Still riding high after his first Melbourne Cup success, jockey Craig Williams scored another big thrill by winning the Subzero Handicap for good friends. Williams guided favourite Bumper Blast to victory in the annual VRC Oaks day race named after Cup winner Subzero for the grey’s owners, Hong Kong-based David… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer David Hayes tipped the Maribyrnong Plate result in the correct order but the race did not pan out the way he expected. Hard Landing held off stablemate, filly Baaqyah, to win the Group Three race for two-year-olds on the Flemington straight 1000m course on Thursday. Hayes thought… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup Carnival continues this Thursday at Flemington where it is Oaks Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. Oaks Field 🏆: View the Field for the VRC Oaks
A breathtaking performance by Melody Belle on Derby Day at Flemington has given the star New Zealand mare’s connections confidence to chase another Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes. Melody Belle scored an arrogant victory in the Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) for fillies and mares last Saturday, sitting back… Read More »
After a memorable Melbourne Cup win with Vow And Declare, Danny O’Brien feels greedy even hoping to add the VRC Oaks with Miami Bound. But the trainer is convinced Miami Bound has a great chance in Thursday’s $1 million VRC Oaks for three-year-old fillies after taking out one of the… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien has vowed to bring Vow And Declare back to defend the Melbourne Cup title next year. The Australian-bred, owned, trained and ridden Vow And Declare repelled the international invasion to deliver an all-Australian Melbourne Cup victory and a slice of history for jockey Craig Williams. O’Brien and… Read More »
Former NSW MP Geoff Corrigan compares winning a Melbourne Cup to waiting for a knife-edge election result. “It’s just like waiting for a vote to come in on election day,” the remarkably calm part-owner said shortly after winning the $8 million Melbourne Cup. “I was in a very close margin… Read More »
Vow And Declare has repelled the international invasion to deliver an all-Australian Melbourne Cup victory and a slice of history for jockey Craig Williams. In his 16th Cup ride and eight years after missing the winning mount on Dunaden through suspension, Williams became just the eighth jockey to claim Australian… Read More »
Plans are already in place for popular English stayer Prince Of Arran to return for what trainer Charlie Fellowes hopes will be third-time lucky in the 2020 Melbourne Cup. Prince Of Arran was third across the line in a tight finish to Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup at Flemington with the margins… Read More »
Hear what they jockeys had to say following the running of the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Craig Williams (Vow And Declare) 1st : “It was a privilege to ride him today. Look at him, he knows he’s won. I’m so grateful to be given the opportunity. He just gave… Read More »
Australian-bred and trained Vow And Declare has held off the international challenge to win the Melbourne Cup, giving jockey Craig Williams his first success in Australia’s greatest race. The win was also a first for trainer Danny O’Brien with Vow And Declare crossing the line ahead of Master Of Reality,… Read More »
A year after her most recent victory, Teleplay has landed a second stakes success on the Melbourne Cup day program at Flemington. Teleplay won over 1200m at Listed level in 2018 and stepped up to 1400m on Tuesday to take out the Group Three Jim Beam Stakes. Ridden by Nash… Read More »
Garner has capped his first preparation with victory at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day, adding to an impressive recent strike rate in Melbourne for Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards. Three-year-old Garner’s one-length success in Tuesday’s Schweppervescence Plate (1000m) against his own age as the $3.80 favourite was the fourth win for… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday 5th November at Flemington racecourse. Time: 3:00PM Distance: 3200m Class: Group 1 Market 💰: View the odds for the Melbourne Cup Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the… Read More »
Shared Ambition could find himself in the main race at Flemington this time next year after stamping his staying promise with a strong win on the Melbourne Cup day support program. Trainer Chris Waller says the sky is the limit for import Shared Ambition, who is still a three-year-old to… Read More »
Australia’s biggest race the Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday, November 5th at Flemington racecourse and as always it will attract some Big Bets from punters. View the Big Bets on the 2019 Melbourne Cup below. Market 🏆: View the Melbourne Cup odds
The first Tuesday in November means Melbourne Cup Day and the most famous race in Australia, the 3200m contest that stops a nation, highlights a strong ten race program at Flemington on Tuesday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out 3 metres for… Read More »
Despite being the less fancied of the Team Williams quartet and drawing wide, there has been good specking for Twilight Payment with Sportsbet.com.au to take out the Melbourne Cup (3200m). The Joseph O’Brien trained gelding makes his Australian debut in the race that stops a nation, off the back of… Read More »
From a homesick teenager who almost turned his back on Melbourne racing, 25-year-old Damian Lane is now on the verge of taking all before him in the showpiece spring carnival. On the eve of riding Japanese horse Mer De Glace in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup at Flemington, Lane is one race… Read More »
The Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double hasn’t been done since 2001 and Ethereal, but Sportsbet.com.au punters believe that 2019 will be the year it’s done again via Mer De Glace. The Japanese trained Mer De Glace was a dominant winner of the Caulfield Cup and after drawing barrier two he has… Read More »
