All Star Mile

Apollo first-up for Verry Elleegant

Posted on February 12, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand's Melbourne Cup heroine Verry Elleegant will make her first appearance since winning the great race when she lines-up in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Waller said the 10-time Group One winner has returned in good order and she has some exciting plans ahead of her this autumn. “It[...]

Posted on February 7, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fan favourite Elephant is headed across the Tasman to Australia to kick off a new campaign that has him aimed at gaining a start in the AUD$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19. Trainers Emma-Lee Browne and her husband David had considered giving the five-year-old son of Shocking his first-up race[...]

Posted on January 21, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a successful 2021, Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neasham has set her sights on a big autumn, with Zaaki on track for a tilt at the All-Star Mile.

Posted on January 7, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Horse of the Year Probabeel is preparing for what will be her final campaign but there is a possibility the outstanding daughter of Savabeel could bow out further abroad than her usual raid to Australia. The four-time Group One winner will be on a rinse and repeat campaign to Melbourne, where she won[...]

Posted on December 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Following a pleasing Melbourne spring campaign, Elephant has returned to work in good fettle ahead of a return trip across the Tasman. The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained gelding is being set for a tilt at the AUD$5million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19. The son of Shocking won two of his five starts[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Track manager at Moonee Valley, Marty Synan, was pleasantly surprised with how the track has bounced back after being hit with rain during the All Star Mile meeting. Around 12mm of rain fell in the second-half of Saturday's program forcing the track from the good range early in the program into the heavy range by[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The next 48 hours are crucial if glamour mare Arcadia Queen extends her campaign after she missed the All Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on the weekend. Arcadia Queen suffered a hoof problem earlier in the week and Racing Victoria stewards withdrew her on Saturday morning, just hours before the race, due to lameness.[...]

Posted on March 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman thought hopes of winning the $5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley aboard Sydney visitor Mugatoo looked forlorn after his first two rides on Saturday. The rain that was forecast had not arrived, but it arrived in bucket loads after 3pm, moving the track into the soft range by All-Star Mile[...]

Posted on March 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Shout The Bar has been given the all-clear to take her place in the $5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday. Racing Victoria vets inspected runners on Thursday with Shout The Bar deemed ‘two-out-of-five' lame, but after being reshod and undergoing another inspection on Friday,[...]

Posted on March 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Bookmakers may be favouring defending champ Avantage in Saturday's Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie but her trainer Jamie Richards is backing Melody Belle as the pick of his pair. Richards will clash the glamour pair in a race each has won in the past two years, favouring 13-time Group One winner[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

All Star Mile favourite Arcadia Queen and fellow Group 1 winning mare Shout The Bar will need further veterinary inspections before being declared fit to start in the $5 million race at The Valley. Both mares presented with lameness following compulsory Racing Victoria veterinary checks to assess the suitability of all runners to line up[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Right from when Mugatoo finished fourth in last year's Cox Plate, connections and trainer Kris Lees began thinking ‘All Star Mile'. There were a few anxious moments until the announcement on March 1 of the wildcard runners for Saturday's $5 million showpiece at The Valley. Mugatoo was one of five horses announced to join the[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 15 for the $5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday is something a number of jockeys will not have encountered at the inner-city track before. While the run to the first turn provides a longer trip than what the Cox Plate (2040m) does, the jostling for positions will[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ashley Handley has empathy for the New Zealand connections of All Star Mile hope Probabeel, but it should be Handley her connections are grateful for. Without Handley's dedication as strapper of the Jamie Richards-trained Probabeel, the second favourite for Saturday's All-Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley may not be going around. “It would be really[...]

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Perth jockey William Pike shies away from public barrier draws for big races preferring to find out a day or two later what his horse has drawn. But with owner Bob Peters in Perth and co-trainer Grant Williams at the Sutton Grange training complex of Brent Stanley attending to Arcadia Queen following her gallop[...]

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher and the connections of Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet will do what is best for the horse before committing to a start in The $5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday. Sir Dragonet galloped at The Valley on Tuesday and Maher, who trains the entire in partnership with David[...]

Posted on March 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zac Spain maybe giving away big-race experience to his rivals in The All Star Mile (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday, but he is not going to let that over-awe him. Spain rides Streets Of Avalon in the $5 million race and will treat it the same as any other race he rides in. Streets[...]

Apollo first-up for Verry Elleegant

Elephant to kick off new campaign in Melbourne

Neasham aiming for All-Star Mile glory with Zaaki

Royal Ascot option for Probabeel

Elephant thriving after short spell

Valley Track Recovers Well For William Reid Meeting

Peters Ponders Arcadia Queen’s Next Move

Rain arrives in time for Mugatoo in All Star Mile

Shout The Bar to take her place in All Star Mile

Richards favours Belle in glamour clash

All Star Mile pair face further vet inspections

Mugatoo in top order for All Star Mile tilt

Traffic concerns at The Valley ahead of All Star Mile

Strappers sacrifice to pay off in All Star Mile

Arcadia Queen shortens in All Star Mile betting

Weather to decide Sir Dragonet’s All Star Mile fate

Spain excited to play a part in All-Star Mile

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