Turnbull Stakes next for Oceanex
Oceanex is continuing to please trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr ahead of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. The daughter of...
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RV Cancels Country Race Meets Due To COVID
Victoria will host just two race meetings across the state on Melbourne Cup day after several others were abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fellowes In No Hurry To Find New Jockey
Charlie Fellowes needs a new jockey for Prince Of Arran but he's got no shortage of potential suitors for the dual Melbourne Cup placegetter.
Aidan O’Brien Sending Stars To Melbourne
Irish master trainer Aidan O'Brien has placed six horses into quarantine for the Melbourne spring carnival headed by 2019 Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.
Warning Kicks Off Melbourne Cup Mission
Victoria Derby winner Warning is pleasing his trainers ahead of his return in the Makybe Diva Stakes but his main target is the Melbourne Cup.
Cup dream stays alive
The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) dream is still alive for Group 1-winning stayer Glory Days and her connections. The pride of Waverley will be...
Levendi Set To Follow Spring Cups Trail
Peter Gelagotis isn't suggesting Levendi will return to racing a winner in the Makybe Diva Stakes but says the horse is ready for a big...
English Derby Winner Top Weight For Cup
Handicaps have been released for the Melbourne Cup with English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck given the distinction of being allocated top weight.
Matt Cumani confident in his Valley pair
Matt Cumani was named as the trainer of French raider San Huberto this week and he's got another two spring aspirants in action at Moonee...
Baker-Forsman pair tackle 3YO feature
Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have been given a free rein to develop promising three-year-olds Unition and Suffused as they see fit. That...
Surprise Baby on track for winning return
Gifted stayer Surprise Baby is showing his trainer Paul Preusker enough to think he can secure a start in the Cox Plate by winning the...
Melbourne Cup an option for Kiwi mare Etah James
Semi-retired horseman Mark Lupton is encouraged by reports on his top-class staying mare Etah James, as the eight-year-old daughter of Raise The Flag gets ready...
Melb Cup back on the agenda for Red Verdon
Trainer Ed Dunlop is hoping for a case of third time lucky as he again sets his sights on chasing a Melbourne Cup start with...
Melbourne Cup winner Subzero dead at 32
The 1992 Melbourne Cup winner Subzero, who went on to become one of Australian racing's best-known ambassadors, has died.
Legendary Melb Cup winner Subzero dies
Two months after his great mate and carer Graham Salisbury passed away, Melbourne Cup winner Subzero has died at the age of 32.
Depth and quality in Cups nominations
Racing Victoria officials are pleasantly surprised by the number of entries they have received for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
Roger That to commence domestic campaign
When nominations close on Thursday for the A$7.75 million Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), Tauranga stayer Roger That will be a notable absentee due...
Melbourne Cup dream alive for Super Girl
Bendigo trainer Josh Julius is chasing a Melbourne Cup start with Super Girl and the dream lives on after her last-to-first win at Sandown Hillside.
Straight to Melbourne for Baker-Forsman duo
Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are bucking the trend and sending Australian-bound gallopers The Chosen One and Quick Thinker directly to Melbourne next week. The...
Verry good mare outclasses rich Group 1 field
Verry Elleegant has made a stunning return to win the Winx Stakes at Randwick, overcoming a quality field in the first Group One race of...
OTI’s Cup hopes step out around the globe
Terry Henderson's OTI Racing has key runners all over the world this weekend, including former English stayer Young Rascal at Moonee Valley.
Hickmott’s stars thriving at Mount Macedon
Trainer Rob Hickmott has returned to the Mount Macedon property from which he prepared two Melbourne Cup winners for leviathan owner Lloyd Williams.
Change of plans for Cup-bound mare Oceanex
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior have had a change of heart and will kick off Oceanex's Melbourne Cup campaign two weeks earlier than...
Derby winner set for Sydney spring return
Australian Derby winner Quick Thinker and stablemate The Chosen One will headline the spring carnival arsenal of trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman.
Exemplar earns Melbourne Cup shot with win
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will give in-form stayer Exemplar a chance to qualify for the Melbourne Cup following consecutive wins at Flemington.