A jockey in Ireland has been left red faced after a frightening near-miss that could have ended in disaster for the teenage hoop. Evan Daly, 18, had been jogging the track at Navan completely oblivious to the fact the field in the novice hurdle race was heading straight towards him. Daly… Read More »
Cross Counter has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for the powerful global stable Godolphin by winning Australia’s greatest horse race. On a rain-affected track and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy for trainer Charlie Appleby, Cross Counter defeated Marmelo and A Prince Of Arran in an all-northern hemisphere finish. One… Read More »
The race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup (3200m) is fast approaching. It’s the best known race on the Australian calendar and is starting to become the race that stops a world given the significant international increase in recent years. Cup Field 🏆: View the 2018 Melbourne Cup Field… Read More »
Punters have found another way to do their dough after an incredible turn of events in the fourth race at Doomben today. The well-tried Button Pusher appeared to have the race sewn up after kicked clear of her opponents in the home straight. However things quickly turned sour when Button… Read More »
We cover today’s Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw live from 11am with the draw set to commence at 6:30pm following today’s Victoria Derby day meeting at Flemington. Check back here at 6:30pm to get the latest news around the 2018 Melbourne Cup including the barriers for each of the horses in… Read More »
With the Melbourne Cup closing in we take a look at the likely field a week out from the race with a majority of the field already cemented. The race is dominated by international horses and it looks a very hard race to dissect in which Yucatan Ire heads the… Read More »
The Darren Weir-trained Tosen Basil is not expected to be among the final acceptors for Tuesday’s $7.3million Melbourne Cup. Connections of the Japanese import are believed to have decided against running in the Melbourne Cup after reports of another underwhelming gallop at Warrnambool on Friday morning. The ommision of Tosen Basil now… Read More »
As punters found out in the Bendigo Cup on Wednsday, things don’t always to go plan for the favourites which seem to have the form on their side. With so many good horses in big fields as well as hidden overseas form or unraced 2-year-olds, sometimes rank outsiders have claimed… Read More »
English stayer Duretto has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup with a stress fracture to his left foreleg. The Andrew Balding-trained Duretto was lame after trackwork on Saturday and has undergone a wide range of veterinary tests. The fracture was detected on Wednesday after a bone scan a day… Read More »
Star Western Australian jockey Peter Hall has been left shocked after being informed that he’s no longer welcome to speak at schools. Have Your Say 🗣: Should jockeys be allowed to speak at schools? – Comment below The Perth Cup-winning hoop says he would often be invited to speak at… Read More »
The Moonee Valley Racing Club chief executive has summed it up after Winx delivered in the Cox Plate. “It’s the fitting finale to a grand build-up, to see her deliver like that,” MVRC chief Michael Browell said. “To think one horse could win four Cox Plates, she’s gone from being… Read More »
TAB has attempted to uncover what makes Winx so great with a video focusing on her incredible physiology. The video has identified several attributes that have made the superstar mare beyond comparison. Points of Interest: Winx’s stride in full flight is on average 6.53 metres, which is a lot smaller… Read More »
Jockey Anthony Allen will not want to watch the replay of his ride in Race Five at Beaudesert after he got things horribly wrong. Allen was aboard $4.80 chance Catch Me Later in the race in which he rode the horse out the first time around the course, misjudging the… Read More »
A decade after winning his first Caulfield Cup, Godolphin trainer Saaed bin Suroor has triumphed again with international visitor Best Solution producing a gutsy performance to take out the world’s richest 2400m handicap on turf. In a desperate finish to Saturday’s $5 million race, top weight Best Solution held off… Read More »
