Stokes eyes second country cup in seven days
After causing a $31 boilover in the Geelong Cup, trainer Phillip Stokes is confident he can pull off another double figure sting in the Bendigo Cup.
After causing a $31 boilover in the Geelong Cup, trainer Phillip Stokes is confident he can pull off another double figure sting in the Bendigo Cup.
Chris Waller is confident Riff Rocket can bounce back from his last-start defeat as a $1.30 favourite and give him a third Victoria Derby win.
The final field for the Golden Eagle has been revealed and jockey Tommy Berry believes Kovalica will take a power of beating.
Lastotchka will be out to prove size is no impediment to Melbourne Cup glory after the French mare had her first look at the Flemington track.
Ken Kelso had his retirement planned until Legarto came along. Now that’s on hold as the NZ trainer eyes a big payday in the $10m Golden Eagle.
The favourite for the Melbourne Cup, Vauban, has caught the eye of track watchers and rival trainers one week out from the great race.
Sportsbet CEO Barni Evans chewed the fat with senior racing writer Ben Dorries about a number of major issues in horse racing.
Joe Pride, trainer of The Everest hero Think About It, has issued a challenge to connections of Imperatriz for a sprint showdown in Sydney next autumn.
The last time Gold Trip raced Without A Fight, he trounced him by more than 20 lengths. But jockey Mark Zahra has laid bare the key fact than swung him to the Caulfield Cup winner.
A soft Group 3 win at The Valley could lead to a Group 1 triumph for in-form mare Wishlor Lass in Saturday’s Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington.
Hard work getting Hasta La War’s feet right could take trainer Sue Murphy a long way to realising her Melbourne Cup dream with a win in Wednesday’s Bendigo Cup.
Fitness won’t be an issue for Apulia when he goes around for the third straight Saturday in the Group 1 Victoria Derby at Flemington.
Jamie Kah is out of form in the saddle — but Michelle Payne isn’t worried and says the champion hoop will return to her best.
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has donated a rare piece of memorabilia to be auctioned at the Call of the Card, with proceeds to Equine Pathways Australia and MRC Foundation’s Life After Racing.
Gilbert Gardiner’s best bets and value selections for Monday’s meeting at Benalla.
The Danny O’Brien stable is in great form and the camp can start Sunday’s Sale Cup Day meeting with a win.
Manikato Stakes winner Imperatriz is set to tackle the Group 1 Champions Sprint at Flemington on November 11.
Champion trainer Chris Waller eyes his sixth Coolmore Stud Stakes victory in 11 years, having primed Golden Slipper winner Shinzo for the Flemington straight track test.
Owner Lloyd Williams has locked in riders for his two runners in Tuesday week’s $8m Melbourne Cup.
The legendary trainer believes the rising stars of the sport are no longer given a chance down in the weights in Australia’s biggest race after the decision was made to compress the weights some time ago.
The Hayes brothers went from devastation one moment to plotting a possible rematch the next with Mr Brightside’s Cox Plate conqueror Romantic Warrior.
Mr Brightside, Alligator Blood and Romantic Warrior are all superstars of the turf with a fierce will to win but one horse wanted victory more in the Cox Plate.
Retiring jockey great Damien Oliver has scored a ride in the Melbourne Cup, giving him a final chance to equal the record of wins in Australia’s biggest staying race.
Star mare Imperatriz blew her rivals away in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes for an historic Valley triple crown.
Hong Kong superstar Romantic Warrior delivered a memorable victory in one of the greatest Cox Plate races.
Gold Trip has pulled up happy and sound from the Caulfield Cup, but a decision on the Cox Plate to be reserved until Monday or even Tuesday.
Form analyst Jett Hatton runs the rule over Sunday’s meetings in Victoria.
Without A Fight claimed a thrilling Caulfield Cup and winning jockey Mark Zahra says Melbourne Cup redemption should be on the agenda.
Mark Zahra was stripped of a third of his winnings after breaking whip rules in the Caulfield Cup but stewards decided not to lodge a protest against the result.
Mark Zahra shared a touching moment with rival hoop Jamie Spencer after coming out on top in their stirring Caulfield Cup battle.
Champion jockey Mark Zahra claimed a stunning Caulfield Cup victory on Without A Fight but his wife Elyse’s interview has stolen the show.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Caulfield Cup on Saturday.
Thousands of punters have flooded through the gates of Caulfield Racecourse in their best and brightest for a day at the races.
Coeur Volante again showed why trainer Mike Moroney holds her in high regard with a brilliant win in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield.
Billy Egan was relieved to win the Ethereal Stakes after he was concerned whether Autumn Angel would catch runaway leader Tropical Squall.
Sunsets has been a big firmer in Victoria Derby markets after defeating hot favourite Riff Rocket in the Caulfield Classic.
It’s one of the best racedays of the year on Saturday with the running of the time-honoured $5 million Caulfield Cup. We have you covered with all the experts tips and analysis.
Gai Waterhouse believes a case can be made for almost every runner in Saturday’s $5 million Caulfield Cup, in which she’ll saddle up Hoo Ya Mal and Goldman.
A Caulfield Cup runner has been scratched, paving the way for emergency United Nations to get a start.
With 600m left in the 2013 Caulfield Cup, Nicholas Hall and Fawkner were strung up on the fence with nowhere to go. But when a key rival made his move, the door opened.
Chris Waller has three of the top seven horses in the Caulfield Cup market and one of them has a “special performance coming”.
Here’s why every horse in the Caulfield Cup can and can’t win Saturday’s $5 million classic in two minutes.
A dream Caulfield Cup result would help Jamie Kah reclaim her position as one of Melbourne’s most in-demand jockeys.
Group 1 jockey John Allen has sacrificed calories in his Caulfield Cup quest with Duke De Sessa — and he’s confident it is worth it.
We have analysed the chances of every runner set to line up in Saturday’s $5 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup.
Ben Melham prevailed in a subtle battle with Hong Kong-based star Hugh Bowman to win the ride on Caulfield Cup favourite Gold Trip.
The Victorian Jockeys’ Association and Racing Victoria stewards will eliminate a possible cause of a potentially serious incident that occurred in last Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas.
Vets will reinspect two Caulfield Cup contenders on Friday before they can be given the all clear to race.
There are 18 runners in the Caulfield Cup and to try and pick the finishing order is, let’s face it, impossible but all the same The Armchair Punter is having a crack.
This week, Matty and Benny focus on Saturday’s Caulfield Cup where they disagree on who will win, they trumpet about their Everest prediction and they implore the Wednesday Coongy qualifier to be dumped.
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