A narrow victory in the Group Three Sandown Stakes on Gold Fields has given jockey Stephen Baster a memorable finish to his career. Baster was riding at his final meeting on Saturday before retiring to begin a new career as a real estate agent on the Mornington Peninsula from Monday…. Read More »
A rugby league TV show a couple of months ago, showcased the singing talents of representative rugby league footballer, Dale Finucane. And with guitar in hand, he was outstanding. This year he was named Melbourne Storm Player Of The Year also. When he performed Lewis Capaldi’s, Someone You Loved on… Read More »
Only in America this one. On 1 November, champion British jockey William Buick went to Santa Anita to have a ride in the Breeders’ Cup meet. Remember that. Buick went there, to Santa Anita where 31 horses have died over the past year. Where another broke down as they turned… Read More »
This year, the wonder race mare MAKYBE DIVA, turned 20 years of age. And to celebrate, overnight she had a baby. This one, a handsome filly by More Than Ready, is the 10th for the former two-time Australian Racehorse Of The Year. Delighted to introduce the Makybe Diva x More… Read More »
Yesterday, social media all over the world reacted positively when a video taken at Team Snowden’s yard in Sydney revealed that stable favourite Dothraki had been retired and was magnanimously given to his strapper to have as a gift for ever more. That touched so many people and global giant… Read More »
Outstanding Sydney warrior DOTHRAKI has been retired. Not to stud because he is a gelding, but his retirement has given one lady the happiest moment of her life. Dothraki (Mossman-Volantis), who won $1,654,785 in prizemoney, after costing Tripe Crown Syndicate just $45,000 to buy as a yearling…..8 years ago. He… Read More »
A video posted by Vow And Declare’s trainer and now a Melbourne Cup winner Danny O’Brien after the Caulfield Cup has showed Craig Williams basically give use the Melbourne Cup winner weeks ago. The video shared by Danny O’Brien recorded Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams discuss Vow And Declare’s… Read More »
Australian-bred and trained Vow And Declare has held off the international challenge to win the Melbourne Cup, giving jockey Craig Williams his first success in Australia’s greatest race. The win was also a first for trainer Danny O’Brien with Vow And Declare crossing the line ahead of Master Of Reality,… Read More »
For once-a-year punters, the form guide is not the essential tool in looking to find the Melbourne Cup. It’s the saddlecloth number, the name, the colours, and just about every other little detail like that which frustrates punters who actually do the form and come up with nothing while the novice collects because he/she likes… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller and jockey Glen Boss have combined to win Sydney’s second richest race two weeks after claiming the biggest cheque on offer. Under the kind of ride it seems only Boss can deliver, Kolding has come through the pack to win Saturday’s $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) for… Read More »
Mer De Glace has overtaken Constantinople as Melbourne Cup favourite after the barrier draw for the $8 million race. The Caulfield Cup winner is now the $7 top pick after drawing barrier two in a field of 24 for 3200m test at Flemington on Tuesday. Constantinople has also drawn a… Read More »
Within the space of a few days, racehorse owner John O’Neill’s life went from agony to ecstasy. The agony came with the controversial scratching of his Melbourne Cup hope Marmelo, runner-up in Australia’s most famous race last year. The ecstasy came from winning the $2 million Victoria Derby at Flemington on Saturday. The Anthony… Read More »
The final field for the 2019 Melbourne Cup will be announced today where it is Victoria Derby day at Flemington. We provide live news and information on the finalisation of the Melbourne Cup Field throughout the day as the horses still in contention for the race accept into the final… Read More »
Racing twitter has had more controversy heading into Melbourne Cup week than a reality tv show and this time Tom Waterhouse is involved. If you love controversy than you would be up and about this week with the Linda Meech saga inc Michelle Payne, the Marmelo withdrawal saga and now… Read More »
The question has been asked whether or not one of the leading contenders in this years Melbourne Cup should actually be starting in the race. The Aidan O’Brien trained Il Paradiso is becoming a bit of a controversial runner in the 2019 Melbourne Cup with the lightly raced galloper having… Read More »
A Group One race at Longchamp in France was contested by just two horses overnight. The Group 1 Critérium International was a match race between two horses with Alson winning the race easily beating his only competitor Armory. No contest in a match race vs Armory! Alson and @FrankieDettori win… Read More »
By the time Red Cardinal lined up for last year’s Melbourne Cup, the Darren Weir-trained horse had allegedly been given electric shocks as part of a protracted and covert regime. It’s just one in a series of explosive allegations levelled against 49-year-old Cup-winning trainer Weir, his former assistant and right-hand… Read More »
Veteran stayer and crowd favourite Harntell is set to have his last run during the Flemington carnival. The four time G1 winner had his first start in Australia in the G1 Chipping Norton Stakes in early 2015 where he ran a close second he went on to win the Sky… Read More »
Reigning Hong Kong champion has followed that of Enable and Stradivarius in defeat. Beauty Generation started as the $1.26 favourite with BetEasy for the Sha Tin Trophy but could only manage to run third beaten two lengths. Beauty Generation was chasing his eleventh straight win in the race. Beauty Generation… Read More »
Japan has claimed a second Caulfield Cup victory in five years with Mer De Glace overcoming a slow start to win in the $5 million race. Like Admire Rakti who won for Tomoyuki Umeda in 2014, Mer De Glace settled back in the field before circling his rivals to score… Read More »
