The Bart Cummings

Heatherlie Stakes first-up for Tralee Rose

Posted on August 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tralee Rose holds nominations for both the Group 1 Caulfield (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cups (3200m) but trainer Symon Wilde is eyeing the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on October 2 as her feature target of the spring. The daughter of Tavistock showed plenty of talent last preparation, winning five of[...]

Posted on August 11, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will be keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of racing at Te Rapa on Saturday where Group One winner Sherwood Forest is set to kick-off his spring preparation in the Super Seth @ Waikato Stud Mile (1600m). The five-year-old gelding pleased in his 1300m trial at Cambridge earlier this[...]

Posted on August 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Symon Wilde is daring to dream with Tralee Rose this spring. The Warrnambool trainer has nominated the daughter of Tavistock for both the Group 1 Caulfield (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cups (3200m), and while he admits they are lofty targets, he doesn’t want to die wondering with the mare he part-owns. “We are going[...]

Posted on August 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was savouring the last few hours of a brief Queenstown getaway on Wednesday before the focus switches to overseeing his team for a busy spring. When the nominations closed for several of the features across the Tasman, the Pike-trained Sherwood Forest was amongst those in the long list of Group 1[...]

Posted on April 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Phillip Stokes-trained Amade could not have been more impressive when taking out the opener at Flemington on Sunday afternoon. His win in the William Newton VC Handicap saw his odds halve in 2021 Melbourne Cup betting within minutes of crossing the line. Sportsbet now having him on the second line of betting at for[...]

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Persan's campaign started in March and he underlined his toughness and class with a win in The Bart Cummings, securing a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup.

Posted on October 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Cumani believes The Bart Cummings is the right race for Creedence and would love to see him win to gain an automatic start in the Melbourne Cup.

Posted on October 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Archie Alexander believes former English stayer Young Rascal is ready to improve in The Bart Cummings but says he needs a forgiving track to produce his best.

Posted on September 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

For the second year in a row, tough stayer Steel Prince will try to secure a Melbourne Cup start by winning a race that earns him automatic entry.

Posted on September 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Aktau's most recent run was the first time he had been unplaced in Australia but trainer Mike Moroney said he was ready to bounce back in the Turnbull Stakes.

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.[...]

Heatherlie Stakes first-up for Tralee Rose

Pike on weather watch

Wilde daring to dream with Tralee Rose

Refreshed Pike looking forward to spring

Mission: 2021 Group 1 Melbourne Cup for Amade

Persan Grabs Melbourne Cup Berth With Win

Cumani’s Creedence On Song For Bart Cummings

Firm Deck A Concern For Alexander’s Stayer

Prince Steeled For A Scrap At Flemington

Aktau Back On Track For Turnbull Stakes

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

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