Punters have swarmed to Arcadia Queen to win the Golden Eagle with the mare backed from $4.20 to $2.80 after drawing barrier five of 17 in the inaugural running of the $7.5 million race at Rosehill. The mare has displaced former favourite, Doncaster Mile winner Brutal, who will start from… Read More »
Followin this morning’s announcement of the final field and barrier draw for Saturday’s Victoria Derby at Flemington, Shadow Hero has drifted as favourite at TAB from $3 to $3.30. The Mark Newnham-trained gelding was victorious two starts back in the Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill on September 28 before winning the… Read More »
As Michael Walker eagerly awaits a second chance at the Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Arran, he will first take care of business on Derby day at Flemington. While Walker does not have a ride in Saturday’s Victoria Derby, he is booked on runners from Chris Waller in the three… Read More »
Doncaster Mile winner Brutal has been displaced as favourite for the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill after drawing the outside barrier in the field of 17. Arcadia Queen, who will start from barrier five, remains at $4.20, replacing Brutal at the top of the market with the latter… Read More »
One-time VRC Oaks favourite Celestial Falls will miss the race but her trainer Mark Newnham still has the chance for Classic glory in Melbourne. Shadow Hero assumed favouritism for Saturday’s Victoria Derby with his Group One victory in the Spring Champion Stakes in which he beat Castelvecchio. The Spring Champion… Read More »
Donald may not be on the radar for those searching for potential Classic winners, but the track in north-central Victoria is one Ciaron Maher recommends. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, points to VRC Oaks winner Set Square racing at Donald early in her career while Victoria Derby… Read More »
Hawkes Racing is leaving nothing to chance as they chase an important Group One victory with lightly raced colt Exceedance. The three-year-old is set to run in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Since being elevated to Group One status in 2006, the Coolmore Stud Stakes has been won… Read More »
History awaits star Australian jockey Damian Lane when he returns to riding on Melbourne Cup day after a suspension. With wins in the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup and Saturday’s Cox Plate already in his keeping during 2019, Lane can create history at Flemington on November 5 when he rides Japanese… Read More »
After digging deeper into Sunlight’s performance in The Everest, co-trainer Tony McEvoy is happy to bite the bullet for a shot at the Golden Eagle. Sunlight finished 10th behind Yes Yes Yes in The Everest on October 19, leaving the trainer puzzled and searching for answers. “When we dissected the… Read More »
One time Melbourne Cup favourite Avilius has been ruled out of the race with Godolphin opting to spell the horse following his run in the Cox Plate. Avilius who headed the early markets for the 2019 Melbourne Cup after his successful Autumn campaign will not line-up in this years Melbourne… Read More »
After his third in the Caulfield Cup on his Australian debut, Mirage Dancer is on target for his bid for Melbourne Cup glory. Now trained at Cranbourne by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, the former Sir Michael Stoute-trained horse finished 1-1/4 lengths from Japanese horse Mer De Glace in the… Read More »
A stunning year for Damian Lane has continued with the Australian jockey adding his first Cox Plate on star Japanese mare Lys Gracieux. Having already won the Golden Slipper on Australian filly Kiamichi in March and last week’s Caulfield Cup on Japanese horse Mer De Glace, Lane added the next… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has literally had to scrape paint to win the inaugural $1 million Bondi Stakes at Randwick aboard Kubrick. The Chris Waller-trained colt started the $3.70 equal favourite in the 1600m-race on Saturday after being brought back from Melbourne following a disappointing effort in the Caulfield Guineas. Avdulla had… Read More »
All options remain on the table for up-and-coming stayer Master Of Wine after he produced a dazzling turn of foot to win the City Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick. His victory came nine years after the Hawkes team last claimed the race with Maluckyday, who went on to win the… Read More »
Irish horse Hunting Horn has firmed for the Melbourne Cup after winning the Moonee Valley Gold Cup in his first spring carnival appearance in Victoria. From the stable of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore, Hunting Horn was well supported to start $4.20 in Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Lys Gracieux has brought her best form from Japan to claim the $5 million Cox Plate, Australia’s weight-for-age championship. A week after Mer De Glace won the Caulfield Cup for Japan, Lys Gracieux has given her rivals a start and a beating at The Valley. She came with a surging… Read More »
Chief Ironside has continued the successful invasion of international raiders by taking out the Crystal Mile at The Valley. The victory of Chief Ironside, trained by French-born UK-based David Menuisier, on Saturday followed the success of Hunting Horn in the preceding race, the Moonee Valley Cup. Other winners to come… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys is keeping his feet firmly planted after Soul Patch raced his way into Victoria Derby contention with an impressive win at The Valley. Soul Patch won Saturday’s Drummond Golf Vase (2040m) and had his price slashed from $11 into $5 for next Saturday’s Victoria Derby over 2500m… Read More »
A punter with the TAB will be sweating on this weekends Cox Plate where they will be hoping a $41 bonus bet could see them win over $178,000 The TAB punter used a $41 Bonus Bet to place a ten leg multi with this weekends Cox Plate result the last… Read More »
The John Sadler-trained Sartorial Splendor has always had a bit of a boom on him and the colt has started to deliver on that potential with his first stakes race win at The Valley. Ridden by Jamie Kah in Saturday’s Group Three 1300 Australia Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds, Sartorial Splendour… Read More »
