Leading Melbourne Cup 2022 contender Lunar Flare has been scratched from today’s race after failing to pass a vet inspection this morning. Racing Vets vets re-inspected Lunar Flare and Interpretation this morning ahead of today’s Melbourne Cup after both horses failed their vet checks yesterday. Lunar Flare still presented with… Read More »
Natalie Hinkley was crowned the star of the show at today’s Melbourne Cup Call Of The Card at Crown where she took on punters writing bets upwards of $1million in liability. swiftbet took multiple big bets from punters on tomorrow’s Melbourne Cup including $15,000 on High Emocean at $61, $70,000… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy says it would mean a lot if he could join Bobbie Lewis and Harry White as a joint record holder of the most Melbourne Cup wins. Lewis rode his four Cup wins over a 27-year period in the early 1900’s while White, who died on Cox Plate eve, registered his four victories… Read More »
To have one runner in the Melbourne Cup is a dream but to have five from the one stable comes down to the dedication of staff. Ciaron Maher & David Eustace have five runners in the field for the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday although there is a slight query… Read More »
Sydney jockey Tommy Berry is looking forward to making a return to Flemington and riding in the Melbourne Cup. Berry is booked to ride the Annabel Neasham-trained Numerian in Tuesday’s 3200m contest, his first ride in the race since 2019. That year Berry partnered the Chris Waller-trained Youngstar into 20th position before COVID restrictions forced the… Read More »
Jimmy Orman, Queensland’s leading jockey, will not be riding in Brisbane on Melbourne Cup day. Instead, Orman will make his second trip to Sydney in seventeen days to once again ride the David McColm trained Far Too Easy, who he partnered to a runner-up finish in the $2 million The… Read More »
Mathew Ellerton, who has been appointed the new trainer for the Kennedy Racing stable, will have his first runner for the Kennedy team at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day when Zakat, a six-year-old Lonhro gelding, goes out to face the starter in race eight on the card. The Ellerton/Kennedy partnership… Read More »
Two of Australasian racing’s greatest jockeys … whether you are looking at it from a current or an historical perspective … will be perched on some vantage point at Flemington tomorrow watching the big race instead of riding for their lives to try and secure further personal Melbourne Cup glory…. Read More »
Lunar Flare will need to pass a veterinary inspection on race morning if she is to take her place in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after Racing Victoria stewards detected an issue with the mare on Monday morning. The Grahame Begg-trained seven-year-old was found to be lame during the second round of veterinary… Read More »
Chris Waller is planning to be at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day, but he will be eagerly watching the inaugural staging of the $2 million Big Dance at Randwick. While Sydney’s Cup day program has long attracted strong crowd numbers, it has lacked a focal point on the racetrack and the… Read More »
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Grahame Begg will have his first runner in a Melbourne Cup when Lunar Flare takes to the track at Flemington. Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (3200m) came on the radar for Begg and connections after the now seven-year-old mare won the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m) last year. Begg has… Read More »
The 2022 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8,000,000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field… Read More »
Lloyd Williams’ will have to rely on a single runner in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after Point Nepean was scratched from the field on Monday morning. Trainer Robert Hickmott advised stewards on Monday that Point Nepean had returned elevated blood results. The withdrawal leaves Serpentine as Williams’ only runner in the… Read More »
Stephen Miller says Saintorio took a big stride towards next month’s WA Guineas (1600m) following a gritty win in the Quayclean Handicap (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. Ridden by Brad Parnham , Saintorio had a perfect run behind the leader in third position and held on to defeat Tri For Us by… Read More »
‘Pressure is for tyres’ but UK trainer James Ferguson admits he can feel it building as the Melbourne Cup draws close. Ferguson prepares the TAB’s $3.60 Cup favourite Deauville Legend who is the only horse under $11 less than 48 hours out from 3200m contest at Flemington. “They say pressure is for tyres, but I am feeling… Read More »
The hard work is done for Without A Fight ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington for UK co-trainer Ed Crisford says it is an honour to be in Melbourne preparing Without A Fight for a tilt at the 2022 Melbourne Cup. Crisford, who prepares the stayer with his father… Read More »
John O’Shea is keeping a close watch on the weather before deciding whether Maximal will run in Sydney or Melbourne next weekend. The son of Galileo has been plagued by rain-affected tracks since his arrival in Australia 12 months ago, but the times he has made it to the races and struck drier… Read More »
Trainer Gai Waterhouse is expecting the Werribee Mob to run well in the Melbourne Cup. Waterhouse and co-trainer Adrian Bott have Hoo Ya Mal in Tuesday’s 3200m contest at Flemington, one of four international contenders. Cup favourite Deauville Legend runs for James Ferguson and Without A Fight, for Simon and Ed Crisford, represent the UK brigade while Camorra runs for Australia… Read More »
The 2022 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8,000,000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes are hoping to have a better Melbourne Cup experience with Camorra than they had 12 months ago with their first runner. Port Guillaume came to Australia to run in the 2020 Melbourne Cup, but bone bruising ruled him out while the Hayes brothers prepared the import for another… Read More »
