Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment has been retired and will spend his days at Living Legends in Melbourne. The Lloyd and Nick Williams-owned stayer finished 11th in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup behind Verry Elleegant, his third start in the great race. Nick Williams posted on social media the retirement of the northern hemisphere eight-year-old… Read More »
Dream Queen flew the flag for Lindsay Park at the Cox Plate meeting at The Valley and they will be hoping she can do so again at Flemington. The daughter of Super Easy runs in the Group 3 Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Thursday, her third start for trainers Ben and… Read More »
Looks Like Elvis has been a stable warrior and trainer Jarrod Austin is hoping he can finally break his stakes drought in the Ladies Day Cup at Hawkesbury. The seven-year-old has placed in six feature races and finished fifth in a Group 1 Epsom Handicap but is yet to taste success at… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is known as the race that stops the nation but a recent downward trend in TV ratings suggest that may no longer be the case. 1.21m metro viewers tuned in to watch the Melbourne Cup on Network 10 and while that figure might sound impressive it’s no… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock will be the only stable with multiple runners in the feature race on day three of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The pair has Gonnadancealot and Tiz My Bay lining-up in the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on Thursday. But the weather, and how much rain falls at Flemington, will determine their hopes…. Read More »
It is the jewel in the crown of Australian two-year-old racing and from 2022, the Golden Slipper will be worth $5 million. The boost represents a $1.5 million increase, with the Australian Turf Club offering a further cherry on the top through the introduction of a $1 million bonus to any… Read More »
Fresh from training five winners across three venues on Melbourne Cup day, John O’Shea has every reason to be optimistic that Rocha Clock can break her Rosehill hoodoo. O’Shea’s team was in fine form across the country on Tuesday with Southern Lad and I Am Lethal winning at Randwick, Comrade Rosa and This’llbetheone successful… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 3 Destine Jewellery Race Two: 2 Super Hong Kong Race Three: 2 Bingo Bingo Race Four: 3 Whiskey Neat Race Five: 6 Zebrowski Race Six: 3 Romantic Combo Race… Read More »
The three placegetters from the Melbourne Cup have helped shape the race into one of the strongest on record. The 2021 Melbourne Cup may prove to be one of the greatest ever run. That is the view of Victoria Racing Club Executive General Manager Racing, Leigh Jordon, after Verry Elleegant posted… Read More »
Owner Brae Sokolski broke COVID protocols by jumping the mounting yard fence to celebrate the win of Verry Elleegant in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Sokolski has a share in the ownership of both Verry Elleegant and the runner-up, Cup favourite Incentivise, and was on course for the first time this spring to… Read More »
The Busuttin and Young-trained Rich Hips ($7) has saluted in the Group 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington for the second year running with a daring ride from visiting hoop Nash Rawiller. The Written Tycoon mare won convincingly by a length and a quarter over Exceldia ($26) with Paul’s… Read More »
James McDonald is now a Melbourne Cup-winning jockey after partnering Verry Elleegant to a dominant victory in the race that stops a nation. Having his ninth ride in the Melbourne Cup, James McDonald positioned Verry Elleegant midfield and one off the rail. The daughter of Zed crept closer from the 800m… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has landed his first Melbourne Cup with Verry Elleegant who became the first mare since Makybe Diva to win Australia’s great race. Last season’s Australian Horse of the Year spreadeagled her 22 rivals to claim a four-length win in Australia’s great race. The crowd of 10,000 at Flemington to mark the end of… Read More »
Hall Of Fame trainer Chris Waller has his first win in the Melbourne Cup with his champion mare Verry Elleegant ($18) posting a dominant victory by four lengths over race favourite Incentivise ($2.90F), with international raider Spanish Mission ($10) a further half a length back in third. It was a last minute decision to… Read More »
Read what the jockeys said about their rides in the 2021 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Winning Jockey (Verry Elleegant) – James McDonald Thoughts on Verry Elleegant: “I love her to bits. She has been so good to me. I can safely say she is a champion now isn’t she? She knows.”… Read More »
Profiteer will be set for Group 1 sprints in the autumn after his return to winning form on the straight course at Flemington. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained three-year-old took out the Schweppervescence Plate (1000m) on Tuesday to break a winless streak of four runs since winning the Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick in February. Profiteer had earlier won… Read More »
The 2021 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 »
Trainer Matt Cumani’s disappointment at missing out on having a Melbourne Cup starter has been offset with the win of Team Captain at Flemington. Cumani was set to start Future Score in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, but the gelding was withdrawn on veterinary advice with lameness. Future Score was one of two runners under a fitness… Read More »
The saying goes that you win one, you lose one, and that was the case with Brereton getting his nose on the line first in the Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington. Brereton was outbobbed on debut in the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on October 9 but made amends in the Group… Read More »
Prominent syndicators OTI Racing have raised concerns over the process behind the scratching of Future Score ($201) from the Melbourne Cup 2021. The Matt Cumani-trained 7YO was scratched earlier this morning after Racing Victoria veterinarians reported that he was presenting with lameness in his right foreleg. Following the news that… Read More »
