Monthly Archive: November 2019
Flemington the Place to be for Spring Carnival Racing
Flemington’s spring carnival will continue Friday with the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500 m, 3YO, fillies, set weights) as the feature. We hope that the connections are not going to make Downdraft race again, although the Hotham Handicap winner seems…
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Caulfield Cup Winner Mer De Glace Heads the Melbourne Cup Betting
They are all drawn up and ready for the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Caulfield Cup winner Mer De Glace, the Japanese raider has the chance to fill the Cups double, which has not been done since Ethereal in 2001. Ethereal was…
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Downdraft Breezes into Melbourne Cup with Hotham Win
Downdraft won the Group 3 Hotham Handicap (2500 m) at Flemington on Saturday and won his way into the Melbourne Cup as an extra prize. He jumped the $5.50 favourite in the race, so the five-year-old is not a case…
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Racing NSW Exerts Undue Influence on the Melbourne Cup
It seems at times that everyone in the country wants to ride Constantinople in the Melbourne Cup. Glen Boss replaced Luke Nolen, but the status of Boss is still clouded with uncertainty as the NSW racing gang dithers. If the…
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