Spring Carnival Racing

Several races featured in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival closed first declarations at midday yesterday, which resulted in 89 horses still in contention to win the 2010 Cox Plate. Theseo is still in the running for the 2010 Cox Plate prize – with trainer Gai Waterhouse determined to victor in…

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…

The action of the Spring Racing Carnivals stepped up a notch over the weekend, with several upcoming stars of the spring dominating the Melbourne and Sydney events. Sydney’s Rosehill Gardens Racecourse hosted its highlight day of the carnival – the Golden Rose Stakes Day – which was of course headlined…

The Spring Racing Carnival season is off and running in Australia after the anticipation surrounding the feature races upped a few notches when the nominations were revealed, and now early market odds are available too! With the 2010 Melbourne Cup marking the 150th birthday of Australia’s greatest race, there is…

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…

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…