Ben Melham is free to ride on Caulfield Guineas day after having the severity of a careless riding suspension reduced on appeal. Fellow jockey John Allen has also had a win on appeal against the severity of a careless riding ban and can ride on Saturday. Melham was banned for… Read More »
Ben Melham has successfully appealed the careless riding suspension which had threatened to rule him out of riding on Caulfield Guineas day. Melham was suspended for nine meetings following his ride on Keysor in Race 2 at last Thursday’s Ballarat meeting. The 29-year-old jockey successfully appealed the severity of the… Read More »
Royal Symphony will wear winkers in the $2 million Group One Caulfield Guineas as he bids to bounce back from his first defeat. The Tony McEvoy-trained colt won his first four starts in style to earn Guineas favouritism but the three-year-old had his colours lowered in the Prelude (1400m) last… Read More »
Ben Melham has appealed the careless riding suspension which threatens to keep him out of the Caulfield Guineas meeting. Fellow Group One-winning jockey John Allen has also appealed the severity of a careless riding ban he incurred at the same Ballarat meeting on Thursday and he would need to get… Read More »
One TAB punter hopes to take home $210,000 after placing a $2,000 multi-bet on two upcoming Group 1 races. The hopeful punter has backed Kementari to win the Caulfield Guineas in the first leg of the TAB double. Kementari is on the second line of betting on the all-in market… Read More »
Unless he successfully appeals a suspension, Ben Melham will miss lucrative rides at the Caulfield Guineas meeting. Melham was outed at Ballarat on Thursday with his ban to begin after Saturday’s Flemington meeting and end a day after the Caulfield Guineas meeting on October 14. He is the regular rider… Read More »
Group-winning colt Sircconi will be out to confirm Caulfield Guineas plans when he runs in a Listed race at Flemington, seven days before the $2 million feature for three-year-olds. The Peter Morgan-trained Sircconi defeated older horses over 1400m second-up at Caulfield last Saturday week after an interrupted preparation. Morgan is… Read More »
What was looking as a likely strong line-up from Lindsay Park for the Guineas races at Caulfield has dwindled to one definite and one possibility. Filly Catchy will tackle the males in the Caulfield Guineas on October 14 with the stable engaging Mark Zahra to ride the three-year-old. The performance… Read More »
The Paul Perry-trained Perast has caused a minor upset in the Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude, a race which signalled the end of Royal Symphony’s unbeaten run. Perast ($11) was backing up eight days after a tough effort for seventh in the Group One Golden Rose in Sydney. After sitting… Read More »
View the field and barriers for the 2017 Caulfield Guineas Prelude. The Caulfield Guineas Prelude will be run on Sunday 1st October at Caulfield racecourse. Time: 3:30PM Distance: 1400m Class: Group 3 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Caulfield Guineas Prelude? – Leave a comment below… Read More »
Last season’s champion Melbourne apprentice Beau Mertens has achieved one of his spring carnival goals with victory on Caulfield Guineas-bound Showtime at Moonee Valley. Mertens’ win on the Hawkes Racing-trained colt in Friday night’s Group Two Stutt Stakes (1600m) was the apprentice’s first in a Group race after two Listed… Read More »
A wide draw at the 1400m start at Caulfield is usually considered a nail in the coffin, especially in a feature race. But trainer Tony McEvoy couldn’t be happier with barrier 12 for Royal Symphony in the Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Sunday. The draw represents the second widest… Read More »
Godolphin is leaving nothing to chance in its chase for a Group One victory in Melbourne with Kementari. The colt makes his Melbourne debut in the Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Sunday en route to next month’s Caulfield Guineas 2017. Kementari went to Caulfield on Tuesday to gallop and… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price is considering throwing unbeaten colt Octabello in the deep end in the $2 million Group One Caulfield Guineas if the three-year-old can gain a start. After winning his maiden at Bendigo on debut in early July, Octabello resumed from a break in Wednesday’ Rose Of May Handicap… Read More »
A crack at the Caulfield Guineas remains firmly on the radar for Azazel and trainer Tony McEvoy is excited to see the colt step up in distance in the Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. McEvoy already has the reigning Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony in his stable and the unbeaten… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy’s intention is to run Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony in the Prelude against his own age despite also nominating him for the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on the same program. Royal Symphony is unbeaten in four starts and is one of 19 nominations for Sunday’s… Read More »
Group Two winner Sircconi has beaten older horses at Caulfield and has left trainer Peter Morgan pondering where to take the colt next. Morgan admitted he has been “playing catch-up” with last season’s VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner in the past couple of weeks and the colt missed a planned… Read More »
Godolphin colt Kementari has already been sent to Melbourne, ruling out the $1 million Golden Rose in Sydney. The James Cummings-trained colt was initially considered a Golden Rose prospect but the Godolphin team has changed tack with the three-year-old after announcing he had travelled to Melbourne for the Caulfield Guineas… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy is weighing up the best option for Royal Symphony’s final lead-up to his main spring target and is leaning towards the Caulfield Guineas Prelude. Royal Symphony remained unbeaten when he overcame difficulties to storm home late and win the Listed Pin & Win Plate (1400m) at Flemington… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has been leaving nothing to chance as he prepares unbeaten Merchant Navy for two important Group One races. The first of those is Saturday’s $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill followed by the Caulfield Guineas three weeks later. Undefeated in four starts, Merchant Navy will have his first… Read More »
