We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Caulfield, Rosehill and Eagle Farm. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Group l racing returns to Caulfield this Saturday where it is Memsie Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Memsie Stakes 🏆: View the Memsie Stakes Field
The quality racing continues at Rosehill this Saturday where it is San Domenico Stakes Day. The weather is overcast, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
The Australian racing community is mourning the death of apprentice jockey Mikaela Claridge during routine trackwork. The 22-year-old, who was married in March, died from undisclosed injuries in an accident at the Cranbourne training centre in southeast Melbourne on Friday morning. The centre was then closed for training and the… Read More »
A 22-year-old Clyde woman has sadly died after a tragic fall during trackwork at Cranbourne racecourse this morning. Update 📝:Racing community mourns death of Mikaela Claridge The jockey is believed to have fallen from her mount during routine trackwork at around 4:45am Friday morning. “It is with great sadness that… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup dream is alive for connections of improving stayer Steel Prince who is set to be among the locally trained horses trying to stave off the international runners in this year’s $8 million race at Flemington. Steel Prince, an import trained by Anthony Freedman, rose through the grades… Read More »
This is the most extraordinary story you will read today. We all saw those graphic, heart-warming pics of Trapeze Artist at Widden Stud last week when he was reintroduced to his former rider, the injured jockey Tye Angland. The horse bent down, sniffed him in his wheelchair and raised his… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney has unveiled plans for the horse he hopes can give him a second win in the famous race. Moroney, who trained Brew to win in 2000, was in his native New Zealand on Wednesday as an ambassador for the Melbourne Cup tour with the trophy… Read More »
Seven Group One winners feature among a field of 13 for the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Star Godolphin mare and favourite Alizee has barrier 11 while her stablemate Hartnell will carry the No.1 saddlecloth and jump from the inside barrier in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age Memsie Stakes. Market 💰:… Read More »
Prominent trainer Liam Birchley will close his Brisbane stable next month. Birchley has confirmed he will no longer be a trainer but from next week will have another role in the industry. “But I can’t say anything else,” he told AAP. Birchley has sent a letter to owners outlining his… Read More »
Dubious is likely to have blinkers re-applied for the Group Three McNeil Stakes at Caulfield as trainer Ciaron Maher looks for the colt to bounce back from an unplaced first-up run on a soft track. Three-year-old Dubious finished fourth in his season return in the Vain Stakes (1100m) last Saturday… Read More »
Star Godolphin mare Alizee has opened as the clear favourite in betting for Saturday’s Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Alizee who is coming off a stylish win in the G2 Missile Stakes heads the all-in market for Saturday’s feature at Caulfield the G1 Memsie Stakes with online bookmaker Sportsbet… Read More »
Popular female jockey Nikita Beriman will miss the Spring carnival and may be forced to retired after battling an ongoing hip issue. Beriman has not ridden since the end of July after her hip injury flared up and she has decided to take a lengthy break out of the saddle… Read More »
The news that Mystic Journey is to bypass the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield is music to the ears of trainer Ciaron Maher. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, will have two runners in Melbourne’s first Group One race of the new season. Cliff’s Edge and Humidor will represent… Read More »
Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick in his sights with stable stalwart Fell Swoop who will begin his campaign in Melbourne. Fell Swoop, a multiple stakes winner and multiple Group One placegetter, is scheduled to kick off in the Listed Chandler Macleod Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
On the same day his stable star signalled her spring intentions, a horse Anthony Cummings always thought could measure up has made her mark. A couple of hours after three-year-old Libertini set Randwick alight in the Silver Shadow Stakes, her year older stablemate Mizzy claimed victory in the Group Three… Read More »
A colt who cost just $3000 as a yearling has continued a rise through the grades early in his three-year-old season to win the Listed McKenzie Stakes at The Valley. The Richard Laming-trained Condo’s Express won at the same track on August 3 but took another step up in Saturday’s… Read More »
Tim Clark has pulled off a major upset in the first Group One race of the season with a bold front-running ride aboard Samadoubt to win the Winx Stakes at Randwick. Leaving some of Australia’s best weight-for-age stars in his wake, Samadoubt ($31) took up the running, picked up the… Read More »
Rachel King and Godolphin sprinter Deprive have renewed their winning association – but only just. In a finish that had his jockey anxiously waiting for the result, Deprive ($3.30 fav) got the decision by a nose over Trope ($4.60) to claim his first Group Three win in Saturday’s Show County… Read More »
Assertive Approach has bounced back from a last-start defeat at Flemington with a dominant performance in the Listed Carlyon Stakes at The Valley. Lining up for only his fifth start on Saturday, Assertive Approach was giving away experience to his five rivals. It didn’t stop punters backing him into a… Read More »
