A punter with the TAB is confident that they have identified the winners of two Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival features after placing $4,100 at $143 on Te Akau Shark to win the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 26 and Finche to win the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Surprise Baby has been penalised 1kg for his win in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. The Paul Preusker-trained Surprise Baby guaranteed himself a spot in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5 with his win in Saturday’s Bart Cummings and in the process the lightly raced stayer… Read More »
Saturday’s The Bart Cummings winner Surprise Baby has shortened into outright Melbourne Cup favouritism after booking a spot in the race. Surprise Baby wen’t into The Bart Cummings as the heavily backed $2.20 favourite and he did not disappoint punters winning the race with ease and booking a spot in… Read More »
Jordan Childs’ win on Surprise Baby in The Bart Cummings at Flemington not only secured the horse a place in the Melbourne Cup, it helped clinch the young jockey a big pay day. Childs was crowned the inaugural ‘Star of the Saddle’ after Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes program, earning him the… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES UPDATES THE EVEREST Brutal $26-$9 (after winning Premiere Stakes @ Randwick) Osborne Bulls $9-$15 Classique Legend… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup dream is alive for connections of Surprise Baby who has stormed into favouritism after booking his place in the race with victory in The Bart Cummings. Trained by Paul Preusker at Horsham in country Victoria, this year’s Adelaide Cup winner was sent out the $2.50 favourite in… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2019 The Bart Cummings. The Bart Cummings was raced at Flemington racecourse on 5/10/2019. Comments 🗣: Surprise Baby has won a ballot exempt entry into the 2019 Melbourne Cup Field for his win in the Bart Cummings and has shortened into the $9… Read More »
A punter with the TAB has placed a big bet of $10,000 on a $26 chance to win the 2019 Melbourne Cup. The TAB punter has placed $10,000 on Surprise Baby at odds of $26 to win the 2019 Melbourne Cup on November 5th at Flemington racecourse. ”The $10,000 wager… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 The Bart Cummings. The Bart Cummings will be run on Saturday 5th October at Flemington racecourse. Time: 5:05pm Distance: 2500m Class: Group 3 Comments 🗣: The winner receives ballot exempt entry into the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Have Your Say: Who do… Read More »
Ahead of Surprise Baby’s bid to secure a Melbourne Cup berth, the TAB has taken a big bet on the lightly raced local stayer to win Australia’s most famous race. The Paul Preusker-trained gelding is in to $18 for the 2019 Melbourne Cup, with the TAB reporting one punter placed… Read More »
Supernova is out of the Metropolitan Handicap with co-trainer Michael Hawkes confirming the horse will instead chase a Melbourne Cup berth via the Bart Cummings at Flemington. The winner of Saturday’s Bart Cummings (2520m) is exempt from a Melbourne Cup ballot and Hawkes says the Flemington race has always been… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Bryan Dais dreams of having a Caulfield Cup runner and they can become a reality if Looks Like Elvis wins the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Looks Like Elvis is the best horse Dais has prepared and will be his first Group One runner when he contests Saturday’s 2000m… Read More »
A Melbourne Cup start awaits the winner of the Bart Cummings (2500m) this Saturday at Flemington and Sportsbet.com.au punters are thinking that Paul Preusker will have multiple runners in the race that stops a nation. The Horsham based horseman has Torcedor in his stable, who is down to run in… Read More »
Surprise Baby gets a second chance at securing a start in the Melbourne Cup when he contests the Bart Cummings at Flemington. The winner of Saturday’s race is afforded a ballot exemption into the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5. Surprise Baby missed by millimetres in the… Read More »
A guaranteed start in the Melbourne Cup is up for grabs for the 25 horses entered in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Saturday’s 2500m-race offers connections of the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5. Early favourite for Saturday’s race after nominations closed… Read More »
Twenty five stayers have been entered in Saturday’s The Bart Cummings at Flemington with the winner securing a spot in the 2019 Melbourne Cup Field. The Bart Cummings brings with it a ballot exempt spot into the Melbourne Cup Field and this years edition of the race has seen twenty… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2019 The Bart Cummings. The Bart Cummings will be run on Saturday 5th October at Flemington racecourse. Comments 🗣: The winner of The Bart Cummings gains a ballot exempt spot into the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Nominations: Horse 1 ALFARRIS (FR) 2 ALIENATED 3 ATTENTION RUN… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2019 The Metropolitan. The Metropolitan will be run on Saturday 5th October at Randwick racecourse. Market 💰: View the Metropolitan Handicap odds Nominations: Horse 1 ALFARRIS (FR) 2 ANGEL OF TRUTH 3 ATTENTION RUN (GER) 4 AZURO (FR) 5 BASS (JPN) 6 BEAU BALMAIN (GER)… Read More »
Next stop on the path towards a Melbourne Cup start for Alfarris will be The Bart Cummings after the gelding scored a fighting win at Flemington. Alfarris held out stablemate Ventura Storm by a nose to win the Very Special Kids Pin & Win Plate on Saturday. Senior Lindsay Park… Read More »
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Kew Gardens has been given top weight of 58kg in the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter will have to carry an extra 6.5kg if he is to repeat last year’s feat. He sits second in the weights at 57.5kg along with the… Read More »
