Horse Racing News
Winona Costin out for family breakthrough in the Melbourne Cup
Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s greatest race at Flemington on Tuesday, Costin is hoping to break the families ‘duck’ in the 3200m handicap. Costin’s great-grandfather on her father’s side Larry Wiggins rode Akbar into second place in the...
Vauban ticks Melbourne Cup 2024 boxes for William Buick
Jet-setting jockey William Buick has ridden two winners of the Melbourne Cup, but not on the day they were successful. Buick is about to embark on his sixth ride in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday and has labelled Irish galloper Vauban his best chance of winning the race. Vauban is the...
Hollie Doyle back for second shot at Melbourne Cup
A call an hour before Sea King won the Bendigo Cup landed UK rider Hollie Doyle her second ride in the Melbourne Cup. Doyle jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning to partner the Harry Eustace-trained Sea King in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday. It will be Doyle’s second time riding at...
The Little Dance sweet for Pride’s Estadio Mestalla
A lesson learned 12 months earlier could reap rewards for trainer Joe Pride on Melbourne Cup Day at Randwick when Estadio Mestalla lines up in the Little Dance. The mile race is the understudy to the $3 million Big Dance (1600m) on the same program but with a total prizemoney purse of...
Chris Waller chasing live Melbourne Cup success
Chris Waller has watched with envy the adulation success in the Melbourne Cup provides the winning trainer. A winner of Australia’s most famous race, Waller had to remain in Sydney due to COVID lockdowns when Verry Elleegant won the race in 2021. This time around, the Waller team has five runners in the...
Athabascan scratched from 2024 Melbourne Cup field
Athabascan has been ruled out by RV vets from the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 starters following the scratching of Athabascan following a Racing Victoria veterinary inspection. All 24 runners in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday underwent veterinary examinations on Monday, having undergone pre-acceptance inspections last week. On...
Godolphin follow proven formula in Melbourne Cup
Australian Racing Legend and 12-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Bart Cummings had a theory a horse’s Cup preparation required 10,000m in the legs and to run on the Saturday prior to the Cup. That theory held true for 11 of Cummings’ Cup winners, with only Saintly failing to run on the Saturday...
Irish pair back for second shot at the Melbourne Cup
The forecast of a cooler Melbourne Cup Day than 12 months ago is expected to help the Willie Mullins-trained pair of Vauban and Absurde. While Mullins altered the preparations of both stayers from the one employed last year, the weather forecast is also a little kinder this time around. The Group 1 Melbourne...
Soushi on the Melbourne Cup menu for Jamie Kah
Successful in the day’s feature for South Australian trainer Andrew Gluyas aboard Goldrush Guru, Kah was brought to tears when she combined with Ciaron Maher to win aboard Another Wil in the colours of Colin McKenna who died last week, the result of a brain tumour. A whack in the face left Kah...
Sea King in 2024 Melbourne Cup pole position
Harry Eustace is hoping to ride his luck with Sea King for just a couple more days in Australia. The Englishman headed Down Under to tackle the Cox Plate with Docklands, who had in tow a travelling companion who is now a leading contender for an even bigger prize – the Melbourne Cup. Sea...
