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Think Twice
Twelve months ago, little known 3 year old So You Think ran away with a surprise victory in the 2009 Cox Plate after gaining a sizeable lead in the straight and holding off his more fancied rivals. On Saturday, the Bart Cummings-trained colt again shot away in the straight at Moonee Valley, holding off strong finishes from Zipping and Whobegotyou... >> full article |
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Black Caviar Serves Them Up in the Schweppes
Hold on just a minute Hay List, you no longer have a stranglehold on the tag of Australia's best sprinter. The door is left open on that title now, after four-year old mare Black Caviar destroyed her rivals in the Group 2 Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday... >> full article |
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Descarado Gives Gai Her First Caulfield Cup
Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse claimed her first Caulfield Cup victory on Saturday as her 4 year old gelding Descarado charged through the heavy ground to claim the Group 1 event. Despite drawing barrier 18 and racing wide in the opening stages, Descarado got into a good trail from the 1600m thanks to the smart riding of jockey Chris Munce... >> full article |
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Precinct Hotel in Richmond Not For Racegoers
With the Spring Carnival in full swing, venues all over Melbourne are enjoying a rise in attendances, as punters kick on after a fun day at the races. But if you're looking to go to the well known Precinct Hotel in Richmond following the Cox Plate next week (or after any of the Flemington race days for that matter) you may want to reconsider... >> full article |
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Payne Guides Yosei to Thousand Guineas Glory
Jockey Michelle Payne has tasted Group 1 success for the third time, with a smart ride aboard 3 year old filly Yosei in the Schweppes Thousand Guineas on Wednesday at Caulfield. Payne, criticised for her ride on Yosei in the Group 1 Flight Stakes at Randwick last month, quickly made amends for trainer Stuart Webb... >> full article |
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Anacheeva Wins the Caulfield Guineas
Trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen have continued their joint success with a win in the $1 Caulfield Guineas on Saturday. Their 3 year old colt Anacheeva won the 1600m Group 1 event in fine form, sparking Moody to claim that he's "the best colt in the land"... >> full article |
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Australia's Two Hottest Stars Shine on Guineas Day
Melbourne's sun wasn't the only bright star on show at Caulfield on Saturday, as Australia's two hottest racehorses, So You Think and More Joyous put in ultra-impressive performance to win their respective Group 1 races in style. So You Think destroyed the small but solid field in the Yalumba Stakes, while the Sydney filly More Joyous claimed the Toorak Handicap... >> full article |
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Lloyd's Sob Story Turns To Group 1 Glory
Only a few days ago, prominent racehorse owner Lloyd Williams was struggling to come to terms with the possibility of having no runners in the major staying races of the Spring. After having more than a dozen potential runners to look towards before the start of the season, there was a distinct possibility that none of them... >> full article |
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Turnball Stakes Day Move to Sunday
Flemington will host its Melbourne Cup Carnival preview a day later this year, with the Turnball Stakes meeting moved to Sunday, to avoid a clash with the AFL Grand Final replay next Saturday. Racing Victoria, the VRC and CRV all decided it the move would reduce the impacts on attendance numbers... >> full article |
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Hay List a Class Above In The Manikato
Night racing returned to Moonee Valley on Friday night, and sprinter Hay List turned into a serious star, winning the Group 1 Manikato Stakes in dominant fashion. It was Hay List's third straight win and an amazing 11th total wins from just 13 starts... >> full article |
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Cummings Captures Underwood Quinella
Legendary trainer Bart Cummings kicked off the start of Spring Group 1 racing in style, taking out the Quinella in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. His star 4 year old So You Think continued his great form from the Memsie to easily take care of the field in the 1800 metre event... >> full article |
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Whobe Defends Data Tan Chin Nam
For the second Saturday in a row, trainer Mark Kavanagh has shown he's in for a big Spring campaign, with his other boom stable galloper Whoebegotyou taking out the Dato Tan Chin Nam stakes at Moonee Valley. Whobe beat home a hot field including Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy and rising star Shoot Out... >> full article |
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More Joy For Gai's Latest Superstar
