Horse Racing News
Wide barrier no drawback for 2024 Melbourne Cup favourite
Despite the 3200-metre journey of the Melbourne Cup, when it comes to barrier draws the gap in starting from pole position compared to gate 21 still seems, on face value, to be a long way between being fortunate or otherwise. Owner Ozzie Kheir part owns four runners engaged in this Tuesday’s...
No walk in the Park, but Fawkner claims Rosehill Gold Cup
Fawkner Park has gone some way towards offsetting the disappointment of an abandoned Caulfield Cup campaign with a consolation victory in the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. A dominant winner of the Q22 during the Brisbane winter carnival, the gelding was among the early fancies for the Melbourne feature but struggled to handle...
2024 Melbourne Cup field & odds taking shape
The Melbourne Cup field is getting closer to be finalised with 29 horses remaining in contention. After third declarations were taken on Monday, 35 gallopers remained in the hunt for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday. Since Monday however, Jan Brueghel, Via Sistina, Brayden Star, Muramasa, Le Don...
Powerful combo out to strike with Switzerland in Coolmore Stud Stakes
Chris Waller, James Mcdonald and Coolmore have already teamed up to win a Coolmore Stud Stakes with a son of I Am Invincible and this Saturday they will look to do likewise with a son of Australia’s only other active multiple champion stallion award winner. The powerful team, who won the 2022...
I Am Velvet to bounce back in The Vanity
There is no doubting the ability I Am Velvet possesses, and trainer Phillip Stokes is convinced the filly has overcome her wayward tendencies. I Am Velvet is set to have her first start at Flemington when she runs in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) on Saturday which Stokes hopes will lead the...
Victorians spy another opportunity in The Golden Eagle
The lightly raced Craig and proven performer Veight headline a squad of four Victorian-trained horses descending on the Golden Eagle in a bid to the take the $10 million prize interstate for the third time in six years. While the first two renewals were captured by the locally trained Kolding (2019) and Colette...
Cranbourne pair look to turn back the clock
The Victoria Derby holds a special place for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young who will saddle Keeneland in the Group 1 contest at Flemington. Wind the clock back to 2011, Busuttin and Young made the trip over from New Zealand with Sangster to claim the Derby, providing the pair with their first Australian...
Bittercreek on song for G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes assault
The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin stable is banking on a call to target a shorter Group 1 race for three-year-olds with Bittercreek will pay off on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. After scoring at Moonee Valley last Saturday in the Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes, Bittercreek showed Troy...
Atishu shining ahead of G1 Empire Rose Stakes
Chris Waller reckons Atishu would not be out of place in the ‘Fashions on the Field’ during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Ahead of the first of two potential runs during Cup week, Waller said Atishu was dappled up and ready to run at Flemington, a carnival the now seven-year-old has performed well...
The Golden Eagle day set to end on a High
It doesn’t boast black-type status, but the final race on the Golden Eagle program will be an important one for connections of up-and-coming gelding Bullets High. The four-year-old returned with an emphatic first-up victory over 1400m at Warwick Farm, building on the promise he had shown last season when he did...
