Well-bred colt Alcyone has broken his maiden and secured a ballot exemption into this year’s Victoria Derby with victory in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. By stallion Teofilo out of 2009 Queensland Oaks winner Purple, Alcyone was sent out the $1.95 favourite in Saturday’s 1800m race which provided a staying… Read More »
A bunch of two-year-olds are set to face a distance test late in their juvenile season in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. The Byerley Handicap is over 1800m and presents a chance for juveniles showing potential staying qualities to run over an extended distance for the first time against their… Read More »
Huntly Castle will be aimed towards the Group One Victoria Derby this spring after passing a distance test as a late-season two-year-old in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. The Byerley (1800m) on the penultimate weekend of the season is the only race restricted to two-year-olds in Melbourne over further than… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2019 Byerley Handicap. The Byerley Handicap was raced at Flemington racecourse on 20/7/2019. Replay: Huntly Castle wins the Byerley and a golden ticket into the Victoria Derby! @JyeMcNeil @lindsayparkrace pic.twitter.com/P6oTqV1Z07 — Racing.com (@Racing) July 20, 2019 Results Runner Tote 1st 2. HUNTLY CASTLE… Read More »
A strong nine race card has been assembled for Flemington on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 Byerley Handicap. The Byerley Handicap will be run on Saturday 20th July at Flemington racecourse. Time: 1:00pm Distance: 1800m Comments: The winner gains ballot exemption into the Victoria Derby or the VRC Oaks. Have Your Say: Who do you think will… Read More »
A long neck has been the difference between maiden filly Presently spending time in the paddock and racing at Flemington. Presently runs for the fourth time in Saturday’s Byerley Handicap, a race that affords the winner ballot exemption in the Victoria Derby and/or VRC Oaks. Saturday’s 1800m race was not… Read More »
A distance test for two-year-olds on the penultimate weekend of the season is something trainer David Hayes believes Huntly Castle will appreciate at Flemington. Saturday’s Byerley Handicap is over 1800m and is a chance for middle distance and staying prospects to be tested over further than 1600m against their own… Read More »
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 »