Top Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse may have another superstar on her hands after mare More Joyous destroyed her rivals in the Group 2 Sebring (Theo Marks) Sprint at Rosehill on Saturday. After dismounting from the ride, jockey Corey Brown declared More Joyous "by far the best horse I have ever ridden"... >> full article |
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Shocking Returns To Flemington In Fine Form
Reigning Melbourne Cup champ Shocking has returned to Flemington 10 months after winning Australia's biggest race and picked up exactly where he left off. The 5 year old from the Mark Kavanagh stables surprised everyone at the racecourse when he stormed home to win the Makybe Diva Stakes on Saturday... >> full article |
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Think Again Guys
Last years 3 year old star and Cox Plate winner So You Think has returned to the track in superior fashion, winning the Group 2 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield in impressive style. Not having raced since more than 9 months, the Bart Cummings-trained galloper was unwanted in betting, starting the race at $8... >> full article |
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Toff of the Town
Rick Hore-Lacy has trained his first Group 1 winner in 6 years thanks to Toorak Toff's resounding victory in the Golden Rose on Saturday. It is the first time a Melbourne horse has won the race, with the exciting 3 year old powering down the outside to take the million dollar event... >> full article |
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Shocking Cup Win Turns Kav's Spring Around
 After a tough Spring, Trainer Mark Kavanagh finally has something to smile about after his horse Shocking made him a Melbourne Cup winner. The four year old horse, coming off a win in the Lexus Stakes on Saturday, continued his sizzling form to take the 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup...
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Master Bart Rules As 3yo's Dominate Cox
 Bart Cummings has reaffirmed himself as the genius of Australian horse racing after an amazing training performance which saw three year old So You Think take out the Cox Plate on Saturday at Moonee Valley. It was Bart's third Group 1 victory in as many weeks, after scoring...
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Crowd Favourite Apache Cat Wins Schweppes
 Jockey Damian Oliver has steered popular Australian sprinter Apache Cat to an exciting victory on Cox Plate Day, winning the Group 2 Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley. The vocal crowd cheered on the star, who snuck through on the rails to just beat stablemate Mic Mac by a short neck....
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Cup King Claims Caulfield Quinella
 Only weeks from his 82nd birthday, the king of Australian racehorse training, Bart Cummings, has done it again, finishing 1-2 in the $250,000 Caulfield Cup on Saturday. Reigning Melbourne Cup champ Viewed pulled off an impressive 2 1/4 length victory over stablemate Roman Emperor, giving Cummings his second...
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Starspangledwinner
 In one of the hottest Caulfield Guineas fields in recent times, Starspangled banner has smashed the opposition, leading from start to finish to take out the $1 million Group 1 feature at Caulfield on Saturday. It was a huge victory for Team Corstens, who put to rest speculation that the 3 year old would...
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Turn of Events for Efficient
 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient has stormed back into favouritism for this years Cup with an impressive victory in the Group 1 Turnball Stakes at Flemington yesterday. Owner Lloyd Williams watched from his apartment as his godson, jockey Nick Hall, stormed down the outside aboard.....
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Rock Solid
 Rock Kingdom has defied his alleged "unfair weighting" in the Espom Handicap by taking out the Group 1 $350,000 event at Randwick yesterday. During the week, trainer Gai Waterhouse was a little disappointed her gelding received.....
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Danleigh Delivers Surprise Win
 Six year old gelding Danleigh surprised everyone at Moonee Valley on Friday night, taking out the Group 1 Manikato Stakes in explosive fashion. Trainer Chris Waller gave him little chance to win the major sprint event, especially since he'd never raced on the Valley track before.....
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All Heart in the Underwood
 This year's Underwood Stakes at Caulfield was meant to be all about Whobegotyou, the boom 4 year old expected to win every race he contests this Spring. However Heart of Dreams had other ideas, bursting through the middle in the straight and holding off the short priced favourite by a head, showing that he is a genuine weight-for-age runner....
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Whos Got His Eye on the Cox
 Whobegotyou has proven he will be almost impossible to beat in next month's Cox Plate, with a resounding victory in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on the weekend. The Mark Kavanagh-trained star broke an 11 month winning drought, claiming his first race since the Aami Vase last October...
