Horse Racing

Four Melbourne Cup runners back to Sandown

November 9, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP Four of the five topweights for the Sandown Cup are backing up from last-start efforts in the Melbourne Cup. The Gai Waterhouse-trained The Offer, the winner of the Bendigo Cup before his eighth behind Prince Of Penzance at ... Read More »

Reflections on the Carnival

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The past month in Melbourne contained performances that showed renewal and the launching of new stars at a level that will be at world ranking standard now and in the future. Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Carpenter: Winx best of the Carnival

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The devastating Cox Plate win of Winx has been rated the best performance of the Victorian Spring Carnival by Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper Greg Carpenter Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Victorian apprentice wins in Abu Dhabi

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By AAP Victorian Ben Thompson has won the Apprentice World Championship final in Abu Dhabi. Thompson rode against apprentices from Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Puerto Rico and Russia in the 2200m race for Arabian horses on Sunday night. Thompson ... Read More »

Summoned Stakes nominations – 2015

November 9, 2015 Comments Off

By Jozef Dobrovic View the nominations for the 2015 Le Pine Funerals Summoned Stakes. The Le Pine Funerals Summoned Stakes will be run on Saturday 14th November at Hill Park Hillside racecourse. BONUS BET: Sign-up to Sportsbet.com.au via this link ... Read More »

Rosehill programme attracts 153 nominations

November 8, 2015 Comments Off

Racing at Rosehill on Saturday has attracted 153 nominations for the nine race programme with four of the races having nominations extended until Tuesday including the November Handicap (1350m) with 13 nominations and the November Topaz (1900m) with 11 nominations ... Read More »

Monday and Tuesday form

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Monday’s meetings include Kilmore, Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, France’s Saint Cloud, South Africa’s Flamingo Park, UK’s Southwell, Carlisle and Kempton-All Weathe Read full article Source:: http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/GetNews.aspx?id Read More »

Red Cadeaux to stay in Australia

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By AAP Trainer Ed Dunlop has confirmed Red Cadeaux is likely to spend his retirement at Living Legends in Melbourne. The three-time Melbourne Cup runner-up is recovering from a career-ending leg injury at the Werribee Veterinary Clinic after he was ... Read More »

Reflections on Emirates Stakes Day

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Flemington’s week of carnival racing finished with typically good racing on the Emirates Stakes programme with not surprisingly another Waller stable star rising to upset the established form with Delectation taking the Group 1 Darley Classic over 1200m Read full ... Read More »

Hayley Turner second in final ride

November 8, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP As celebrations for Michelle Payne’s historic Melbourne Cup win continue, Britain’s most successful female rider has ridden in her last race in England. Hayley Turner announced her retirement at the end of August and on Saturday at Doncaster ... Read More »