An excited Gai Waterhouse has celebrated victory in one of the few big races to have eluded her with Pinot dominating the finish of the VRC Oaks. The fillies Classic is a staying test over 2500 metres at Flemington and the occasion has proven too much for the odds-on favourite… Read More »
Gary Moore is confident he has an autumn Derby contender in All Too Huiying but the trainer could also look to strike again with the colt this spring after a stakes win at Flemington. All Too Huiying ($31) rallied in the straight under jockey Michael Walker to hold his rivals… Read More »
After an absence of more than two years and a string of minor placings, classy sprinter Ball Of Muscle has made his way back to the winner’s stall on the big stage at Flemington. The $2.50 favourite in Thursday’s Listed Absolut Stakes over the straight 1000 metres, the Joe Pride-trained… Read More »
Several racing figures have been interviewed and phone records searched as part of an investigation sparked by the alleged raceday treatment of a Robert Smerdon-trained horse. The investigation reportedly involves several stables, training figures and racing administrators. Smerdon is being investigated over the alleged raceday treatment of the mare Lovani… Read More »
The country’s biggest trainer has come away with the quinella in Victoria’s biggest race for country-trained horses at Flemington. Darren Weir has trained the winners of many Group One races including the 2015 Melbourne Cup but reckons just getting a runner in Thursday’s $200,000 Country Cup (1600m) was hard. Weir… Read More »
A great grandson of one of the most famous grey racehorses has produced a barnstorming finish to win the annual VRC Oaks day race named after another high profile grey. The Mike Moroney-trained Tribal Wisdom, a descendant of 1989 Japan Cup-winning mare Horlicks, arrived just in time to grab Harbour… Read More »
Cup day is done and dusted. Now it’s time to shift to the fairer sex for Oaks Day on Thursday, where we will see a potential star in Aloisia stamp herself as the best filly of her generation. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail… Read More »
Young Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien is in no rush to make any plans with Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling. The son of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, Joseph upstaged his father who trained runner-up Johannes Vermeer in Tuesday’s Cup, giving owner Lloyd Williams his sixth win and a one-two finish. O’Brien… Read More »
A South Australian jockey has been suspended for two weeks after he was caught on video punching his mount in the stomach before a race at Port Lincoln today. South Australian stewards found Dylan Caboche guilty of misconduct after striking his mount prior to loading. Caboche was on board the… Read More »
Pinot will be striving to deliver champion trainer Gai Waterhouse a sought-after VRC Oaks at Flemington. The blue blood filly by the Waterhouse-trained former champion juvenile Pierro out of an Australian Oaks winner Dizelle, is the $6.50 second favourite for Thursday’s $1 million Oaks at Flemington with Aloisia at $1.60…. Read More »
The world’s richest race on turf will be even richer with $3 million to be added to the prize pool for the second edition. Prize money for the 1200m-sprint at Randwick in October 2018 will be $13 million, an $3 million increase on this year’s inaugural race. The Australian Turf… Read More »
Joseph O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. In a father-and-son finish the younger O’Brien’s Rekindling overhauled Johannes Vermeer, trained by his dad Aidan O’Brien, in the closing stages. Max Dynamite completed an Irish trifecta in taking the minor placing…. Read More »
Australians have punted almost $90 million with the TAB on the Melbourne Cup, won by Irish invader Rekindling. Although the outlay was down on the $94.5 million wagered on last year’s race, the other races on Tuesday’s card garnered more support than 12 months ago “On our preliminary figures total… Read More »
As his second Melbourne Cup win starts to sink in, Corey Brown believes he is still feeling his way in the jockey ranks since returning from four years overseas. Brown won his first Cup on Shocking in 2009 when the horse scraped into the race as the winner of the… Read More »
Ben Melham admits he thought he was going to win the Melbourne Cup when he dashed clear on Johannes Vermeer only to be left heartbroken by a narrow second placing. Melham rode the Aidan O’Brien-trained Johannes Vermeer in Tuesday’s big race and sprinted to the front in the straight only… Read More »
We take a look at the Big Bets taken on Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup across all online bookmakers including the TAB. View our updated list of big bets on the Melbourne Cup below. Have Your Say: Which bets do you like or dislike? – Leave a comment below. Cup Field 🏆:… Read More »
A Melbourne Cup day win has clinched a Golden Slipper campaign for impressive filly Setsuna. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old made it two wins from three starts, dominating Tuesday’s Group Three Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day from the front. Setsuna ($4.60), ridden by Stephen Baster,… Read More »
Online bookmaker sportsbet has cut the price of the Australian born, bred and owned Melbourne Cup runner, from $51 into $35 due to strong punter support. Australian born and bred horse Single Gaze firms from $51 into $35 Marmelo the new Melbourne Cup favourite Single Gaze a mare from the NSW Riverina… Read More »
The race that stops a nation is of course the Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) and the 2017 edition, filled with such intrigue and fascination, highlights a superb ten race card at Flemington on Tuesday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true… Read More »
We take a look at the stats, figures and history of the Melbourne Cup to see if Champion mare Winx would win this years race if her connections opted to line her up in the Field. A couple of months ago we wrote an article giving the pro’s and con’s… Read More »