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Kav's Nightmares Replaced By Cox Dream
 Over the past 12 months, Melbourne trainer Mark Kavanagh has had many restless nights, regularly reliving the experiences that occured on Caulfield Cup day last year. It was on that day his boom galloper, Maldivian, was scratched in the barriers only minutes before the Group 1 race...
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Who Be Stopping Him?
 Whobegotyou continued to live up to his 'hottest 3 year old of the Victorian Spring' tag with a dominating win in the AAMI Vase At Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Mark Kavanagh trained rising star was an impressive winner of the 2040m race, easing down in the last 100m to win by 1.3 lengths...
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European Invader Too Good For Locals
 The world's biggest racing stable has taken out the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup, with Godolphin-trained All The Good surprising punters to the win the Group 1 event on Saturday. The 50,000 strong crowd at Caulfield Racecourse went silent after the main race, disappointed that one of their heroes...
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Gallica Wins By A Whisker
 Seven weeks ago, she was winning a maiden race at Bairnsdale, but on Wednesday, 3 year old filly Gallica was the Queen of Caulfield, taking out the $503,000 Group 1 Thousand Guineas...
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Who Be Gets The Guineas
 Whobegotyou has become the hottest 3 year old of the Melbourne Spring, taking out the $1 million Caulfield Guineas on Saturday in dominating fashion. The Mark Kavanagh-trained gelding was a worthy $3 pre-race favourite, storming home to win by over 3 lengths...
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Guillotine Slices Through Stars
 Guillotine surprised trainer David Hayes when he stepped up to defeat a class field in the Group 2 Dato Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. With Craig Williams in the saddle, the four-year-old settled off the pace and then stormed home to win by a long neck in what was an honestly run race.
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Fantastic Run Hussles Liston Field
 Four year old star in the making Light Fantastic has kept his undefeated record intact, winning the Group 2 Liston Stakes against some quality opposition on Saturday at Caulfield. The race, which was being touted as the first showdown of Australia's two best horses...
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Stable Of The Stars
 The Annnual Stable Of The Stars competition is back on for its 4th year. The official Draft Luncheon was held in Prahran on August 10, with a record 15 entrants participating this year.
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Efficient Stayer Steals Melbourne Cup
 Before the first Tuesday in November, the Lloyd Williams-owned gelding hadn't even been placed in an open race. But a few minutes after 3pm, he had cemented himself in Australian turf history, winning the 2007 Melbourne Cup in amazing fashion.
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El Segundo's Cox Redemption
 Twelve months ago, trainer Colin Little's hopes of Cox Plate glory were dashed by a nose, thanks to Fields of Omagh's fairytale finale. But on Saturday at Moonee Valley, there was no chance of disappointment, with star runner El Segundo storming home in Australia's hottest Weight For Age race to win by 2 lengths.
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Masterful Display Claims Caulfield Cup
It was a big day out for trainer Danny O'Brien on Saturday, training the Caulfield Cup quinella with his star horses Master O'Reilly and Duoro Valley. But the even bigger story of the day was the last minute scratching of short priced favourite Maldivian and second favourite Eskimo Queen, in the barriers.
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Serious Speed Wins 1000 Guineas
Serious Speed became the first late entry to win the 1000 Guineas, after taking out the $500,000 race on Wednesday against her more fancied competitors. The Leon Macdonald-trained fillie started at $16, but won by over 2 lengths from Extension of Time, with Antartic Miss holding on for third after leading most of the race.
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New Weekend Star Emerges
He hadn't even won a listed race before Saturday, but now Weekend Hussler is a Group 1 winner, dominating his rivals in the $1 million Caulfield Guineas. In just his fifth start, the Ross Mcdonald trained gelding rounded up the field at the 600m, and accelerated away for a comfortable 3 length win.
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Golden Day At The Valley
Moonee Valley racecourse welcomed in the first Group 1 of spring in exciting fashion, with Gold Edition winning the Manikato Stakes with sizzling speed. But it was the showdown between boom gallopers El Segundo and Haradasun in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes that stole the show, in an epic battle that sets the scene in the build up to the Cox Plate.
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