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Dunaden Amongst 151 Melbourne Cup 2012 Nominations
Nominations have been released for the 2012 Melbourne Cup, which is due to run at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday November 6, 2012. A total of 151 horses have been nominated for the 151st running of the race, including nine form trainer Bart Cummings alone. Cummings will be looking to extend…
Dunaden Wins 2011 Melbourne Cup By A Whisker
Dunaden won the 2011 Melbourne Cup by the very narrowest of margins at Flemington Racecourse yesterday November 1, 2011. The French stayer won the race by millimetres ahead of the fast finishing Red Cadeaux. Lucas Cranach rounded out the placings in third, while Americain ran on well for fourth. Dunaden’s…
Illo Out To Secure 13th Melbourne Cup Win For Bart Cummings
Bart Cummings is hoping to win his 13th Melbourne Cup title with German stayer Illo come the $6.2 million race at Flemington on November 1, 2011. Illo arrived at the Cummings stable two weeks ago from Europe and the trainer feels the horse is in with a big Melbourne Cup…
Americain Locked in for Melbourne Cup 2011
Americain confirmed his availability to return to Flemington for a shot at back-to-to back Melboune Cup’s. “He had a couple of runs because the trainer wanted to go to (Royal) Ascot,” Americain’s Australian part-owner Gerry Ryan explained.