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Horse Breaks Down or Horse Scratched Blame the Stewards
It may appear so, at least mildly and to the mindset of the paranoid, that Racing Australia, despite its heavy efforts to recruit internationals to participate in the Melbourne Cup, want only native bred horses to win the race. Fuel…
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Two Group 1s on Offer at Flemington Saturday Meeting to End 2019
Saturday at Flemington will find some nice racing on offer, with the Group 1 Emirates Stakes (2000 m, w.f.a). The other Group 1 on the day is the VRC Sprint Classic (1200 m, w.f.a). The Group 2 Matriarch Stakes (2000…
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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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Coolmore Stud Prominent Piece of Victoria Derby Meeting
With all the drama over the Melbourne Cup combined with the hoopla surrounding the first running of the $7.5 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill, we nearly overlooked the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200 m, 3YO, set weights) entirely. Sunlight…
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Rosehill’s Golden Eagle Diverts Some Attention from Derby Day
There is no lack of racing news during the spring carnivals, so much that we have had no time to devote any attention to a couple of new races that offer some of the richest prizes in racing. The first…
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Ladbrokes – Back Yourself At The Business End Of Spring
With the Everest conquered and the Cox Plate dished out, the 2019 spring racing season is gearing up for one final hurrah, as The Melbourne Cup Carnival officially begins this weekend at Flemington for Victoria Derby Day. The perfect appetizer…
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Lys Gracieux or Graceful Lily Cox Plate Won by Japan Horse
Perhaps if Australian breeders would breed something other than Thoroughbreds that switch off after 1600 metres… A Japanese horse with a French name won the 2019 W S Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Lys Gracieux was a big winner in…
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