The ballot exemption on offer into a spring Classic is part of the attraction for trainer Tony McEvoy to send Marndarra from South Australia to Melbourne to run in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. Saturday’s Byerley over 1800m for two-year-olds carries a ballot exemption for the winner into the G1… Read More »
Visao has earned a shot at the Victoria Derby with a dominant display in a two-year-old race at Flemington. The colt’s win in Saturday’s Byerley Handicap (1800m) gained the Ciaron Maher-trained galloper a ballot exemption in the Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington in November. After an earlier win with… Read More »
A relatively short turnaround since So You Swing’s last-start second is co-trainer Simon Zahra’s only query for the filly ahead of the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. So You Swing is one of two runners for co-trainers Mat Ellerton and Zahra in Saturday’s $120,000 race for two-year-olds , a late-season chance… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing claimed his biggest victory when Polanski won the 2013 Victoria Derby at Flemington. On Saturday, at the some course, 11 two-year-olds will be vying for a ballot exemption into November’s Group One Victoria Derby, or VRC Oaks, when they contest the Byerley Handicap. Laing will be represented… Read More »
A ballot exemption into this year’s Victoria Derby or VRC Oaks is on offer to the winner of the Byerley Handicap at Flemington and the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable is hoping to take advantage of it. Waterhouse and Bott have sent Fun Fact south from Sydney to run… Read More »
A ballot exemption into this year’s Victoria Derby or VRC Oaks will be up for grabs when some late-season two-year-olds step out to 1800m at Flemington in the Byerley Handicap. The Byerley Handicap has been reintroduced to the Victorian program this season and nominations have been extended until Tuesday after… Read More »
