A wet track and rise in distance helped Miami Bound return to her best with an easy win in the Moonee Valley Cup and the Melbourne Cup is her next stop.
Danny O'Brien believes both last year's Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare and King Of Leogrance are on track to produce big efforts in the Turnbull Stakes.
The 2019-20 season has been a big one for trainer Danny O’Brien and he believes his stable has the firepower to continue the success in the next year. With three weeks of this season remaining, O’Brien is closing in on 100 wins and he sits third in the Melbourne trainers’ premiership with 41 winners highlighted[...]
Well-bred stayer Good Idea will be given his chance to try to secure a spot in the Melbourne Cup when he runs in The Andrew Ramsden at Flemington. By dual Cox Plate winner So You Think out of 2009 VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume, Good Idea is set for Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) which[...]
Victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington will take a lot of pressure from the winning trainer heading towards the Melbourne Cup. Success in Saturday’s Listed race over 2800m provides the winner a ballot exemption into November’s Cup. Last year was the first time the Andrew Ramsden provided the “bonus” and it drew a[...]
Russian Camelot will have a jump-out at Flemington after missing an important lead-up race to the South Australian Derby. The Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old is down to trial over 800m at Flemington on Friday morning. An inflamed throat forced Russian Camelot to miss last Saturday’s Peter Armytage Handicap (1700m) at Flemington, his final lead-up race for[...]
Roy Higgins Quality winner King Of Leogrance is favourite for the Group Two Adelaide Cup after the declaration of the final field of 16. Trained by Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien and racing in the colours of six-time Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams, King Of Leogrance eased from $2.50 to $2.60 on Tuesday after drawing barrier[...]
Six-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams and last year’s Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien have combined for a staying race win at Flemington with import King Of Leogrance. With Williams deciding to put his Macedon Lodge property on the market, a number of his locally based horses that have been prepared there by Liam Howley, have[...]