Horse Racing News
Melbourne Cup 2023 win would be Sweet for Stackhouse
Jockey Daniel Stackhouse is hoping for third time lucky when he partners Daqiansweet Junior in the Melbourne Cup. Daqiansweet Junior will be Stackhouse’s third ride in the 3200m Cup which is run at Flemington on Tuesday. The Chosen One was Stackhouse’s maiden Cup ride and finished fourth in 2020 while the following year he partnered Knight’s...
Really is a Champions Day at Flemington on Saturday
The last day of the Flemington carnival has plenty of Championship contests. In the G1 Champions Stakes (2000m) we see some of the Cox Plate rivals go around again such as Fangirl ($8), Zaaki ($6) and Duais ($6) while West Wind Blows ($3.50) has form all around the best horses. It may not be a large...
Maribyrnong Plate Take II for Blue Stratum
Blue Stratum missed his shot at a big payday on Cox Plate Day, but co-trainer Tony Mcevoy is hopeful a Group 3 consolation prize awaits at Flemington on Tuesday. The Blue Point colt will make his debut in the Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) that kicks off the Melbourne Cup Day card. Blue Stratum was...
Japan confident of Melbourne Cup success
The trainer of Japanese galloper Breakup in the Melbourne Cup is expecting the roomier Flemington circuit and a slower tempo to suit his galloper. Tatsuya Yoshioka is upbeat about the chances of Breakup in the lead-up to the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday. Breakup made his Australian debut in the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on...
Vauban’s odds shorten for the Melbourne Cup
Irish trainer Willie Mullins says Vauban is his best chance and possibly the best he will ever have to win the Melbourne Cup. Vauban came up with barrier three in the draw for Tuesday's Group 1 Handicap over 3200m and has shortened into $3.20, firming from $3.50 with betting sites before the final Melbourne Cup field...
Bjorn Baker quartet ready to for The Big Dance
Fresh from Group 1 success in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, Bjorn Baker has stacked the bases for the feature race in Sydney on Melbourne Cup Day as he prepares to saddle up four runners in the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick. Among them is Iknowastar, who has...
Larrieu’s unforeseen Trip of a lifetime
From the moment Gerard Larrieu saw Gold Trip, he felt he was a horse who could stamp himself a star, but did not expect it to be in the jurisdiction he has made his name. The son of Outstrip goes in search of history on Tuesday when he strives to become...
Lastotchka a forward chance in Melbourne Cup
Mick Price is open minded to the chances of Lastotchka in the Melbourne Cup and recognises the challenge ahead against the likes of Irish hot horse Vauban, Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight and returning Cup winner Gold Trip. Having been charged with the care of the French galloper towards Tuesday’s 163rd edition of...
Matthew Smith finds his Melbourne Cup 2023 Marvel
Matthew Smith will break new ground after 20 years as a trainer when he saddles his first Melbourne Cup runner. Eight-year-old gelding True Marvel will be Smith's long-awaited debut in Australia's great race at Flemington on Tuesday. The French-bred galloper may not be the best credentialled galloper in Tuesday's 3200m contest, but Smith knows...
Gibbons steers Sweet Mercy to a Four Pillars Midway win
A powerful finish from Sweet Mercy under star apprentice Dylan Gibbons has earned the mare’s connections a lucrative payday in the $500,000 Four Pillars Midway at Rosehill. Backing up from an unplaced run at Randwick a week earlier, four-year-old Sweet Mercy was aided by a ground-saving ride from Gibbons before the...
