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Flemington racegoers to experience TAB Winning Moments

Flemington racegoers to experience TAB Winning Moments
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne Tabcorp and the Victoria Racing Club have combined to bring racegoers at Flemington an all new experience called TAB Winning Moments, using a world-first technological approach to provide extra value and winning experiences across the four days ... Read More »

Kameko wins the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle

Kameko wins the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP Kameko has raced into history with an impressive win in the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle, the first British Group One event run on a synthetic surface. Originally due to be the centrepiece of last Saturday’s rain-abandoned fixture at ... Read More »

Kameko wins the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle

Kameko wins the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP Kameko has raced into history with an impressive win in the Futurity Trophy at Newcastle, the first British Group One event run on a synthetic surface. Originally due to be the centrepiece of last Saturday’s rain-abandoned fixture at ... Read More »

Joao Moreira booked for Melbourne Cup

Joao Moreira booked for Melbourne Cup
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP Hong Kong-based Joao Moreira has been booked to ride favourite Constantinople in the Melbourne Cup with the owners deciding not to wait for the outcome of an appeal by Glen Boss on race eve. Boss had been booked ... Read More »

Microphone scratched from G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes

Microphone scratched from G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP Group One-winning colt Microphone has been scratched from the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington with the Godolphin operation left to rely on favourite Bivouac in the $1.5 million race. The James Cummings-trained Microphone was ruled out on Friday ... Read More »

Tumultuous takes first step to history

Tumultuous takes first step to history
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP Tumultuous will start at long odds in his first step towards writing Magic Millions history when he returns to racing at Eagle Farm. The gelding has trialled nicely in the lead-up to Saturday’s BRC Membership Open Handicap (1400m) ... Read More »

Damien Lane takes his Melbourne Cup ride for a spin

Damien Lane takes his Melbourne Cup ride for a spin
November 1, 2019 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne Getting back aboard Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace for a piece of work at Werribee has put Damian Lane’s mind at ease ahead of the Melbourne Cup. Lane is aiming to become the first jockey to ... Read More »

New and potentially ‘very special’ sire dies

New and potentially ‘very special’ sire dies
October 31, 2019 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne A new sire who has shown signs of what was going to be a very successful stud career has sadly passed away. Aquis Farm this morning announced that their stallion Spill The Beans had sadly died this ... Read More »

Ten Sovereigns retired to Coolmore Stud

Ten Sovereigns retired to Coolmore Stud
October 31, 2019 Comments Off

By AAP July Cup winner Ten Sovereigns has been retired and will stand next to his sire No Nay Never at Coolmore Stud. The horse is in Australia after contesting the $14 million Everest in which he finished last after ... Read More »

Legal action could be taken over Melbourne Cup scratching

Legal action could be taken over Melbourne Cup scratching
October 31, 2019 Comments Off

By Morgan Payne The owners of Marmelo are considering legal options after last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up was controversially scratched from the race. Marmelo and Godolphin’s Ispolini, trained by last year’s Melbourne Cup winning trainer Charlie Appleby, were on Wednesday ... Read More »