Tag: 'Cross Counter'

There is no doubt this year has been a year like few others, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting anything else that had gone before...

Punt Drunk takes a look at the top stories in racing as we approach the weekend, including news of Cross Counter's likely return for the...

Charlie Appleby is dreaming of a second Melbourne Cup success with Cross Counter after an encouraging run in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Stradivarius has claimed a third successive Ascot Gold Cup with a brilliant 10-length victory on day three at Royal Ascot.

Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and dual Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran are among star stayer Stradivarius' rivals in the Royal Ascot Gold Cup.

Cross Counter has finished eighth in his Melbourne Cup defence but jockey William Buick insists he ran a big race after a slow start.

They are Melbourne Cup rivals but defending titleholder Cross Counter, jockey Frankie Dettori and trainer Danny O'Brien must all buck recent history to win.

Cross Counter is one of 11 northern hemisphere-trained horses in this year's Melbourne Cup and is striving to become the first dual international winner.

Cross Counter and Marmelo, who ran one-two in the 2018 Melbourne Cup, have undergone scans ahead of this year's race.

Second acceptances have been taken for this year's Melbourne Cup with 64 horses remaining in contention.

As the first international horses arrive for Melbourne's spring carnival, the final batch hasentered pre-export quarantine in the England and Ireland.

Cross Counter and Marmelo are high in the ballot for the 2019 Melbourne Cup but another of last year's placegetters Prince Of Arran is down...

Cross Counter has been given 57.5kg for his Melbourne Cup defence while Irish stayer Kew Gardens heads the weights with 58kg.

Kew Gardens heads the weights for the Melbourne Cup with 58kg, 0.5kg more than last year's winner Cross Counter.

Winx, Cross Counter, Mystic Journey, Santa Ana Lane and Sunlight have been named as the five finalists for the Victorian Racehorse of the Year award.

Last year's winner Cross Counter is among the horses nominated for the next running of Australia's most famous race.

Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter has finished third in the Goodwood Cup won for the third time by Stradivarius.

Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter is on course to clash with Stradivarius in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

The Dubai Gold Cup on World Cup night at Meydan has been pencilled in for Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter's first start of 2019.

Sheikh Mohammed's first words to trainer Charlie Appleby after winning the Melbourne Cup were - in Arabic - "well done, well done, well done".

Trainer Charlie Appleby says Cross Counter has come through unscathed and in good order following his historic win in the Melbourne Cup.

Sheikh Mohammed's first words to trainer Charlie Appleby after winning the Melbourne Cup were - in Arabic - "well done, well done, well done".

Trainer Charlie Appleby says Cross Counter has come through unscathed and in good order following his historic win in the Melbourne Cup.