Australian Cup

Begg after a change of fortune with Nonconformist

Posted on March 15, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

When your luck is out, it is right out, as trainer Grahame Begg can attest. Begg was forced to scratch his Group 1 Blue Diamond hope Dosh on race eve with a bruised heel and then watched Nonconformist have a horror run in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington that turned into a[...]

Posted on March 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tears flowed from hardened racing followers after Homesman scored a nail-biting victory in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Earlier in the week part-owner of Homesman, Australian music icon Michael Gudinski, died suddenly, leaving an outpouring of emotions from his closest friends, including Nick Williams. Gudinski shared in a number of[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Super Saturday, as the Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap meeting at Flemington is known, has not been that kind to Craig Williams. The nine-time Melbourne premiership winning jockey is winless in the Newmarket and has only one win in the Australian Cup, Niconero in 2009. But Williams has the chance to remedy that on Saturday[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes has warned punters not to dismiss Harlem in the Group 1 Australian Cup despite saddling up race favourite Fifty Stars in the feature at Flemington. Hayes and his cousin Tom Dabernig hope to provide Lindsay Park their fourth straight success in the Australian Cup, and fifth in seven years. Spillway[...]

Posted on March 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred Defibrillate faces his sternest test as he tries to extend his winning sequence in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. The son of Shocking, who started his career in New Zealand with Graham Richardson, who remains in the ownership along with former test captain Brendon McCallum and racing legend Lance O’Sullivan,[...]

Posted on March 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Danny O’Brien will pay a late-entry fee to run Paradee in the Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington while the weather will determine if Miami Bound starts in the Group 1 race on Saturday. O’Brien also has Miami Bound nominated for Saturday’s Listed Randwick City Stakes (2000m). “Miami Bound will either run in the Australian[...]

Posted on February 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Patrick Payne wanted to see Defibrillate win with more authority but he will still consider an Australian Cup berth for the winner of his past four starts.

Posted on February 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former Kiwi galloper Defibrillate has been keeping his New Zealand owners entertained over the last month, winning his last three starts in Melbourne, including a controversial last start dead-heat, and now Cup targets beckon the talented son of Shocking. Part-owner and co-breeder Graham Richardson has been over the moon with how his gelding has been[...]

Posted on February 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Roger James admits he feared the worst as he watched his star mare Concert Hall crash through the outside fence at New Plymouth on Saturday after escaping from the starting gates prior to the start of the Group 3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (1800m). The last start Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) winner was a[...]

Posted on February 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg is aiming for his second win in a row in the Carlyon Cup and he is confident he has the right horse to do it in Nonconformist.

Posted on January 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Three of Australia’s feature middle distance races are on the cards for classy Cambridge mare Concert Hall this autumn. The six-year-old mare has been nominated for the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 6, and she also has the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) on March 20 and the Group 1 Tancred[...]

Posted on December 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher is hoping his Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet can prove he is Australia's number one weight-for-age, middle-distance performer in 2021.

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite the fact dual Australian Cup winner Harlem has not won this preparation, his co-trainer Tom Dabernig is adamant he is going as well as he ever has for Lindsay Park. Whether that can translate into victory in Saturday’s Mornington Cup, Dabernig is unsure. Harlem won the 2018 and 2019 Australian Cups over 2000m and[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin galloper Avilius is set for another trip on the Hume Highway from Sydney ahead of the Australian Cup at Flemington. Saturday’s 2000m race is the second Group One assignment for the James Cummings-trained galloper in a week. After starting his campaign at Caulfield early last month, Avilius returned to Sydney finishing fourth behind Te[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Harlem has drawn an inside barrier for his attempt at an historic third-straight Australian Cup at Flemington. Trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, eight-year-old gelding Harlem has barrier two in a field of 14 for Saturday’s 2000m weight-for-age feature and is one of four runners for the stable along with Fifty Stars[...]

Posted on March 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Her famous relative Hay List excelled as a sprinter but Miss Siska is making a name for herself as a middle distance performer. And, eight years after her late half-brother Hay List set a metric era weight-carrying record to win the Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington, the Grahame Begg-trained mare Miss Siska will[...]

Posted on March 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Cup titleholder Harlem is already in rare company ahead of an attempt at a record-third straight win in the Group One race at Flemington. Since the Australian Cup became a 2000m race in 1964, Harlem is the fifth dual winner, joining Craftsman, Ming Dynasty, Vo Rogue and Northerly. Vo Rogue went within 1-1/2 lengths[...]

Begg after a change of fortune with Nonconformist

Homesman scores an emotional Australian Cup win

Williams chasing big Super Saturday double

Harlem aiming for third Australian Cup success

Payne has Defibrillate in peak order for Australian Cup

Weather to decide number of O’Brien Australian Cup starters

Payne Mulls Over Cup Tilt For Defibrillate

Cups targets for Defibrillate

Concert Hall escapes serious injury after nasty barrier incident

Nonconformist To Continue Fresh Cup Trend

Australian campaign on horizon for Concert Hall

Sir Dragonet Targets Rich Sydney Race

Harlem Stays Home For Mornington Cup Bid

Avilius Returns For Shot At Australian Cup

Group 1 Australian Cup Attracts Field Of 14

Miss Siska Chasing Australian Cup Glory

Harlem Shooting For Third Australian Cup

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