Caulfield Cup

The Chosen One ready for famous Flemington two-miler

Posted on November 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Securing an ideal inside barrier draw has put the final piece in the puzzle for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Chosen One ahead of Tuesday's Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). The proven stayer, who finished fourth to European raider Twilight Payment in the 2020 edition of the race that stops a nation, passed[...]

Posted on October 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Incentivise stamped himself as one of the world’s best stayers over the weekend, taking out the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) by 3.5 lengths in a dominant display.

Posted on October 15, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred gelding Young Werther will be looking to score just his second career win on Saturday in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m). The son of Tavistock won on debut over 1500m at Geelong last September and has since posted six placings from nine starts, including the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) and Group[...]

Posted on October 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Quick Thinker were praying for a wet forecast ahead of the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday and their wish has come true. The Group One winner appreciates rain-affected going and his Cambridge conditioners have elected to chance their arm in the time-honored race after consulting[...]

Posted on October 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony and Sam Freedman will saddle up the second favourite in this Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup, with champion jockey Damien Oliver booked for the ride on Delphi in the 2400m feature.

Posted on October 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A barnstorming finish for second behind Delphi in Saturday's Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) at Caulfield indicated the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Chosen One is right at his peak for a third tilt at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) this coming weekend. The six-year-old Savabeel entire finished a gallant third behind[...]

Posted on October 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have set their sights on another Derby triumph in Australia. In the past 11 years, the stable has had success in seven trans-Tasman Derbys, including the 2010 Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington with Lion Tamer. Baker and Forsman this week entered both Samarkand and Daario for[...]

Posted on October 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Both the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate fields got one step closer to being finalised on Tuesday, and there were some notable absentees as the third round of acceptances were taken.

Posted on September 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rotorua trainer Bill Pomare has waited his entire life to have a horse good enough to compete in a Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), and now that he has, COVID-19 has denied him the chance to be there in person. Pomare is targeting the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Melbourne Cup with Ocean Billy,[...]

Posted on September 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Quality stayer The Chosen One takes the next step in his build-up towards the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, when he tackles the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained entire is one of just five runners in the AUD$1 million feature, with the presence of emerging star[...]

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[...]

The Chosen One ready for famous Flemington two-miler

Incentivise on track for big double after Caulfield Cup romp

Young Werther set to come of age in Caulfield Cup

Wet forecast leads to Caulfield Cup tilt for Quick Thinker

Oliver to ride Delphi in Caulfield Cup despite weight query

The Chosen One on target for third Caulfield Cup tilt

Baker and Forsman throw in dual entry for Victoria Derby

Verry Elleegant to bypass Caulfield Cup in favour of Cox Plate

Ocean Billy set to cross the Tasman

Baker pleased with Underwood hope

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

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