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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…
Alcopop Scheduled For First Melbourne Spring Start At Moonee Valley
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…
Rekindled Interest’s Spring Campaign Rests On 2011 Memsie Stakes
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 On Way To Caulfield & Melbourne Cup Double
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…
Moudre An Early Market Favourite In The 2010 Caulfield Cup
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…
Tony Noonan Preparing For Dominant Spring Racing With Stable
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…
Sans Frontieres On Target For A Jump In The 2010 Melbourne Cup
After an impressive stint at Newmarket’s July Festival last week, coming away with a win in the Group 2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes (2,414m), Sans Frontieres is on target for an explosive run in the 2010 Melbourne Cup field. The four-year-old saw Redwood to second spot in the Stakes, and…
Shoot Out Targets Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup
The countdown to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is certainly underway, and Shoot Out, trained by John Wallace is hoping to prove himself as the best stayer in Australia with a start in the Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup this year. Shoot Out, trained by John Wallace, is hoping…
Bauer Back To Training For Another Go At The Melbourne Cup
With less than three months to go until the highly anticipated running of the 150th Melbourne Cup in November, Bauer looks on target to take part in this year’s edition of Australia’s richest race. The British-based seven-year-old lost by a nose in the 2008 Melbourne Cup to Viewed, and is…
