If given the choice of a ride in the Melbourne Cup, Aidan O’Brien’s travelling foreman T J Comerford says he would be sticking with favourite Yucatan Ire. The O’Brien stable will have three runners heading towards the 2018 Melbourne Cup with The Cliffsofmoher and Rostropovich joining the favourite Yucatan Ire and… Read More »
With Winx’s historic fourth Cox Plate win ticked off, trainer Chris Waller’s attention has now turned to the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Sydney’s premier trainer has guided Winx through another faultless Cox Plate campaign which culminated in the mare winning Australasia’s weight-for-age championship for an unprecedented fourth time. And… Read More »
Victoria Derby favourite Thinkin’ Big has drawn close to the middle of the field in barrier nine in the Classic at Flemington. A field of 16 plus two emergencies has been declared for Saturday’s 2500m-staying test for three-year-olds. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Thinkin’ Big will be ridden… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock Managing Director Jamie Lovett had a plain start to the Spring when his Melbourne Cup hopeful Torcedor was ruled out of the race. But the racing game can change in an instant and he’s a man on a high. That is because his purchase from Japan, Brave Smash,… Read More »
Champion sprinter Redzel has tuned up for his next assignment with a win in a barrier trial on the Kensington track at Randwick. The dual winner of The Everest, Redzel ran in the trial wearing his race day blinkers. Kerrin McEvoy took him straight to the front and he held… Read More »
High profile owner Lloyd Williams has blasted officials over the requirement to have Melbourne Cup favourite Yucatan’s name changed ahead of the race. Imported galloper Yucatan who was an ultra impressive winner in the Herbert Power Stakes seeing him firm into Melbourne Cup favouritism shares the same name as the… Read More »
Warwick Farm trained David Pfieffer is confident his stable pin up horse I Am Excited can continue her winning ways this Saturday at Flemington and then take on the big boys and girls a week later in the Group l VRC Sprint Classic (1200m). Before she takes on the likes… Read More »
Victoria Derby favourite Thinkin’ Big has continued preparations for the $2 million Classic with a course proper gallop at Flemington. Thinkin’ Big galloped alongside stablemate Shumookh in a hit-out on Tuesday morning with co-trainer Gai Waterhouse watching from the grandstand. The colt heads into Saturday’s Derby after a dominant win… Read More »
Saeed bin Suroor is looking to Thunder Snow to continue his recent run of Group One wins in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. The Godolphin trainer has been in fine form on a worldwide scale with Royal Meeting landing a French Group One victory on Sunday while both… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Yucatan has galloped with his Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate The Cliffsofmoher at Werribee in preparation for Flemington. The pair worked over a lap of the Werribee track, quickening over the final 1200m with Yucatan leading his stablemate home. Yucatan is the $4.50 Melbourne Cup favourite and will be… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse looks at Victoria Derby favourite Thinkin’ Big and is instantly reminded of a horse dear to her heart. Nothin’ Leica Dane gave Waterhouse her solitary victory in the Victoria Derby 23 years ago three days before finishing second to Doriemus in the Melbourne Cup. Now training in partnership… Read More »
A field of 15 has been declared for the Bendigo Cup as a quartet of Melbourne Cup hopefuls make a last-ditch attempt to gain a start. Patrick Erin, Dal Harraild, Lord Fandango and Sir Charles Road are still in contention for the 2018 Melbourne Cup after second declarations were taken… Read More »
A total of 47 horses remain in contention for the Melbourne Cup following second acceptances for the $7 million race at Flemington. Among the 47 are 15 internationally trained horses of which 11 are currently guaranteed a start in the race on November 6. Likely Field 🏆: View the Likely… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman has decided to hand in his Hong Kong licence and return to Australia, citing family reasons. Freedman, who began the Hong Kong phase of his career at the beginning of last season, said he would be returning to Sydney and has applied to train in partnership with… Read More »
James McDonald is itching to get back into the saddle after sitting out the Cox Plate meeting at Moonee Valley through suspension. He has already landed one big spring carnival prize, riding The Autumn Sun to victory in the Caulfield Guineas, and has the mount on favourite Yucatan Ire in… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir says he endured one of his worst days on a racecourse with his two stable stars injured in the Cox Plate. But he is now looking towards to the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington and putting the events of Saturday at Moonee Valley behind him. Humidor, third… Read More »
Hard-working NSW jockey Jeff Penza will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering multiple breaks to his left leg as well as shoulder and wrist injuries in a race fall at Queanbeyan. Penza came off when his mount Murrage fell passing the 450m-mark in a race on Sunday. The horse escaped with… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Humidor will take no further part in the spring carnival with trainer Darren Weir saying he had pulled up sore from his third behind Winx. Humidor is the second Weir-trained horse to come out of Saturday’s race at Moonee Valley in bad shape with Kings Will Dream… Read More »
Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor has continued a stellar month with Royal Meeting winning the Group One Criterium International at Chantilly. During October, the trainer has won the Caulfield Stakes and Caulfield Cup in Australia with Benbatl and Best Solution respectively with the former second to Winx in Saturday’s Cox… Read More »
Queenslander Doubt Defying has won the Listed Sale Cup a few days before his half-brother Sesar’s bid for Group One glory in the Coolmore Stud Stakes. Trained by Steve O’Dea for Aquis Farm, Doubt Defying lived up to his $3.60 favouritism in Sunday’s Sale Cup (1600m) to beat Fastnet Tempest… Read More »
