With just 91 days until the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup takes place at Victoria’s famous Flemington Racecourse, the marquee race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the nominations for the world’s richest handicap are in.
This year will mark the historic 150th anniversary of the…
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…
Another classy international contender is being considered for the 2010 Melbourne Cup after the William Knight-trained Illustrious Blue claimed an eye-catching win in the Group 2 Goodwood Cup in Sussex, England this week.
Run over 3,219m the Goodwood Cup distance is almost identical to the…
For the first time since 2006, the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival will be host to a contingent of classy Japanese runners after the announcement they have been cleared to travel Down Under in time for the spring.
Earlier in the month there were doubts whether…
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…
With just 97 days left until the 2010 Melbourne Cup is run at Flemington, the Victorian Racing Club steps up the celebrations this week to mark the 150th anniversary of the ‘race that stops a nation’.
On Wednesday a fictional Melbourne Cup field of the…
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…
Greg Eurell’s stakes winning galloper Red Colossus is being aimed at the coveted Cups double at this year’s Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, the three-year-old nominated for both the 2010 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
Testa Rossa gelding Red Colossus had an impressive autumn campaign stringing together…
Last year the Mark Kavanagh-trained Shocking rose from relative obscurity to the biggest thing in Australian racing when he claimed an upset win in the 2009 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November.
With the early pre-nomination betting markets going off at bookmakers including , plenty…
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…
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