It’s A Dundeel will miss Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes and another clash with Atlantic Jewel with trainer Murray Baker losing the battle with a troublesome hoof abscess. But Baker says the four-year-old remains on target for the Cox Plate on October 26 despite a five-week break between races. It’s A Dundeel… Read More »
Race 6 – Cathay Pacific Caulfield Stakes (2000 METRES) Of $400,000.1st $240,000, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000, 4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Maidens at time of entry are ineligible, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM… Read More »
Naturalism Stakes winner Mr O’Ceirin has been penalised half a kilogram for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups for his Group Three victory. The Ciaron Maher-trained stayer booked his place in the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 19 with his victory in Saturday’s Naturalism (2000m) which carried a ballot… Read More »
When Geoff Lane was 18 and half way through the most successful jockey’s apprenticeship Australian racing has known, a transfer deal was hatched in which he would switch stables from Tommy Woodcock to the leading trainer of the day Jack Godby. “It gave me the opportunity to make a few… Read More »
A horse who has endured a career threatening injury and who appeared to have reached his peak three years ago has turned in the best performance by an Australian-trained galloper in Hong Kong in a decade. Alcopop, an eight-year-old who started favourite in the 2009 Melbourne Cup and whose career… Read More »
Three years ago he started favourite in the Melbourne Cup and 12 months later he was fighting for his life. Now, at the age of eight, he’s the form horse of the Melbourne spring with a Group One win against his name. Alcopop, a horse who has fought his way… Read More »
New Zealand galloper ‘Ocean Park’ has won today’s feature race the 2012 Cox Plate. Ridden by Glen Boss Ocean Park was given every chance when settled mid field before peeling out from behind the early leaders Ethiopia and Proisir and sprinted too quickly for the very gallant 3YO All Too… Read More »
Alcopop and Moudre have secured the final two places in the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup. When the final field was declared on Tuesday, there was no surprises among the 18 horses to face the starter in the Group One race. Alcopop earned his berth after making a timely return to… Read More »
Glen Boss says he will be riding the right horse in the Cox Plate after New Zealander Ocean Park completed a hat-trick of Group One wins in the Caulfield Stakes. Ocean Park, who turned four on Saturday, backed up from victories in last month’s Mafki Challenge in his homeland and… Read More »
Race 5 – 2:50PM Cathay Pacific Caulfield Stakes (2000 METRES) Of $400,000.1st $240,000, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000, 4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Maidens at time of entry are ineligible, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Good 3 Time: 2:04.70 Last 600m: 0:34.78 INTERIM RESULTSOffical… Read More »
Ocean Park has continued an unbeaten spring build-up to the Cox Plate with a hard-fought win in the Caulfield Stakes. The New Zealand star, a short-priced favourite, had to call on all his reserves to beat Alcopop and the Sydney galloper Sincero. Ocean Park winning the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes… Read More »
Group one racing continues at Caulfield this Sunday where it’s day one of the Caulfield racing carnival, which is Caulfield Guineas Day. All eyes will be on crack colt Pierro, who is $1.28 to take out the famous $1 million mile race. The only possible danger, if any, is the… Read More »
Andrew Hawkins: Welcome to Run for the Money, a new internet-based roundtable discussing the weekend’s racing! It’s Andrew Hawkins here, joined by two young guns in Jay Mathieson and Joshua Kayll as we look towards this weekend’s Caulfield Guineas Day! Welcome gents, excited for a big weekend of racing? Jay… Read More »
The Caulfield Stakes sees a select field of eight runners taking part. Those who competed in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (Ocean Park, Manighar and Sincero) dominate the early market. Special Offer: $500 FREE BET – Luxbet (Tabcorp owned) Special Offer 2: $300 FREE BET – Bookmaker.com.au (Australian Owned) Special… Read More »
Group 1 Underwood Stakes winner Ocean Park is now into odds on favourite for the Caulfield Stakes on Saturday after Manighar was scratched from the race this morning. Manighar wasat $2.60 before being scratched thus the odds of Ocean Park have been slashed. View the full Caulfield Stakes market. Form… Read More »
The Caulfield Stakes has lost one of its main contenders in Manighar but that hasn’t changed anything for Glen Boss who rides the favourite Ocean Park. Boss expects Ocean Park to keep his impressive spring form going at Caulfield on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering $3 million Cox Plate… Read More »
The Peter Moody stable has been dealt a heavy blow with his middle-distance star Manighar suffering a injury that has ended his spring campaign. Moody said the horse would have surgery on an injured knee and would then be spelled. Manighar had been due to run in Saturday’s Group One… Read More »
Manighar, the first horse to win the Australian Cup-Ranvet Stakes-The BMW treble, is out of the spring carnival. The gutsy grey, trained by Peter Moody, will go for a spell immediately after it was discovered he would require a minor knee operation. He was the second favourite for this Saturday’s… Read More »
Stephen Farley is satisfied Sincero’s Cox Plate preparation is progressing as hoped but the trainer will keep a possible ace up his sleeve for the gelding’s spring grand final. Sincero will run in Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Stakes (2000m) and Farley won’t tinker with the dual Group One winner’s gear… Read More »
Race 5 – 2:50PM Cathay Pacific Caulfield Stakes (2000 METRES) Of $400,000.1st $240,000, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000, 4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Maidens at time of entry are ineligible, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4… Read More »
