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Missile On Track For All-Star Mile Spot

Posted on January 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Four-year-old gelding Star Missile is in a good position in early polling for a spot in the rich All-Star Mile at Caulfield. Voting for this year's $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) on March 14 opened last week and the Greg Eurell-trained Star Missile, who has a large group of owners in a Hancox Bloodstock syndicate,[...]

Posted on January 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australasian racing fans have an added incentive to vote for a horse in the All-Star Mile after Racing Victoria pledged to donate $1 for every vote cast to the Victorian bushfire appeal. The $5 million All-Star Mile is run at Caulfield on March 14, with 10 of the 15-horse field to be determined by public[...]

Posted on January 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting kiwi gallopers Te Akau Shark and Catalyst had their first hit-out of the year at the Matamata trials on Tuesday and they pleased their connections with their efforts in their 1000m heat. Catalyst jumped well and settled in the one-one for jockey Troy Harris, while Te Akau Shark sat three back on the fence[...]

Posted on January 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Defending champion Mystic Journey and another 25 Group One winners feature among the 95 nominations for the second edition of the $5 million All-Star Mile. Entries for the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 14 were released on Thursday with 10 of the 15 places in the field to be determined by public vote.[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards was happy to put a tick in the mission accomplished column of star three-year-old Probabeel's campaign plan after she accounted for her age group rivals with deceptive ease at Awapuni on Saturday. The Matamata conditioner was keen to see the Savabeel filly boost her confidence for an ambitious programme over the coming[...]

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

Group 1 winner Avantage looks to be back to her best after a subpar spring campaign in Sydney. The daughter of Fastnet Rock finished unplaced in both of her Sydney assignments and trainer Jamie Richards admits he may have made a mistake with the Australian campaign. “I don't know what happened in the spring with[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The inclusion of New Zealanders in the public vote for positions in the All-Star Mile has bolstered the Kiwis' interest in the $5 million race. Melbourne spring Group One winner Melody Belle and her stablemate, Cox Plate placegetter Te Akau Shark, are likely contenders, with connections of New Zealand 2000 Guineas winner Catalyst also looking[...]

Posted on December 2, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Nominations for the second edition of the $5 million The All-Star Mile (1600m) opened on Monday morning, heralding the official countdown to the world's richest mile race at Caulfield on Saturday, 14 March 2020. Until the closure of entries at 12 noon (AEST) on Thursday, 9 January 2020, owners and trainers across Australia and New[...]

Posted on November 10, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards headed home from Melbourne on Sunday morning with his focus on a massive summer of racing in his home patch but also with one eye firmly to the future which is Australia in the autumn for his stable big guns. Richards admitted to a shade of disappointment that star mare Melody Belle[...]

Posted on November 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The $5 million All-Star Mile in Melbourne features in the proposed autumn plans for star New Zealand mare Melody Belle. The five-year-old won her 10th Group One race, and first in Australia, in the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup carnival before backing up seven days later for[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dropping sharply in distance after contesting the Melbourne Cup, Irish mare Magic Wand has landed her first Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The win by the Aidan O'Brien-trained mare denied Godolphin a fairytale ending with Hartnell finishing in third place after taking the lead early in the straight. Jockey Hugh Bowman[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish mare Magic Wand has denied Godolphin favourite Hartnell a winning farewell to racing in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. Backing up and dropping sharply in distance after running in the Melbourne Cup, Magic Wand defeated New Zealand mare Melody Belle in the weight-for-age race over 2000m. It left Hartnell to take the minor placing[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

MACKINNON STAKES $2 million Group One, 2000m, weight-for-age Run as race eight at Flemington on Saturday, November 9, 4.55pm AEDT HISTORY The 2000m-race was formerly held on Victoria Derby Day and used as a Melbourne Cup lead-in The Victoria Racing Club decided its importance as a Cup pathway had diminished and announced in 2016 it[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jamie Richards has been on the ride of his life in Australia this spring and the young Matamata trainer is hoping New Zealand's darling of the turf, Melody Belle, can cap it off in style at Flemington on Saturday. The reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year will line-up in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A breathtaking performance by Melody Belle on Derby Day at Flemington has given the star New Zealand mare's connections confidence to chase another Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes. Melody Belle scored an arrogant victory in the Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) for fillies and mares last Saturday, sitting back and wide on a rain-affected[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish mare Magic Wand is an acceptor for the Group One Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington after her midfield finish in the Melbourne Cup. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Magic Wand finished 10th of the 24 runners in Tuesday's $8 million Melbourne Cup over 3200m and connections have paid up for the six-time Group One runner-up to contest[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand's star mare Melody Belle has added a Group One win in Australia with a dominant performance in the Empire Rose Stakes at a rain-soaked Flemington. Already a winner of nine Group One races in New Zealand including six this year, Melody Belle was racing in Australia for the first time since March last[...]

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