The Bart Cummings

Defining Day For Hickmott’s German Stayers

Posted on September 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robert Hickmott's stayers Schabau and Django Freeman need to win their respective feature races at Flemington if they are to progress to their spring goals.

Posted on August 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable were to the fore with fit and in-form horses Persan and Al Galayel supplying them with an early double at Caulfield. Emerging stayer Persan took out the 2400 metre open handicap and Al Galayel the 2000 metre equivalent and both horses have booked themselves starts in bigger races[...]

Posted on August 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The dream for country- trained mare Super Girl to gain a start in the Melbourne Cup has moved a step closer with her first-up victory at Sandown. After watching Super Girl’s win in Wednesday’s benchmark 70 race over 1500 metres, her Bendigo-based trainer Josh Julius said the focus of her spring campaign was to gain[...]

Posted on August 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

It is a big weekend of viewing for the OTI Racing ownership team with 11 starters in four different countries, a number of them potential Melbourne Cup horses. At Moonee Valley, they will be represented by former English stayer Young Rascal in the 2040m event and in-form stayer Tigre Royale over 2500m in a benchmark[...]

Posted on August 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robert Hickmott is relishing the return to Lloyd Williams’ Mount Macedon property but more importantly, so are the two gallopers he is aiming at the spring features, Schabau and Django Freeman. Schabau takes an important step on the road to the Melbourne Cup when he starts at Moonee Valley in a 2040m handicap on Saturday.[...]

Posted on August 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

For the second successive time at Flemington, emerging stayer Exemplar has left his more highly-fancied stablemate South Pacific in his wake, leading throughout to win the TAB Handicap. The 2530m victory has prompted co-trainer David Eustace to aim the seven-year-old son of Galileo at the feature spring staying races. Eustace said now Exemplar had won[...]

Posted on June 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

It may be the middle of winter and the best horses are only just returning to work, but for South Pacific a race at Caulfield will have spring significance. South Pacific makes his Australian debut in the Neds Money Back Odds Handicap that has connections hoping will lead to the horse being a Cups contender.[...]

Posted on June 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After an off-season cameo at Flemington, Schabau is set for another short break before trying to cement a Melbourne Cup berth this spring. Schabau resumed from 14 months off the scene recovering from a tendon injury and finished midfield in a 2000m handicap at Flemington last month, beaten 3-1/2-lengths. It was the first time the[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Injury put an end to Melbourne Cup ambitions for Schabau in 2019 but the import is on the comeback trail and set to begin his path towards this year’s race at Flemington. Schabau returns in Saturday’s Lexus Trophy (2000m) at Flemington for his first start since the Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) in March last year.[...]

Posted on April 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Melbourne Cup Day 2020 will be like Christmas Day for Horsham trainer Paul Preusker with New Zealand-bred galloper Surprise Baby. The laconic horseman has purposely not raced the bargain basement purchase through the autumn, with a view to once again peaking his brilliant stayer for the Group 1 two-mile feature. Preusker will hope to unwrap[...]

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 September 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A guaranteed start in the Melbourne Cup is up for grabs for the 25 horses entered in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Saturday’s 2500m-race offers connections of the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 5. Early favourite for Saturday’s race after nominations closed on Monday is Surprise Baby[...]

Posted on September 15, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It’s not often that a trainer leaves a racecourse with a smile on their face after finishing out of the money but that was the case for Waverley’s Bill Thurlow at Flemington on Saturday. Thurlow was reflecting on the performance of his Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Glory Days, who demonstrated a good turn[...]

Posted on September 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Next stop on the path towards a Melbourne Cup start for Alfarris will be The Bart Cummings after the gelding scored a fighting win at Flemington. Alfarris held out stablemate Ventura Storm by a nose to win the Very Special Kids Pin & Win Plate on Saturday. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes said Alfarris[...]

Posted on June 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Paul Preusker is still ruing the nose defeat of Surprise Baby in The Andrew Ramsden Stakes which cost the stayer a guaranteed start in the Melbourne Cup. Surprise Baby and eventual winner Steel Prince staged a two-horse war up the Flemington straight on May 25 with the Anthony Freedman-trained gelding prevailing by the barest possible[...]

Defining Day For Hickmott’s German Stayers

Maher, Eustace Land Early Caulfield Double

Melbourne Cup Dream Alive For Super Girl

OTI’S Cup Hopes Step Out Around The Globe

Hickmott’s Stars Thriving At Mount Macedon

Exemplar Earns Melbourne Cup Shot With Win

Mid-Winter Kick Off For Imported Cups Hope

Short Break For Schabau Before Spring Prep

Schabau Set For Race Return After Injury

Surprise Baby handled with kid gloves

Surprise Baby Books Spot In Melbourne Cup

Surprise Baby Favourite To Earn Cup Berth

Cup Place Up For Grabs In Bart Cummings

Glory Days pleases in Melbourne debut

Alfarris Tips Out Stablemate At Flemington

Surprise Baby To Embark On Path To Cup

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