EPSOM HANDICAP $1 million 1600m handicap HISTORY * First Epsom Handicap event in 1863 won by Dundee * Named after famous Epsom Downs racecourse in the South of England where Epsom Derby has been run since 1780 * The race has been run at 1600m since 1885 – following a… Read More »
Reigning Caulfield Cup winner Best Solution has been retired from racing with stud plans for the Godolphin-owned horse yet to be announced. Trained by Saeed bin Suroor, Best Solution won nine races including three at Group One level. After back-to-back Group One victories in Germany last year, Best Solution travelled… Read More »
Former Singapore champion Debt Agent makes his Australian debut for new trainer Jim Conlan at Flemington. Racing as Debt Collector in Singapore for expatriate Australian trainer Cliff Brown, the gelding’s career was curtailed by respiratory issues after posting 12 wins from 24 starts, including five at Group One level. Horse… Read More »
Just over a year after Attention Run suffered such severe travel sickness it was feared she would never race in Australia, the German import will line up as a live chance in one of Sydney’s most prestigious Group One staying races. The Kris Lees-trained five-year-old is $19 for Saturday’s Metropolitan… Read More »
Trainer Levi Kavanagh is banking on fitness and Kentucky Breeze’s ability to run a strong 2000 metres earning the gelding a start in the Caulfield Cup. Kentucky Breeze runs in Saturday’s Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington with the winner gaining a ballot exemption to the 2019 Caulfield Cup. The… Read More »
They have combined to win two of the past seven Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington and trainer Phillip Stokes and jockey Luke Nolen will again team up in the Group Two race at Flemington, this time with Really Discreet. Stokes’ and Nolen’s success in the Edward Manifold includes victory in… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club Foundation has announced its second lot of drought funds providing welcome relief for the racing community in NSW. More than $120,000 will be distributed among ATC Foundation racing participants, community organisations and its four Sydney racecourses. A grant of $30,000 to the Tamworth Jockey Club will… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman is set to be two-handed in the two Guineas races on the opening day of the Caulfield Cup carnival. Freedman says Super Seth and Groundswell will contest the Group One Caulfield Guineas with the stable to be represented by Lyre and Southbank in the fillies division, the… Read More »
Defending titleholder Cross Counter headlines 80 first acceptors for this year’s $8 million Melbourne Cup which includes 18 other internationally trained horses. First acceptances for the 3200m Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5 closed on Tuesday, with Cross Counter and his Charlie Appleby-trained stablemate Ispolini among the acceptors while… Read More »
Ric Chapman looks at the Woodbine midweek card. Here are his thoughts on the top 3 runners in each race. Remember, get out of bed early as race 1 starts in Australia at 8:45am! Race 1 8:45am 1700m Synthetic LUCAS N LORI should slot in close to the lead and… Read More »
A 25 per cent share in leading Caulfield and Melbourne Cups contender Mustajeer is to be auctioned ahead of the Ebor winner’s tilt at the Australian spring features. Inglis will take bids through its Digital Online platform next Tuesday and Wednesday. Australian Bloodstock have bought a controlling interest in Mustajeer… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Bryan Dais dreams of having a Caulfield Cup runner and they can become a reality if Looks Like Elvis wins the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Looks Like Elvis is the best horse Dais has prepared and will be his first Group One runner when he contests Saturday’s 2000m… Read More »
A second round of donations will be gifted to drought-stricken towns in northern NSW struggling to pay the rising cost of horse feed. The Australian Turf Club Foundation will announce on Thursday another lot of grants for racing industry participants to help pay for hay bales. It follows earlier drought… Read More »
As the boss of New Zealand’s Te Akau Racing operation, David Ellis is used to success at home and abroad but takes nothing for granted. Te Akau has New Zealand champion Melody Belle vying to become the first horse to win the Hastings triple crown on Saturday and Te Akau… Read More »
At least four horses will carry half a kilogram more than their original weights in the Epsom Handicap with 10 of the 18 runners on less than 51kg. So far Kerrin McEvoy (Rock 50.5kg), Dom Tourneur (Archedemus 50.5kg) Michael Dee (Star Of The Seas 50kg) and Damien Thornton (Junipal 50kg)… Read More »
Surprise Baby gets a second chance at securing a start in the Melbourne Cup when he contests the Bart Cummings at Flemington. The winner of Saturday’s race is afforded a ballot exemption into the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5. Surprise Baby missed by millimetres in the… Read More »
The New Zealand TAB has paid out on champion Melody Belle to win the Hastings Group One triple crown before the final leg has been run. Melody Belle is the short-priced favourite to add Saturday’s Livamol Classic (2040m) to her wins in the Tarzino Trophy and Windsor Park Plate. If… Read More »
Last year’s third placegetter Osborne Bulls will press his claims for the Godolphin slot in the $14 million Everest when he runs in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick. His biggest stumbling block in Saturday’s Group Two 1200m Premiere Stakes appears to be Classique Legend who is already an Everest runner… Read More »
The two trainers of imported Cups horses part-owned by Australian Bloodstock have cast their eye over their prospective charges and are looking forward to spring ahead. Newcastle trainer Kris Lees saw Mustajeer for the first time in quarantine at Werribee on Wednesday with Paul Preusker having his second look at… Read More »
A field of 12 will line up for the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, a race that could shape the prospects of a number of spring contenders. Mystic Journey will be out to bounce back from her defeat in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on September 14 when… Read More »
