The $5 million All-Star Mile in Melbourne features in the proposed autumn plans for star New Zealand mare Melody Belle. The five-year-old won her 10th Group One race, and first in Australia, in the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup carnival before backing… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have thrown their support behind the inaugural $1 million The Hunter meeting at Newcastle with the stable likely to have two runners in the main race. Peter Snowden says the concept of stand-alone Saturday provincial meetings, held on the heels of the major carnivals in Sydney… Read More »
Two Group One wins, including the Melbourne Cup, and an Oaks day treble have helped Craig Williams claim the title of leading jockey for the four-day Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. Williams took out the award named for Hall of Fame jockey Ron Hutchinson which carried with it a $50,000… Read More »
Dropping sharply in distance after contesting the Melbourne Cup, Irish mare Magic Wand has landed her first Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The win by the Aidan O’Brien-trained mare denied Godolphin a fairytale ending with Hartnell finishing in third place after taking the lead early in… Read More »
Juvenile Dame Giselle has all but booked her spot in the Golden Slipper with an explosive performance in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill under comeback jockey Andrew Adkins. One of four Golden Gift runners for Peter and Paul Snowden, Dame Giselle ($13) turned the stables on Kirkham Plate… Read More »
Luck has finally gone the way of Oceanex with the mare fighting bravely to secure a first stakes race victory at Flemington. A winner over the course and distance in January, Oceanex took out the Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday which her trainers, Mick Price and Mick Kent… Read More »
A breathtaking performance from Nature Strip in the Darley Sprint Classic has captured the powerful sprinter his third Group One win for the year. The Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip made a one-act affair of Saturday’s $2 million weight-for-age race over the 1200m straight course at Flemington, leaving some established sprinters… Read More »
Peter Snowden will consider raising the bar for California Longbow after the progressive stayer landed his fourth career win in the Ranvet Handicap at Rosehill. Rachel King ensured Saturday’s 1800-metre race was a true test when she took Foreign Territory to the front from a wide gate and set a… Read More »
True Self has provided Irish trainer Willie Mullins with his first win on Australian soil with a stylish victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington. The mare picked up a $200,000 bonus for her connections following Saturday’s win after being balloted from Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. Mullins, who first came… Read More »
Promising colt Banquo has added to a memorable Melbourne Cup carnival for trainer Danny O’Brien and highlighted his own potential with a Listed race win at Flemington. Three-year-old Banquo’s victory in Saturday’s Springtime Stakes (1400m) was the latest winner for O’Brien during this year’s Melbourne Cup carnival, with the trainer… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and partner Natalie Young’s plans to target the back end of the spring campaign has paid off with Savvy Oak returning to winning form at Flemington. But Saturday’s Very Special Kids Pin And Win Plate over 2000m was not their original choice. A South Australian Derby placegetter in… Read More »
Summer plans for stakes-placed filly Lucicello are uncertain but winning jockey Jason Collett has no doubt she can make her presence felt this campaign. The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old resumed off a let-up in Saturday’s Shopper Media Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill and quickly rounded up her rivals to score comfortably. It… Read More »
Talented filly Lady Banff was the cheapest buy among trainer Matt Dunn’s yearlings this year but she could turn out to be one of his best. Lady Banff ($2.80) jumped straight to the lead and was too good in beating Mary Valley ($3.70) by a length with 2-3/4 lengths to… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington concludes this Saturday, headlined by the Darley Classic (1200m), a crack Group l sprint. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is out nine metres for the entire circuit. Mackinnon Stakes 🏆: View the Field for the… Read More »
Nine races have been set down for Rosehill this Saturday where it is Golden Gift Day, with the winner assured a start in the Golden Slipper. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country where the Mackinnon Stake headlines the day with most of the big money being placed at Flemington, Rosehill and Doomben. Mackinnon Stakes 💰: View the odds for the Mackinnon Stakes
Star jockey Kerrin McEvoy only needs to cast his mind back to April to gain confidence about Japanese horse Kluger’s ability to run well in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. McEvoy rides Kluger in a race for the first time in Saturday’s weight-for-age Group One $2 million Mackinnon Stakes (2000m)… Read More »
As retirement looms for Stephen Baster his final rides have a personal connection. Baster has two rides to finish the Melbourne Cup carnival on Saturday while his final meeting comes the following week at Sandown. He rides Boxachocolates for Stephen Brown in Saturday’s Melbourne Cup Week Radio Trophy while his… Read More »
Danny O’Brien has emerged as Australia’s latest master trainer of stayers after scoring a second feature race win during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington. Two days after Vow And Declare put O’Brien on the international racing stage with a maiden Melbourne Cup success, Miami Bound gave the trainer his first… Read More »
A campaign in Victoria early in his career has been the foundation for Pancho’s success in a stakes race at Flemington. Pancho won the Listed TCL TV Stakes (1800m) on Thursday for Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman who had earlier in the day teamed with Nudge to win the Bumble… Read More »
