Horse Racing
Melbourne Cup day at Flemington Race Fields – 2024
By JustHorseRacing The Fields have been released for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup day meeting at Flemington. As we have come to expect on Melbourne Cup day the fields are big and even with lots of chances in each of them given ... Read More »
Irish pair back for second shot at the Melbourne Cup
By RS NewsWire The forecast of a cooler Melbourne Cup Day than 12 months ago is expected to help the Willie Mullins-trained pair of Vauban and Absurde. While Mullins altered the preparations of both stayers from the one employed last ... Read More »
Melbourne Cup luck finally on Ellison’s side
By RS NewsWire UK trainer Brian Ellison thought luck had again deserted him when Onesmoothoperator was under an injury cloud for a start in the Melbourne Cup. Ellison has been coming out for the Melbourne Spring Carnival since 2005, with ... Read More »
Dolan undeterred about his Melbourne Cup mounts odds
By JustHorseRacing Robbie Dolan isn’t fazed by the $201 currently quoted about the chances of his 2024 Melbourne Cup mount Knight’s Choice. “I’ve never worried about prices before and I’m not going to start now,” said Dolan. “He (Knight’s Choice) ... Read More »
Wide barrier no drawback for Melbourne Cup favourite
By RS NewsWire Despite the 3200-metre journey of the Melbourne Cup, when it comes to barrier draws the gap in starting from pole position compared to gate 21 still seems, on face value, to be a long way between being ... Read More »
No walk in the Park, but Fawkner claims Rosehill Gold Cup
By RS NewsWire Fawkner Park has gone some way towards offsetting the disappointment of an abandoned Caulfield Cup campaign with a consolation victory in the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. A dominant winner of the Q22 during the Brisbane winter carnival, ... Read More »
Star Sydney mare heads odds in the Empire Rose Stakes
By Adam Page Star mare Atishu is the Ladbrokes.com.au favourite for the Empire Rose (1600m) this afternoon at Flemington. The Chris Waller trained mare hasn’t quite set the world on fire this time in but back to Mares grade, she ... Read More »
UPDATED: Melbourne Cup Likely Field, Horses & Odds – 2024
By JustHorseRacing UPDATED: With the 2024 Melbourne Cup to be run on Tuesday 5th November the race is certainly closing in so we take a look at a likely field for this years edition of the race with the final ... Read More »
Blacktype goals for Chollima
By RS NewsWire Trainer Darren McAuliffe hopes to use tomorrow’s Quayclean Handicap (1500m) as a springboard to blacktype races for talented mare Chollima. The daughter of Starspangledbanner heads into tomorrow’s event third-up, following a luckless third behind Watch Me Rock ... Read More »
Interpretation right to go in Melbourne Cup
By RS NewsWire Having been under a Melbourne Cup cloud because of a change in his gait, Interpretation has been given the all-clear to start following a second veterinary inspection. Interpretation underwent a physical veterinary inspection on Thursday and was ... Read More »
