Always First Past The Post
After discussions with jockey Damien Oliver and Grunt’s owners, trainer Mick Price plans to keep the Makybe Diva Stakes winner to a weight-for-age program this spring. Price had considered aiming Grunt at the Cups after Saturday’s Group One win at Flemington but the trainer confirmed on RSN927 on Monday the intention to head towards the […]
Kings Will Dream is assured a Caulfield Cup start but the import still has work to do if his connections want to run him in the Melbourne Cup as well. The order of entries for both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups were released on Wednesday with Kings Will Dream exempt from the Caulfield Cup ballot, […]
The Darren Weir-trained triple Group One winner Humidor is the topweight with 58kg in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Humidor ran in both races last year, finishing fifth in the Caulfield Cup and 19th in the Melbourne Cup and will defend the Makybe Diva Stakes on Saturday. European contenders, Best Solution from Godolphin and […]
The Victoria Racing Club is keen to push for more local representation in the Melbourne Cup which could one day lead to it offering an incentive for a locally bred winner. It comes on top of a record 50 international entries, up from 31, for this year’s $7 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November. Leigh […]
Best Solution has confirmed a trip to Australia for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups with victory in Germany’s most prestigious race, the Grosser Preis Von Baden at Baden-Baden. Having struck at the top level at Hoppegarten last month, the Godolphin-owned four-year-old produced another big performance to give trainer Saeed bin Suroor a third win in […]
Trainer Ken Keys has elected to delay the start of Spanish Reef’s spring campaign until the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. Keys believes the 1600m-race on September 8 is a better starting point than the 1400m against Group One opposition in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Spanish Reef hasn’t raced […]
Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has trained the quinella in the Group Two Great Voltigeur Stakes with the winner Old Persian heading to the St Leger and runner-up Cross Counter confirming a trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup 2018. The race was wide open three furlongs (600m) out, where Wells Farhh Go was the first […]
Redzel trialled strongly at Rosehill this morning and is $7.00 to defend his Everest Crown according to Sportsbet. Redzel holds six-times more money than $4.60 favourite Trapeze Artist, who finished fourth in the same trial. Vega Magic ($7.00), luckless runner-up last year, is the second best backed runner for The Everest. Nature Strip ($8.00) also has […]
Brad Widdup’s second season in the Sydney training ranks has begun with a bang as stable star Sandbar picked off the first stakes race for three-year-olds. Widdup, a long-time foreman for Darley and Godolphin, was persuaded to branch out on his own by high-profile owner Damion Flower, who has established Platinum Park at Hawkesbury. While […]
Odeon’s early season form will provide a number of answers as connections consider a Caulfield Cup campaign for last year’s South Australian Derby placegetter. Five-year-old Odeon resumes in a 1400m-handicap at Flemington on Saturday and co-trainer Simon Zahra believes the gelding has shown improvement from the autumn. A Listed winner over 1800m as a spring […]
