Mornington Cup

Good Oil to make Australian debut in Mornington Cup

Posted on April 17, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Good Oil has continued to impress Andrew Forsman this season and the Cambridge trainer will give the eye-catching frontrunner his first Australian test in Saturday's Listed Mornington Cup (2400m). The son of Dalghar took time to develop, only breaking his maiden early as a four-year-old, but a season later he has rapidly stepped through the[...]

Posted on April 16, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion New Zealand jockey Michael McNab is poised to make his Victorian debut this weekend astride Nereus, trained by Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray, in Saturday's Mornington Cup (2400m). Nereus, the Kiwi sensation, boasts an impressive record of five victories from eight career starts, including a recent triumph in the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup[...]

Posted on April 7, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray continued an outstanding season with their stayers when up-and-coming star Nereus powered home to win the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m). The Cambridge-based training partnership completed a rare double in March with two-mile specialist Mahrajaan victorious in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) and Group 2 Auckland Cup[...]

Posted on March 15, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

First Immortal, trained by Mark and Levi Kavanagh, is gearing up for a pivotal campaign with his sights set on securing berths in both the prestigious Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and the illustrious Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). After his last outing, a seventh-place finish in the Group 3 Geelong Cup (2400m) back in[...]

Posted on April 20, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

John O'Shea is hopeful Benaud can return to winning form when he lines-up in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. While he has been Group placed on several occasions, including runner-up in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), the son of Reliable Man hasn't won since his debut over 1400m two years ago and[...]

Posted on April 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

White Marlin has extended his undefeated start to his career with a six win from as many starts in the Group 3 Easter Cup. Having produced a jaw-dropping performance on Melbourne Cup Day last year, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained stayer returned from a spell in dynamic fashion. Jordan Childs was forced to take[...]

Posted on March 26, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victoria's jockey of the moment, Craig Williams, did not hesitate when asked about Crystal Pegasus' Caulfield Cup credentials after his comfortable victory in the $300,000 Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. “Absolutely (he can compete in the Caulfield Cup on October 15),” Williams told racing.com after piloting the five-year-old gelding to his fourth consecutive win. “After[...]

Posted on March 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The man who has a respected 51 wins so far in the Victorian jockeys' premiership could hold the key to unlocking a big performance from the enigmatic White Hawk in the $300,000 Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. The in-form Declan Bates has the ride aboard an eight-year-old who is known to run “ugly”. “He's a[...]

Posted on March 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian trainer Patrick Payne admits his stayer Defibrillate was “thrashed” by Pondus last start, but he still has a few reasons to be optimistic before the $300,000 Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Payne's seven-year-old ($8 to win with online bookmakers) will once again do battle with Robert HIckmott's six-year-old, after Pondus won the $200,000 Regal[...]

Posted on March 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Evergreen New Zealand jumper Zed Em will begin his Australian campaign towards the Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m) at Warrnambool in May with a 2350m hit-out on the flat at the Victorian track on Friday. The 11-year-old gelding won the Grand Annual back in 2019 and has placed in the race on three other occasions, including[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Perth jockey William Pike's hit-and-run visit to Melbourne has paid off handsomely with four winners at Mornington on Saturday including a feature race double. Pike's weekend commenced at The Valley on Friday night where his solitary ride, Masked Crusader, landed the feature race, the Group 1 William Pike Stakes. The jockey celebrated his birthday[...]

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[...]

Posted on March 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Now a fully furnished five-year-old, trainer Mike Moroney says it is time for Chapada to be competitive in the bigger spring races at years end. In a bid to short-circuit the rush of qualifying for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, Chapada will attempt to win a ballot exemption for those races in upcoming starts. First-up[...]

Posted on March 15, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

When your luck is out, it is right out, as trainer Grahame Begg can attest. Begg was forced to scratch his Group 1 Blue Diamond hope Dosh on race eve with a bruised heel and then watched Nonconformist have a horror run in the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington that turned into a[...]

Posted on February 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former Kiwi galloper Defibrillate has been keeping his New Zealand owners entertained over the last month, winning his last three starts in Melbourne, including a controversial last start dead-heat, and now Cup targets beckon the talented son of Shocking. Part-owner and co-breeder Graham Richardson has been over the moon with how his gelding has been[...]

Good Oil to make Australian debut in Mornington Cup

Michael McNab to make Victorian debut at Mornington

Nereus outstays rivals in Awapuni Gold Cup

First Immortal chasing Cups berth in autumn

Benaud on song for Mornington Cup

White Marlin shows Melbourne Cup credentials in Easter Cup win

Crystal Pegasus claims the Mornington Cup

Brakey hoping Bates is the key to White Hawk success

Defibrillate in great health ahead of Mornington Cup

Zed Em to commence Grand Annual campaign

Pike celebrates birthday with four-timer at Mornington

Mount Popa gains Caulfield Cup start at Mornington

Mornington Cup the next step for Defibrillate

Tasmanian mare chasing Mornington Cup success

Chapada aims for Caulfield Cup start at Mornington

Begg after a change of fortune with Nonconformist

Cups targets for Defibrillate

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