Winx has come through her historic Cox Plate win with flying colours and will now get the chance to enjoy a break in the paddock before any decision is made on her racing future. The champion won a record fourth Cox Plate on Saturday at Moonee Valley, stretching her unbeaten… Read More »
One-time Melbourne Cup favourite Kings Will Dream is expected to survive after suffering from a pelvic fracture during the 2018 Cox Plate. Kings Will Dream was taken to a Ballarat Veterinary Clinic after suffering from a pelvic fracture and a ruptured a blood vessel during the Cox Plate. Managing owner Brad Spicer said on… Read More »
View the final field for the 2018 Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup will be run on Tuesday 6th November at Flemington racecourse. Time: 3:00pm Distance: 3200m Class: Group 1 Market 💰: View the Melbourne Cup odds Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Melbourne Cup? – Comment… Read More »
English stayer Duretto has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup with a stress fracture to his left foreleg. The Andrew Balding-trained Duretto was lame after trackwork on Saturday and has undergone a wide range of veterinary tests. The fracture was detected on Wednesday after a bone scan a day… Read More »
Being an expensive yearling brings with it racetrack expectation. And high-priced colt Diplomatico has earned his opportunity on the big stage to deliver a Group One win in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. The Coolmore for three-year-olds on the Victoria Derby program has developed into an important… Read More »
Four three-year-old fillies are set to line up against the older mares in a capacity field for the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. Group One-winning fillies Oohood, Seabrook and Amphitrite and Thousand Guineas runner-up Fundamentalist are all acceptors in the field of 16 plus one emergency for Saturday’s… Read More »
A field of 10 has been declared for the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes for three-year-olds at Flemington. Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By has barrier six in the $1 million straight-track 1200m sprint while the Chris Waller-trained pair of Zousain and Lean Mean Machine have barriers four and three… Read More »
Star Western Australian jockey Peter Hall has been left shocked after being informed that he’s no longer welcome to speak at schools. Have Your Say 🗣: Should jockeys be allowed to speak at schools? – Comment below The Perth Cup-winning hoop says he would often be invited to speak at… Read More »
A ripping program has been assembled for Bendigo this Wednesday for Bendigo Cup Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
If the current trend continues Yucatan ($4.50) will hold his spot at the head of Sportsbet’s Melbourne Cup market, but favourites have a poor record in the great race. Just four favourites in the last 20 years have won, with the most recent Fiorente ($7.00) in 2012. Prior to that,… Read More »
A field of 15 has been declared for the Bendigo Cup as a quartet of Melbourne Cup hopefuls make a last-ditch attempt to gain a start. Patrick Erin, Dal Harraild, Lord Fandango and Sir Charles Road are still in contention for the 2018 Melbourne Cup after second declarations were taken… Read More »
A total of 47 horses remain in contention for the Melbourne Cup following second acceptances for the $7 million race at Flemington. Among the 47 are 15 internationally trained horses of which 11 are currently guaranteed a start in the race on November 6. Likely Field 🏆: View the Likely… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little has set his sights on winning a three-year-old race at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup carnival with Vassilator. It’s not the main three-year-old prize, the Group One Victoria Derby, but a shorter race run on the same day. The Group Three Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) on Saturday… Read More »
Less than a day after Winx’s historic fourth Cox Plate win, the question of when she will be retired is inevitable. The answer from those closest to her is still the same. “She will tell us when she’s ready,” trainer Chris Waller said. Waller and two of the champion’s owners,… Read More »
Connections of the appropriately named Thinkin’ Big are doing just that with the talented colt who is favoured to win the Victoria Derby. And if successful in Saturday’s $2 million Victoria Derby at Flemington, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt could step out in the $7.3 million Melbourne Cup… Read More »
The enormity of Winx’s record fourth Cox Plate hit trainer Chris Waller as he filmed the crowd on his phone. Waller again watched his champion mare’s two minutes of brilliance on a screen in the relative quiet of the jockeys’ weighing room at Moonee Valley, after kicking out a sneaky… Read More »
Winx has reigned supreme to win an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate after a build-up her jockey and trainer admit has been harder than the first three. Hugh Bowman rode Saturday’s race to perfection, tracking the speed to make sure Godolphin’s European visitor Benbatl was not too far in front. He… Read More »
Imported Lindsay Park-trained galloper Ventura Storm has finally broken through for his maiden Australian win in taking out the Moonee Valley Gold Cup. Now a Melbourne Cup start awaits with Ventura Storm eligible for a penalty following his win in Saturday’s Group Two staying test. “A half-kilo would be nice,”… Read More »
Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir believes a weight-for-age win on Cox Plate day is the perfect springboard for Cliff’s Edge into a Group One handicap during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Weir plans to run Cliff’s Edge on a seven-day back-up in the Kennedy Mile at Flemington after the four-year-old got… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says it is unlikely Charge will be added to his stable’s Coolmore Stud Stakes team after the colt scored a fighting win in a Group Three sprint at Moonee Valley. Waller is expected to have strong representation in next Saturday’s $1 million Group One Coolmore (1200m) at… Read More »
