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Game on for 2015 Melbourne Cup favourite

October 31, 2015 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne After the Melbourne Cup barrier draw, Japanese stayer Fame Game is priced at $3.40 to win the Melbourne Cup with Australian online bookmaker CrownBet. Fame Game drew barrier 12 which has resulted in the outright favourite shortening ... Read More »

Mackinnon Stakes results – 2015

October 31, 2015 Comments Off

By Jozef Dobrovic View the full race results for the 2015 Mackinnon Stakes ran at Group 1 level at Flemington racecourse. Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Starting Price 1 7 GAILO CHOP (FR) Antoine de Watrigant Ben ... Read More »

Japonisme upsets Exosphere in G1 Coolmore

October 31, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP Unstoppable trainer Chris Waller has continued a spring carnival to remember with Japonisme winning the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. In Waller’s first Group One win for one of Australia’s best-known racing families, Japonisme carried the ... Read More »

Flemington track downgraded – Victoria Derby day 31/10/2015

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By Morgan Payne Flemington has been hit with rain this morning which has seen a downgrade in the track cndition from a good 3 to a soft 5. Flemington has been downgraded to a Soft 5 #trackwalker — Samuel Hyland ... Read More »

Victoria Derby day Field Scratchings – Flemington 31/10/2015

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne View the late scratchings for today’s Victoria Derby day meeting at Flemington racecourse. Scratchings: Final Scratchings for Flemington – Derby Day pic.twitter.com/C8xQp25M2Y — Steve Hewlett (@stevejoseph69) October 30, 2015 Read full article Source:: https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/general-news/snippets/victoria-derby-day-field-scratchings-flemington- Read More »

Champion jockey announces retirement

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne Champion jockey Jim Cassidy has announced his retirement from race riding effective after the 2015 Spring Racing Carnival. BREAKING NEWS: Jockey Jim “pumper” Cassidy has announced his retirement from racing effective after the spring carnival — NRLHUB ... Read More »

Rain could be a Melbourne Cup 2015 Game changer

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne The weather is predicted to be wet throughout the Flemington carnival with the rain tipped to start during Derby day on Saturday but it is a cause for concern for Melbourne Cup 2015 favourite Fame Game who ... Read More »

Dunn hoping mile no barrier for Politeness

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP Weight has ruled Dwayne Dunn out of the ride on Myer Classic favourite Stay With Me and the jockey instead turns rival in the Group One race on Politeness. Dunn rides the Robert Smerdon-trained mare in Saturday’s Myer ... Read More »

Exosphere talent prompts Lonhro comparison

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP Exosphere is a giant colt with a motor to match. And former champion jockey Darren Beadman can also see similar traits between the rising star three-year-old and his sire Lonhro. “He’s got a great turn of foot and ... Read More »

Bookmaker says 2015 Victoria Derby odds are wrong

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

By JustHorseRacing Leading online bookmaker William Hill believes the market has it wrong with the odds of current favourite Tarzino in Saturday’s Victoria Derby at Flemington. Rival bookmakers have the 3-year-old colt as short as $2.30 today, but William Hill’s ... Read More »