A number of star spring hopefuls including 2009 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking took to the track at Flemington on Friday in winter practice trials in preparation for the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The Mark Kavanagh-trained Shocking was the surprise winner of last year’s Melbourne Cup…
Champion Australian hoop Glen Boss will ride star filly and early 2010 Melbourne Cup favourite Faint Perfume during her Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival campaign this year.
Faint Perfume, trained by the legendary Bart Cummings, was ridden by rival jockey Michael Rodd during her recent autumn…
The countdown is on with just 98 days left until 24 of the world’s best stayers take to the famous Flemington track in the 2010 Melbourne Cup on Tuesday November 2.
With the pre-nomination betting markets at the online bookies starting to heat up, the…
Classy Irish mare Profound Beauty further improved her chances of making the 2010 Melbourne Cup final field this November with a win in the Listed Challenge Stakes (2800m) at Leopardstown yesterday.
Trained by premier English trainer Dermot Weld, already a dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer…
Classy Galileo gelding Linton is already giving the Bart Cummings-trained Faint Perfume a run for her money in the 2010 Melbourne Cup, in the early Cup betting markets that is.
With bookies opening up pre-nomination betting for this year’s 150th Melbourne Cup, scheduled as Race…
As the 2010 Melbourne Cup nears closer the likely runners that will take to the Flemington track on the first Tuesday of November are starting to emerge, with Bart Cummings’ classy filly Faint Perfume the pronounced favourite in the early Melbourne Cup betting markets.
This…
Legendary trainer Bart Cummings’ has the hot pre-race favourite for this Saturday’s $400,000 Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) as his star Dariana lines up in the prestigious three-year-old fillies’ race at Eagle Farm.
The scheduled highlight of the Treasury Casino QLD Oaks Day, the first…
Six-year-old Danehill mare Profound Beauty, trained by premier Irish trainer Dermot Weld, has had an impressive start to her 2010 Melbourne Cup campaign with a classy win in Ireland.
Weld, the only European trainer to win the Melbourne Cup having won with Vintage Crop (1993)…
On Saturday talented Zabeel mare Jessicabeel secured the highlight race at Randwick when she defeated a classy field of rivals in the $400,000 Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m).
Prepared by local trainer John O’Shea, Jessicabeel began as the $5 favourite and proved herself as a…
This ANZAC day long weekend the best place to be for all the great racing action is the esteemed Randwick Racecourse as they host the highly anticipated closing meeting of the Sydney autumn carnival, Sydney Cup Day.
And, the best place to have a punt…
