Spring Carnival Racing

The 2012 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is just around the corner, with nomination dates now realeased for all the major races. Listed below are the key dates for nominations and acceptances for seven of the main spring races, which as always, promises to be a bumper carnival. Heading the carnival…

December Draw has drawn perfectly in the barriers for the 2011 Caulfield Cup that will take place at Caulfield Racecourse this Saturday October 15, 2011. The five-year-old gelding has drawn barrier 11 for the $2.5 million race, but will jump from gate 9 should the emergencies not gain a start….

Crowd favourite Alcopop will have his first Melbourne start of the sprint in the 2011 Dato Tan Chin Tam Stakes at Moonee Valley Racecourse this Saturday September 10, 2011. The Jeune gelding won his last start at Morphettville, and trainer Jake Stephens believes he has the form to win the…

Trainer Jim Conlan will wait until after next Saturday’s Group 2 Memsie Stakes on August 27, 2011, to decide on a spring carnival racing program for Rekindled Interest. The Redoute’s Choice four-year-old finished second last start in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap behind Temple Of Boom. Rekindled Interest is…

Spechenka will run in tomorrow’s Listed Grafton Cup as a trail for his upcoming Spring Racing Carnival campaign. The five-year-old gelding claimed victory last start in the Listed Caloundra Cup and connections are hopeful that he will turn out to be a Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup horse later this…

The 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations have been released and a huge 253 horses form the first round of hopefuls for this year’s running of the race that stops a nation. The announcement of the nominations for the spring’s main feature races has drawn attention from far and wide, and has…

The 2010 Cox Plate final field will be without one of its anticipated stars as Dubai World Cup winner Gloria De Campeao has suffered an injured tendon which has sent him into retirement. The seven-year-old was preparing for the Cox Plate 2010 scheduled to take place at Moonee Valley Racecourse…

Monaco Consul started his preparations for the spring with a great return to the track resulting in Michael Moroney building high hopes for the highlight of the year – the 2010 Melbourne Cup. Scheduled for the 2nd of November, the 150th Melbourne Cup is drawing vast amounts of attention from…

With the spring carnival racing jumping this weekend, Mornington-based trainer Tony Noonan has his sights set high as he bombards some of Australia’s greatest races with strong talent. Tony Noonan has his sights set high as he bombards some of Australia’s greatest races with strong talent. Kutchinsky is one hopeful…

In just under five months time, the most highly anticipated feature in the world of Australian thoroughbred horse racing will take place, as all eyes look to the capital of Victoria for the 2010 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Host to several of the most prestigious Group 1 races in the…