Caulfield Cup

Twilight Payment given top weight for Melbourne Cup defence

Posted on September 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The weights for both the 2021 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup have been released by Racing Victoria, with Twilight Payment allocated the top weight of 58kg should he look to go back-to-back in the race that stops a nation, while Sir Dragonet tops the Caulfield Cup weights.

Posted on September 9, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kiwi-bred Johnny Get Angry will have his first Group One hit-out since winning the Victoria Derby (2500m) last year when he lines-up in the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Tavistock gelding beat just one runner home when first-up in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) last month in what trainer[...]

Posted on September 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melbourne Cup contender Ocean Billy’s storming effort at Te Rapa has convinced trainer Bill Pomare to take on the weight-for-age gallopers again in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on September 18. The Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner flashed home late to finish fifth behind Mascarpone in the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate[...]

Posted on September 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Punters who thought Saturday’s Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) was a two-horse race between last year’s winner and heavily backed favourite Avantage and Taranaki visitor Tavi Mac were given a lesson in the vagaries of racing as the Team Rogerson-trained Mascarpone upset the applecart in the Te Rapa feature. The five-year-old son of[...]

Posted on September 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Quality stayer The Chosen One will kick off his Cups campaign when he contests the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained six-year-old had a look around the Melbourne track on Tuesday morning under jockey Damian Lane ahead of his weekend test and his trainers received[...]

Posted on August 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tralee Rose holds nominations for both the Group 1 Caulfield (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cups (3200m) but trainer Symon Wilde is eyeing the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on October 2 as her feature target of the spring. The daughter of Tavistock showed plenty of talent last preparation, winning five of[...]

Posted on August 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand import Atishu gave Australian racing fans a glimpse of her quality when storming home to win Saturday’s Darwin Turf Club Trophy (1400m) at Randwick at her first start across the Tasman. The Go Racing-owned four-year-old has transferred from Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh to Sydney-based Kiwi Chris Waller, having won four of her nine[...]

Posted on August 23, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

All things being equal, last season’s Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Ocean Billy will step out for his first raceday assignment at Te Rapa on Saturday as he begins a campaign that could see him contest both the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) later in the spring. Trainer[...]

Posted on August 21, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson may not have any horses in New Zealand racing this weekend as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, but his colours will still be seen. Richardson is the co-breeder and part-owner of smart galloper Defibrillate, who will don his colours at Moonee Valley on Saturday in a 1500m handicap. The son of[...]

Posted on August 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With the onset of spring and summer racing just around the corner, you can hear the excitement in the voice of trainer Graham Richardson as he talks about the prospects his Matamata stable has for the new season. Richardson and training partner Rogan Norvall will unleash several unraced runners at the Te Rapa trials on[...]

Posted on August 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Symon Wilde is daring to dream with Tralee Rose this spring. The Warrnambool trainer has nominated the daughter of Tavistock for both the Group 1 Caulfield (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cups (3200m), and while he admits they are lofty targets, he doesn’t want to die wondering with the mare he part-owns. “We are going[...]

Posted on August 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News, Tips

Nominations have been released for the three major Melbourne Spring Carnival feature races - the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate - with only 16 internationally trained horses in the mix.

Posted on July 27, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class Waikato galloper Beauden is being set some lofty Melbourne targets this spring. The multiple stakes winner appeared in public for the first time this preparation for an exhibition gallop between races at Te Rapa last Saturday, a gallop which left his trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson very satisfied. “He galloped well within himself, but[...]

Posted on May 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Beauden will be out to end his season on a high when he heads to Rotorua on Saturday. The Team Rogerson-trained gelding has won four of his last six starts, including the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) and Group 3 Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m), and showed he was up to the best in New[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The pressure of gaining a Caulfield Cup start for Mount Popa has been relieved for Hawkes Racing with the Irish-bred import leading throughout to claim the Mornington Cup. Victory in Saturday’s Listed race over 2400m provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup in October. Providing leading Perth jockey, and birthday[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The attraction of a ticket into the Caulfield Cup is the furthest thing from the mind of trainer Patrick Payne who will start Defibrillate in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Success in the Mornington Cup gains the winner a ballot exemption for this year’s Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October, but Payne is looking[...]

Posted on March 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tasmanian trainer John Blacker wants to test the water on the mainland with his Launceston Cup winner Glass Warrior and believes the Mornington Cup is the right option to see where the stayer sits. Saturday’s Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) affords the winner a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup in the spring, and while Blacker[...]

Twilight Payment given top weight for Melbourne Cup defence

Group One return for Johnny Get Angry

Tarzino in the frame for Cups contender

Mascarpone gets the cream in Foxbridge Plate

Feehan first-up for The Chosen One

Heatherlie Stakes first-up for Tralee Rose

Kiwi mare not to be sneezed at

Billy ready for new campaign

Defibrillate a boost for locked down Kiwi owners

Richardson excited about new season prospects

Wilde daring to dream with Tralee Rose

International nominations way down for Melbourne Cup

Beauden gearing up for Melbourne Campaign

Beauden seeking more Cup glory at Rotorua

Mount Popa gains Caulfield Cup start at Mornington

Mornington Cup the next step for Defibrillate

Tasmanian mare chasing Mornington Cup success

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