Melbourne Cup

Last roll of the dice for Sir Charles Road

Posted on October 21, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sir Charles Road is in danger of missing out on a start in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) next month, a race he finished seventh in last year. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained six-year-old has pleased his connections with his spring campaign to date, placing in two of his three starts in Sydney[...]

Posted on October 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Last season's New Zealand champion stayer, Glory Days, will use the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m) this Saturday as her final chance to make the field for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5. Trainer Bill Thurlow has been over the seven-year-old Red Giant mare with a fine-tooth comb since a[...]

Posted on October 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Assistant trainer Sam Freedman says the stable has dodged a bullet with Steel Prince who will progress his Melbourne Cup claims at Geelong. Steel Prince was to have his final lead-up for the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5 in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield on October 12. After being[...]

Posted on October 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Danny O'Brien expects Caulfield Cup runner-up Vow And Declare to be much better suited at Flemington in the Melbourne Cup. But the four-year-old stayer could have to rely on attrition to get into race. Vow And Declare beat all but Japanese visitor Mer De Glace in Saturday's $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) in the[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday's A$500,000 St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick could have a major bearing on the 2019 spring campaign for well-performed New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road. A highly creditable seventh in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last November, Sir Charles Road is currently 43rd in the order of entry for this year's running of[...]

Posted on October 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

It takes a bold trainer to try to beat Chris Waller in his own backyard but that is precisely what Archie Alexander is hoping to do with Gallic Chieftain in the St Leger Stakes at Randwick. The imported stayer almost got the job done last start when he narrowly went down to the Waller-trained Come[...]

Posted on October 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Wolfe clinched a Caulfield Cup spot with victory in the Coongy Cup but the up-and-coming stayer still has work to do to make the Melbourne Cup field. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Wolfe earned a ballot exemption into Saturday's Caulfield Cup with his Coongy win on Wednesday and he runs on a quick back-up[...]

Posted on October 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three horses who had been in the top 50 in the Melbourne Cup order of entry, including imported stayer Torcedor and Group One winner Trap For Fools, have been withdrawn at the latest declaration stage for the $8 million handicap. Second acceptances for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5 closed on Tuesday with[...]

Posted on October 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The $14 million Everest is riding high on a wave of momentum but comparisons to Australia's most iconic race are unwarranted, Kerrin McEvoy insists. McEvoy's uncle Tony, co-trainer of Everest rival Sunlight ($13), reignited the cross-border debate on Monday after labelling the 1200m sprint “Australia's race”, with the Melbourne Cup dominated by international stayers in[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Melbourne Cup dream is alive for connections of Surprise Baby who has stormed into favouritism after booking his place in the race with victory in The Bart Cummings. Trained by Paul Preusker at Horsham in country Victoria, this year's Adelaide Cup winner was sent out the $2.50 favourite in Saturday's Bart Cummings (2500m) and[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ahead of Surprise Baby's bid to secure a Melbourne Cup berth, the TAB has taken a big bet on the lightly raced local stayer to win Australia's most famous race. The Paul Preusker-trained gelding is in to $18 for the Melbourne Cup, with the TAB reporting one punter placed a $10,000 bet on the stayer[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The path to another Melbourne Cup attempt continues for import Finche when the current favourite for this year's $8 million race returns to Flemington for the Turnbull Stakes. The Chris Waller-trained Finche ran fourth in last year's Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington at just his second Australian start and the gelding assumed favouritism for this[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Supernova is out of the Metropolitan Handicap with co-trainer Michael Hawkes confirming the horse will instead chase a Melbourne Cup berth via the Bart Cummings at Flemington. The winner of Saturday's Bart Cummings (2520m) is exempt from a Melbourne Cup ballot and Hawkes says the Flemington race has always been the preferred option. With acceptances[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A 25 per cent share in leading Caulfield and Melbourne Cups contender Mustajeer is to be auctioned ahead of the Ebor winner's tilt at the Australian spring features. Inglis will take bids through its Digital Online platform next Tuesday and Wednesday. Australian Bloodstock have bought a controlling interest in Mustajeer who has been transferred to[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Surprise Baby gets a second chance at securing a start in the Melbourne Cup when he contests the Bart Cummings at Flemington. The winner of Saturday's race is afforded a ballot exemption into the $8 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5. Surprise Baby missed by millimetres in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Senior Lindsay Park co-trainer David Hayes likes the look of his two spring carnival purchases from Aidan O'Brien after they were put through their paces at Werribee. Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hope Constantinople was joined by Cox Plate contender Cape Of Good Hope in a workout on Wednesday morning, their first serious hit-outs since arriving[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Defending titleholder Cross Counter headlines 80 first acceptors for this year's $8 million Melbourne Cup which includes 18 other internationally trained horses. First acceptances for the 3200m race at Flemington on November 5 closed on Tuesday, with Cross Counter and his Charlie Appleby-trained stablemate Ispolini among the acceptors while champion Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien has[...]

Last roll of the dice for Sir Charles Road

Moonee Valley Gold Cup for Glory Days

Steel Prince Recovers For Geelong Cup Bid

Cup Placegetters On Target For Flemington

St Leger to dictate Sir Charles Road’s spring

Gallic Chieftain After Revenge In St Leger

No Melbourne Cup Weight Penalty For Wolfe

64 Horses Remain In Melbourne Cup Entries

Everest-Cup Comparisons Unfair: Mcevoy

Surprise Baby Books Spot In Melbourne Cup

Surprise Baby Favourite To Earn Cup Berth

Waller With Two Chances In Group 1 Turnbull

Supernova Bypasses Metrop For Melbourne

Quarter Share In Mustajeer Up For Auction

Surprise Baby Set For Latest Cup Entry Bid

Lindsay Park Pair Get Big Tick Of Approval

Cross Counter Among 80 Cup First Acceptors

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