Victoria Derby

Huntly Castle To Be Put On Vic Derby Path

Posted on July 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Huntly Castle will be aimed towards the Group One Victoria Derby this spring after passing a distance test as a late-season two-year-old in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. The Byerley (1800m) on the penultimate weekend of the season is the only race restricted to two-year-olds in Melbourne over further than 1600m and carries a ballot[...]

Posted on July 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A distance test for two-year-olds on the penultimate weekend of the season is something trainer David Hayes believes Huntly Castle will appreciate at Flemington. Saturday's Byerley Handicap is over 1800m and is a chance for middle distance and staying prospects to be tested over further than 1600m against their own age group for the first[...]

Posted on July 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The ballot exemption on offer into a spring Classic is part of the attraction for trainer Tony McEvoy to send Marndarra from South Australia to Melbourne to run in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. Saturday's Byerley over 1800m for two-year-olds carries a ballot exemption for the winner into the Victoria Derby and/or VRC Oaks this[...]

Posted on July 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robbie Laing has his sights on winning his second Victoria Derby, this time with a son of the horse he trained to win the Group One race six years ago. Laing will target the 2500m Derby for three-year-olds at Flemington on November 2 after Fabulanski lived up to his expectations with a hard-fought victory in[...]

Posted on May 23, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Long Jack could enhance his stocks as a Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) contender with another bold performance in Saturday's Listed Piazza D'Oro Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie. A fast-finishing second at Matamata on debut when only getting clear running late in the straight, So You Think colt Long Jack spearheads a five-strong attack[...]

Posted on May 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Hayes is already thinking of the spring with Independent Road after his last-to-first victory at Flemington. The Lindsay Park-trained two-year-old is off for a break after his win in Saturday's Hugh Bowman Hall Of Fame Trophy to be set for the Victoria Derby at Flemington in the spring. Ridden by Jordan Childs, Independent Road[...]

Huntly Castle To Be Put On Vic Derby Path

Extended Trip To Suit Huntly Castle: Hayes

Marndarra To Run In Byerley At Flemington

Fabulanski To Target Group 1 Victoria Derby

Long Jack spearheads Baker-Forsman quintet

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