have been released for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup day apart from the feature race itself with the final field to be announced after the running of today’s Hotham Handicap. As we have come to expect on Melbourne Cup day the fields are big and even with lots of chances… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup Carnival for corporate bookmakers used to be an early Christmas but with the introduction of POC and higher product fees this year will see them all lose money on the carnival. The Melbourne Cup used to be a race bookmakers filled up their bags on with a… Read More »
Hong Kong-based Joao Moreira has been booked to ride favourite Constantinople in the Melbourne Cup with the owners deciding not to wait for the outcome of an appeal by Glen Boss on race eve. Boss had been booked for Constantinople in Tuesday’s $8 million Melbourne Cup after the horse’s eye-catching… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg believes Miss Siska is peaking at the right time for the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington and is convinced the mare is well over the odds for the Group One race. A half-sister to multiple Group One-winning sprinter Hay List, Miss Siska went close to winning the… Read More »
After a distinguished 28-year career in the saddle, Stephen Baster is calling it quits at the conclusion of the Melbourne Cup carnival. Baster fronts up for his final last Victoria Derby meeting at Flemington on Saturday with three rides including Chief Ironside in the Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m), a… Read More »
A stint with premier trainer Chris Waller whetted jockey Leigh Roche’s appetite for Australian racing and the Irishman is hoping to return with a bang aboard international raider I Am Superman in the inaugural Golden Eagle. Roche was apprenticed to Dermot Weld in Ireland and spent eight years working for… Read More »
Group One-winning colt Microphone has been scratched from the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington with the Godolphin operation left to rely on favourite Bivouac in the $1.5 million race. The James Cummings-trained Microphone was ruled out on Friday afternoon because of an unsatisfactory result after a routine blood test. His… Read More »
Michael Hawkes insists lightly raced star Brutal is yet to realise his potential and can soar higher in the $7.5 million Golden Eagle. The Hawkes Racing team turned down a slot in the $14 million Everest in favour of keeping the Doncaster Mile winner fresh for Saturday’s inaugural Golden Eagle… Read More »
Having won the first two editions of the Everest with Redzel, Peter and Paul Snowden will chase a sentimental win in the race named in honour of the sprinter. The father and son trainers saddle up Signore Fox and Brave Song in the $1 million Redzel Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill… Read More »
THE CANTALA STAKES * The $2 million Cantala is a Group One handicap race over 1600m at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse * It will run as race eight at 4.35pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY * First run in 1881 over 1600m and won by Courtenay * Made a Group… Read More »
GOLDEN EAGLE * The $7.5 million Golden Eagle is a set-weights race over 1500m for four-year-olds at Rosehill * It will run as race seven at 4.15pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 * males carry 57.5kg and females 55.5kg, but three northern hemisphere runners have 56.5kg as they are technically… Read More »
There is a sense of timing surrounding Fasika’s $7.5 million Golden Eagle bid but if her awkward barrier proves costly, trainer Joe Pride knows who to blame. Fasika is part-owned by former NRL and rugby union star Ryan Cross who had the task of selecting her gate and picked up… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes believes the stable’s hopes of a Group One Cantala Stakes win would be enhanced if forecast rain hits Flemington. The Lindsay Park stable has at least one runner in each of the nine races on Saturday’s program and Hayes believes its best chance to claim… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings has been taken aback by the breadth of appeal the $7.5 million Golden Eagle has garnered in its inaugural year as a high class group of Sydney locals try to stave off challengers from far and wide. Along with a trio of international raiders – Beat Le… Read More »
COOLMORE STUD STAKES * The $1.5 million Coolmore Stud Stakes is a Group One set weights race over 1200m for three-year-olds at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse * It will run as race six at 3pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY * First run as the Ascot Vale Stakes over 1000m… Read More »
