Spring Carnival Racing

Grahame Begg has confirmed that Secret Admirer will target the $3 million Cox Plate on Saturday October 22, 2011, at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Secret Admirer won her last start in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick last Saturday and her trainer feels she has pulled up well enough for…

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…

Jimmy Choux and Scarlett Lady will compete against each other for the informal title of New Zealand’s best race horse this spring, as friendly rivalry between the horses’ trainers continues to mount. The two horses are due to meet in this weekend’s Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings in New Zealand….

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…

Weights have been announced for the Spring Racing Carnival’s marquee events – the 2010 Melbourne Cup and the 2010 Caulfield Cup – which have resulted in a Lloyd Williams-owned duo as topweights. Alandi and Efficient have both been allocated 58kg for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Greg Carpenter, Racing Victoria’s…

Moudre has surged up the early market odds for the 2010 Caulfield Cup after a superb win at Flemington over the weekend. Trainer Ciaron Maher is attempting to dampen the rising expectations on the five-year-olds spring campaign after drawing attention by winning the $75,0000 Keith Jackson and Colin Johnston Handicap…

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…

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…

The 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations are almost upon us and no one has trained as many winners as the King of the Cups himself Bart Cummings. He attempts his 13th win this year at the 150th Melbourne Cup running, as he returns to the tracks. Cummings has two potential spring…