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Corstens Pair Ready For Coolmore Sprint

Posted on October 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Leon and Troy Corstens stable has got two live chances going into the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes with both Ranting and Swats That in winning form.

Posted on October 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jason Collett has celebrated his second Group One win and first in Sydney to take out the Spring Champion Stakes aboard star filly Montefilia.

Posted on October 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robbie Griffiths is certain Yosemite's long odds aren't a true representation of her prospects in the Thousand Guineas as he believes she's an each-way chance.

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Danny O'Brien is hoping a rain-affected surface can trigger a return to form for VRC Oaks winner Miami Bound when she starts her spring campaign at Flemington. Miami Bound will run in the G H Mumm Plate (1410m) on Saturday and the trainer is keen for her to signal she can again be a major[...]

Posted on July 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer David Payne is convinced he has a potential Oaks contender in lightly-raced filly Montefilia. The Rosehill trainer has nominated Montefilia to race on the opening day of the new racing season at Randwick on Saturday, with the hope of boosting her rating before a short freshen-up to target the VRC Oaks at Flemington in[...]

Posted on November 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a memorable Melbourne Cup carnival, trainer Danny O'Brien believes there is plenty to look forward to with his exciting squad of horses. O'Brien had 13 starters across the four days of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, registering four wins, three seconds and a third. Vow And Declare's Melbourne Cup triumph on Tuesday was obviously a[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate-winning jockey Damian Lane has been slapped with a second double suspension for the spring carnival. Lane was handed two suspensions on Caulfield Cup day before he was hit with two bans from Flemington on Thursday. He will miss 12 meetings following the Sandown Classic fixture on November 16. John Allen[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O'Brien can't take a break from celebrating just yet. O'Brien felt a bit greedy for hoping to claim his first $1 million VRC Oaks on Thursday, two days after winning the $8 million Melbourne Cup for the first time. The trainer's dream Cup carnival continued when Damien Oliver guided Miami Bound[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Danny O'Brien has emerged as Australia's latest master trainer of stayers after scoring a second feature race win during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington. Two days after Vow And Declare put O'Brien on the international racing stage with a maiden Melbourne Cup success, Miami Bound gave the trainer his first win in the VRC Oaks.[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Danny O'Brien's unforgettable Melbourne Cup week has continued with Miami Bound running away with the VRC Oaks at Flemington. Two days after training Vow And Declare to win the Melbourne Cup, O'Brien is celebrating more Group One success in the three-year-old fillies' Classic. Miami Bound was ridden by Victoria Derby-winning jockey Damien Oliver and she[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE KENNEDY OAKS $1 million Group One, 2500m race for three-year-old fillies at set weights It will run as race eight at Flemington on Thursday, November 7, at 5.50pm AEDT HISTORY First run in 1861, the same year as the inaugural Melbourne Cup, and won by Palestine Lengthened from 12 furlongs (2400m) to 2500m in[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Apicius, one of the outsiders for the VRC Oaks, has been scratched from the Group One race at Flemington because of an elevated temperature. Her withdrawal leaves a field of 14 for Thursday's $1 million 2500m-race for three-year-old fillies at Flemington, with the Danny O'Brien-trained Miami Bound the favourite on race eve. Apicius, who tailed[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a memorable Melbourne Cup win with Vow And Declare, Danny O'Brien feels greedy even hoping to add the VRC Oaks with Miami Bound. But the trainer is convinced Miami Bound has a great chance in Thursday's $1 million race for three-year-old fillies after taking out one of the main lead-up races last Saturday. O'Brien[...]

Posted on November 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony McEvoy is forgiving of Silent Sovereign's midfield finish in the Wakeful Stakes and is happy to give the filly her chance in the Group One VRC Oaks. Silent Sovereign finished sixth in Saturday's Group Two Wakeful (2000m) at Flemington and her opposition in Thursday's $1 million Oaks (2500m) at the same track includes[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Wakeful Stakes winner Miami Bound has drawn a middle barrier for her bid to emulate her dam Arapaho Miss in the Group One VRC Oaks. A field of 15 has been declared for Thursday's Oaks (2500m) for three-year-old fillies at Flemington, with the Danny O'Brien-trained filly drawing barrier eight with Damien Oliver to ride. Miami[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Miami Bound and Vegas Jewel look set for a rematch in the Group One VRC Oaks after fighting out the finish of the Wakeful Stakes at Flemington. The Danny O'Brien-trained Miami Bound ($8) edged out the Mark Kavanagh-trained Vegas Jewel ($3.70) by a neck in Saturday's Group Two Wakeful (2000m) for three-year-old fillies and the[...]

Posted on October 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Moonlight Maid will join a couple of elite fillies if she can defeat her male rivals in a Classics preview at The Valley. Saturday's Group Two Drummond Golf Vase (2040m) is a one of a number of lead-up races for the three-year-olds heading to the Victoria Derby and VRC Oaks, both over 2500m at Flemington,[...]

Corstens Pair Ready For Coolmore Sprint

Montefilia Earns Spring Champion Honours

Yosemite Ready To Climb Group One Summit

VRC Oaks Winner Put On Notice To Perform

Oaks Target For Promising Filly Montefilia

Memorable Cup Carnival For O’Brien Stable

Three Jockeys Suspended On VRC Oaks Day

Danny O’Brien Claims Cup-Vrc Oaks Double

Miami Bound Gives O’Brien First Oaks Win

Miami Bound In VRC Oaks Blitz For O’Brien

A Guide To The $1m Kennedy Oaks

Apicius Scratched From Group 1 Vrc Oaks

Oaks Next For Cup-Winning Trainer O’Brien

Silent Sovereign Presses On To VRC Oaks

Field Of 15 To Line Up In Group 1 VRC Oaks

Miami Bound Wins Wakeful On Path To Oaks

Maid Shapes Up To The Boys At The Valley

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