It’s safe to say Richard Freeman’s only hopeful in this year’s Melbourne Cup won’t be well-fancied come Tuesday. Eight-year old French gelding Auvray, who underwent a stewards investigation for a banned substance last start, has drifted all...
Saturday evening’s Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) barrier draw shook up the betting market at Ladbrokes, with several favourites drawing poorly in the final 24 horse field. For serious punters, betting on Australia’s greatest race...
A big day for James Cummings and Godolphin was capped off with a Best of Days win in the Group 1 Kennedy Mile at Flemington on Saturday. Best of Days, who won the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at...
Make it two wins from two for Extra Brut at Flemington. Darren Weir has won just about everything there is to win in racing, but the Victoria Derby eluded the champion trainer prior to Saturday’s...
Trainer Tony McEvoy’s decision to take on the boys on Saturday paid off as three-year old filly Sunlight won the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Matched up against a ferocious field of...
Charlie Fellowes trained Prince of Arran will back up in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. The six-year old British import ran a beautiful race to win the Lexus Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday, jumping beautifully from the barriers to...
After so many promising runs, the Matthew Ellerton & Simon Zahra trained Aristia has recorded its first win from 10 starts in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Having ran second in the Ethereal Stakes...
Not for the first time, it came down to Ranier and Wild Planet in the first at Flemington on Saturday. We’ve been treated to some classics between the pair over...
Tony McEvoy’s three-year old filly Sunlight returns to the races this weekend, backing up from a disappointing run in last Friday’s Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at The Valley. Sunlight was the $4.40 favourite last week,...
Champion trainer Darren Weir has dominated this years Kennedy Mile field, but he’ll be without six-year old gelding Dreamforce who was an early morning scratch. The son of Fastnet Rock was withdrawn from the race with a vet...
Go ahead and count Tosen Basil out of the Melbourne Cup. Darren Weir’s Japanese import has been ruled out of Tuesday’s $7 million feature due to a less than impressive gallop at Warnambool on...
In total, 39 international hopefuls are seeking a spot in the Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday. Caulfield Cup winner Best Solution and fellow Godolphin stablemate Avilius headline as the only international exemptions, however, seven-year old Irish workhorse Magic...
