Premier Irish horse trainer Dermot Weld could possibly have uncovered this year’s Melbourne Cup winner when his galloper Rite Of Passage won the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup in record breaking time on Thursday.
Rival trainer Aidan O’Brien had previously enjoyed a four year winning…
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)…
Irish mare Profound Beauty will not be coming to Australia to race in this year’s Melbourne Cup.
The decision was made by the mare’s owners at Moyglare Stud who stated they did not want Profound Beauty to make the long trip from Ireland to Melbourne…
Champion jockey Glen Boss is out to prove that he still has what it takes to ride and win spring feature races like the famous Melbourne Cup. A multiple Cup winner, Boss rode the majestic mare Makybe Diva in all three of her successive victories…
With the Melbourne Cup merely weeks away, the other major Victorian Spring Carnival feature races are now upon us. There have been many developments on the weekend in regards to jockey selections and the arrival of international contenders. As the spectators begin to pick out…
After her mediocre performance in the 2800 metre Irish St Leger on Saturday, Dermot Weld-trained mare Profound Beauty has surrendered her lead in the Melbourne Cup betting markets.
The testing conditions of the wet track at The Curragh saw Profound Beauty finish an unimpressive fourth,…
With the illustrious Melbourne Cup creeping round the corner, the nation excitedly waits in anticipation for the showcase race of the Spring Racing Carnival to arrive. While the trainers vigorously prepare their hopeful horses and the soon-to-be spectators start shopping for their outfits, the punters…
Profound Beauty is at the top of the odds list, coming in as the favourite to back for the 2009 Melbourne Cup.
After predicting in 2008 that Profound Beauty would be at her best this year, trainer Dermot Weld is seeing the effects of this…
